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Dose optimisation in paediatric radiography – Using regression models to investigate the relative impact of acquisition factors on image quality and radiation dose (2019)
Journal Article
(2019). Dose optimisation in paediatric radiography – Using regression models to investigate the relative impact of acquisition factors on image quality and radiation dose. Physica Medica, 61 -68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmp.2019.10.034

Objective To investigate the optimum pelvis X-ray acquisition factors for a 10-year-old child. Secondly, to evaluate the impact of each acquisition factor on image quality (IQ) and radiation dose. Method Images were acquired using a pelvis phantom an... Read More about Dose optimisation in paediatric radiography – Using regression models to investigate the relative impact of acquisition factors on image quality and radiation dose.

Continuous or intermittent? Which regiment of enteral nutrition is better for acute stroke patients? A systematic review and meta-analysis (2019)
Journal Article
Di Paolo, G., Twomlow, E., Hanna, F., Farmer, A., Lancaster, J., Sim, J., & Roffe, C. (2019). Continuous or intermittent? Which regiment of enteral nutrition is better for acute stroke patients? A systematic review and meta-analysis. https://doi.org/10.32474/OJNBD.2019.03.000163

Background and purpose: Enteral nutrition via nasogastric tube in acute stroke patients with dysphagia is an important determinant of patient outcomes. It is unclear whether intermittent or continuous feeding is more efficacious. The aim of this revi... Read More about Continuous or intermittent? Which regiment of enteral nutrition is better for acute stroke patients? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

A Family-Care Rubric: Developing Family Care and Communication Skills Using Simulation (2019)
Journal Article
(2019). A Family-Care Rubric: Developing Family Care and Communication Skills Using Simulation. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 47 -58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecns.2019.07.006

Background
A gap in the literature identified a lack of evidence-based tools that frame feedback and evaluate nursing actions. The Van Gelderen Family Care Rubric (VGFCR) was developed to enhance learning experiences and skill development of family... Read More about A Family-Care Rubric: Developing Family Care and Communication Skills Using Simulation.

Big Stories and Little Stories: how children and family social workers make sense of who they are, what they do and how they do it in a climate of failure, blame and certainty (2019)
Thesis
Maguinness, N. Big Stories and Little Stories: how children and family social workers make sense of who they are, what they do and how they do it in a climate of failure, blame and certainty. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/414943

This thesis reports a qualitative study which employed a combination of narrative inquiry and the conceptual framework of Bourdieu to explore who children and family social workers are and how they perceive their role and responsibilities, and those... Read More about Big Stories and Little Stories: how children and family social workers make sense of who they are, what they do and how they do it in a climate of failure, blame and certainty.

Challenges to concordance: theories that explain variations in patient responses. (2019)
Journal Article
Green. (2019). Challenges to concordance: theories that explain variations in patient responses. British Journal of Community Nursing, 466 -473. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjcn.2019.24.10.466

To meet the challenges of an increasingly ageing and multimorbid population, patients must be fully engaged to work in partnership with their health professional (HP) in the management of their condition(s). The NHS Long Term Plan (2019) outlines goa... Read More about Challenges to concordance: theories that explain variations in patient responses..

Comfortably numb? Experiences of people with stroke and lower limb sensation deficits: impact and solutions (2019)
Journal Article
Luckie, H., Hollands, K., Williamson, T., Nester, C., & Williams, A. (2021). Comfortably numb? Experiences of people with stroke and lower limb sensation deficits: impact and solutions. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 16(3), 262-269. https://doi.org/10.1080/17483107.2019.1673490

PURPOSE: To explore personal experiences of loss of foot sensation following stroke in order to inform the focus of clinical assessments and development of a vibrotactile insole. METHODS: Qualitative design with an interpretive phenomenological appro... Read More about Comfortably numb? Experiences of people with stroke and lower limb sensation deficits: impact and solutions.

An evaluation of the effect of peer mentoring on assessment preparation and performance in students new to undergraduate physiotherapy education (2019)
Journal Article
(2019). An evaluation of the effect of peer mentoring on assessment preparation and performance in students new to undergraduate physiotherapy education. The Journal of Academic Development and Education, https://doi.org/10.21252/4xsr-v872

Background Mentoring involves pairing inexperienced students with a more experienced peer who can act as a positive role model. The aim of this study was to explore the role of peer mentoring in assessment preparation and performance for students new... Read More about An evaluation of the effect of peer mentoring on assessment preparation and performance in students new to undergraduate physiotherapy education.

Same Content, Different Countries, Different Standards: International experienced physiotherapy educators’ opinions on online training course inclusions (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Edwards, H., Munford, V., O’Brien, A., & Pandyan, A. (2019, September). Same Content, Different Countries, Different Standards: International experienced physiotherapy educators’ opinions on online training course inclusions. Presented at Networking for Education in Healthcare 2019 conference, Keele University, UK