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Living with obstructive sleep apnoea: a patient perspective (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Roberts, N. J., Ghiassi, R., Cummin, A., & Partridge, M. Living with obstructive sleep apnoea: a patient perspective. Presented at British Thoracic Society winter meeting, London

Background: The number of patients being referred to sleep services with suspected obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) is increasing. The recent NICE recommendations should promote prompt diagnosis and increased use of continuous positive airway... Read More about Living with obstructive sleep apnoea: a patient perspective.

Surgical education: Applied virtual anatomy: Can Virtual Reality Augment Postgraduate Anatomy Teaching? (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ward, B. M., Charissis, V., Rowley, D., Anderson, P., & Young, I. (2007, November). Surgical education: Applied virtual anatomy: Can Virtual Reality Augment Postgraduate Anatomy Teaching?. Presented at British Association of Day Surgery Conference

This paper presents an inquiry into Virtual Reality (VR) training environments and their application in early postgraduate anatomy teaching. There is great interest in the use of VR applications, but there has been little practical application in the... Read More about Surgical education: Applied virtual anatomy: Can Virtual Reality Augment Postgraduate Anatomy Teaching?.

Potential advantages of an initial telephone consultation in those referred for a specialist respiratory opinion (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Darlow, C., Roberts, N. J., Wilson, G., & Partridge, M. Potential advantages of an initial telephone consultation in those referred for a specialist respiratory opinion. Presented at British Thoracic society winter meeting, London

Background: Telephone consultations have been shown to be an efficient method of following up over 30% of respiratory outpatients. An initial telephone conversation with new patients has the potential to permit better selection and timing of investig... Read More about Potential advantages of an initial telephone consultation in those referred for a specialist respiratory opinion.

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.

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.