Daniel Holyoake – Quality Improvement Project Poster of the Year Award

‘The awards had a great atmosphere of initiative, innovation and commitment to improving quality in training and service delivery.’

What has changed since you won the award?

‘The work has also been commended by the Clinical Oncology faculty of the Royal College of Radiologists where it won second prize in their annual audit competition.’

What are your educational aspirations for the future?

‘In the long term I would like to lead the education programme for students and trainees in my department and also deliver outreach events for schools and the public to improve health awareness in cancer risk reduction.’ 

See Daniel's winning poster here.

Elena Baker-Glenn – Trainee/Student Leader of the Year 2014

'It is incredibly rewarding to know that your efforts are having a beneficial impact on those you work with, and that those efforts are appreciated.'

What particularly did you enjoy about the awards event?  

'I really enjoyed hearing about the many pieces of outstanding work that the nominees had been doing, as it gave us an insight into things that were going on in other Trusts that we don’t often get.

I also hugely appreciated the opportunity to network with the other nominees and their guests, as well as all of the other people at the ceremony.'

Would you consider nominating anyone for an award this year?

Jonathon Holland - Educational Intervention Project Poster of the Year 2014

How did you feel when you heard you’d been nominated?

'As, following discussion with my fellow contributors to the project, I put forward the nomination for our group myself, I was not surprised to be nominated. However, I was very surprised that our project was shortlisted amongst a number of poster submissions reported to be well in to double figures. The idea to nominate ourselves for the project was initiated following an email from the Foundation Programme Director at our hospital, West Suffolk Hospital NHS Foundation Trust who said that she would support nominations for awards and used our project as an example. I am very thankful for that email!'

Describe your reaction when your name was called out?

'I was genuinely surprised we were chosen as the winning entrant, as although we had conducted an extensive project, the poster was only concerned with a smaller educational intervention. Nonetheless, this made the many hours we had spent collecting and analysing data seem much more satisfying.'

What has changed since you won the award?

'The larger project has been published in a mainstream journal, whilst the educational project, presented by one of my colleagues, went on to win a prize in its category at the Royal College of Physicians conference. Furthermore, by winning the award, this has given me to confidence to further continue with other quality improvement projects.'

Would you consider nominating anyone for an award this year?

'Absolutely - I will have a look at the different award categories and see which best match the many inspiring teams and individuals I know. There is a significant amount of tireless endeavour which often never reaches a trust-wide let alone regional spotlight but nonetheless makes significant improvements for quality of care and healthcare education.'

What are your educational aspirations for the future?

'On a day-to-day level, I thoroughly enjoy teaching medical students and would wish to make more formal commitments to this. In the longer term, I am strongly considering enrolling to study for a higher level education course such as those part sponsored by Health Education East of England via the Faculty Educator Development Programme.'

See Jonathon's winning poster here