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Consent to discuss participation in research: a pilot study
(2019-09)
Background. Equitable access to research studies needs to be increased for all patients. There is debate about which is the best approach to use to discuss participation in research in real-world clinical settings.
Objective. ...
Evaluating dementia training for healthcare staff
(2019-04)
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report on a service evaluation of a competency-based dementia
training programme for clinicians to establish its value in improving their knowledge and confidence of
dementia ...
Newly qualified health visitor: Resilience in practice
(2019-09)
As a new cohort of health visitors qualify, Bethany Boddy reflects on the importance of resilience and the way individuals, teams and organisations can support staff as they develop their skills as practitioners through ...
Newly qualified health visitor: Mandated contacts and achieving the best start in life
(2019-08)
There has been much in the news recently about how to achieve the best start for children in the UK. Bethany Boddy reflects on the importance of the health visitor contacts for families in the UK and the challenges faced ...
Using local communities to establish geographical boundaries for case studies
(2019-02)
Background Case studies are widely used in the social sciences to explore complex phenomena in natural settings. Applying boundaries is vital to ensure cases are easily identifiable and similar enough to be treated as ...
Clinician-targeted interventions to improve advance care planning in heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis
(2019-05)
Objective Advance care planning (ACP) is widely advocated to contribute to better outcomes for patients suffering from heart failure. But clinicians appear hesitant to engage with ACP. Our aim was to identify interventions ...
Newly qualified health visitor: Discussing vaccinations with families through health visiting contacts
(2019-10)
Bethany Boddy considers the important role health visitors have in discussing vaccinations with families through mandated contacts and sharing evidence-based research to promote vaccination uptake.
Implementing a digital clinical decision support tool for side effects of antipsychotics: a focus group study
(2019-04-15)
In medicine, algorithms can inform treatment decisions by combining the most up-to-date evidence about side effect profiles of medications, which are comparable in efficacy. Their use provides opportunities for improved ...
Why Health Care Professionals Belong to an Intensive Care Virtual Community: Qualitative Study
(2019-11)
Background: Clinical practice variation that results in poor patient outcomes remains a pressing problem for health care organizations. Some evidence suggests that a key factor may be ineffective internal and professional ...
Out-of-hours primary care end of life prescribing: a data linkage study
(2019-05)
Objectives: Out-of-hours (OOH) primary care services are contacted in the last 4 weeks of life by nearly 30% of all patients who die, but OOH palliative prescribing remains poorly understood. Our understanding of prescribing ...