Engagement activities

We run a number of engagement activities throughout the year. Our aim is to involve the public in our research to help and inform outputs, and inspire the next generation of medical professionals.

Working with schools

Across the school an enormous amount of engagement work is aimed at inspiring school children across Wales to think about careers in science and medicine. Some of this activity is coordinated centrally through our Science in Health programme and some of it is research-focused and led. In addition to this, staff respond to ad hoc invitations from local schools and groups to carry out tailored engagement activity.

Since 2017 we have been running a 'MEDIC Ambassador' scheme for our medical students and alumni who wish to engage with schoolchildren. We now have a pool of over 150 Ambassadors across the student year groups who have a real passion for medicine and inspiring the next generation of doctors and healthcare professionals.

If your school is interested in engaging with us please complete our online request form or contact us using the details at the foot of the page.

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Schools we work with

Involving the public and patients

In order to ensure that our research programmes are current, relevant and meet the needs of our changing society, we work to embed a culture of involving the public and patients in shaping and influencing research.

This additional insight and expertise will help to inform research outputs. Involving the public in research can add value and bring about unexpected benefits. Evidence shows that it makes the research more relevant and reliable and therefore more likely to impact positively on patients.

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Building engagement partnerships

We are keen to develop and maintain strong engagement partnerships with our many stakeholders, which realise beneficial outputs for both the School, the local community and beyond.

Influencing, broadening and informing

Through the development of evidence-based research, we engage with a wide variety of policy stakeholders to improve understanding, implementation and uptake of research outputs.

In order to broaden and inform public attitude on health and social care, we also run a monthly public lecture series between November and March. These lectures aim to open up areas of concern in healthcare and present new research on health issues.