Dr Jess Morgan, working in the University of York, has taken time out from writing up a massive mixed-methods study to splurge on why you might like to use focus groups in your research study. You see, they aren’t just a way of getting a tonne of interviews done without having to do all the […]
Category: guest post
(Guest post) No more broken backs
In this guest post, Gabriella Morley reflects on her experience as a just-qualified doctor in paediatrics in Birmingham, UK, and what the experience of the “Learning From Excellence” model feels like to those under the greatest strain at the moment – junior doctors in England. It could probably be said that this was one of the most […]
Guest Post: Asking questions – engaging children and young people in healthcare
Listening to children, young people and their families enables us to get a better picture of what it is like for them, their lives and experiences, this in turn enhances our practise and impacts on the service we can effect and deliver. How-ever each presentation is unique in nature, each patient is individual, and a […]
Guest Post: Experience of running a PPI group
We’ve discussed before on this blog the possible benefits of public/patient involvement in research, and how it might be done, but in this guest post from Jemma Cleminson we get an insight into the challenges of doing it in real life. With many of the big funders of research now expecting involvement of patients and the public […]
Guest Blog: Do All Roads Lead to Rome?
Back in the mists of time, you may recall we described EBM as the combination of best evidence, clinical expertise and patient values. Which is pretty straightforward. But how to tell you have the best evidence might be a bit tricky – the RAMBo and FAST routes can appraise what you’ve got, but how to tell if […]
Guest post: The scary thing about research
You know that question that always comes up after a journal club/critical review of a paper session – “so where do we go from here?” and you also know the standard answer – “more research is needed”. Have you ever thought about why you use that answer? Well, firstly, its what we were taught from […]
Guest Post: “Not the brightest tool in the box…”
Another guest blog from @gourmetpenguin on the topic of clinical academia brings up an EXCELLENT point that’s often assumed, incorrectly. That is that to be a clinical academic, you need to be really clever. Well … I spent a weekend at the Clinical Academic Trainees conference in Sheffield in 2015. This is still quite a […]
Guest Post: Being a Clinical Academic
Fresh from all sorts of Deep Thinking and engaging with a broad range of research, it’s time to turn back to thinking about Turning the Tide and increasing the number of paediatrician types actively doing research as a large chunk of their jobs – clinical academics. Where training systems are in place, and encouragement is […]
Guest Post: How do you decide that a child has sepsis (or not)?
ROUND TWO OF DELPHI NOW OPEN: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/NDLYDFZ This Guest Post is asking for your help – your thoughts – on the identification of an Unwell Child. Please – read on and link to the survey at the end …. The introduction of Paediatric Sepsis 6 along with the recently released guidance notes has caused clinicians […]
Guest Blog: Introduction to Trans*
There has never been a time in which it is more important for healthcare professionals to be knowledgeable about LGBT (and specifically transgender) issues. This is not limited to adult medicine – many transgender individuals are aware of their feelings from a young age. What follows are a few general definitions (adapted from my post […]