In category: SPCR Fellowships

On Thursday 20 June 2024 the University of Exeter Department of Health and Community Sciences hosted the 8th National Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) Research Conference. This year’s event was organised by Antoinette Davey, Jon Evans, and Ian Porter with a focus on the development and implementation of patient outcome measures across diverse clinical settings. […]

My name is Ge Chen, also known as Wawa. I am a graduate research assistant working in the DISCO group. The project I am currently working on involves combining genetic risk scores with routine test results to predict prostate cancer in primary care settings. The abstract of this project was accepted by the 2024 Ca-PRI […]

I presented a seminar as part of the Academic Primary Care at Exeter (APEx) seminar series in June 2024. The focus of my seminar was the clinical utility of the platelet count, measured as part of a standard full blood count, in cancer detection. This topic is particularly significant given the crucial role that early […]

Non-adherence to medication is a “wicked” problem. Studies consistently report non-adherence rates of 50% or more particularly in people living with long-term chronic diseases. Non-adherence has been identified as a key target, for clinical interventions, for many years; I first learnt about it when I trained as a pharmacist over 30 years ago. Despite numerous […]

I was invited to present at the Pint of Science festival in May 2024, which aims to bring scientific research to the public in an accessible and engaging manner across 3 days on different topics such as Our Body, Planet Earth or Tech Me Out. The night I spoke focused on MythBusters about the human […]

The PALP-AF Study is funded by the NIHR School for Primary Care Research (FR9). It is led by Dr Christopher Clark and Dr Rosina Cross and brings together a diverse team of researchers from the Universities of Exeter and Glasgow, clinicians from the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and public advisors with lived […]

Background: The selection of students to study medicine at university is a high-stakes process with far-reaching implications as the gateway to the profession. To differentiate between the plethora of high-achieving candidates, there has been widespread adoption of cognitively based selection assessments, also known as ‘admission tests’ or ‘aptitude tests’. These are psychological tests that assess […]

Becky Coniam-Gudka, Dr Anna Price and the MAP team Background Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder which affects both children and adults. ADHD can be managed effectively (and positively) with adequate support from services. However, the current “failure” of healthcare (1) for young people with ADHD, including difficulties accessing adult mental […]

Authors: Tanimola Martins and Liz Down One of the beauties of traveling on UK motorways is the ability to make pit stops at service stations, where you can take care of necessities like using the restroom, grabbing a bite to eat, squeezing in some exercise, or even jotting down a blog post. Probably not in […]

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is common: it affects up to 25% of the adult population aged over 80 years-old. It can lead to limb loss or death, and PAD is an indicator of future cardiovascular events. Symptoms such as leg pain vary, and the condition is underdiagnosed. Clinicians focus on modifying future cardiovascular risk. Patient […]