Junior Health Sciences Academy Early Careers Event
Spring 2024
Tuesday 30th January 2024 - Social Inclusion and the Patient Journey
9.15am – 10am: Fireside chat with a Respiratory Physiologist UL Hospitals, Outreach Worker, GP, ADPHN / Midwife, Occupational Therapist and Pharmacist who have specialised in their careers, with ‘day in the life’ insight and career advice.
10.00am – 10.20am: Health sciences students from University of Limerick will share their experience of their programmes of study: medicine, midwifery and occupational therapy.
10.20am – 11am: Follow the journey of a patient who experiences chest pain, through to their transfer via ambulance to University Hospital Limerick Cath Lab for stenting of their artery, to the Coronary Care Unit and finally to cardiac rehab.
Day 2: Thursday 1st February 2024 Caring for our Families (Paediatrics and Stroke in Older Persons)
9.15am -9.45am: Children Disability Network
Senior Occupational Therapist, Social Worker, Senior Educational and Child Psychologist
09.45am -10.25am: Stroke in Older Persons
Physiotherapist, Speech and Language Therapist, Stroke ANP Nursing, Dietetics, Paramedic, stroke patient and his wife
10.25am – 11am Health sciences students from University of Limerick share their experience of studying at UL: Intellectual Disability Nursing, Physiotherapy, Speech Language Therapy, General Nursing, Paramedic and Dietetics Studies.
Day 3: Wednesday 7th February 2024 Business in Health and Keynote Speaker
9.15am – 10.40am: Learn about a different side to healthcare.
Hear from finance, human resources and technology and former students who studied Business in University of Limerick, and their role in healthcare.
10.40am – 11am: Jack Kavanagh, Pharmacist, Speaker and Facilitator.
In 2012 Jack Kavanagh suffered a life changing spinal cord injury leaving him with 15% muscle function.
Watch Early Careers Event 2023 Recording HERE
