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Comparison of the effectiveness of exclusively facilitated clinical teaching as an alternative to traditional practice-based primary care placements (2023)
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Introduction: COVID-19 presented major challenges to undergraduate GP placement capacity and there was an increased reliance on clinical training using facilitated simulation. The authors present a novel comparison of the effectiveness and cost-effec... Read More about Comparison of the effectiveness of exclusively facilitated clinical teaching as an alternative to traditional practice-based primary care placements.

The educational value of situational judgement tests (SJTs) when used during undergraduate medical training: A systematic review and narrative synthesis (2023)
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Introduction Situational judgement tests (SJTs) are a recognised assessment method for admission into medical school, selection into postgraduate training programs, and postgraduate competency assessment. More recently, however, SJTs have been used... Read More about The educational value of situational judgement tests (SJTs) when used during undergraduate medical training: A systematic review and narrative synthesis.

Allopurinol versus usual care in UK patients with ischaemic heart disease (ALL-HEART): a multicentre, prospective, randomised, open-label, blinded-endpoint trial (2022)
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Background: Allopurinol is a urate-lowering therapy used to treat patients with gout. Previous studies have shown that allopurinol has positive effects on several cardiovascular parameters. The ALL-HEART study aimed to determine whether allopurinol t... Read More about Allopurinol versus usual care in UK patients with ischaemic heart disease (ALL-HEART): a multicentre, prospective, randomised, open-label, blinded-endpoint trial.

Virtual teaching of undergraduate primary care small groups during Covid-19 (2021)
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic required Higher Educational Institutions to redesign and implement new ways of delivering core learning outcomes for medical students. Much of this change resulted in transition to virtual teaching across medical s... Read More about Virtual teaching of undergraduate primary care small groups during Covid-19.

Clinical placements in General Practice: concepts and considerations of implementing remote virtual placements in the COVID world (2021)
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Medical students are considered as ‘essential workers’ within the National Health Service (NHS) and the delivery of clinical experience is essential to their learning and progression into the workforce. The COVID-19 pandemic impacted on the delivery... Read More about Clinical placements in General Practice: concepts and considerations of implementing remote virtual placements in the COVID world.

Helping Us Grow generations of GPs (HUGG): A pilot study evaluating Longitudinal Support Networks (LSNs) on recruitment, retention and resilience of GPs in Derbyshire (2021)
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Aim: To understand if longitudinal support networks (LSNs), including all career stages in General Practice (GP) from medical school to retirement, provide informal cross-generational support impacting on recruitment, retention and resilience of GPs... Read More about Helping Us Grow generations of GPs (HUGG): A pilot study evaluating Longitudinal Support Networks (LSNs) on recruitment, retention and resilience of GPs in Derbyshire.

The association between Situational Judgement Test (SJT) scores and professionalism concerns in undergraduate medical education (2020)
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Introduction: Situational judgement tests (SJTs) are widely used in selecting medical students and doctors. Emerging evidence suggests SJTs are capable of testing an individual’s ability to respond to role-relevant professionalism scenarios, however,... Read More about The association between Situational Judgement Test (SJT) scores and professionalism concerns in undergraduate medical education.

Defining and measuring denigration of general practice in medical education (2020)
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There is a workforce crisis in NHS general practice (GP). It is estimated that in order to meet future health care needs around 50% of current medical students will need to choose a career in GP. Positive role modelling is an influential factor in me... Read More about Defining and measuring denigration of general practice in medical education.

Risk prediction of new AF: is there a role for artificial intelligence? (2019)
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Is the apparently protective effect of maternal nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) used in pregnancy on infant development explained by smoking cessation?: secondary analyses of a randomised controlled trial. (2019)
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Objective: To investigate relationships between maternal smoking status in pregnancy and infant development. The largest RCT of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) for smoking cessation in pregnancy, the Smoking and Nicotine in Pregnancy (SNAP) trial... Read More about Is the apparently protective effect of maternal nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) used in pregnancy on infant development explained by smoking cessation?: secondary analyses of a randomised controlled trial..

Innovative, paired careers tutorials: increasing the number of medical students choosing general practice as a career (2018)
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Background: With a crisis in general practice recruitment, to maintain the current workforce, the Department of Health and Social Care quote a need for 50% of our medical students to choose general practice as a career. There is much variety between... Read More about Innovative, paired careers tutorials: increasing the number of medical students choosing general practice as a career.

Medical students’ attitudes towards increasing early clinical exposure to primary care (2018)
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Context: The sustainability of the future UK General Practice (GP) workforce is reliant on half of medical graduates choosing a career in primary care (1), but while good quality undergraduate GP placements (particularly those which are early in the... Read More about Medical students’ attitudes towards increasing early clinical exposure to primary care.

Withdrawal of antihypertensive therapy in people with dementia: feasibility study (2018)
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© 2018 The Author(s). Background: This study explored the feasibility of a randomised controlled withdrawal trial of antihypertensive medication in normotensive people with dementia. Feasibility aspects included response, recruitment, exclusion and d... Read More about Withdrawal of antihypertensive therapy in people with dementia: feasibility study.

New horizons: the management of hypertension in people with dementia (2016)
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The optimal management of hypertension in people with dementia is uncertain. This review explores if people with dementia experience greater adverse effects from antihypertensive medications, if cognitive function is protected or worsened by controll... Read More about New horizons: the management of hypertension in people with dementia.

Multicentre, prospective, randomised, open-label, blinded end point trial of the efficacy of allopurinol therapy in improving cardiovascular outcomes in patients with ischaemic heart disease: protocol of the ALL-HEART study (2016)
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Introduction Ischaemic heart disease (IHD) is one of the most common causes of death in the UK and treatment of patients with IHD costs the National Health System (NHS) billions of pounds each year. Allopurinol is a xanthine oxidase inhibitor use... Read More about Multicentre, prospective, randomised, open-label, blinded end point trial of the efficacy of allopurinol therapy in improving cardiovascular outcomes in patients with ischaemic heart disease: protocol of the ALL-HEART study.

Screening for atrial fibrillation in primary care: from recommendation to implementation (2016)
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Screening for atrial fibrillation: a cross-sectional survey of healthcare professionals in primary care (2016)
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Introduction: Screening for atrial fibrillation (AF) in primary care has been recommended; however, the views of healthcare professionals (HCPs) are not known. This study aimed to determine the opinions of HCP about the feasibility of implementing s... Read More about Screening for atrial fibrillation: a cross-sectional survey of healthcare professionals in primary care.

Accuracy of methods for detecting an irregular pulse and suspected atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2015)
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Background: Pulse palpation has been recommended as the first step of screening to detect atrial fibrillation. We aimed to determine and compare the accuracy of different methods for detecting pulse irregularities caused by atrial fibrillation. Me... Read More about Accuracy of methods for detecting an irregular pulse and suspected atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Recruitment of people with dementia in primary care –experiences from the HIND study (2015)
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OBJECTIVES: A purpose of the Hypertension in Dementia feasibility study was to explore recruitment of people with dementia and essential hypertension in primary care practices to prepare a withdrawal study of their antihypertensive medication. METH... Read More about Recruitment of people with dementia in primary care –experiences from the HIND study.

General Practitioners’ views of blood pressure control in people with and without dementia (2015)
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Introduction: Since 2012, our group has undertaken a programme of research examining the treatment of hypertension in people with dementia. Hypertension is managed by GPs, who are guided by NICE guidelines, which make no mention of different manageme... Read More about General Practitioners’ views of blood pressure control in people with and without dementia.