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 - 1992, 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. The RCN Research Society Eastern region hosted the 2007 WRML lecture, and the RCN Research Society Northern region are hosting the 2008 WRML lecture
Annual Winifred Raphael Memorial Lecture
25 November 2008, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
Speaker: Professor Karen Cox, Professor in Cancer and Palliative Care, University of Nottingham
Title: Clinical Trials and Clinical Research in Cancer. A Nursing Perspective
Flyer: WRML 2008 (PDF, 24K)
Contact: Dave O'Carroll
Email: david.ocarroll@rcn.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/)
1981. "If I could alter one thing", H. Marjorie Simpson
1982. "The consumer's voice: nursing implications", Annie T Altschul
1983. "Miss Nightingale's vision of a nursing profession", Joyce Prince
1984. "Key functions in nursing", Jennifer Wilson-Barnett
1985. "Nursing and measurement", Senga Bond
1986. "Nursing research - possibilities and options", Christine Hancock
1987. "'Remember with advantages' - research efforts gone before", Doreen Norton
1988. "And research is always incomplete", Tom Keighley
1989. "Bridges of opportunity - research linking nursing practice, education and management", Pat Ashworth
1990. "The study of nursing care", Baroness McFarlane of Llandaff
1991. "Of graduates and king's", Jack Hayward
1992. "Rigour and reality: the paradox of nursing research", Jane Robinson
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
2001. "Clinical Competence: Starship Enterprise or Straitjacket?", Roger Watson
Notes from the lecture (PDF, 90K)
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.
2003. "Nursing development, memes and the science of chaos", Mike Walsh
Notes from the lecture (PDF, 81K)
2004. "Evidence Based Practice: does profusion of evidence mean confusion in practice", Hugh McKenna
Notes from the lecture (PDF, 63K)
2005. "The patients' perspective and research dilemmas", Felicity Stockwell
Notes from the lecture (PDF, 100K)
2006. "Writing for publication", Christine Webb
2007. "A short history of nursing ethics", Martin Johnson
Notes from the lecture (PDF, 168K)