Sweam 2017 REport
This years meeting was another great success. We were lucky to have two entertaining and absorbing talks from guest speakers. Professor Michael Gleeson, (former editor of Scott Brown, former President of the World Federation of Skull Base Societies, former Editor in Chief of the Journal of Neurological Surery - Skull Base) gave a fascinating talk on the 'Face Value' of what we do. A revealing journey through a prestigious career entwined with the facial nerve. Mr. Matthew Clark took us on a journey to the furthest corners of ENT global health; performing local anaestetic cholesteatoma operations on piles of bricks, watched by resident operation room bats and piles of cadavers!
The quality of oral presentations and posters impressed the judges throughout. All talks were expertly delivered and well thought out. The best oral presentation prize was won by Nicky Seymour for her excellent talk 'Doctor Google will see you now: an assessment of quality and readability of web-based information of cochlear implants, aimed at patients.' Thomas Geyton claimed the runner-up spot with his presentation 'A report on 15years of clinical negligence claims in rhinology.' The best poster was won by Ms Sangha Mitra Mummadi for 'National tracheostomy safety project guidelines: Are we displaying vital information at the bedside of stoma patients?'
Once again feedback was excellent. All suggestions for improvement (mainly parking and finding the venue!) have been noted and will be addressed for next year.
The quality of oral presentations and posters impressed the judges throughout. All talks were expertly delivered and well thought out. The best oral presentation prize was won by Nicky Seymour for her excellent talk 'Doctor Google will see you now: an assessment of quality and readability of web-based information of cochlear implants, aimed at patients.' Thomas Geyton claimed the runner-up spot with his presentation 'A report on 15years of clinical negligence claims in rhinology.' The best poster was won by Ms Sangha Mitra Mummadi for 'National tracheostomy safety project guidelines: Are we displaying vital information at the bedside of stoma patients?'
Once again feedback was excellent. All suggestions for improvement (mainly parking and finding the venue!) have been noted and will be addressed for next year.
- Well run
- Excellent and interesting guest speakers
- Well organized
- Appropriate time length of session to ensure continuing engagement
- Excellent quality of presentation
- Excellent quality of guest speaker
- Varied and interesting day
- Excellent guest speakers
- Really excellent day, useful and well run
- Really enjoyed the selection/range of presentations, as well as the friendly atmosphere
- Mr. Clark very enjoyable different talk (sic).
- Liked the strict timing as ensured day ran smoothly
- Completely in awe of Prof. Gleeson
- Well organized with no last minute mix-ups/hiccups
- Kept well on schedule
- Was a wonderful meeting with great scientific content
SWEAM 2015 Report
We were privileged to have Mrs Emma King, one of the guest speaker, give her keynote lecture regarding her research on immunology and the treatment of head and neck cancer. We also had Mr Stuart Burrows and Mr Chris Burgess, both new appointed consultants going advice regarding getting a consultant job and how to obtain a fellowship.
The best oral presentation prize was won by Mr David Black with his excellent presentation titled 'A Survey to Assess the Availability and Use of YouTube as an Educational Resource'. Emma Molena won the best poster prize with her poster titled 'A comparison of VHI-10 scores, pre and post intervention, in patients with benign laryngeal disease'.
The best oral presentation prize was won by Mr David Black with his excellent presentation titled 'A Survey to Assess the Availability and Use of YouTube as an Educational Resource'. Emma Molena won the best poster prize with her poster titled 'A comparison of VHI-10 scores, pre and post intervention, in patients with benign laryngeal disease'.
Mr Chris Burgess presenting the best oral presentation prize to Mr David Black.
SWEAM 2014 Report
A great day was had by all. We had over 50 abstracts submitted with 15 being presented orally and 24 posters.
We were delighted and honoured to have Mr Robin Youngs and Prof Hisham Khalil as our guest speakers. Mr Youngs gave a wonderful presentation on how to get your work published and what makes a good and bad submission. Prof Hisham Khalil talked about research into clinical educational research in ENT.
The best oral presentation was awarded to Miss Natalie Ronan from the Royal Cornwall Hospital for her paper "Improving the utilisation of follow up appointments for patients with BPPV". The best poster presentation was awarded to Miss Franceca Haarer from Royal Sussex County Brighton for her paper "Patient's perspectives of the suitability of medication containing animal products for vegetarians: A survey of 80 patients in an otolaryngology out patient clinic."
Once again feedback was very positive. All suggestions for improvements have also been taken into account to make the next meeting even better.
We were delighted and honoured to have Mr Robin Youngs and Prof Hisham Khalil as our guest speakers. Mr Youngs gave a wonderful presentation on how to get your work published and what makes a good and bad submission. Prof Hisham Khalil talked about research into clinical educational research in ENT.
The best oral presentation was awarded to Miss Natalie Ronan from the Royal Cornwall Hospital for her paper "Improving the utilisation of follow up appointments for patients with BPPV". The best poster presentation was awarded to Miss Franceca Haarer from Royal Sussex County Brighton for her paper "Patient's perspectives of the suitability of medication containing animal products for vegetarians: A survey of 80 patients in an otolaryngology out patient clinic."
Once again feedback was very positive. All suggestions for improvements have also been taken into account to make the next meeting even better.
- well organised, inspiring speakers
- organised, good speakers
- warm atmosphere
- very nice meeting
- relaxed atmosphere, approachable
- I hope this continues
- good time keeping throughout day
- well organised
- good opportunity to present to trainees
- good there were not too few coffee breaks
- friendly atmosphere
- free
- relaxed and friendly
- friendly and welcoming
- good guest speakers more coffee breaks
- great organisation
- welcoming environment
- good presentations
- well selected presentations
- speakers pitched to the right level
- good platform to present work
- good variety of presentations
- great forum
- organisation good
- brilliant day
Natalie and Franceca, the prize winners!
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Michael George, one of our presenters.
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SWEAM 2013 Report
Thanks to all those who took part and attended on the day. In total we had 51 abstract submissions in total, 15 were selected for oral presentations and 15 for poster presentation. The best oral presentation prize was awarded to Mr Richard Harris from the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital for his paper "Nasopharyngeal biopsy: is it necessary?". The best poster presentation prize was awarded to Ms Zi-Wei Liu from Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford.
The feedback we received was extremely positive, and has also provided us with a few suggestions to improve what is already a highly successful event. A selection of comments now follows:
The feedback we received was extremely positive, and has also provided us with a few suggestions to improve what is already a highly successful event. A selection of comments now follows:
- “Really useful for trainees”
- “Please continue to encourage an informal environment”
- “Excellent meeting with interesting topics”
- “Very well structured and smoothly run”
- “Really interesting day. Thanks”
- “Rapid turnover, keeping to time”
- “Relaxed forum, well organised and well communicated”
- “Good atmosphere and interesting”
- “It was pleasing to see a wide geographic distribution of presented work”
- “Good setup. Great opportunity for presentation”
- “Good unintimidating platform”
- “Excellent guest speakers”
- “Excellent. Good opportunity to present, very supportive and motivational”
- “Great to be free. Well organised”
- “Good venue and good opportunity to present work in an informal environment”
- “A free conference!”
- “Efficient and well organised”
- “well run and done to time”
