About the Project
To view full details of this project please visit: http://kess2.ac.uk/20748-2/
Here is an exciting opportunity to evaluate the effectiveness of a prescription form developed to modify health-harming behaviours, improve health and wellbeing and reduce long term cardiovascular risk. A secondary aim is to create a published version for distribution and use in Primary and Secondary care consultations.
This is a funded MRes, including a generous stipend and tuition fees, with well-resourced circumstances for a successful scholarship.
The selected candidate will apply their investigative and organisational skills to gain research experience in Primary care, Cardiac rehabilitation and Public Health. This project will allow the student to develop transferable knowledge and skills in this most exciting and active field of research.
This Knowledge Economy Skills Scholarship (KESS) project will be held in the Faculty Life Sciences and Education at the University of South Wales. KESS is a programme funded by the European Social Fund (ESF) awarded by the Welsh European Funding Office (WEFO) in the Welsh Government. The MRes will be associated with Cwm Taf University Health Board. The project will focus on health education in those deemed at risk of developing cardiovascular disease. The research aims to trial a new and novel method of providing this advice through a prescription focussed method.
The project is conducted in partnership with Public Health Wales NHS Trust.
Programme of research:
The selected candidate will supervise the use of the prescription in the Primary Care setting, in selected GP practices and Health Centres, firstly by the healthcare staff and then patients, with a view to surveying its ease of use and effectiveness. The use of the prescription in selected secondary care settings will be assessed in a similar manner. The data collected from these studies will be used to develop an improved version which will be prepared for wider distribution to practices across Wales and the UK.
Studentship:
The studentship will cover the fees for a 1-year full-time MRes programme and pay a stipend of circa £11 k p.a. There is also around £3k project support costs available for consumables, travel/conference attendance, minor equipment, training (including the KESS Grad School) and conference attendance.
The position is available from 1st October 2017.
Eligibility of Student:
To be eligible to hold a KESS studentship, you must:
have a home address in the Convergence area (details below)* at the time of registration.
have the right to take up paid work in the Convergence area* on completion of the scholarship.
be classified by the University as ‘home’ or ‘EU’ for tuition fees purposes according to the University’s guidelines.
satisfy University of South Wales’s admissions criteria: see below, qualifications and experience and application process
*The Convergence area covers West Wales and the Valleys, and is made up of the following 15 local authorities: Isle of Anglesey, Gwynedd, Conwy, Denbighshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Swansea, Neath Port Talbot, Bridgend, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Merthyr Tydfil, Caerphilly, Blaenau Gwent and Torfaen.
Qualifications and experience:
Eligible applicants will:
Have a degree (2i or higher) in an appropriate life science, healthcare, public health discipline
Possess a reasonable understanding of health population issues and cardiovascular disease desirable
Be highly self-motivated, with capacity to learn and develop statistical and qualitative analytical techniques
Have well-developed and positively collaborative interpersonal skills
Have an ability to deliver technical reports and communicate findings
Be willing to travel and work in clinical and community support settings
Application Process:
To download an application package, please visit: http://gro.southwales.ac.uk/studentships/KESSII/participant/
For any queries on eligibility, please contact: KESS Team at Research and Innovation Services, University of South Wales: [Email Address Removed] Tel: 01443 482578
For informal enquiries or further programme information, please contact: Professor E Mark Williams ([Email Address Removed]).
Closing date for applications: midnight 13th August 2017
Funding Notes
Knowledge Economy Skills Scholarships (KESS 2) is a pan-Wales higher level skills initiative led by Bangor University on behalf of the HE sector in Wales. It is part funded by the Welsh Government’s European Social Fund (ESF) convergence programme for West Wales and the Valleys.
Due to ESF funding, eligibility restrictions apply to this scholarship. To be eligible, the successful candidate will need to be resident in the Convergence Area of Wales on University registration, and must have the right to work in the region on qualification.
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