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Meaningful use of Twitter in nursing education may improve student learning and should be considered as a viable educational tool to assist in the development of digital professionalism (2016)
Journal Article
Booth, R., & O'Connor, S. (2017). Meaningful use of Twitter in nursing education may improve student learning and should be considered as a viable educational tool to assist in the development of digital professionalism. Evidence-Based Nursing, 20(1), 28-

Meaningful use of Twitter in nursing education may improve student learning and should be considered as a viable educational tool to assist in the development of digital professionalism. Commentary on: Jones R, Kelsey J, Nelmes P, et al. Introduci... Read More about Meaningful use of Twitter in nursing education may improve student learning and should be considered as a viable educational tool to assist in the development of digital professionalism.

Public and patient engagement with digital health: a systematic review of qualitative studies (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
O'Connor, S., Hanlon, P., Garcia, S., Glanville, J., O'Donnell, C., & Mair, F. (2016, November). Public and patient engagement with digital health: a systematic review of qualitative studies. Presented at 44th North American Primary Care Research Group (N

Public and patient engagement with digital health: a systematic review of qualitative studies.

Large Scale Digital Health Deployments – How Ready Are We?: Lessons learned from the UK Delivering Assisted Living Lifestyles at Scale (dallas) programme (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mair, F., McGee-Lennon, M., Bouamrane, M., Devlin, A., O'Connor, S., Agbakoba, R., …O'Donnell, C. (2016, November). Large Scale Digital Health Deployments – How Ready Are We?: Lessons learned from the UK Delivering Assisted Living Lifestyles at Scale

Large Scale Digital Health Deployments – How Ready Are We?: Lessons learned from the UK Delivering Assisted Living Lifestyles at Scale (dallas) programme.

Engaging patients and the public in eHealth. (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
O'Connor, S., O'Donnell, C., & Mair, F. (2016, October). Engaging patients and the public in eHealth. Presented at 3rd European Congress on eCardiology and eHealth, Berlin, Germany

Engaging patients and the public in eHealth.

Helping Babies Breathe in Sudan (2016)
Journal Article
O'Connor, S., Hamid, A., Elsaid, H., Ahmed, S., Malik, Y., McCarthy, E., …Clarke, L. (2016). Helping Babies Breathe in Sudan. World of Irish Nursing, 24(8), 55-56

A hospital-to-hospital partnership between Cork and Sudan aims to reduce neonatal deaths in Sudan by focusing on training village midwives in neonatal resuscitation techniques.

Design think your life: how rethinking problems can help address integrated care for people with diabetes (2016)
Digital Artefact
O'Connor, S. (2016). Design think your life: how rethinking problems can help address integrated care for people with diabetes. European Health Forum Gastein, Austria

Blog: Design thinking was the hot topic of the integrated care pathways workshop at the European Health Forum Gastein conference today. The interactive 90-minute workshop was organised by Roche to facilitate new ideas and solutions around how people... Read More about Design think your life: how rethinking problems can help address integrated care for people with diabetes.

Understanding factors affecting patient and public engagement and recruitment to digital health interventions: a systematic review of qualitative studies (2016)
Journal Article
O’Connor, S., Hanlon, P., O’Donnell, C. A., Garcia, S., Glanville, J., & Mair, F. S. (2016). Understanding factors affecting patient and public engagement and recruitment to digital health interventions: a systematic review of qualitative studies. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 16(120), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-016-0359-3

Background Numerous types of digital health interventions (DHIs) are available to patients and the public but many factors affect their ability to engage and enrol in them. This systematic review aims to identify and synthesise the qualitative liter... Read More about Understanding factors affecting patient and public engagement and recruitment to digital health interventions: a systematic review of qualitative studies.

Engaging patients and the public in digital health: findings from a systematic review of qualitative studies (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
O'Connor, S., O'Donnell, C., & Mair, F. (2016, September). Engaging patients and the public in digital health: findings from a systematic review of qualitative studies. Presented at Menarini Foundation eHealth in Evolution Conference, Dublin, Ireland

Engaging patients and the public in digital health: findings from a systematic review of qualitative studies.

Pioneering mobile health (mHealth) in Africa: a nurses perspective (2016)
Digital Artefact
Chirambo, G. B., & O'Connor, S. (2016). Pioneering mobile health (mHealth) in Africa: a nurses perspective. United Kingdom

Blog: If you visit Malawi, in south-east Africa, you will find a warm, sunny climate and a welcoming, friendly people who are largely based in rural town and communities north and south of Lilongwe, our capital. We love simple things in life like goo... Read More about Pioneering mobile health (mHealth) in Africa: a nurses perspective.

Barriers and facilitators to patient and public engagement and recruitment to digital health interventions: protocol of a systematic review of qualitative studies (2016)
Journal Article
O'Connor, S., Hanlon, P., O'Donnell, C. A., Garcia, S., Glanville, J., & Mair, F. S. (2016). Barriers and facilitators to patient and public engagement and recruitment to digital health interventions: protocol of a systematic review of qualitative studies. BMJ Open, 6(9), Article e010895. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010895

Introduction: Patients and the public are beginning to use digital health tools to assist in managing chronic illness, support independent living and self-care, and remain connected to health and care providers. However, engaging with and enrolling i... Read More about Barriers and facilitators to patient and public engagement and recruitment to digital health interventions: protocol of a systematic review of qualitative studies.

Using Co-Design with Nursing Students to Create Educational Apps for Clinical Training (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
O'Connor, S., & Andrews, T. (2016). Using Co-Design with Nursing Students to Create Educational Apps for Clinical Training. In W. Sermeus (Ed.), Nursing Informatics 2016 (334-338). https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-658-3-334

Mobile technology is being trialed in nursing education to support students in clinical practice, as it can provide instant access to high quality educational material at the point of care. However, most educational mobile apps are generic, off-the-s... Read More about Using Co-Design with Nursing Students to Create Educational Apps for Clinical Training.

Summer Schools for Postgraduate Students – Yea or Nay? (2016)
Digital Artefact
O'Connor, S. (2016). Summer Schools for Postgraduate Students – Yea or Nay?. United Kingdom

Blog: I often wondered if research based summer schools run at universities and other organisations were worth investing in as a PhD student. When I heard the European Academy of Nursing Science (EANS) run an annual summer school specifically for nur... Read More about Summer Schools for Postgraduate Students – Yea or Nay?.

What is the Current State of Digital Health Readiness in the UK: Progression Towards Sustainability in the Naitonal Delivering Assisted Living Lifestyles at Scale: “dallas” programme (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Devlin, A., McGee-Lennon, M., Bouamrane, M., O'Connor, S., Chetty, U., O'Donnell, C., & Mair, F. (2016, July). What is the Current State of Digital Health Readiness in the UK: Progression Towards Sustainability in the Naitonal Delivering Assisted Living L

Selected as distinguished paper.

A Flexible Toolkit for Evaluating Person-Centred Digital Health and Wellness at Scale (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
O’Donnell, C. A., O’Connor, S., Devlin, A. M., Mair, F. S., McGee-Lennon, M., Bouamrane, M., …Mair, F. (2016). A Flexible Toolkit for Evaluating Person-Centred Digital Health and Wellness at Scale. In Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics in Hea

The Delivering Assisted Living Lifestyles at Scale (dallas) program was a large-scale, nationwide deployment of digital health and wellbeing products and services in the UK. Telehealth, telecare, mobile apps, personal health records, and assisted liv... Read More about A Flexible Toolkit for Evaluating Person-Centred Digital Health and Wellness at Scale.

Making the most of Social Media. (2016)
Digital Artefact
O'Connor, S. (2016). Making the most of Social Media. University of Glasgow, UK

Blog: So you might think that PhD land and social media don’t have much in common but it’s safe to say that without utilising the benefits online, interactive platforms like Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn have to offer you might miss out on quite a l... Read More about Making the most of Social Media..

What is REF and is it relevant? (2016)
Digital Artefact
O'Connor, S. (2016). What is REF and is it relevant?. University of Glasgow, UK

Blog: As a doctoral student eager to make the most of my research experience, I am surprised that the Research Excellence Framework (REF) doesn’t really appear anywhere in the process of postgraduate student especially when undertaking a PhD. In the... Read More about What is REF and is it relevant?.

Demonstrating the value of co-design: a mobile application for persons with dementia and their carers (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
O'Connor, S., Bouamrane, M., McGee-Lennon, M., O'Donnell, C., & Mair, F. (2016, April). Demonstrating the value of co-design: a mobile application for persons with dementia and their carers. Presented at Royal College of Nurses (RCN) Annual Conference, Ed

Demonstrating the value of co-design: a mobile application for persons with dementia and their carers.