Collaboration for Academic Primary Care (APEx) Blog
Collaboration for Academic Primary Care (APEx) Blog
The answer to this question can often times seem scripted. There is usually a reference to a desire to stimulate lasting change in society, an altruistic aim to break frontiers of knowledge or a personal experience of a challenge that motivated quest for discovery. For me, I rather stumbled onto research during my primary medical […]
We know that the earlier cancer is diagnosed, the better the clinical outcomes are. Patients generally first present to General Practice with symptoms of undiagnosed cancer. However, in recent years there has been an expansion of clinical responsibility in other healthcare settings, and there has been a focus shift towards providing care to people closer […]
Doctors could soon be able to predict your individual chances of getting cancer and offer personalised detection and prevention, thanks to a new research project involving the University of Exeter. Today, Cancer Research UK, the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) are announcing £10 […]
Attending my first School for Primary Care Research (SPCR) Trainee event marked a significant milestone in my Post Doctoral Fellowship, researching physical activity promotion in Primary Care. Fresh from the excitement of being awarded a SPCR Funded fellowship, I arrived at the Manchester Marriott Piccadilly Hotel, eager to immerse myself in the programme of events. […]
Switching specialities mid-way through your medical career is hard work. Imagine moving from fast paced Obstetrics and Gynaecology to equally challenging night shift free General Practice. Add to that, trying to change the tracks of your research focus from largely secondary care based women’s health to primary care; it is fun to say the least. […]
In March this year, I attended the Southwest Society for Academic Primary Care conference along with Eve Kingston, Sarah Price and Luke Mounce. Eve and I had been accepted to present on work around the OSCA study (investigating non-attendance at cancer referral appointments in people with anxiety and/or depression), with Eve presenting her scoping review […]
I’m a GP and clinical research fellow, currently working on a Wellcome funded doctoral fellowship. My area of research is improving early cancer diagnosis in primary care and I’m developing cancer risk prediction models for symptomatic patients. I’m also really interested in machine learning and its increasing relevance to our research. My passion outside of […]
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 […]
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 […]
The TOGETHER 2 study, run by researchers in the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, in collaboration with the Universities of Exeter and York, aims to evaluate video and hybrid group consultations for chronic conditions. With a focus on digital inclusion and equity, the study is assessing the implementation, impact and […]