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Open AccessReflecting on activities which support public involvement within an evaluation of public involvement reports from facilities funded by the national institute for health and care research: a co-produced commentary
Although including public contributors as members of research teams is becoming common, there are few reflections on how they have been incorporated, and almost none of these reflections are co-produced with p...
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Open AccessAn evaluation of a public partnership project between academic institutions and young people with Black African, Asian and Caribbean heritage
This project (named Reinvent) aimed to promote Public Involvement (PI) in health research. Academics worked with a community group, the Eloquent Praise & Empowerment Dance Company, to develop a community partn...
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Open AccessTraining healthcare professionals to be ready for practice in an era of social distancing: a realist evaluation
Programme changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic have impacted variably on preparation for practice of healthcare professional students. Explanations for such variability need exploration. The aim of our study w...
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Open AccessUsing the UK standards for public involvement to evaluate the public involvement sections of annual reports from NIHR managed research centres
Within the United Kingdom (UK), the National Institute for Health and Care Research is the largest funder of health and social care research, and additionally funds research centres that support the developmen...
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Research priorities regarding the use of bisphosphonates for osteoporosis: a UK priority setting exercise
Worldwide, many people who would benefit from osteoporosis drugs are not offered or receiving them, resulting in an osteoporosis care gap. Adherence with bisphosphonates is particularly low. This study aimed t...
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Open AccessApplying the consolidated framework for implementation research to evaluate the community rapid intervention service
Developed in 2019, the Community Rapid Intervention Service (CRIS) is a community intervention service aiming to prevent hospital admissions. CRIS provides a response within two hours to patients with sub-acut...
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Open AccessA proposal to embed patient and public involvement within qualitative data collection and analysis phases of a primary care based implementation study
Patient and public involvement (PPI) is increasingly seen as essential to health service research. There are strong moral and ethical arguments for good quality PPI. Despite the development of guidance aimed a...
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Open AccessDetermining the influence of different linking patterns on the stability of students’ score adjustments produced using Video-based Examiner Score Comparison and Adjustment (VESCA)
Ensuring equivalence of examiners’ judgements across different groups of examiners is a priority for large scale performance assessments in clinical education, both to enhance fairness and reassure the public....
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Open AccessHow do older adults understand and manage distress? A qualitative study
Distress is an expected emotional response to a negative life event. Experiences common in later life may trigger distress such as bereavement or loss of physical mobility. Distress is considered to be distinc...
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Open AccessPerils, pitfalls and potential for the use of reporting guidelines in experimental research in medical education
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Open AccessHow older adults self-manage distress – does the internet have a role? A qualitative study
Anxiety and depression are common in older adults, but often under-recognised by GPs. Rather than perceiving themselves as suffering from anxiety or depression, older adults are more likely to self-identify as...
