Galway EM Research Day
Galway EM hosts an annual Emergency Medicine Research Day which looks at all the Research, Quality Improvement Projects, and Clinical audits done in the ED over the past year. Awards are given to the top projects for SpRs/Registrars, SHOs, and our Interns/Med Students.
See below for our recent award winning projects from the Galway EM Research programme in 2024.
2026 EM Research Day Winners
Registrar/GP Prize
“"Concussion 30 day follow-up study”
Dr. Evan White
SHO/Intern Prize
“Reducing unnecessary coagulation testing”
Dr. Abdul Khan & Dr. Balaj Sarwar
Nursing Prize
“Leaflet for bereaved parents in Paeds ED”
Tracey Torpey (collected by Karen Flaherty - photographed)
Medical Student Prize
“SLAMED - Simulation in Med Students”
Marguerite Fortin
2026 Research Winners
UHG Hospital Research Day Poster Prize
“Improving discharge diagnosis coding in the ED”
Dr. Farhan Zafar
CSTEM CAPA Research Presentations (2nd prize)
“HEMS Patients and their outcomes”
Dr. Niall McCormick
2025 Bayer/IAEM Research Bursary
Well done to Dr. Enda Hession, SpR in EM, who was awarded the 2025 Bayer/IAEM Research Bursary by the Academic Committee of the Irish Association for Emergency Medicine. His study will look at the “The use of Artificial Intelligence to assist Triage in the Emergency Department”.
2025 EM Research Day Winners
Registrar/GP Prize
“Assessing the impact of GPs in the ED”
Dr. Deirdre Kelly
SHO/Intern Prize
“Reducing unnecessary VBGs”
Dr. Niall McCormick
Medical Student Prize
“A descriptive analysis of GP referrals in the ED”
Marguerite Fortin
2024 EM Research Day Winners
Registrar/GP Prize
“Audit on the management of suspected DVTs”
Dr. Maury Guerrero & Dr. Ella Murphy
SHO/Intern Prize
“Paediatric Foreign Body Ingestion: a Quality Improvement Project”
Dr. Wilma Fouche
Medical Student Prize
“Audit of time to ECG for chest pain presentations in the ED”
Niall McCormick & Ralph Golden
2024 Research Prize Winners
UHG Research Day Top Poster
“Quality Improvement Project - REFRAME: Reframing Frailty in the ED“
Dr. Stephen Sheridan
RCEM Undergraduate Research Award
“The LACTATED study: the use and benefit of point of care Lactate measurement for ambulatory patients attending the ED"
Dr. Thomas Quinn & Dr. James Phelan
Bayer IAEM Research Bursury
“Prospective validation of the SCAT6 for patients diagnosed with concussion in the ED”
Dr. Evan White