Western Health is committed to providing Best Care to our community. Underpinning Western Health’s world-class clinical care is our commitment to research and education. One key initiative of the Strategic Directions 2021-2023 is to “build stronger connections between and amongst researchers, educators, clinical leaders and frontline staff, through multidisciplinary projects, learning and innovation”. This is achieved by fostering curiosity and supporting staff to lead and participate in research.
Research Week is held each October at Western Health, to celebrate the great research undertaken at the health service and to learn more about our future initiatives and innovations.
As part of this important week Nursing & Midwifery holds a session which focuses on celebrating the work and projects undertaken by nurse and midwife researchers. During this week we also bestow Research Grants and the Mavis Mitchell Scholarship to support nursing and midwifery led research at Western Health.
In 2022 this session is being held on Thursday 27 October between 2-4pm.
Presenting during Research Week:
The Executive Director of Nursing and Midwifery is seeking applications from Western Health nursing and midwifery staff to present research and/or clinical audits that foster Best Care at Western Health. This year we have two types of presentations available, oral or poster presentations.
As an incentive, this year we are delighted to announce there will be a $250 prize for the best oral presentation and $250 for the best poster presentation.
Nursing & Midwifery Research Grants:
The Executive Director of Nursing and Midwifery is also seeking applications from Western Health nursing and midwifery staff for grant funding to undertake dedicated nursing and/or midwifery research. There are two Nursing & Midwifery Research Grants to be awarded this year:
- one for nursing related projects – $15,000
- one for midwifery related projects – $15,000.
There is also one Denise Paterson Research Grant of $10,000 open to a nurse or midwife. These are exciting opportunities for nurses and midwifes to be innovative, lead research and contribute to an improvement in practice and better patient outcomes.
Mavis Mitchell Memorial Scholarship:
The Mavis Mitchell Memorial Scholarship is a $5,000 award or scholarship granted to Registered Nurses and/or Midwives, who are employed within Western Health. Applications will be accepted by individuals or a team.
The intent of the scholarship is to provide funding to enable and assist eligible Registered Nurses/Midwives to undertake a service improvement/quality project or research in any activity approved by the Selection Committee. The project or research must be beneficial to our clients, or to the community served by Western Health, in the opinion of the Selection Committee. This project or research can be by an individual or group.