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Design think your life: how rethinking problems can help address integrated care for people with diabetes (2016)
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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.

Pioneering mobile health (mHealth) in Africa: a nurses perspective (2016)
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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.

Summer Schools for Postgraduate Students – Yea or Nay? (2016)
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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?.

Making the most of Social Media. (2016)
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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)
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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?.

Siobhan O'Connor: A Career in Health Technology (2015)
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O'Connor, S. (2015). Siobhan O'Connor: A Career in Health Technology. University of Manchester, UK

WISE – A Campaign to Promote Women in Science, Technology, and Engineering (STEM). Role Model Career Blog Series 2015. "I never thought when I entered the nursing profession I would be able to use my previous career in information systems and tec... Read More about Siobhan O'Connor: A Career in Health Technology.

Making the most of clinical research networks (2015)
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O'Connor, S. (2015). Making the most of clinical research networks. University of Glasgow, UK

Blog: For those public health researchers with a specific clinical background, tapping into a local and national network of clinical researchers can make a huge difference in terms of how your research progresses and opportunities for a long-term res... Read More about Making the most of clinical research networks.

Big Data – how to predict our future health and wellbeing (2015)
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O'Connor, S. (2015). Big Data – how to predict our future health and wellbeing. University of Glasgow, UK

Blog: As a fledgling researcher, I heard the term ‘Big Data’ several years ago when it appeared on the cover of New Scientist. It was billed as an exciting new field that was evolving at the peripheries of lots of disciplines and one that could poten... Read More about Big Data – how to predict our future health and wellbeing.

Enabling patient-centred care through information and technology (2015)
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O'Connor, S. (2015). Enabling patient-centred care through information and technology. University of Glasgow, UK

Blog: A snapshot of this year’s Kings Fund Digital Health and Care Congress in London highlighted the focus on enabling patient-centred care through information and technology. Beverley Bryant, Director of Digital Technology for NHS England outlined... Read More about Enabling patient-centred care through information and technology.

What Twitter can tell you about our health: Some insights from the 17th International Symposium for Health Information Management Research 2015 (#ISHIMR2015) (2015)
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O'Connor, S. (2015). What Twitter can tell you about our health: Some insights from the 17th International Symposium for Health Information Management Research 2015 (#ISHIMR2015). University of Glasgow, UK

Blog: The 17th International Symposium for Health Information Management Research 2015 (http://www.ishimr2015.com/) was a real eye opener for me as I got an insight into the power of Twitter analytics and how it can be applied in public health resear... Read More about What Twitter can tell you about our health: Some insights from the 17th International Symposium for Health Information Management Research 2015 (#ISHIMR2015).

Imposter syndrome – you are not alone! (2015)
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O'Connor, S. (2015). Imposter syndrome – you are not alone!. University of Glasgow, UK

Blog: My sister, who is younger but much wiser than me as she is coming to the end of her PhD, warned me of the sneaky “Imposter Syndrome” that inevitably sets in for any student once they begin the lonely road to being doctorally qualified. At first... Read More about Imposter syndrome – you are not alone!.

Evidence Based Health Policy for Accountable Care: The Role of Health Technology Assessment (2014)
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O'Connor, S. (2014). Evidence Based Health Policy for Accountable Care: The Role of Health Technology Assessment. 2014 Global Health Forum Taiwan

Blog: Dr Tsung-Mei Cheng opened the afternoon session on Health Technology Assessment (HTA) at the 2014 Global Health Forum in Taiwan. Her presentation on “Evidence Based Health Policy for Accountable Care: the Role of Health Technology Assessment” g... Read More about Evidence Based Health Policy for Accountable Care: The Role of Health Technology Assessment.

The political economy of health. (2014)
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O'Connor, S. (2014). The political economy of health. 2014 Global Health Forum Taiwan

Blog: Professor Martin McKee, President of the European Public Health Association and Professor of European Public Health at the London School of Tropical Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, opened the plenary session at the first day of the 2014 Global Hea... Read More about The political economy of health..

Getting over that scholarship hump. You’re too busy? Please apply, here’s why! (2014)
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O'Connor, S. (2014). Getting over that scholarship hump. You’re too busy? Please apply, here’s why!. University of Glasgow, UK

Blog: You may wonder as a busy PhD student why you should spend your precious time applying for postgraduate scholarships. You no doubt have a million and one deadlines, a growing stack of articles to read, and a very rough draft of a paper you swore... Read More about Getting over that scholarship hump. You’re too busy? Please apply, here’s why!.

Career Stories: Siobhán O’Connor, Researcher in health informatics. (2014)
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O'Connor, S. (2014). Career Stories: Siobhán O’Connor, Researcher in health informatics. University of Glasgow, UK

Smart Futures. STEM Blog: "As a PhD student you are given a lot of flexibility in how you approach your job as a researcher. It is very self-driven so the more work you put in the more you get out of it, which is really rewarding. That means you get... Read More about Career Stories: Siobhán O’Connor, Researcher in health informatics..