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Effectiveness of Personalised Auditory Stimuli in Managing Critically Ill Adult Comatose Patients: A Systematic Review (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Varghese, R., Wojcik, G., Baruah, R., Rayamajhi, S., & Breen, C. (2025, May). Effectiveness of Personalised Auditory Stimuli in Managing Critically Ill Adult Comatose Patients: A Systematic Review. Poster presented at SICS 2025, Crieff

Background
Comatose patients face significant challenges, including sensory disorders, long-term immobility, and reduced quality of life. 1,2 The limited sensory stimulation in the intensive care unit (IC) increases the risk of sensory isolation, w... Read More about Effectiveness of Personalised Auditory Stimuli in Managing Critically Ill Adult Comatose Patients: A Systematic Review.

Short duration antibiotic therapy for critically ill patients with sepsis (SHORTER trial): a mixed-methods process evaluation of a randomised controlled trial. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wojcik, G., Emerson, L., & Hellyer, T. (2024, September). Short duration antibiotic therapy for critically ill patients with sepsis (SHORTER trial): a mixed-methods process evaluation of a randomised controlled trial. Presented at International Clinical Trials Methodology Conference, Edinburgh, UK

Introduction

Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction resulting from infection, and a leading global cause of death.1 Timely antibiotic administration is crucial, with guidelines recommending initiation within one hour of recognising severe... Read More about Short duration antibiotic therapy for critically ill patients with sepsis (SHORTER trial): a mixed-methods process evaluation of a randomised controlled trial..

What factors influence Nurse Independent Prescribing practice in UK primary care: qualitative evidence synthesis. (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wojcik, G., & MacNeil, C. (2023, November). What factors influence Nurse Independent Prescribing practice in UK primary care: qualitative evidence synthesis. Presented at Nursing, Midwifery, Allied Health Professions, Psychology, Pharmacy, and Health Care Science Research Conference, Edinburgh, UK

Background
Primary care services in the UK are encountering unprecedented challenges, including staffing shortages, rising costs and workloads, and policy initiatives supporting high-quality person-centred care. To meet these demands and the complex... Read More about What factors influence Nurse Independent Prescribing practice in UK primary care: qualitative evidence synthesis..

Creating certainty in a world of uncertainty: a systematic review and meta-ethnography to understand doctors` views and experiences of antibiotic prescribing in acute hospitals. (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wojcik, G., Ring, N., McCulloch, C., Willis, D., Kydonaki, K., & Williams, B. (2018, October). Creating certainty in a world of uncertainty: a systematic review and meta-ethnography to understand doctors` views and experiences of antibiotic prescribing in acute hospitals. Presented at 6th International Conference on Antibiotics, Antimicrobials and Resistance, Edinburgh, UK

Introduction
The rapid emergence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a major threat to public health and patient safety due to associated morbidity, mortality and healthcare-associated infections. With the lack of new antibiotics currently in de... Read More about Creating certainty in a world of uncertainty: a systematic review and meta-ethnography to understand doctors` views and experiences of antibiotic prescribing in acute hospitals..

Implementation of a novel surveillance algorithm for VAP and attributable antibiotic use: are we on the right tracks? (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wojcik, G., Craven, T. H., & Walsh, T. S. (2016, November). Implementation of a novel surveillance algorithm for VAP and attributable antibiotic use: are we on the right tracks?. Poster presented at Scottish Intensive Care Society 2016

Implementation of a novel surveillance algorithm for VAP and attributable antibiotic use: are we on the right tracks?

Ventilator associated events and outcome: preliminary results (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wojcik, G., Walsh, T. S., & Craven, T. H. (2016, November). Ventilator associated events and outcome: preliminary results. Poster presented at Scottish Intensive Care Society 2016

Ventilator associated events and outcome: preliminary results.

Comparison of Two Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Surveillance Techniques (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Craven, T. H., Wojcik, G., Kefala, K., McCoubrey, J., Reilly, J., Paterson, R., Inverarity, D., Laurenson, I., & Walsh, T. S. (2016, March). Comparison of Two Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Surveillance Techniques. Poster presented at 36th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine

Ventilator associated events and outcome: preliminary results (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Craven, T. H., Wojcik, G., & Walsh, T. S. (2016, January). Ventilator associated events and outcome: preliminary results. Poster presented at Scottish Intensive Care Society 25 th Annual Scientific Meeting