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Recommendations to facilitate the ideal fit note: are they achievable in practice? (2015)
Journal Article
Coole, C., Nouri, F., Potgieter, I., Watson, P. J., Thomson, L., Hampton, R., & Drummond, A. (2015). Recommendations to facilitate the ideal fit note: are they achievable in practice?. BMC Family Practice, 16(138), Article 138. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-015-0360-4

Background: Although the UK fit note has been broadly welcomed as a tool to facilitate return to work, difficulties and uncertainties have resulted in wide variation in its use. Agreement on what constitutes the ‘ideal’ fit note from the perspective... Read More about Recommendations to facilitate the ideal fit note: are they achievable in practice?.

Completion of fit notes by GPs: a mixed methods study (2015)
Journal Article
Coole, C., Nouri, F., Potgieter, I., & Drummond, A. E. (2015). Completion of fit notes by GPs: a mixed methods study. Perspectives in Public Health, 135(5), https://doi.org/10.1177/1757913915594197

Aims: The aim of this study was to investigate the completion of fit notes by UK general practitioners (GPs). A series of actual fit notes issued to employed patients were examined, and their GPs’ reflections and experiences of fit note completion ex... Read More about Completion of fit notes by GPs: a mixed methods study.

The identification of research priorities for UK occupational therapists in work rehabilitation (2015)
Journal Article
Coole, C., McBean, J., & Drummond, A. E. (in press). The identification of research priorities for UK occupational therapists in work rehabilitation. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 22(7), https://doi.org/10.12968/ijtr.2015.22.7.329

Background/Aims: UK occupational therapists are recognised as having key skills in work rehabilitation, but there is limited evidence to underpin this. In order to use research resources to best effect, it is vital to identify the research priorities... Read More about The identification of research priorities for UK occupational therapists in work rehabilitation.

Return-to-work outcomes and usefulness of actual fit notes received by employers (2015)
Journal Article
Coole, C., Potgieter, I., Nouri, F., Worthington, E., & Drummond, A. (in press). Return-to-work outcomes and usefulness of actual fit notes received by employers. Family Practice, 32(5), https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmv050

Background: GPs can use the fit note to advise that a patient ‘may be fit’ or is ‘not fit’ for work. Previous employer-based research on the fit note is largely qualitative and based on general perceptions and past experience. Knowledge of the return... Read More about Return-to-work outcomes and usefulness of actual fit notes received by employers.