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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,...
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HSRU attends Healthcare Improvement Scotland Research Symposium
We were delighted to again co-sponsor the Healthcare Improvement Scotland Research Symposium which was held last week (24 April) in Edinburgh. The theme of the symposium this year was ‘Evidence for Value in an era of realistic medicine’ and featured keynote sessions from: Richard Norris (Honorary Fellow at the University of...
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HSRU's Professor Louise Locock made a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences
Congratulations to HSRU's Professor Louise Locock who has been made Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS) for her contribution to social science. Professor Locock joined the Health Services Research Unit in 2017, following 14 years in the Health Experiences Research Group, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University...
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HSRU to co-host the 7th Annual Research Symposium in Edinburgh on 25 April 2019.
Date: Thursday 25 April 2019, 10am to 4pm Location: COSLA Conference Centre, 19 Haymarket Yards, Edinburgh, EH12 5BH HSRU is jointly hosting a symposium with our partners at Healthcare Improvement Scotland and the Health Economics Research Unit at the University of Aberdeen, and the Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Unit...
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HSRU staff celebrate British science week with local school pupils
I love British science week! As part of the 2019 celebrations, we were lucky enough to be able to share our love of all things science by visiting not one but two local schools in Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire. First up was a visit to Arduthie primary school, where teacher Mrs Tulloch had...