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First ever SAPPHIRE-run Ethnography for Healthcare Improvement Summer School is huge success
SAPPHIRE ran the first Ethnography for Healthcare Improvement Summer School. This was a two-day event held in a very sunny College Court in Leicester. One of the attendees, Daniel Darbyshire from Lancaster Medical School, has written a blog combining his experience with testimonials from other attendees. Hello, my name is Dan, I am a […]
Factors influencing antimicrobial resistance in residential care homes
A brief literature review by Christine Amedor I am Christine, a third-year Medical Physiology undergraduate at the University of Leicester who recently worked alongside the SAPPHIRE research team as part of a 3-week ‘Accelerate your career’ internship. This blog post is one of the by-products of my work on the ‘Preserving Antibiotics though Safe […]
SAPPHIRE hosts successful interdisciplinary workshop on antibiotic prescribing
Is antibiotic overuse compromising the efficacy of current drugs? Are we going to run out of effective antibiotics? What interdisciplinary approaches may be useful for addressing the problem? These were some of the questions tackled at an international workshop at University of Leicester on 4th and 5th October this year. The focus of the workshop […]
Exploring antibiotic prescribing in South Africa and Sri Lanka: A brief travel report
Think university research is abstract and boring? Think again! I love my academic job, because it combines meaningful research on global health problems with exciting travel opportunities. This summer, for example, I swapped my university office for the beautiful sea views of Cape Town in South Africa and the lush green hills of Sri Lanka. […]
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