SERN

At the Summer Meeting 2022, the Scottish ENT Trainees Research Network was proposed to provide recognised national collaborative research for trainees, with the support of ENT Scotland.


Committee

  • Co-Chair – Niall Woodley, Fergus Cooper
  • Secretary – Rhona Hurley
  • R&D Leads – Kate Hulse, Rhona Hurley
  • Sustainability Lead – Alison Lim
  • Social Media – Kate Hulse, Kiara Paramjothy
  • REDCap Lead – Niall Woodley
  • Core Trainee Lead – Christy Moen
  • Ordinary Members – Jimmy Ng, Sam Arman
  • Senior Advisors – Catriona Douglas, Hitesh Tailor

NOMAD

Project Lead: Niall Woodley

A first for Scotland, a national database audit tool to capture all ENT M&M data.


Sustainability in ENT

Project Lead: Alison Lim

ENT UK have recommended that we work to improve sustainability in all aspects of our practice. SERN have created Sustainability QI ‘packs’ so that resources to run your own ENT sustainability project can be easily downloaded and completed. If you would like to share the results of your QI project, and receive a SERN certificate, please send us the results of your QI project. 


Management of Acute Sore Throats

Project Members:
Kiara Paramjothy, Christy Moen, Fergus Cooper, Holli Coleman, Jimmy Ng, Baryab Zahra, Mohd Afiq Mohd Slim, Gary Hoey, Rania Fernandez, Alison Lim, Foon Kwong, Irene Benaran, Hitesh Tailor, Catriona Douglas

  • First round outcomes presented at Winter Meeting 2022.
  • Poster presented at BACO International 2023
  • Second Round outcomes presented at Summer Meeting 2023


Ongoing projects

  • Epistaxis management
  • Laryngeal dysplasia management
  • Tonsillectomy Register
  • NOMAD – National Otorhinolaryngology Morbidity Audit Database