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Quality Improvement in Colonoscopy: A view from Sweden
I am Annica, a PhD student from Sweden. Last autumn, I participated as a student in the module “Quality and Quality Improvement in Healthcare” taught by the Department of Health Sciences at the University of Leicester. During my time in Leicester, the SAPPHIRE research group most kindly invited me to their meetings – and at […]
Studying antimicrobial resistance: Interdisciplinary research is critical, but challenging
In March 2017 I travelled down to Bristol for a two day meeting on interdisciplinary research into antimicrobial resistance (AMR), organised by Helen Lambert (ESRC AMR Research Champion), University of Bristol. Around 50 researchers had come together for the workshop, and they were a diverse group – over coffee and dinner I spoke to lab-based […]
The weekend effect in hospitals: Why we need evidence to underpin policy
The level of doctors’ working hours over weekends in hospitals is a subject of much current debate and controversy, with considerable attention being paid to the ‘weekend effect’ – evidence that patients who are admitted to hospital the weekends are at higher risk of death. The HiSLAC project is an independent study exploring the […]
The risks of feeding back the results of clinical trials to participants
Feeding back the results of clinical trials to participants has long been seen as good ethical research practice, and new guidance from the Health Research Authority, the national regulatory body for research in England, makes it clear that feedback is part of researchers’ commitment to participants. But what are the consequences of sharing results […]
Me, a leader? My experiences of the Aurora programme
Last September I decided to apply for the Aurora leadership programme for women in higher education. This isn’t the sort of thing I would usually do – I’ve never really thought of myself as a ‘leader’. But having reached the level of senior lecturer I was starting to take on roles such as leading research […]
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