Are you thinking about undertaking Audit, Research and other projects during your elective?
written by Jen Richardson as advice to fellow students
Who to ask in the medical school about research projects [Word]
A list of contacts and details of staff who have contacts worldwide
in gastrology, musculoskeletal, O&G, Paediatrics, Public Health & Primary Care and Respiratory Medicine.
Risk Assessments
College
Policy requires that a risk assessment is done for all projects before
starting work. The
person initiating the project is responsible to do this assessment, and
this will normally be the Academic supervisor. However, in the case of
a project taking place during a student elective, this responsibility
will fall to the student if he or she designs and initiates the project
when on location. Risk Assessments are part of your professional skills
portfolio.
If you propose undertaking
a project, you should undertake the risk assessment when planning for
the elective, and the
best
preparation
will be to complete the College Risk Assessment Foundation Training
(RAFT). This can be completed online: http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/staffdevelopment/safety/index/raft
You should then follow up by doing a practice
Risk Assessment, which should be checked out by a trained safety person,
before you leave
for the elective.
Contact Dr
Michael Barrett or Wendy
Pearson if you require help.
You are also
advised to take blank
Risk Assessment forms [Word] so that you can
review the working
practices
for
the work when you start.
Further useful information:
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) - Undertaing
a Risk Assessment includes the booklet 'Five
Steps to Risk Assessment' [pdf]
College
Safety Department - College
General
Risk Assessment Form [Word] |