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Wilkommen! Va bene?

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Thank you to Hazel Roddam ( @HazelRoddam1 ) for producing the latest ResNetSLT blog post. Have you seen all our new international friends who've started joining us on #ReSNetSLT? It's been exciting to 'tweetmeet' with a growing number of new connections from across mainland Europe. A special warm welcome to Germany and Italy, who have been very active in joining our recent monthly Twitter journal club discussions. This is such a great opportunity for immediate real-time contact with colleagues with no barriers of geography, or professional discipline. I've just heard a new phrase today - 'connectography, not geography'. That seems so appropriate for us! Do you like it? Here's some news about a unique conference in September - watch the video clip to hear more. We're bringing together practitioners and academics in nursing, midwifery and health sciences from all around Europe to share inspiring examples of applied research to change practice. Please

Tweetchat: Allied health research positions: a qualitative evaluation of their impact

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The second ResNetSLT Tweetchat of 2018 took place on Wednesday, 28th February. The chat was hosted by Amy Hilton and Hazel Roddam and was based on this paper: ' Allied health research positions: a qualitative evaluation of their impact '. The findings in this research highlight the value of allied health profession (AHP) clinical research positions. Please click here to view to pre-chat overview and questions. We had 21 people actively tweeting and using our hashtag #ResNetSLT, with many others also watching and retweeting the conversations. There were 238 tweets in total during the hour, with a 'reach' to over 213,000 linked Twitter accounts. Thanks so much to Caroline Bowen  in Australia for saying 'hello' at the start of our chat. It was really exciting to hear comments from Germany and Italy, sharing their experiences from differing work settings. It seems that there are still only a small number of allied health research positions established in UK prac