Winifred Raphael Memorial Lecture (WRML)

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The Winifred Raphael Memorial Lecture (WRML) is one of the main events in the RCN Research Society calendar. Thanks to Mrs Raphael's family who launched the memorial fund, and to all those involved since, the lecture is an event which often draws together a variety of nurses from different nursing and geographical areas.

The lecture itself has evolved in 3 stages. From 1981 - 1993, the annual lecture took place in London, England. With a 1995 lecture, there then followed a break of 6 years before the lecture was reinstated as an evening lecture within RCN Congress between 2001 - 2006. After the 2006 lecture, it was decided to encourage the regional groups of the RCN Research Society to take turns in hosting the event.

2013 annual Winifred Raphael Memorial Lecture

Hold the date: 07 October 2013, Sheffield, England. Guest speaker will be Professor Julie Taylor, NSPCC Chair in Child Protection, University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

Website: http://wrml2013.org.uk/

Previous Winifred Raphael Memorial Lectures

(Please note the 1981-1990 lectures have been collated into a book, "'They speak for themselves' - the Winifred Raphael Memorial Lectures 1981-1990", a copy of which is located in the RCN Library in RCN HQ, Cavendish Square, London W1G 0RN. Please contact the Library, Tel: 020-7647 3610, email: rcn.library@rcn.org.uk, web: www.rcn.org.uk/library/)

2012. "The personal impact of Mary Seacole: her life, my research and the Memorial Statue Appeal", Elizabeth Anionwu
Video of the lecture...coming soon

2011. "Human flourishing through nursing research and development: seeing, appreciating, and making use of what is right in front of us", Brendan McCormack
Video of the lecture

2010. "Lost in translation: the Art and Science of using evidence in practice", Kate Seers
Notes from the lecture (PDF, 524KB)

2009. "Nursing, workforce and health outcomes: historical reflections and research", Anne-Marie Rafferty
Notes from the lecture (PDF, 2.1MB)
Video of the lecture

2008. "Clinical Trials and Clinical Research in Cancer. A Nursing Perspective", Karen Cox

2007. "A short history of nursing ethics", Martin Johnson
Notes from the lecture (PDF, 168K)

2006. "Writing for publication", Christine Webb

2005. "The patients' perspective and research dilemmas", Felicity Stockwell
Notes from the lecture (PDF, 100K)

2004. "Evidence Based Practice: does profusion of evidence mean confusion in practice", Hugh McKenna
Notes from the lecture (PDF, 63K)

2003. "Nursing development, memes and the science of chaos", Mike Walsh
Notes from the lecture (PDF, 81K)

2002. "Evidence-based practice: unravelling the rhetoric and making it real?", Kate Gerrish
Gerrish, K. (2003), "Evidence-based practice: unravelling the rhetoric and making it real", Practice Development in Health Care 2 (2), 99-113, Whurr Publishers Ltd.

2001. "Clinical Competence: Starship Enterprise or Straitjacket?", Roger Watson
Notes from the lecture (PDF, 90K)

1995. "Research and the configuration of nursing services", Karen Luker
Luker K.A. (1997), "Research and the configuration of nursing services", Journal of Clinical Nursing, Vol 6 pp259-267

1993. "Nursing research in Europe", Alison Tierney

1992. "Rigour and reality: the paradox of nursing research", Jane Robinson

1991. "Of graduates and king's", Jack Hayward

1990. "The study of nursing care", Baroness McFarlane of Llandaff

1989. "Bridges of opportunity - research linking nursing practice, education and management", Pat Ashworth

1988. "And research is always incomplete", Tom Keighley

1987. "'Remember with advantages' - research efforts gone before", Doreen Norton

1986. "Nursing research - possibilities and options", Christine Hancock

1985. "Nursing and measurement", Senga Bond

1984. "Key functions in nursing", Jennifer Wilson-Barnett

1983. "Miss Nightingale's vision of a nursing profession", Joyce Prince

1982. "The consumer's voice: nursing implications", Annie T Altschul