Supervisory Meeting 1 for Nothando Ngwenya – 14 September 2006
We started off with a brief discussion on tasks set out by Rob on the 4th/09 – to explore the origins of blogs and key thinkers around blogging and healthcare.
Some references found on blogs and health included – John Suler’s The Psychology of Cyberspace. Paul advised to ask Elaine to order the book if it would be useful and relevant.
Discussion on the PgCRM and the modules for negotiated study. Paul advised on a non taught module relevant to my research and Stella suggested the computing module – Discipline Specific Module with an essay on The History of Blogs. The other 15credits could be from another negotiated study module in the Health Faculty on Therapeutic Writing.
Paul suggested looking at the ethical requirements for my research and to speak to Nadia and Anna about the ethics committee.
Brief discussion on the Hospice contacts led to a choice of 4 hospices to visit by Christmas. Idea behind the choices is to include a demographic study as per the location of the four hospices (convenient day for the visits– Monday):-
We talked about the use of blogs in other settings like mental health or after a major operation and other health settings. We all agreed that this could be a future project/PhD, so for the moment my Research will be left as hospice settings.
It was agreed to hold the meetings fortnightly so the next meeting is on 28th September 2006 at 10:00am.
Things to do by next meeting
Attend Stella’s introduction on the Discipline Specific Module on Monday 18th at 3:10pm.Get more information /timetable and enrolment requirements.
Contact Nadia and Anna on the procedure/process and contacts of the Research ethics committee.
Contact the Chief Executives of the 4 chosen hospices to ask permission to do research – make all appointments by Christmas – Elaine has offered to call the hospices.
Read through the RDC1 Form and Learning contract to see what requirements and deadlines they might be.
Get more information from Lou on the Negotiated study module in the Health Faculty.
Start review on the History of Blogs
