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School of Health and Social Care Seminar Series 2010/11 Jo Gilmartin (University of Leeds): A critical review of the impact of reconstructive surgery following massive weight loss on patient QoL: a pilot study plan

Jo Gilmartin argued that there is a growing number of morbidly obese patients who are seeking surgical solutions to there problems, such as bariatric surgery. Significant weight loss often leads to excessive skin, which leads to QoL problems, such as problems with pychosocial and physical functioning. This coupled with the immense pressures of being slender and beautiful for women and slender and healthy for men add to a complex context for people who have recieved surgical interventions. Even though more and more people are accessing what is known in the literature as ‘body contouring’, little is known about the QoL aspects of life after this surgery in the UK.

Whilst some literature report good outcomes in relation to a number of aspects of QoL, Gilmartin argued that these were often drawn from case notes, and questionnaires administered that may not capture the complexity of this particular patient group. This reporting may also have a asymmetrical power balnce going on, which distorts the actual picture of the actual outcomes.

Jo Gilmartin and her colleagues call for a more patient centred approach to this patient group in which more psychosocial apsects are captured in the QoL studies alongside a clearer healthcare pathway.

In order to do this, Gilmartin and colleagues are conducting a pilot study to

1. identify tools & procedures to inform a large scale multicentre study.

2. to identify QoL outcomes from body contouring following massive weight loss.

to find out more about this study please refer to the presentation slides attached:A Pilot Study-Body Contouring Jo Gilmartin

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Next Research Forum 9 March 2011

Wednesday 9 March 2011, 1130 – 1400, MC0022, MHT Building, Brayford Campus University of Lincoln

This is a regular quarterly research forum which has been developed through partnership between primary health care (NHS Lincolnshire) and the Community and Health Research Group at the University of Lincoln.  The aim of the forum is to enable NHS staff, university staff and students and others interested in health and social care research to discuss and present research happening in Lincolnshire and update their knowledge of research.

To attend the forum you need to register. Please either print the registration form attached at the following link  Research Forum flyer and registration form and return to: Helen Reece, Research Team, Cross O Cliff, Lincoln LN4 2HN or contact Helen.Reece@lpct.nhs.uk Tel: 01522 513355 Fax: 01522 515365.

Programme

1150-1200

Welcome

Professor Niro Siriwardena, Professor of Primary and Prehospital Health Care & Research Lead, NHS Lincolnshire
1200-1235

Identifying barriers and facilitators to improving pre-hospital care of asthma: views of ambulance clinicians

Debbie Shaw, Clinical Audit & Research & Manager, East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust and Visiting Fellow University of Lincoln
1235-1310

Use of aspirin, NSAIDs and coxibs: New knowledge and new primary care research

Jen Dumbleton, Clinical Trial Coordinator, Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre and Dr Tony Norman, SpR Gastroenterology
1310-1320 Comfort Break
1320-1400

Getting out of the house after a stroke: a multi-centre randomised controlled trial on going in Lincolnshire

Pip Logan,  Associate Professor in Community Rehabilitation, University of Nottingham

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Ian McGonagle presents at first Health Research Café

The research café is an informal environment where new researchers can present their research (at whatever stage it is at), to a peer group of researchers, and where a discussion in a relaxed, friendly environment can help to shape both the presenter and those in the audience views about all things ‘research’.  The first Health Research Café was held on 10th November.

Ian McGonagle at the first Health Research Cafe

And so it was with Ian McGonagle’s presentation to the group on his PhD study ‘The transfer of training from the classroom to the mental health practice setting’.  In his presentation Ian set the context of the research, went through some of the models that influence learning and how he intended to approach his research through the use of questionnaires at various time points in the study.  He explained that he also intends to use 3-5 case studies to examine the transfer of learning from the classroom to the practice setting. 

 Ian McGonagle’s Phd Study

Jo Middlemass, (Research Assistant, School of Health and Social Care) attended the first Research Cafe and commented:  “Not only did the excellent presentation generate a lot of questions and discussion that might help Ian to go forward with his research, but also as an audience participant I came away with an idea of how I could move forward with my own PhD.  

Outstanding, thought-provoking session.  Why don’t you give it a try?”

 FUTURE DATES

All Research Café’s take place between 1.00 and 2.00pm with refreshments available:

–        Wednesday 19th January, Meeting Room, 3rd Floor, Bridge House

–        Wednesday 23rd February, Seminar Room MB1007, Main Building

–        Wednesday 23rd March, Meeting Room, 3rd Floor, Bridge House

–        Wednesday 11th May, Seminar Room MB1007, Main Building 

–        Wednesday 22nd June, 3rd Floor,  Bridge House

If you would like to attend any of these sessions, please book with Natalie Pickles, npickles@lincoln.ac.uk or 01522 837736.

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Jo Middlemass joins the primary care research team

Hello!  My name is Jo Middlemass (on the email as Joan, but haven’t answered to that name for many, many years!)  I am the newest ‘addition’ to the primary care team which is part of the Community and Health Research Group in the School of Health & Social Care.

Jo Middlemass joins the Community and Health Research Group

After spending the last five years in Nottingham working as a Research Fellow on the  Genetics in Primary Care research programme and also as a Research & Evaluation Fellow for NHS Nottinghamshire County, it is like ‘coming  back home’ to Lincolnshire, where I worked for a number of years in NHS Lincolnshire PCT both as Clinical Governance Manager and also as a research facilitator.  I have a nursing background and have worked in general practice in a variety of different roles.  I am also currently nearing the end (she says optimistically!) of my PhD at Nottingham University, which is about behavioural change to prevent heart disease and the use of the Transtheoretical/Stages of Change model in primary care.
The research project that I will be working on is called ENACT, (Exploring social Networks to Augment Cognitive behavioural Therapy which is investigating the use of computerized CBT for insomnia, utilizing social networks). We are particularly involved in the initial qualitative research that will inform the development of the computerized programme. It’s a role that I am particularly looking forward to.
The study was publicized in the local press last week:
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School of Health and Social Care Seminar Series 2010-2011: Intersectionality – Theory and Practice for Quality Improvement in Healthcare

On Wednesday 20th October  Prof Janneke Van Mens-Verhulst (University of Utrecht) will present: “Improving health and social care with an intersectional approach to diversity.”

The seminar will take place between 12:00 and 13:30 in room: ARM201, Architecture Building, Brayford Pool.

This is the first of a new international series of seminars in the SH&SC organised by Dr Zowie Davy and supported by the Foundation for Sociology of Health & Illness.

The subject of the series is Intersectionality: Theory and Practice for Quality Improvement in Healthcare (Seminar Series Poster 2010).

This themed seminar series intends to bring together scholars, practitioners and activists who are working with feminist Intersectionality theory and feminist ethics in healthcare. The seminars will illustrate how intersectional approaches to healthcare can make an important contribution to knowledge and practice, which is crucial if quality improvement is to promote greater equity of healthcare provision provision. The speakers will be. looking at theoretical, institutional, methodological and ‘case study study’ approaches that speak to the multiplicity of voices who access/provide healthcare.

Wed 20th Oct 2010 Prof Janneke Van Mens-Verhulst (University of Utrecht) “Improving health and social care with an intersectional approach to diversity”

Wed 16th Feb 2011 Dr Jo Gilmartin (University of Leeds) “The impact of reconstructive surgery following massive weight loss on patients’ quality of life”

Wed 16th Mar 2011 Dr Ruth Deery (University of Huddersfield)

Wed 13th Apr 2011 Prof Nancy Harding (University of Bradford)

Wed 18th May 2011 Dr Ulrike Klöppel (Charité University, Berlin)

Please note: Prof. Van Mens-Verhulst’s seminar will be from 12:00-13.30, all other seminars will be from 13:30-14:45

ALL WELCOME Please RSVP your interest to: zdavy@lincoln.ac.uk