Outputs (1440)

Colorectal cancer patients’ experiences with antineoplastic agents from the perspective of their significant others: a longitudinal qualitative study. (2025)
Journal Article
BRINCAT, A., TONNA, A., VELLA BONANNO, P., STEWART, D. and WEIDMANN, A.E. [2025]. Colorectal cancer patients’ experiences with antineoplastic agents from the perspective of their significant others: a longitudinal qualitative study. International journal of clinical pharmacy [online], Latest Articles. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11096-025-01976-2

Colorectal cancer and its treatment deeply impact patients' lives. Significant others, often family members, play crucial pre-existing roles in patients' lives and are closely involved in their care. However, there is limited understanding of the pat... Read More about Colorectal cancer patients’ experiences with antineoplastic agents from the perspective of their significant others: a longitudinal qualitative study..

Disagreements about paediatric treatment: an exploration of the causes of conflict between parents and clinicians and pathways to dispute resolution. (2025)
Journal Article
SIVERS, S., DOWNIE, M., MORGAN, H., HERD, F. and TURNER, S. [2025]. Disagreements about paediatric treatment: an exploration of the causes of conflict between parents and clinicians and pathways to dispute resolution. Journal of social welfare and family law [online], (accepted).

Conflicts over the care of children with life-limiting conditions can reach the point where courts need to intervene, which brings distress, unwanted media attention and costs. Although no case has arisen in Scotland, there are around 16,700 children... Read More about Disagreements about paediatric treatment: an exploration of the causes of conflict between parents and clinicians and pathways to dispute resolution..

Feeling unstimulated and apathetic at work? You might be experiencing rustout. (2025)
Newspaper / Magazine
FITZSIMONS, S. and SMITH, D. 2025. Feeling unstimulated and apathetic at work? You might be experiencing rustout. The conversation [online], 5 August 2025. Available from: https://theconversation.com/feeling-unstimulated-and-apathetic-at-work-you-might-be-experiencing-rustout-260837

Tense, overworked employees everywhere will recognise the features of burnout: exhaustion, depersonalisation (feeling detached from others or yourself in the workplace) and a reduced sense of personal accomplishment. It happens when chronic workplace... Read More about Feeling unstimulated and apathetic at work? You might be experiencing rustout..

Animals are my friends: exploring the relationship between animal companionship in childhood and moral concerns in adulthood. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
BERGER-MEUNIER, L., SMITH, D.S., MAREC-BRETON, N. and BONNETON-BOTTÉ, N. 2025. Animals are my friends: exploring the relationship between animal companionship in childhood and moral concerns in adulthood. Biology and life sciences forum [online], 45(1): selected papers from the 3rd International electronic conference on animal 2025 (IECA 2025), 12-14 March 2025, [virtual event], article number 2. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/blsf2025045002

Research on human–animal relationships suggests that close bonds with animals can enhance empathy, reduce speciesism, and improve human physical and psychological health. This study investigated whether pet ownership—particularly attachment to a comp... Read More about Animals are my friends: exploring the relationship between animal companionship in childhood and moral concerns in adulthood..

Just plough on and pretend it’s not happening: understanding burnout in teacher educators in Ireland and the United Kingdom. (2025)
Journal Article
FITZSIMONS, S. and SMITH, D.S. 2025. Just plough on and pretend it's not happening: understanding burnout in teacher educators in Ireland and the United Kingdom. International journal of educational research [online], 9, article number 100491. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedro.2025.100491

Though Teacher Educators play a significant role in teachers' induction and development at early childhood, primary, secondary, and further education levels, there has been relatively little research into their stress and well-being. This paper offer... Read More about Just plough on and pretend it’s not happening: understanding burnout in teacher educators in Ireland and the United Kingdom..

Understanding disagreement between humans and machines in XAI: robustness, fidelity, and region-based explanations in automatic neonatal pain assessment. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
PIRIE, C., FERREIRA, L.A., COUTRIN, G.A.S., CARLINI, L.P., MORENO-GARCÍA, C.F., BARROS, M.C.M., GUINSBURG, R., THOMAZ, C.E., NOBRE, R. and WIRATUNGA, N. [2025]. Understanding disagreement between humans and machines in XAI: robustness, fidelity, and region-based explanations in automatic neonatal pain assessment. To be presented at the 3rd World conference on eXplainable artificial intelligence 2025, 9-11 July 2025, Istanbul, Turkey.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) offers a promising approach to automating neonatal pain assessment, improving consistency and objectivity in clinical decision-making. However, differences between how humans and AI models perceive and explain pain-relate... Read More about Understanding disagreement between humans and machines in XAI: robustness, fidelity, and region-based explanations in automatic neonatal pain assessment..

Understanding teacher educators' quality of life: insights from the PERMA model. (2025)
Journal Article
FITZSIMONS, S., BOAG, L. and SMITH, D.S. 2025. Understanding teacher educators' quality of life: insights from the PERMA model. Applied research in quality of life [online], Online First. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-025-10435-z

Teacher Educators (TE) are a specific category of Higher Education (HE) academics whose primary responsibility is the preparation of Pre-Service Teachers (PSTs) for the Early Childhood, Primary, Secondary, and Further Education and Training contexts.... Read More about Understanding teacher educators' quality of life: insights from the PERMA model..

Animals are my friends: exploring the relationship between animal companionship in childhood and moral concerns towards animals in adulthood. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
BERGER MEUNIER, L., BONNETON-BOTTÉ, N., MAREC-BRETON, N. and SMITH, D.S. 2025. Animals are my friends: exploring the relationship between animal companionship in childhood and moral concerns in adulthood. Presented at the 3rd International electronic conference on animals, 12-14 March 2025, [virtual event]. Hosted on Sciforum [online]. Available from: https://sciforum.net/paper/view/21453

Several studies have highlighted the benefits of pet ownership on physical and psychological health. The literature has suggested that having a close relationship with an animal could enhance levels of empathy and reduce speciesism. However, little r... Read More about Animals are my friends: exploring the relationship between animal companionship in childhood and moral concerns towards animals in adulthood..

Ofsted inspections affect not just teachers but also the people who train them. (2025)
Newspaper / Magazine
FITZSIMONS, S. and SMITH, D. 2025. Ofsted inspections affect not just teachers but also the people who train them. The conversation [online], 6 February 2025. Available from: https://theconversation.com/ofsted-inspections-affect-not-just-teachers-but-also-the-people-who-train-them-249084

Ofsted, England's education inspectorate, has proposed changes to the way it assesses schools, colleges and universities that offer teacher training. The suggested changes include the move to a report-card system rather than a headline judgment. In t... Read More about Ofsted inspections affect not just teachers but also the people who train them..

Food insecurity, diabetes self-management and support for self-management in high income countries: a qualitative systematic review and synthesis (2008 to 2024). (2025)
Journal Article
DOUGLAS, F., MACIVER, E. and KENNEDY, C. 2025. Food insecurity, diabetes self-management and support for self-management in high income countries: a qualitative systematic review and synthesis (2008 to 2024). Health and social care in the community [online], 2025, article number 7249750. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1155/hsc/7249750

People living with diabetes and food insecurity in high-income countries have poorer health-related outcomes than those who are food secure. Diabetes is a significant global health challenge. At the same time, the prevalence of household food insecur... Read More about Food insecurity, diabetes self-management and support for self-management in high income countries: a qualitative systematic review and synthesis (2008 to 2024)..

Don't do anything special for us coming: the mental health impact of Ofsted inspections on teacher educators in England. (2025)
Journal Article
FITZSIMONS, S. and SMITH, D.S. 2025. Don't do anything special for us coming: the mental health impact of Ofsted inspections on teacher educators in England. Cambridge journal of education [online], 55(1), pages 93-111. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/0305764X.2025.2451280

Ofsted inspections of Initial Teacher Education (ITE) providers aim to enhance training quality for pre-service teachers in England. However, research rarely examines the impact of these inspections on the wellbeing of Teacher Educators (TEs) based i... Read More about Don't do anything special for us coming: the mental health impact of Ofsted inspections on teacher educators in England..

Preparing the future pharmacy workforce: competency-based undergraduate curricula for teaching, learning and assessment with a focus on antimicrobial stewardship. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
TIPPING, S., FLEMING, N., DAMANT, G., TONNA, A.P. and MARTIN, S., on behalf of NAPEG (National Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacy Education Group). 2024. Preparing the future pharmacy workforce: competency-based undergraduate curricula for teaching, learning and assessment with a focus on antimicrobial stewardship. Presented at the 2024 Infection: BSAC (British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy) winter conference, 5 December 2024, London, UK: [virtual event].

Competency-based teaching, learning and assessment underpins the requirements for initial training and education of pharmacists (IETPs) in the UK as set by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC). This competency-based pedagogic approach is conduci... Read More about Preparing the future pharmacy workforce: competency-based undergraduate curricula for teaching, learning and assessment with a focus on antimicrobial stewardship..

The effects of hip flexion angle on quadriceps femoris muscle hypertrophy in the leg extension exercise. (2024)
Journal Article
LARSEN, S., KRISTIANSEN, B.S., SWINTON, P.A., WOLF, M., FREDRIKSEN, A.B., FALCH, H.N., VAN DEN TILLAAR, R. and SANDBERG, N.Ø. [2025]. The effects of hip flexion angle on quadriceps femoris muscle hypertrophy in the leg extension exercise. Journal of sports sciences [online], Latest Articles. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2024.2444713

This study compared the effects of 90° versus 40° hip flexion in the leg extension exercise on quadriceps femoris muscle hypertrophy. Twenty-two untrained men completed a ten-week intervention comprising two resistance training sessions per week with... Read More about The effects of hip flexion angle on quadriceps femoris muscle hypertrophy in the leg extension exercise..

Codesign of a neurological physiotherapy student-led clinic with students and patients: an exploratory qualitative study. (2024)
Journal Article
WYNNE, D., HANCOCK, E. and COOPER, K. [2024]. Co-design of a neurological physiotherapy student-led clinic with students and patients: an exploratory qualitative study. Journal of physical therapy education [online], Online First. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1097/JTE.0000000000000380

This study explores students' and patients' views of a UK physical therapy student-led clinic (SLC) for neurological rehabilitation and, using a co-design approach, proposes an optimal design of a physical therapy SLC for neurological rehabilitation... Read More about Codesign of a neurological physiotherapy student-led clinic with students and patients: an exploratory qualitative study..

Disrupted candidacy: a longitudinal examination of the constrained healthcare-access journeys of National Health Service workers in Scotland seeking supports for Long COVID illness. (2024)
Journal Article
ADAMS, N.N., MACIVER, E., DOUGLAS, F., KENNEDY, C., SKÅTUN, D., HERNANDEZ SANTIAGO, V., TORRANCE, N. and GRANT, A. 2024. Disrupted candidacy: a longitudinal examination of the constrained healthcare-access journeys of National Health Service workers in Scotland seeking supports for Long COVID illness. Health expectations [online], 27(5), article number e70050. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.70050

Evidence examines how persons experiencing Long COVID (LC) struggle to secure healthcare for symptoms; however, few studies examine healthcare workers experiencing LC, nor the complex and multiple difficulties faced when seeking and receiving healthc... Read More about Disrupted candidacy: a longitudinal examination of the constrained healthcare-access journeys of National Health Service workers in Scotland seeking supports for Long COVID illness..

To give or not to give an antibiotic: the threat of antimicrobial resistance. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
TONNA, A. 2024. To give or not to give an antibiotic: the threat of antimicrobial resistance. Presented at the 20th Plenary meeting of the European Committee on Pharmaceuticals and Pharmaceutical Care (CD-P-PH), 1-2 October 2024, Strasbourg, France.

This presentation provides background on the (ab)use of antimicrobials and the problem of antimicrobial resistance. It further predicts the consequences of wide-spread antimicrobial resistance on the world's health systems and economies, and demonstr... Read More about To give or not to give an antibiotic: the threat of antimicrobial resistance..

A co-constructed and co-produced evaluation of the Anchor Project in Shetland. (2024)
Report
KENNEDY, C., DOUGLAS, F., SPOLANDER, G., PERRING, E. and HALL, L. 2024. A co-constructed and co-produced evaluation of the Anchor Project in Shetland. Edinburgh: Scottish Government [online]. Available from: https://www.gov.scot/isbn/9781836014188

This report details the findings of the independent evaluation of Shetland's Anchor Project (2018-2023). This evaluation was funded by the Scottish Government. The Anchor Project sits within an ambitious Scottish Government policy landscape to eradic... Read More about A co-constructed and co-produced evaluation of the Anchor Project in Shetland..

Enhancing abstract screening classification in evidence-based medicine: incorporating domain knowledge into pre-trained models. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
OFORI-BOATENG, R., ACEVES-MARTINS, M., WIRANTUGA, N. and MORENO-GARCIA, C.F. 2024. Enhancing abstract screening classification in evidence-based medicine: incorporating domain knowledge into pre-trained models. In Finkelstein, J., Moskovitch, R. and Parimbelli, E. (eds.) Proceedings of the 22nd Artificial intelligence in medicine international conference 2024 (AIME 2024), 9-12 July 2024, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. Lecture notes in computer science, 14844. Cham: Springer [online], part I, pages 261-272. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-66538-7_26

Evidence-based medicine (EBM) represents a cornerstone in medical research, guiding policy and decision-making. However, the robust steps involved in EBM, particularly in the abstract screening stage, present significant challenges to researchers. Nu... Read More about Enhancing abstract screening classification in evidence-based medicine: incorporating domain knowledge into pre-trained models..

Anchor Project theory of change. (2024)
Digital Artefact
KENNEDY, C., DOUGLAS, F., SPOLANDER, G., PERRING, E. and HALL, L. 2024. Anchor Project theory of change. [Infographic]. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2413354

This infographic represents a theory of change model, which forms a key output from the Scottish Government-funded evaluation of Shetland's Anchor Project. The Anchor Project sits within an ambitious Scottish Government policy landscape to eradicate... Read More about Anchor Project theory of change..

Interventional pharmacoepidemiology: design and evaluation of interventions to improve prescribing. (2024)
Journal Article
ALEXANDER, G.C., GRANT, A., HUGHES, C. and DREISCHULTE, T. 2025. Interventional pharmacoepidemiology: design and evaluation of interventions to improve prescribing. American journal of epidemiology [online], 194(4), pages 1052-1057. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwae109

Despite the value of modern therapeutics, many obstacles prevent their optimal use. Overuse, underuse and misuse are common, resulting in morbidity and mortality impacting billions of individuals across the world. Pharmacoepidemiology provides import... Read More about Interventional pharmacoepidemiology: design and evaluation of interventions to improve prescribing..