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Live streaming of simulation-based learning to assist in clinical skills development (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mahoney, C., & Breen, C. (2024, June). Live streaming of simulation-based learning to assist in clinical skills development. Poster presented at 29th Annual Meeting of Society for Simulation in Europe (SESAM), Prague

Introduction: Background, Context and Aims Simulation-based learning allows students to practice clinical scenarios in a controlled and safe environment, making it a valuable tool for healthcare education. Accounts of stress are common among student... Read More about Live streaming of simulation-based learning to assist in clinical skills development.

Patient Centred Medical Education Workshop (2024)
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.

Quality assured ECG acquisition enhances patient care (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Breen, C. (2023, November). Quality assured ECG acquisition enhances patient care. Poster presented at SHARP & Scottish Lipid Forum Annual Scientific Meeting 2023, Edinburgh

Introduction: The first documentation of an ECG recorded from a human was over 125 years ago. Still today, despite the development of many new investigative techniques, an essential part of any cardiovascular assessment involves an ECG recording. I... Read More about Quality assured ECG acquisition enhances patient care.

Can clinical homes influence practice? A description of a first of kind clinical home for Healthcare Science in Scotland (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Breen, C. (2023, November). Can clinical homes influence practice? A description of a first of kind clinical home for Healthcare Science in Scotland. Presented at Lothian Health and Care Professions Research Conference 2023, Edinburgh, UK

This is a presentation to describe the first clinical home experience for Healthcare Scientists in NHS Lothian. The aims of clinical and academic homes are to foster career development opportunities, enhance collaboration and develop capacity and... Read More about Can clinical homes influence practice? A description of a first of kind clinical home for Healthcare Science in Scotland.

Epicardial adiposity in people with atrial fibrillation modified by physical exercise: an umbrella review (2023)
Journal Article
Menzies, R., Breen, C. J., & Kernohan, W. G. (2023). Epicardial adiposity in people with atrial fibrillation modified by physical exercise: an umbrella review. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 22(Suppl. 1), https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjcn/zvad06

Introduction Atrial Fibrillation (AF) affects 30% of the world’s population and accounts for 3 million deaths annually, and current management pathways often result in poor outcomes in recurrence of AF with up to 50% reoccurring post pulmonary vein... Read More about Epicardial adiposity in people with atrial fibrillation modified by physical exercise: an umbrella review.

Epicardial adiposity in people with atrial fibrillation modified by physical exercise: an umbrella review (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Breen, C. (2023, June). Epicardial adiposity in people with atrial fibrillation modified by physical exercise: an umbrella review. Poster presented at ACNAP Congress 2023, Edinburgh

Introduction Atrial Fibrillation (AF) affects 30% of the world’s population and accounts for 3 million deaths annually, and current management pathways often result in poor outcomes in recurrence of AF with up to 50% reoccurring post pulmonary vein... Read More about Epicardial adiposity in people with atrial fibrillation modified by physical exercise: an umbrella review.

Enhancing simulation-based education at Edinburgh Napier University. (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Breen, C., & Machin, A. (2023, April). Enhancing simulation-based education at Edinburgh Napier University

Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant effect on the delivery of nursing training. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) emergency standards offered up to 300 hours of simulated learning out of the overall 2300 practical learning ho... Read More about Enhancing simulation-based education at Edinburgh Napier University..

Supporting the learning experience of health‐related profession students during clinical placements with technology: A systematic review (2022)
Journal Article
Jones, A., Wilson, I., McClean, S., Kerr, D., & Breen, C. (2022). Supporting the learning experience of health‐related profession students during clinical placements with technology: A systematic review. Review of Education, 10(2), Article e3364. https:

High quality clinical education is a fundamental component of undergraduate health-related professions programmes. Technological interventions offer potential to support and enhance student learning experiences during clinical placements, i.e. away f... Read More about Supporting the learning experience of health‐related profession students during clinical placements with technology: A systematic review.

Academic, clinical and personal experiences of undergraduate healthcare students during the COVID-19 pandemic: A prospective cohort study (2022)
Journal Article
McFadden, S., Guille, S., Daly-Lynn, J., O’Neill, B., Marley, J., Hanratty, C., …Hughes, C. (2022). Academic, clinical and personal experiences of undergraduate healthcare students during the COVID-19 pandemic: A prospective cohort study. PLOS ONE, 17

Background Coronavirus disease 2019 has impacted upon the role and safety of healthcare workers, with the potential to have a lasting effect on their wellbeing. Limited research has been conducted during previous pandemics exploring how student heal... Read More about Academic, clinical and personal experiences of undergraduate healthcare students during the COVID-19 pandemic: A prospective cohort study.

Electrocardiogram interpretation competency among emergency nurses and emergency medical service (EMS) personnel: A cross‐sectional and comparative descriptive study (2021)
Journal Article
Rahimpour, M., Shahbazi, S., Ghafourifard, M., Gilani, N., & Breen, C. (2021). Electrocardiogram interpretation competency among emergency nurses and emergency medical service (EMS) personnel: A cross‐sectional and comparative descriptive study. Nursing

Aims The aim of this research study was to compare electrocardiogram (ECG) interpretation competency among emergency nurses and EMS personnel. Design A cross-sectional comparative descriptive study design was used. Methods This study recruit... Read More about Electrocardiogram interpretation competency among emergency nurses and emergency medical service (EMS) personnel: A cross‐sectional and comparative descriptive study.

ATP and prevention pacing to reduce AF burden in pacemaker patients (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McMahon, L., & Breen, C. (2020, September). ATP and prevention pacing to reduce AF burden in pacemaker patients. Poster presented at Heart Rhythm Congress, Manchester, UK [online]

Background/Objectives: Pacemakers detect subclinical atrial fibrillation that may be a predictor of risk of stroke. Evidence for the efficacy of algorithms for prevention and treatment of atrial fibrillation is controversial. The aim is to systematic... Read More about ATP and prevention pacing to reduce AF burden in pacemaker patients.

A Best Evidence in Medical Education (BEME) Systematic Review of how technology is used during clinical placements to support the learning experience of undergraduate health-related profession students (2020)
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Jones, A., Wilson, I., Kerr, D., McClean, S., Breen, C., & McCoo, K. (2022). A Best Evidence in Medical Education (BEME) Systematic Review of how technology is used during clinical placements to support the learning experience of undergraduate health-rela

Background: High quality clinical education is a fundamental component of undergraduate health-related professions programmes. Interventions which support and enhance the student learning experience during clinical placement, i.e. away from the unive... Read More about A Best Evidence in Medical Education (BEME) Systematic Review of how technology is used during clinical placements to support the learning experience of undergraduate health-related profession students.

Can sensory integration have a role in multi‐element behavioural intervention? An evaluation of factors associated with the management of challenging behaviour in community adult learning disability services (2020)
Journal Article
McGill, C., & Breen, C. J. (2020). Can sensory integration have a role in multi‐element behavioural intervention? An evaluation of factors associated with the management of challenging behaviour in community adult learning disability services. British J

1.1 Introduction Adults with complex needs and severe learning disability present as a serious management problem within the community. Restrictive interventions are often used to manage adults with these issues, even though best practice recommends... Read More about Can sensory integration have a role in multi‐element behavioural intervention? An evaluation of factors associated with the management of challenging behaviour in community adult learning disability services.

ECG interpretation skill acquisition: A review of learning, teaching and assessment (2019)
Journal Article
Breen, C., Kelly, G., & Kernohan, W. (2022). ECG interpretation skill acquisition: A review of learning, teaching and assessment. Journal of Electrocardiology, 73, 125-128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2019.03.010

The recording of 12 lead electrocardiograms (ECG) is one of the most useful and commonly performed medical procedures. ECGs are used in diagnosis, risk-stratification management decision-making, and assessment in response to therapy. The correct inte... Read More about ECG interpretation skill acquisition: A review of learning, teaching and assessment.

The Evaluation of a smartphone application to assist in novice 12 lead ECG interpretation performance (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Breen, C. (2019, March). The Evaluation of a smartphone application to assist in novice 12 lead ECG interpretation performance. Presented at Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference (THEconf2019), Dublin

Introduction: The recording of 12-lead electrocardiograms (ECGs) is one of the most useful and commonly performed medical procedures. Interpretation of the 12-lead ECG involves analysing several waveforms (P, QRS, ST and T waves) which permits the de... Read More about The Evaluation of a smartphone application to assist in novice 12 lead ECG interpretation performance.

A clinical decision support tool to assist with the interpretation of the 12-lead electrocardiogram (2017)
Journal Article
Breen, C., Bond, R., & Finlay, D. (2019). A clinical decision support tool to assist with the interpretation of the 12-lead electrocardiogram. Health Informatics Journal, 25(1), 51-61. https://doi.org/10.1177/1460458216683534

This article reports the design and testing of a novel interactive method, abbreviated to ANALYSE (systemAtic aNALYsiS of Electrocardiography) to assist interpretation of 12-lead electrocardiogram. 15 participants interpreted a total of 150 12-lead e... Read More about A clinical decision support tool to assist with the interpretation of the 12-lead electrocardiogram.

Data Driven Computer Simulation to Analyse an ECG Limb Lead System Used in Connected Health Environments (2016)
Journal Article
Bond, R., Finlay, D. D., Guldenring, D., & Breen, C. (2016). Data Driven Computer Simulation to Analyse an ECG Limb Lead System Used in Connected Health Environments. Methods of Information in Medicine, 55(03), 258-265. https://doi.org/10.3414/me15-01-012

Background: Recently under the Connected Health initiative, researchers and small-medium engineering companies have developed Electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring devices that incorporate non-standard limb electrode positions, which we have named the C... Read More about Data Driven Computer Simulation to Analyse an ECG Limb Lead System Used in Connected Health Environments.

A novel human-computer interface creating a framework for the cognitive ergonomics of ECG interpretation (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cairns, A., Bond, R. R., Finlay, D., Breen, C., Guldenring, D., Gaffney, R., …Peace, A. (2016, October). A novel human-computer interface creating a framework for the cognitive ergonomics of ECG interpretation. Poster presented at Irish Human Computer I

Predominantly the 12-lead Electrocardiogram (ECG) interpretation process remains a paper based approach. However, the ECG in this format creates a significant cognitive workload for an interpreter due its complexity and the plethora of knowledge that... Read More about A novel human-computer interface creating a framework for the cognitive ergonomics of ECG interpretation.

A computer-human interaction model to improve the diagnostic accuracy and clinical decision-making during 12-lead electrocardiogram interpretation (2016)
Journal Article
Cairns, A. W., Bond, R. R., Finlay, D. D., Breen, C., Guldenring, D., Gaffney, R., …Henn, P. (2016). A computer-human interaction model to improve the diagnostic accuracy and clinical decision-making during 12-lead electrocardiogram interpretation. Jour

Introduction The 12-lead Electrocardiogram (ECG) presents a plethora of information and demands extensive knowledge and a high cognitive workload to interpret. Whilst the ECG is an important clinical tool, it is frequently incorrectly interpreted. E... Read More about A computer-human interaction model to improve the diagnostic accuracy and clinical decision-making during 12-lead electrocardiogram interpretation.

The evaluation of an open source online training system for teaching 12 lead electrocardiographic interpretation (2016)
Journal Article
Breen, C., Zhu, T., Bond, R., Finlay, D., & Clifford, G. (2016). The evaluation of an open source online training system for teaching 12 lead electrocardiographic interpretation. Journal of Electrocardiology, 49(3), 454-461. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jele

Introduction The aim of this study is to present and evaluate the integration of a low resource JavaScript based ECG training interface (CrowdLabel) and a standardised curriculum for self-guided tuition in ECG interpretation. Methods Participant... Read More about The evaluation of an open source online training system for teaching 12 lead electrocardiographic interpretation.

Interactive progressive-based approach to aid the human interpretation of the 12-lead Electrocardiogram (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cairns, A. W., Bond, R. R., Finlay, D. D., Breen, C. J., Guldenring, D., Gaffney, R., …Peace, A. J. (2015). Interactive progressive-based approach to aid the human interpretation of the 12-lead Electrocardiogram. In 2015 Computing in Cardiology Confere

The 12-lead Electrocardiogram (ECG) is an important diagnostic support tool but is frequently incorrectly interpreted. This is partly due to the fact that even expert clinicians can impulsively provide a diagnosis based on first impression/intuition.... Read More about Interactive progressive-based approach to aid the human interpretation of the 12-lead Electrocardiogram.

Diagnosis of the Electrocardiogram Using a Smartphone (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Martin, E., Nugent, C., Bond, R., Finlay, D., & Breen, C. (2014). Diagnosis of the Electrocardiogram Using a Smartphone. In 2014 IEEE 27th International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems. https://doi.org/10.1109/cbms.2014.105

Electrocardiograms can be used for diagnosing various cardiac conditions. They are traditionally printed as a hard copy on thermal graph paper, which a clinician can then use to support the overall diagnosis. Nevertheless, as technology evolves aspec... Read More about Diagnosis of the Electrocardiogram Using a Smartphone.

An evaluation of eye tracking technology in the assessment of 12 lead electrocardiography interpretation (2014)
Journal Article
Breen, C. J., Bond, R., & Finlay, D. (2014). An evaluation of eye tracking technology in the assessment of 12 lead electrocardiography interpretation. Journal of Electrocardiology, 47(6), 922-929. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2014.08.008

Introduction This study investigated eye tracking technology for 12 lead electrocardiography interpretation to Healthcare Scientist students. Methods Participants (n = 33) interpreted ten 12 lead ECG recordings and randomized to receive objectiv... Read More about An evaluation of eye tracking technology in the assessment of 12 lead electrocardiography interpretation.

Assessing computerized eye tracking technology for gaining insight into expert interpretation of the 12-lead electrocardiogram: an objective quantitative approach (2014)
Journal Article
Bond, R., Zhu, T., Finlay, D., Drew, B., Kligfield, P., Guldenring, D., …Clifford, G. (2014). Assessing computerized eye tracking technology for gaining insight into expert interpretation of the 12-lead electrocardiogram: an objective quantitative appro

Introduction It is well known that accurate interpretation of the 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) requires a high degree of skill. There is also a moderate degree of variability among those who interpret the ECG. While this is the case, there are no... Read More about Assessing computerized eye tracking technology for gaining insight into expert interpretation of the 12-lead electrocardiogram: an objective quantitative approach.

An interactive tool for the evaluation of ECG visualisation formats (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Martin, E. S., Finlay, D. D., Nugent, C. D., Bond, R. R., & Breen, C. (2013). An interactive tool for the evaluation of ECG visualisation formats. In Computing in Cardiology 2013

Electrocardiograms are typically printed on graph paper. Based on these recordings clinicians look for changes in the various waveforms when they make a diagnosis. In some cases, however, these changes are not always obvious on the standard printed 1... Read More about An interactive tool for the evaluation of ECG visualisation formats.

Assessing perception of new methods that represent ST deviation (2012)
Journal Article
Bond, R., Finlay, D., Breen, C., Nugent, C., Guldenring, D., & Martin, E. (2012). Assessing perception of new methods that represent ST deviation. Journal of Electrocardiology, 45(6), 698. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2012.08.041

The ST Map is a new method to assess acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Although variations of the ST Map do exist, Philips Healthcare has been the first to integrate its approach into clinical practice. This study assessed student perception of the... Read More about Assessing perception of new methods that represent ST deviation.

The effects of electrode misplacement on clinicians’ interpretation of the standard 12-lead electrocardiogram (2012)
Journal Article
Bond, R., Finlay, D., Nugent, C., Breen, C., Guldenring, D., & Daly, M. (2012). The effects of electrode misplacement on clinicians’ interpretation of the standard 12-lead electrocardiogram. European Journal of Internal Medicine, 23(7), 610-615. https:/

Introduction This study investigates how a particular incorrect electrode configuration affects the 12-lead Electrocardiogram (ECG). Methods A correct and an incorrect 12-lead ECG were extracted from a 192-lead BSPM. This was done for 232 BSPMs... Read More about The effects of electrode misplacement on clinicians’ interpretation of the standard 12-lead electrocardiogram.

Evaluation of a direct access cardiac arrhythmia monitoring service (2012)
Journal Article
Skipsey, D. A., Dawson, F. M., Breen, C., & Leslie, S. J. (2012). Evaluation of a direct access cardiac arrhythmia monitoring service. Cardiology, 19(1), 70-75. https://doi.org/10.5603/CJ.2012.0010

Background: This paper describes the clinical outcomes from a novel direct access arrhythmia monitoring service. Methods: The study was carried out in the north of Scotland. Data was collected over a 29 month period between 18 June 2008 and 8 Nov... Read More about Evaluation of a direct access cardiac arrhythmia monitoring service.

The utility of a 12-lead electrocardiogram electrode misplacement simulator in education (2011)
Journal Article
Bond, R., Finlay, D., Nugent, C., Moore, G., Breen, C., Wagner, G., & Guldenring, D. (2011). The utility of a 12-lead electrocardiogram electrode misplacement simulator in education. Journal of Electrocardiology, 44(6), 748. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jele

A standard 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) is recorded using 6 precordial electrodes and 3 limb electrodes, all of which are positioned at precise anatomical landmarks. Nevertheless, up to 4% of all 12-lead ECGs are recorded with incorrect electrode... Read More about The utility of a 12-lead electrocardiogram electrode misplacement simulator in education.

A smartphone based telemedicine system for recording limited lead body surface potential maps (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Finlay, D., Nugent, C., Breen, C., Bond, R., & Moore, G. (2009). A smartphone based telemedicine system for recording limited lead body surface potential maps. In 2009 36th Annual Computers in Cardiology Conference (CinC) (237-240)

In this paper we describe the development of a limited lead BSPM system which is based around a commercial 12-lead ECG acquisition unit and a smartphone. We repositioned the six precordial leads to allow for better information capture and hence more... Read More about A smartphone based telemedicine system for recording limited lead body surface potential maps.

COVID-19 Public Inquiry: Research Report for Portfolio 3 The Provision of Health and Social Care Services Adult Social Care
Report
McKay, C., Stavert, J., Johnston, L., Murray, J., Rek, J., Breen, C., Zarins, A., Woodrow, A., Anderson, L., & King, M. COVID-19 Public Inquiry: Research Report for Portfolio 3 The Provision of Health and Social Care Services Adult Social Care. Scottish C

Report commissioned by Scottish COVID-19 Public Inquiry into the Scottish Government's strategic response to the COVID pandemic in relation to the provision of healthcare services and social care support to adults, excluding residential care