Welcome to episode 119 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 15 March 2023] of #mhTV.
Between 13 and 14 March the 2023 Horatio Congress happened in Malta. Dr Neil Murphy and Dave Munday attended on behalf of Unite/MHNA.
In this episode, Neil and Dave provide a brief reflection on some of the highlights from the two day event.
Following this you can see a recording of the congress session that Dave gave, joined by Nicky Lambert via Zoom: ‘#mhTV – how to build an online digital community’. We were also lucky to have the excellent volunteer, Shuna Vanner take up the ask to join in the conference session. Shuna is a clinical nurse specialist in Heiloo, Netherlands.
Background: Mental ill health is still seen as frightening or mysterious, although it’s part of everyday human experience. The community of people who live with mental distress, who care for and about them, who work to make things easier through research, practice and education have move in common than divides them and there is much to be understood and celebrated. During the pandemic and in their own time, the #mhTV team created an online television and podcast series to support colleagues, celebrate nursing and discuss mental
health issues. We began by live streaming their conversations about COVID-19 on Facebook and covered mor- al injury, bereavement, loss and social inequality and have gone on to produce a 100 episodes about all aspects of mental health practice.
Aim: To share our experience of coproducing a learning network and collaborating to produce educational and professional content
Method: This is a shared and coproduced endeavour - we meet guests and engage in helping conversations to make complex ideas or intimidating topics accessible and interesting - we share links to work, articles, im- ages and support independent learning during the show and can respond to real time questions. We want to share our love of mental health communities and believe that you don’t need permission to educate yourself or explore subjects you find interesting. For example the team also hosted the mental health nursing research conference enabling it to go ahead free of charge and expanding its reach to be seen by more than 2,000 people compared to its usual 200 attendees.
Results and Discussion: In this workshop we will describe what we did and why. We will look at the successes and lessons learned and offer practical suggestions and guidance for anyone wishing to try something similar. We will also describe the technology used and how to get the most out of social media from a professional perspective.
Some useful links:
- Horatio: European Psychiatric Nurses website: https://www.horatio-eu.com
- The Horatio Congress website: https://www.horatiocongress2023.com
- An Unite/MHNA Twitter thread from #HoratioCongress2023: https://twitter.com/Unite_MHNA/status/1635192459310530560?s=20
Some Twitter links to follow are:
VG - www.twitter.com/VanessaRNMH
NL - www.twitter.com/niadla
DM - www.twitter.com/davidamunday
Horatio: https://twitter.com/Horatio_eu
Credits:
#mhTV Presenters: Vanessa Gilmartin, Nicky Lambert & David Munday
Guests: Dr Neil Murphy & Shauna Vanner
Theme music: Tony Gillam
Production & Editing: David Munday
