Breakthrough for Nurse Education on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis

We are delighted to announce an historic first for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis education in Northern Ireland!

On 14 Jan 2025, our trustees met with the Director of Nurse Education at Queen’s University Belfast.As a result, QUB has delivered its first-ever dedicated teaching session on M.E. on 30th April to over 200 student nurses— with another session scheduled for July 2025!

Our Discover M.E. film was screened, sharing powerful real-life stories from people with M.E. before the Covid pandemic.

Rebecca Logan, our Post-Covid M.E. Representative, gave a moving 20-minute talk about her lived experience.

Queen’s University PhD student, Tara Anderson is also participating in these sessions to further her research on the impact of the film on empathy and M.E. awareness among student nurses.

See the research study published in BMC Medical Education: HERE

This is another huge step forward for M.E. education and recognition, since our collaboration for medical student education in QUB since 2018.