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I joined HSRU on 1st March 2020 as a Research Fellow on the VOICES study, which aims to improve healthcare for people with systemic vasculitis. We are using qualitative methods to understand how patient and staff experience of care varies. I am a qualitative social science researcher curious about how patients and staff together bring about practice change. This interest comes from my clinical background in speech and language therapy, 14 years as publisher and editor of Speech & Language Therapy in Practice magazine, and extensive experience as a user representative in maternity services. I also have a personal interest in care for people with rare autoimmune disease.
| PhD, Practice change | University of Stirling | 2017 |
| http://hdl.handle.net/1893/27257 | ||
| MRes, Health Research | University of Stirling | 2012 |
| BSc (Hons), Speech Pathology & Therapeutics | University of Glasgow | 1988 |
Fellowship of the Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists (2011)
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Qualitative inquiry; the work involved in practice change / implementation; intervention description; patient and staff experience of care
I am working with Professor Louise Locock and patient partners on the qualitative aspect of a Versus Arthritis study led by Dr Rosemary Hollick. My role in VOICES (Vasculitis Outcomes In relation to Care ExperienceS) includes carrying out interviews for Healthtalk.org with people who have systemic vasculitis, a group of rare autoimmune diseases. I am also contributing to organisational case studies, using qualitative methods to understand variation in care.
I completed my PhD on practice change in speech and language therapy in 2018. My previous research contracts have covered a variety of topics and methods. Most recently I was a researcher on the PD COMM trial of speech and language therapy interventions for people with Parkinson's, where my role included using case notes to describe the trial interventions.
Researcher, PD COMM trial, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Research Assistant, 'Improving quality of life and swallowing function in patients with head and neck cancer. Development and feasibility of a Swallowing Intervention Package (SiP)', University of Stirling
Research Assistant, IPEC (Improving Patient Experience of Care) study, University of Dundee
Research Assistant, Process Evaluation of Alcohol Brief Interventions in Wider Settings, University of Stirling
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BMJ Open, vol. 8, no. 9, e025069
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Trials, vol. 18, 397 (2017)
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University of Stirling. 374 pages.
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