Congratulations to Year 4

HYMS
student Hannah Clark whose

sheet
original painting ‘Fat Rascal
Robin’ will appear on this
year’s HYMS Christmas cards.

DECEMBER
2010

Students join team of first responders

They are the doctors of the
future. But medical students
from the Hull York Medical
School are already putting
their skills into action.
Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS
Trust has teamed up with the medical
school to train 33 students to become
community first responders and help
patients in the vital minutes before an
ambulance arrives.
They have been trained in basic life-
support, Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation
and oxygen therapy and will be equipped
with a kit to help patients suffering from a
heart attack, cardiac arrest, collapse or
breathing difficulties.
The students will work as volunteers
on a rota system from 6pm to midnight
from Monday to Friday and will respond
to calls within a three-mile radius of the
university campus in Cottingham Road,
west Hull.
Paul Stevens, network response
manager at Yorkshire Ambulance Service,
said the partnership is unique.
“HYMS is the first of its kind to have
joined our life-saving community first
responder scheme,” he said.
“As it already work in partnership
with the NHS in the region, we felt it
would be beneficial to develop this
relationship and are delighted to be
working alongside it.
“We know that in many medical
emergencies, the first few minutes are
critical and if effective treatment can be
given to patients within those minutes,
disability can be reduced and lives can be
saved.
“Every second counts when someone
is seriously ill or injured and, with
experienced student doctors based at
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Grantsawarded
CongratulationstoProfessors
JohnClelandandSimon
Gilbody,whohavereceived
awardsfromtheNational
InstituteforHealthResearch
HealthTechnologyAssessment
programme.
Professor Cleland, HYMS
Foundation Chair of Cardiology, has
been awarded £3,420,622 for a
project entitled Clopidogrel compared
to aspirin in chronic heart failure
(CACHE). 
Professor Gilbody, HYMS Professor
of Psychological Medicine and
Health Services Research, will be a
co-investigator with the University
of Leeds on a project Screening for
the risk of self harm in an adult
offender population which has been
awarded a grant of £401,762. 

DrMarjanvanderWoude,SeniorLecturerinMicrobiologyatHYMSandtheUniversity
Leading ofYork,hasbeenappointedacorememberoftheBiotechnologyandBiological
SciencesResearchCouncil(BBSRC)ResearchCommitteeB.
rolefor
© HYMS 2010

The committee decides on the funding of responsive mode project grants submitted to one of four
Marjan areas of expertise and the appointment, which is for a period of 1-3 years, recognises Dr van der
Woude’s contribution to UK science and her considerable research track record. 

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both university sites and living
within their communities, we felt
it could only be beneficial to
draw on these attributes when
medical emergencies occur.”
In Hull and the East Riding,
there are 407 community first
responders that make up 55
teams and this includes the
students.
Across Yorkshire, 3,000
volunteers work alongside
Yorkshire Ambulance Service
crews and they helped more than
5,700 patients last year.
Abilius Wong, a third year
medical student at HYMS, is the
scheme co-ordinator. He said:
“This scheme offers medical
students a wonderful opportunity
to serve the cities of Hull and
York by using our skills to make a
real difference in emergency
situations.”
HYMS2011
graduationball
Ticketsarenowonsalefor
theHYMS2011graduation
ballwhichwilltakeplaceon
Saturday18JuneatSwinton
ParkHotel,Masham,North
Yorkshire.The committee are
promising “a night of celebration
including a welcome drink and
reception, formal meal and all
night entertainment” for the
bargain price of £68. The
invitation is also extended to any
members of staff who would like
to come and celebrate with them.
Tickets will only be on sale until
Friday 14 January, so buy yours
now to avoid disappointment! You
can find full details by clicking on
the link. 
Studentsshineon
FAMILeYnight
OnceagainHYMSstudentsshowedoff
theircommunicationskillsintheannual
competitionfortheFAMILeYawardat
MiddletonHall,UniversityofHull.
Several hundred students, guests, members
of the public and academic clinicians from Hull,
York, Sheffield and Leeds were treated to a
FAMILeY award winners (from left): Maria
series of presentations varying from Sexual
Crouch, Sian Reece, Nadia McAllister and
Andrea Baxter Assault Referral Centres to food additives and
the effects on the developing foetus.
The eventual winner, Sian Reece, received a certificate and a cheque for £1,000
from HYMS Dean Professor Tony Kendrick (who was also one of the judges), for her
presentation on ‘Female urinary incontinence’.
The other finalists included:
 Andrea Baxter – ‘Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs)’
 Maria Crouch – ‘Vaginal birth after Caesarean section’
 Nadia McAllister – ‘Food additives and the effects on the developing foetus’
There was also a guest presentation from Emma Mironska and Greg Chambers on
‘Informed choice prior to breast cancer surgery’.
This event, organised by the charity FAMILeY (Female And Maternity Issues Locally
in East Yorkshire), is now in its fifth consecutive year.
Qualitycontribution the students launched the risk assessment
tool across the medical wards at the
HYMSstudentsworkingtogether Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital.
withNorthernLincolnshireand Talking about the assessment tool,
GooleHospitalsNHSFoundation Ruth explained: “The assessment uses a
Trust’sVenousThromboembolism safety cross, a visual management tool,
ImplementationGrouphavebeen which helps identify how well and how
instrumentalinintroducingaTrust- fast practices are settling in. The work
wideVenousThromboembolism continues through the Trust VTE
(VTE)– bloodclot–riskassessment Implementation Group to further carry
toolforadultinpatients.
The Hull York Medical School
this project forward.”
She said a further group of HYMS
students – Katie Lummis, Lorna Peach,
Simon Stapley and Ryan Cochrane – were
students Simon Findlay, Krystyna Simpson,
Simon Tavabie and Philip Thompson are
doing their placements at the Trust on the now reviewing the original risk assessment
Diana Princess of Wales Hospital site tool to further refine it to better suit the
when they undertook the work as part of care of pregnant women. Pregnancy and
their Quality Improvement Project. childbirth increases a woman’s risk of
Trust Quality Manager Ruth Colville developing a blood clot.
said: “The students came to me in April Ruth added: “It is still early days but
and we sat down and discussed the idea of early results are encouraging. We are
implementing the Department of Health’s getting better at identifying those at risk
risk assessment tool which could be used and acting to reduce that risk.”
to assess patients for VTE. They decided to She said a multi-professional approach
use a safety cross to clearly show how has been adopted. Key to success will be
clinical teams were adopting the new risk educating patients and carers. “People
assessment tool. need to understand the risks associated
“Nationally, thousands of people die with blood clots and the actions they can
from blood clots each year, more so than take to help prevent them.”
road traffic accidents, breast cancer and “Simple things, like drinking enough
AIDS. This is because they can be hard to water and moving about as soon as it is
spot as symptoms aren’t always noticeable. safe for patients to do so makes a
This is why prevention is key,” said Ruth. difference. These things all help to reduce
Working with Ruth and Dr Joseph the risk,” added Ruth.
Adiotomre, Consultant in Elderly The students’ work has been
Medicine and Chair of the VTE shortlisted for a Hull York Medical School
Implementation Group/Lead Clinician on Quality Improvement Project award. 
behalf of Dr Liz Scott, Medical Director
and Trust Director for VTE prophylaxis,
 Naomi’sspecialprize
Year4HYMSStudentNaomiChinn
(picturedright)haswonaspecial
commendationafterbeingshortlistedforthe
ProfessorHaroldEllisStudentPrizefor
Surgery2010.
This is the first time such a commendation has
been awarded and it was created especially for
Naomi after she impressed the panel at the Royal
College of Surgeons in London with the confidence
and originality of her presentation, ‘Which surgical
specialty will become extinct first and why?’
The judges praised Naomi’s attention to detail and the effort she had put into
making sure her unusual presentation would work on their system – traits which,
they said, made her very well suited to becoming a surgeon.
Barcelona!
Year4HYMSstudentsEmily
CooperandKrystynaSimpsongave
presentationsattherecentthree
dayInternationalCongressof
ExternalFixationandBone
ReconstructioninBarcelona.
Emily and Krystyna are hoping
eventually to publish their findings, which
began as audits during their Year 3 SSC at
Hull Royal Infirmary with orthopaedic
consultant Mr Hemant Sharma.
Emily’s presentation entitled “A
review of functional outcome of circular
fine-wire fixators used for open tibial
fractures”, looked at infection rates,
complications and functional outcomes for
patients (measured using various patient
satisfaction scores) when using circular
frames in open tibial fractures – a practice
that is relatively new with limited evidence
and research to go with it.
Krystynas presentation, “IM nails Vs
Circular frames: a comparison of factors
influencing fracture healing of open tibial
fractures”, combined data collected from
the two treatment types and compared
various factors affecting fracture healing,
such as co-morbidities, grade of fracture
Krystyna Simpson gives her presentation at the
International Congress of External Fixation and Bone
Reconstruction in Barcelona
Photo: Mike Park
and mechanism of injury. A study like this
has not been published to date, which
makes this an exciting and innovative
piece of research.
Emily said: “It was very nerve-
wracking getting up and presenting in
front of so many orthopaedic
professionals from all over the world! But
afterwards we got lots of positive
feedback from consultants from various
countries, such as Italy, Pakistan, Spain and
America, all saying that our presentations
were very good and that we presented
confidently. It was so surreal having top
consultants coming up to us and wanting
to shake hands with us!
“As we were the only medical
students there, we actually got several
comments saying that HYMS has paved
the way for many more medical students
to be involved in conferences such as this,
and the Congress Secretariat told us that
he predicts there will be many more
students at the Brazil Conference in 2012!
“HYMS has recently announced that
they will be starting a student conference
bursary scheme, which will be very helpful
to future students wanting to present at
conferences. We are glad that, by asking
HYMS about funding, we opened up the
discussion about bursaries of this kind. It's
such a great experience and an excellent
way to build on your presentation and
public speaking skills!
“We are very grateful to everyone
who helped make this possible for us: Mr
Sharma and Mr Javed with whom we
worked on the research; Professor Morris
and Professor Bennett and HYMS for
helping us with funding and allowing us to
go; and Dr Aziz Asghar, who helped us to
obtain student discounts from the
Congress and also helped us immensely
with our presentation skills. Thank you to
everyone!”
Staffnews
WelcometoLaurenMatthews
who has joined HYMS as the new
receptionist (afternoons) in York.
Othernews...
ProfessorIanMorriswill be
standing down as Associate Dean for
Research after being in post for
seven years. 
TheHYMSStaffChristmasBarn
Dance will take place at the Lindsey
Suite, Staff House, University of Hull
on Thursday 9 December, 7-7.30pm
until midnight. If you have any last
minute enquiries, please contact
janet.tasker@hyms.ac.uk
Weightlosstrial
HONEI (Humberside Obesity,
Nutrition, Education and Innovation)
is looking for people to take part in a
weight loss trial. Participants will be
either supported in their own
attempts to lose weight for three
months or have a free supply of
energy (calorie) controlled meals
delivered for three months. The trial
will start in early January 2011. For
further information and to express
interest please call the HONEI team
on 01482 466318.
SKIPHYMSnews
TWO Year 5 HYMS students have
been elected onto the 2010-11
national committee of SKIP (Students
for Kids International Projects). Sian
Reece will be serving as SKIP
National Secretary, whilst Hazel
Thompson takes on the role of SKIP
National Publicity Officer. 
Wilkinsonprize
CONGRATULATIONS to Year 5
student Stephen Bradley who has
won the Simon Wilkinson award for
his SSC with the Academic Vascular
Unit at Hull Royal Infirmary. Stephen
is particularly grateful to consultant
vascular surgeon Mr Ian Chetter and
research fellow Mr Dan Carradice for
their continuing support of his
project both during and after the
SSC.
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For full details of all ARRC Collaboration Seminar Annualchildmental Seminar
these events, plus Itstillmatterswhat
healthresearch
LifeandTemporalityin
many more lectures, networkingday
peoplebelieveabout SicknessCare
seminars, conferences heartdisease Prof Barry Wright
Prof Ingunn Elstad
and social events, visit Prof Gill Furze Learning and Research
Dearne Building
www.hyms.ac.uk/events Centre,York Hospital 
ARRC Auditorium A/RC/014 The University of Hull 
The University of York  catherine.arthurson@nyypct.
nhs.uk
sandi.newby@york.ac.uk

Universityofthe
Year2010
THE UNIVERSITY of York was named
University of the Year at the Times Higher
Education Awards 2010.Vice-Chancellor
Brian Cantor collected the award at a
ceremony in London attended by over
1,000 members of the higher education
community from around the country. 
Researchfellowship
THE DUNHILL Medical Trust has
announced the launch of a second round
of Dunhill Medical Trust Research Training
Fellowships in the fields of ageing,
rehabilitation and palliative care. The
closing date for applications is Friday 7
January 2011 and full details, including
guidelines for applicants and application
forms, can be found on their website. 
Renalunitdonation
HYMS Director of Clinical Studies Dr
Sunil Bhandari recently received a cheque
for £10,000 at Scunthorpe Renal Unit,
part of Scunthorpe General Hospital.
The donor was Mrs Stevens, a patient of
Dr Bhandari, and the money will be used
for research into kidney disease. Mrs
Stevens had a kidney transplant operation
earlier this year. Follow the link to a
newspaper article about the donation (Dr
Bhandari wishes to point out that he did
not carry out the operation himself). 
Stories with the mouse symbol  have more information in the news section
of the HYMS website, where you will also find breaking news, updates and images.
www.hyms.ac.uk/news
Anewparadigmfor
adultcough
HYMS Professor Alyn Morice, head of the
Hull Cough Clinic, has written an article
for the GP magazine Pulse Today explaining
how patients with chronic cough may
actually have a reflux problem. 
£500essayprize
APPLICATIONS are now open for the
essay prize established by Changing Faces
two years ago. Two awards of £500 each
are available for a 2,000 word essay on the
theme ‘How can a young person’s
adjustment to disfigurement be supported
in health care?’ The closing date for
entries is 4 February 2011 and further
details can be accessed on the Changing
Faces website. 
Electivegrants
THE MEDICAL Women’s Federation is
offering bursaries for female medical
students undertaking electives in 2011.
The deadline for applications is 14 January
2011. Further details can be accessed by
following the link. 
HYMSrugbywin
CONGRATULATIONS to the Hull York
Medical School Women’s Firsts Rugby
Team who beat the University of York
Women’s Firsts 15-5 at a recent match. 
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