RCSI School of Physiotherapy hosted its second RCSI Hospitals Physiotherapy Research Symposium Using Research to Influence Practice on Tuesday, 17 April. This one-day event brought the academic staff from RCSI School of Physiotherapy together with physiotherapy clinicians and managers from the RCSI Hospitals, including Beaumont, Connolly, Rotunda, Cavan and Monaghan hospitals, Louth County Hospital and Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda to present patient-focused research and clinical innovations. Associate Professor Frances Horgan, School of Physiotherapy, RCSI presented the first keynote lecture on ‘Stroke Care in Ireland: Research and Reality’. This was followed by oral presentations on topics such as the provision of care bundles for dementia, gaze stabilisation exercises in vestibular dysfunction, progressive mobilisation protocols in the Intensive Care unit and fatigue in neurosurgical patients. RCSI staff members Aine Ryan and Louise Keating discussed their PhD journeys in the fields of multimorbidity and cervical radiculopathy. Dr Jennifer Ryan, RCSI StAR lecturer in Dept of Epidemiology and Public Health Medicine, presented the second keynote address on Public Patient Involvement (PPI): moving towards meaningful and active involvement of patients in research. Symposium organiser Dr Helen French, Senior Lecturer, RCSI School of Physiotherapy explained how this symposium provides a forum for academic and clinical physiotherapists to network and build relationships for collaboration on clinically meaningful research. “There are wonderful service and quality improvement initiatives across the various clinical sites. Physiotherapy and exercise prescription is a critical part of care across many specialities within the hospital system and this forum allows us to pool our collective expertise to produce meaningful changes for patients.”