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Betwixt and between student and professional identities: UK medical students during COVID times (2024)
Journal Article
Polidano, K., Wenning, B., Mallen, C. D., & Dikomitis, L. (2024). Betwixt and between student and professional identities: UK medical students during COVID times. SN Social Sciences, 4(2), Article 53. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43545-024-00844-6

The COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in Spring 2020 brought about unprecedented disruption to medical education in the United Kingdom (UK). Medical students were encouraged to take up paid roles in the National Health Service to help with workforce shortag... Read More about Betwixt and between student and professional identities: UK medical students during COVID times.

Optimising the implementation of evidence-based osteoarthritis guidelines in primary care: Development of a Knowledge Mobilisation Toolkit (2024)
Journal Article
Swaithes, L., Paskins, Z., Finney, A., Walsh, N., Skrybant, M., Mallen, C., & Dziedzic, K. (2024). Optimising the implementation of evidence-based osteoarthritis guidelines in primary care: Development of a Knowledge Mobilisation Toolkit. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2024.01.003

Objective
Implementing clinical guidelines for osteoarthritis in primary care is complex. Whilst international guidelines detail what best practice for osteoarthritis looks like, little is known about how this is... Read More about Optimising the implementation of evidence-based osteoarthritis guidelines in primary care: Development of a Knowledge Mobilisation Toolkit.

Co-development and testing of an extended community pharmacy model of service delivery for managing osteoarthritis: protocol for a sequential, multi-methods study (PharmOA) (2024)
Journal Article
Babatunde, O. O., Cottrell, E., White, S., Chudyk, A., Healey, E. L., Edwards, J., Nicholls, E., O’Brien, N., Todd, A., Walker, C., Stanford, C., Cork, T., Long, A., Simkins, J., Mallen, C. D., Dziedzic, K., & Holden, M. A. (2024). Co-development and testing of an extended community pharmacy model of service delivery for managing osteoarthritis: protocol for a sequential, multi-methods study (PharmOA). BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 25(1), Article 54. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-023-07105-2

Background
Osteoarthritis is a common, painful and disabling long-term condition. Delivery of high-quality guideline-informed osteoarthritis care that successfully promotes and maintains supported self-management is imperative. However, osteoarthrit... Read More about Co-development and testing of an extended community pharmacy model of service delivery for managing osteoarthritis: protocol for a sequential, multi-methods study (PharmOA).

EULAR recommendations for the non-pharmacological core management of hip and knee osteoarthritis: 2023 update. (2024)
Journal Article
Moseng, T., Vliet Vlieland, T. P. M., Battista, S., Beckwée, D., Boyadzhieva, V., Conaghan, P. G., Costa, D., Doherty, M., Finney, A. G., Georgiev, T., Gobbo, M., Kennedy, N., Kjeken, I., Kroon, F. P. B., Lohmander, L. S., Lund, H., Mallen, C. D., Pavelka, K., Pitsillidou, I. A., Rayman, M. P., …Østerås, N. (in press). EULAR recommendations for the non-pharmacological core management of hip and knee osteoarthritis: 2023 update. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, https://doi.org/10.1136/ard-2023-225041

Hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA) are increasingly common with a significant impact on individuals and society. Non-pharmacological treatments are considered essential to reduce pain and improve function and quality of life. EULAR recommendations for... Read More about EULAR recommendations for the non-pharmacological core management of hip and knee osteoarthritis: 2023 update..

Undertaking multi-centre randomised controlled trials in primary care: learnings and recommendations from the PULsE-AI trial researchers (2024)
Journal Article
Pollock, K. G., Dickerson, C., Kainth, M., Lawton, S., Hurst, M., Sugrue, D. M., Arden, C., Davies, D. W., Martin, A.-C., Sandler, B., Gordon, J., Farooqui, U., Clifton, D., Mallen, C., Rogers, J., Hill, N. R., Camm, A. J., & Cohen, A. T. (in press). Undertaking multi-centre randomised controlled trials in primary care: learnings and recommendations from the PULsE-AI trial researchers. BMC Primary Care, 25(1), Article 7. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-023-02246-8

Background
Conducting effective and translational research can be challenging and few trials undertake formal reflection exercises and disseminate learnings from them. Following completion of our multicentre randomised controlled trial, which was im... Read More about Undertaking multi-centre randomised controlled trials in primary care: learnings and recommendations from the PULsE-AI trial researchers.

785 Co-contextualising and Implementing evidence-based care model for osteoarthritis: Nigerian case study in the Joint Implementation of Guidelines for OSteoArthritis in West-Africa (JIGSAW-A) (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Babatunde, O. O., Adetunji, O. A., Alonge, I., Owoyemi, T., Taiwo, P., Ogunbanjo, A., Blackburn, S., White, S., Adebajo, A., & Mallen, C. (2024, January). 785 Co-contextualising and Implementing evidence-based care model for osteoarthritis: Nigerian case study in the Joint Implementation of Guidelines for OSteoArthritis in West-Africa (JIGSAW-A). Poster presented at 2024 OARSI World Congress on Osteoarthritis, Vienna, Austira

A person-centred consultation intervention to improve shared decision-making about, and uptake of, osteoporosis medicines (iFraP): a pragmatic, parallel-group, individual randomised controlled trial protocol. (2024)
Journal Article
Bullock, L., Nicholls, E., Cherrington, A., Butler-Walley, S., Clark, E. M., Fleming, J., Leyland, S., Bentley, I., Thomas, S., Iglesias-Urrutia, C. P., Webb, D., Smith, J., Bathers, S., Lewis, S., Clifford, A., Siciliano, M., Protheroe, J., Ryan, S., Lefroy, J., Dale, N., …Paskins, Z. (2024). A person-centred consultation intervention to improve shared decision-making about, and uptake of, osteoporosis medicines (iFraP): a pragmatic, parallel-group, individual randomised controlled trial protocol. NIHR Open Research, 4(14), 14. https://doi.org/10.3310/nihropenres.13571.1

BackgroundGood quality shared decision-making (SDM) conversations involve people with, or at risk of osteoporosis and clinicians collaborating to decide, where appropriate, which evidence-based medicines best fit the person's life, beliefs, and value... Read More about A person-centred consultation intervention to improve shared decision-making about, and uptake of, osteoporosis medicines (iFraP): a pragmatic, parallel-group, individual randomised controlled trial protocol..

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people living with HIV in Lesotho: a qualitative study (2024)
Journal Article
Shepherd, T., Robinson, M. E., Ramaema, M., Rakuoane, M., Moletsane, N., Mpholo, R., Mallen, C., & Leigh, G. (2024). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people living with HIV in Lesotho: a qualitative study. BMJ Public Health, 2(1), Article e000414. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjph-2023-000414

Introduction: There is a growing body of research evidencing the detrimental impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health and well-being of young people. This impact may be worse in low-resource settings, especially those in sub-Saharan Afric... Read More about Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people living with HIV in Lesotho: a qualitative study.

Variation in UK fracture liaison service consultation conduct and content before and during the COVID pandemic: results from the iFraP-D UK survey (2023)
Journal Article
Bullock, L., Abdelmagid, S., Fleming, J., Leyland, S., Clark, E. M., Gidlow, C., P. Iglesias-Urrutia, C., O’Neill, T. W., Mallen, C., Jinks, C., & Paskins, Z. (2023). Variation in UK fracture liaison service consultation conduct and content before and during the COVID pandemic: results from the iFraP-D UK survey. Archives of Osteoporosis, 19(1), Article 5. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11657-023-01361-4

Summary
We conducted a survey of FLSs’ consultation conduct and content which identified marked variation in whether FLS HCPs discussed osteoporosis medicine with patients. A review of service pro formas showed more content related to ‘investigating... Read More about Variation in UK fracture liaison service consultation conduct and content before and during the COVID pandemic: results from the iFraP-D UK survey.