All Outputs (3)

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on students' views of a career in general practice. (2024)
Journal Article
Hook, Z., Jackson, B., Alberti, H., Capper, C., Hay, F., Hire, C., …Protheroe, J. (in press). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on students' views of a career in general practice. British Journal of General Practice Open (BJGP Open), https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2023.0257

General Practice (GP) is an essential part of healthcare systems in the UK and internationally but continues to struggle with recruitment. Despite these concerns about GP recruitment, few studies have explored factors that influence medical students'... Read More about The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on students' views of a career in general practice..

Training healthcare professionals to be ready for practice in an era of social distancing: A realist evaluation (2023)
Journal Article
Lefroy, J., Bialan, J., Moult, A., Hay, F., Stapleton, C., Thompson, J., …Cope, N. (2023). Training healthcare professionals to be ready for practice in an era of social distancing: A realist evaluation. Advances in Health Sciences Education, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10459-023-10297-w

Background
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 was to understand what clinica... Read More about Training healthcare professionals to be ready for practice in an era of social distancing: A realist evaluation.

'I'm just ringing to get a repeat prescription for my contraceptive pill, doctor': developing authentic simulated telephone consultations for medical students. (2021)
Journal Article
Beddows, J., Abdalla, M., Blanchard, D., Hammond, E., Hay, F., Webb, M., & Protheroe, J. (2021). 'I'm just ringing to get a repeat prescription for my contraceptive pill, doctor': developing authentic simulated telephone consultations for medical students. Education for Primary Care, 32(5), 303-307. https://doi.org/10.1080/14739879.2021.1915708

Within normal surgery hours telephone consultations have been previously shown to make up between 10-20% of patient contacts with General Practitioners (GPs) and to comprise a large proportion of a GP's daily workload. Although obviously very useful,... Read More about 'I'm just ringing to get a repeat prescription for my contraceptive pill, doctor': developing authentic simulated telephone consultations for medical students..