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HSRU Researcher Leads Soapbox Science Aberdeen
After a successful inaugural event in at the 2018 May Festival, HSRU research Dr Heidi Gardner lead Soapbox Science Aberdeen for a second year running.
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What numerical aspects of trials should we involve patients and the public in?
PoINT, a new HSRU trial methodology project, aims to find out what are the most important numerical aspects of trials that patients or the public can and want to contribute to. We are also looking to identify current practices, barriers and facilitators to involving patients in numerical aspects of trials.
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HSRU @ SCT 40th Meeting in New Orleans
Several of our staff attended the Society for Clinical Trials Meeting in New Orleans, USA, from the 19th to the 22nd May. The conference kicked off with the pre-conference workshop on the Sunday. Shaun Treweek led a workshop about SWATs that had contributions from Katie Gillies and other...
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Hunting for Evidence with the Girl Guides
It can be hard for young people to assess the claims they see every day, on the news, radio, social media. Are the claims true? What is the evidence? Is the evidence reliable?
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Fostering international collaborations to advance the science of audit & feedback
This week, the Health Services Research Unit (HSRU) welcomed Ivana Goluza, Research Strategy Project Officer from the Agency of Clinical Innovation, New South Wales, Australia. Ivana is specifically interested in how existing audit and feedback laboratories worldwide were setup and run. Lessons learnt will impact how the Agency of Clinical...
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3 HSRU staff members winners of the Principal's Prizes for Research and Engagement 2019
We are delighted to announce that HSRU's Alison Avenell, Heidi Gardner and Gordon Fernie have been announced amongst the winners of this year's Principals Prizes for Research and Engagement. Professor Alison Avenell is this year's winner of the Outstanding Research Awards for Individuals at Further Stage of Career Development. Dr Heidi Gardner...
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Local patient helps HSRU Celebrate International Clinical Trials Day 2019
The personal Clinical Trials Journey of local patient, Alister, helped us explain to the public the importance of clinical trials and why we are passionate about involving patients in our research. This year our Clinical Trials Unit (CHaRT) and HSRU celebrated all week at a stall at the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary...
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Staff News - May 2019
Welcome to Bob Murray who joins the Programming Team this month Farewell to Jemma Healey, Dan Brunsdon and to Gladys McPherson who leaves us this month: best of luck in all of your future endeavours
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The 4th Annual International Symposium on Advancing the Science and Impact of Audit & Feedback
Audit and feedback is an effective quality improvement strategy that provides health professionals with quantitative summaries of their clinical performance. However, its success varies widely: even though the intervention produces small but significant improvements in practice, evidence shows a median improvement of 4.3% varying from a 9% decrease in performance...
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NHS Scotland Event, 30-31 May Glasgow SEC
We are delighted to again be hosting a stand in collaboration with our colleagues in the Health Economics Research Unit at the NHS Scotland Event at Glasgow’s Scottish Event Campus (SEC). The NHS Scotland Event is the leading health event in Scotland and consists of two days of plenary, mini-plenary,...