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Evaluation of practice learning portfolio in Prescribing programmes in the UK
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Paterson, R., & Afseth, J. (2014, October). Evaluation of practice learning portfolio in Prescribing programmes in the UK. Paper presented at Nurse Education Today conference, Oxford

Background: In the United Kingdom, legislation, in response to both service and political drivers, has permitted nurses and allied health professionals to prescribe for patients within their care. Preparation for this role includes learning, teach... Read More about Evaluation of practice learning portfolio in Prescribing programmes in the UK.

Comparison of Two Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Surveillance Techniques
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

Behavioural Couples Therapy as an adjunct to opioid substitution therapy for drug dependent parents: A feasibility study - Final Report for Chief Scientist Office
Report
Whittaker, A., Elliott, L., Taylor, J., Klostermann, K., Stoddart, A., Black, H., Hillen, P., O’Farrell, T., Weir, C., Littlewood, P., & Gill, J. (2018). Behavioural Couples Therapy as an adjunct to opioid substitution therapy for drug dependent parents: A feasibility study - Final Report for Chief Scientist Office. Chief Scientist Office

Aim To test whether Behavioural Couples Therapy (BCT), a USA-developed evidence-based psychological therapy for the treatment of addiction, can be successfully delivered within NHS drug treatment services with drug-dependent parents who have childre... Read More about Behavioural Couples Therapy as an adjunct to opioid substitution therapy for drug dependent parents: A feasibility study - Final Report for Chief Scientist Office.

Police officer’s perspectives of people who use drugs: compassion or stigma? Evidence from an evaluation of Police Scotland’s naloxone pilot
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hillen, P., Heyman, I., Dougall, N., Murray, J., Aston, E., Jamieson, M., Speakman, E., & McAuley, A. (2024, March). Police officer’s perspectives of people who use drugs: compassion or stigma? Evidence from an evaluation of Police Scotland’s naloxone pilot. Presented at Drugs Research Network Webinar: ‘Drugs, Stigma and Emergency Services’, Online

This presentation explored selected quantitative and qualitative data from an evaluation of Police Scotland’s naloxone pilot. The data indicated that police officers in Scotland had a range of views about problem drug use, and people who use drugs (P... Read More about Police officer’s perspectives of people who use drugs: compassion or stigma? Evidence from an evaluation of Police Scotland’s naloxone pilot.

Made Easy: Skin Tears And Skin Tones
Preprint / Working Paper
LeBlanc, K., Dhoonmoon, L., & Samuriwo, R. (in press). Made Easy: Skin Tears And Skin Tones

Research indicates that disparities, and unnecessary variations, are prevalent in the wound care of people with darker skin tones, which is often caused by a lack of insight or understanding (Oozageer Gunowa et al, 2018). These variations in the qual... Read More about Made Easy: Skin Tears And Skin Tones.

Using applied drama in nursing and healthcare education: A handbook for educators
Book
Kyle, R., Mermikides, A., Tizzard-Kleister, K., Mahoney, C., Dinetto, S., & Richardson, S. (in press). Using applied drama in nursing and healthcare education: A handbook for educators. Routledge

In recent years there has been increasing interest in the interconnection between the performing arts and the performance of care. Applied drama has been used by educators to enable students to engage with concepts such as person centredness, compass... Read More about Using applied drama in nursing and healthcare education: A handbook for educators.

Erasumus Mundus: Leading the programme in Scotland
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Paterson, R. (2024, April). Erasumus Mundus: Leading the programme in Scotland. Presented at XII Congreso Hispano-Luso de Estudiantes de Enfermería, Oviedo, Spain

Part of the panel Participando como socio de un Programa de Máster Erasmus Mundus en Enfermería. This was a presentation to the University of Oviedo, Nursing and Health Faculty on the Scottish Perspective of the Masters in Emergency and Critical C... Read More about Erasumus Mundus: Leading the programme in Scotland.

Patient and public involvement in the design and conduct of a PhD research project: rationale, process, outcomes and lessons learned
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ryan, C. (2024, June). Patient and public involvement in the design and conduct of a PhD research project: rationale, process, outcomes and lessons learned. Paper presented at Royal College of Occupational Therapy Conference 2024, Online

Patient and public involvement (PPI) is crucial to and increasingly mandated in intervention development to ensure relevance, effectiveness and acceptability. Despite this, systematic implementation guidance remains scarce, particularly regarding equ... Read More about Patient and public involvement in the design and conduct of a PhD research project: rationale, process, outcomes and lessons learned.

Discursive constructions of professional identity - the myth of the midwife
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McLuckie, C. (2022, November). Discursive constructions of professional identity - the myth of the midwife. Paper presented at Scotland Maternity and Midwifery Festival 2022, Edinburgh, UK

This paper discusses a discourse analysis of regulatory policy which formed part of my doctoral study ‘Powers, passages and passengers: the construction and performance of student midwives’ professional identities’ (Mcluckie, 2021). The title employs... Read More about Discursive constructions of professional identity - the myth of the midwife.

Surfacing the self-evident in anti-racist pedagogic research: how to ask the wrong people the right questions, and how not to ask the right people anything at all
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McLuckie, C. (2024, June). Surfacing the self-evident in anti-racist pedagogic research: how to ask the wrong people the right questions, and how not to ask the right people anything at all. Paper presented at The Gathering: Edinburgh Napier's Learning & Teaching Conference, Edinburgh, UK

Our Strategic Enhancement Project did not generate anything surprising. That doesn’t mean it didn’t generate anything important. It aimed to consider whether using an adapted ‘Decolonising Midwifery: Education Toolkit' (Royal College of Midwives, 202... Read More about Surfacing the self-evident in anti-racist pedagogic research: how to ask the wrong people the right questions, and how not to ask the right people anything at all.

What factors influence Nurse Independent Prescribing practice in UK primary care: qualitative evidence synthesis.
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..

Opportunistic screening of atrial fibrillation in a dental setting in the UK: a feasibility study
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pearsons, A., Hanson, C., Bisset, S., Atkinson, N., Lansdowne, N., Elliott, N., Dennis, T., Pai, S., & Neubeck, L. (2023, November). Opportunistic screening of atrial fibrillation in a dental setting in the UK: a feasibility study. Poster presented at Scottish Lipid Forum & SHARP Annual Scientific Meeting 2023, Edinburgh

Introduction: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common arrythmia and is significantly associated with an increased stroke risk. Screening programmes can help to identify asymptomatic AF in those aged ≥65 and initiate oral anticoagulation where indicated... Read More about Opportunistic screening of atrial fibrillation in a dental setting in the UK: a feasibility study.

Audit of eligibility of hepatitis C/HIV co-infected patients in the Lothian Regional Infectious Diseases Unit cohort for new HCV protease inhibitor containing regimens
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Devine, K., Whiteley, D., & Leen, C. Audit of eligibility of hepatitis C/HIV co-infected patients in the Lothian Regional Infectious Diseases Unit cohort for new HCV protease inhibitor containing regimens

Background: Introduction of the new HCV protease inhibitors has been shownto improve outcomes for mono-infected patients. Recent data showssignificant decline in HCV RNA at 24 weeks in genotype 1 co-infectedpatients on HAART who received either Telap... Read More about Audit of eligibility of hepatitis C/HIV co-infected patients in the Lothian Regional Infectious Diseases Unit cohort for new HCV protease inhibitor containing regimens.

Patient Centred Medical Education Workshop
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Breen, C. (2024, June). Patient Centred Medical Education Workshop. Presented at Patient Centred Medical Education Workshop, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh

Trainees, patients and healthcare providers all benefit from better training through practice, feedback and objective assessment. We would like to invite you to join a group of patients, trainees and consultants across surgery, anaesthesia and nursin... Read More about Patient Centred Medical Education Workshop.