U21 Health Sciences Nursing and Midwifery Group Research Postgraduate Symposium 2024

Nineteen research postgraduate students from universities around the world attended the U21 Health Sciences Nursing and Midwifery Group Research Postgraduate Symposium 2024 on March 5. The students hailed from Fudan University, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, The University of Auckland, The University of Birmingham, The University of Glasgow, The University of Hong Kong, The University of Johannesburg, The University of Nottingham, The University of Queensland and University College Dublin.

The event, which was also streamed online, provided a platform for these emerging scholars to present their ground-breaking research before an adjudicator panel that included renowned scholars Professor Roinah Ngunyulu from The University of Johannesburg, Professor Yan Hu from Fudan University, Dr Eileen Gilder from The University of Auckland and Professor Daniel Fong Yee-tak from The University of Hong Kong.

More than 110 participants joined online and in-person to listen to the presentations, in which each student presented a concise, impactful three-minute summary of their work, helped by a single static PowerPoint slide. Five outstanding presentation awards were bestowed:

• Ms Man-lee Chan (The University of Hong Kong) – “Unraveling the Care Needs of Individuals with Progressive Neurological Diseases: A Mixed-Method Study”

• Ms Yajie Li (The University of Hong Kong) – “Brief Alcohol Intervention plus mHealth Support for Risky Drinkers Attending Accident and Emergency Department”

• Mr Hlatshwako Nkosinathi (The University of Johannesburg) – “First time Mothers’ Knowledge and Practices on the Nutritional Needs of Infants Aged 0-12 Months in the Shiselweni Region, Eswatini”

• Ms Arina Nurfianti (The University of Glasgow) – “Post Stroke Cognitive Impairment: Nurses’ Roles in the Assessment and Management in Indonesia”

• Ms Piyatida Theppradit (The University of Birmingham) – “The Challenges in Developing Paediatric Palliative Care Education Programme for Thai Nurses”

The quality of all presentations underscored the symposium’s commitment to nurturing intellectual growth and fostering collaboration among the next generation of leaders in Nursing and Midwifery.

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