Please note that these projects are no longer available for application and our listed here for reference only.
Supervisor | Area | Title | Type | Venue | Duration | Time required | Student requirements |
Dr James Glasbey | Surgery | Surgical Schools’: variability in recruitment to surgical specialities amongst UK medical schools | Data interpretation | Anywhere (Cardiff-based) | 2 weeks | 12 hours | Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Intercalated BSc |
Ella Harrison-Hansley | Information | Leaflet targeted at mums with toddlers about the dangers of common household products | Leaflet | NHH and home | 2-3 weeks | 6 hours max | Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Intercalated BSc |
Dr James Glasbey | Surgery | Post-operative CRP measurement is of limited clinical utility: a closed-loop audit cycle | Audit | UHW, Cardiff | 6 weeks | 4-6 hours initially, then 4-6 hours about 2 months later | Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Intercalated BSc |
Nirmal James | Emergency Medicine | ‘Validation of Behavioural pain score in children’ | Research | Royal Gwent Hopsital, Newport | 4 – 8 weeks | 3-4 hours per week | Year 3, Year 4 |
Arun Verma | Medical Education | Retention and Success in Healthcare Education: Exploring the influence of gendered identities in male- and female-dominated environments. | Audio Diaries | Any Clinical Placement | 8 – 12 weeks | <1 hour per week | Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 |
Dr James Glasbey | General Surgery | Day of surgery admission: are we doing it anyway? | Ward based service evaluation | University Hospital Wales | 6 – 12 weeks | 1 hour per week | Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Intercalated BSc |
Miss Ella Harrison-Hansley | Emergency Medicine / COTE | Design of clerking sheet for Emergency Medicine doctors | Audit + Pathway | Nevill Hall Hospital, Abergavenny | 1-2 weeks | 1 day per week | Year 4, Year 5, Intercalated BSc |
Miss Ella Harrison-Hansley | Emergency Medicine / ETOH | Leaflet for A&E about where they go for ETOH advice and drug problems, services that are available | Leaflet | Nevill Hall A&E, Abergavenny | 1-2 weeks | 2 days per week | Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 |
Claire Morton, Divya Mathews, Dave Fisher | Communication/ ophthalmology | Glaucoma: How much do people understand? A survey of understanding of glaucoma in a sample of the general public, in people visiting their optometrist and in patients attending a glaucoma clinic | Data collection + interpretation | Abergele hospital, Rhyl and Llandudno | 4 weeks | 2-4 days per week | Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 |
Dr James Glasbey | Surgery | Geriatric Surgery: identification and risk reduction for at risk populations of elderly patients undergoing abdominal surgery | Systematic Review & meta-analysis | Anywhere (Cardiff-based) | 30-40 Hours | Initial 15-20 hours work, then 1-2 hours a week over 4-8 weeks | Year 4, Year 5, Intercalated BSc |
Dr James Glasbey | Surgery | Prevention of adhesions following intra-abdominal surgery: innovations and emerging paradigms | Systematic Review | Anywhere (Cardiff Based) | 40-60 hours, spread over number of months | 10-12 hours to draft initially, then 4-6 hours a week | Year 4, Year 5, Intercalated BSc |