Accident and Emergency services respond immediately to people who are acutely ill. The Royal Berkshire Hospital Emergency Department sees on average between 380-460 patients a day and aims to provide the best possible care to all. This UROP project involves a service evaluation of pain management within the ED
Department: Pharmacy
Supervised by: Amelia Hollywood
Accident and Emergency (A&E) services respond immediately to those people who are acutely ill. The Royal Berkshire Hospital Emergency Department (ED) sees on average between 380-460 patients a day. The team aims to provide the best possible care to all patients. The ED systematically monitors the progress of patients, however a comprehensive service evaluation of pain management has not been undertaken to date. Therefore a service evaluation to define current care will be conducted to identify what standard does the ED at the Royal Berkshire Hospital achieve. Patient records will be reviewed in clinic to retrospectively identify the service patients received. The student will attend the department and under the supervision of clinical staff will access Electronic Patient Records and complete data collection. The anonymised data will be analysed using descriptive analysis and written up in a report that may be used in publications to share the findings. The report will be presented back to the clinic to identify areas of best practice and areas for improvement. The Emergency Department was awarded university status in 2019 for the recognition of excellence in the areas of clinical outcomes, research and education. The recognition comes from a programme of collaborative research and education with the University of Reading. This project will develop new research collaborations between UoR and RBH.
The student will obtain an honorary contract within the Royal Berkshire Hospital, then undertake Trust induction and training using Electronic Patient Records system. They will collect data on pain management within the ED, then analyse the data using descriptive analysis and write a report to summarise the findings. Depending on timing and progress, the student may also present the findings back to the ED and draft a conference abstract or paper for publication.
Effective communication, both verbal and written. Ability to work independently and as part of a team. Experience of reviewing research literature and an understanding of research methods.
Project management. Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team. Experience working with quantitative research methods. Academic writing.
Hybrid working (the student will have allocated days to work from home and days to work within the Emergency Department at the Royal Berkshire Hospital)
Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm
Monday 03 July 2023 - Friday 11 August 2023
The deadline to apply for this opportunity is Monday 3rd April 2023. University of Reading students should submit their CV and Cover Letter directly to the Project Supervisor Dr Amelia Hollywood (click on supervisor name at the top of the page for email). The cover letter should outline why the applicant is interested in this project. Successful candidates will then be invited to interview.