Imperial College London
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Professor Mary Wells

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery & Cancer

Professor of Practice (Cancer Nursing)
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 3311 7422mary.wells

 
 
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Location

 

Education Centre CXH Nursing DirectorateCharing Cross HospitalCharing Cross Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Newington:2021:10.1186/s12913-021-06354-y,
author = {Newington, L and Wells, M and Adonis, A and Bolton, L and Bolton, Saghdaoui L and Coffey, M and Crow, J and Fadeeva, Costa O and Hughes, C and Savage, M and Pakzad-Shahabi, L and Alexander, C},
doi = {10.1186/s12913-021-06354-y},
journal = {BMC Health Services Research},
title = {A qualitative systematic review and thematic synthesis exploring the impacts of clinical academic activity by healthcare professionals outside medicine},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06354-y},
volume = {21},
year = {2021}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Background: There are increasing opportunities for healthcare professionals outside medicine to be involved in and lead clinical research. However, there are few roles within these professions that include time for research. In order to develop such roles, and evaluate effective use of this time, the range of impacts of this clinical academic activity need to be valued and understood by healthcare leaders and managers. To date, these impacts have not been comprehensively explored, but are suggested to extend beyond traditional quantitative impact metrics, such as publications, citations and funding awards. Methods: Ten databases, four grey literature repositories and a naïve web search engine were systematically searched for articles reporting impacts of clinical academic activity by healthcare professionals outside medicine. Specifically, this did not include the direct impacts of the research findings, rather the impacts of the research activity. All stages of the review were performed by a minimum of two reviewers and reported impacts were categorised qualitatively according to a modified VICTOR (making Visible the ImpaCT Of Research) framework. Results: Of the initial 2,704 identified articles, 20 were eligible for inclusion. Identified impacts were mapped to seven themes: impacts for patients; impacts for the service provision and workforce; impacts to research profile, culture and capacity; economic impacts; impacts on staff recruitment and retention; impacts to knowledge exchange; and impacts to the clinical academic. Conclusions: Several overlapping sub-themes were identified across the main themes. These included the challenges and benefits of balancing clinical and academic roles, the creation and implementation of new evidence, and the development of collaborations and networks. These may be key areas for organisations to explore when looking to support and increase academic activity among healthcare professionals outside medicine. The modified VICTO
AU  - Newington,L
AU  - Wells,M
AU  - Adonis,A
AU  - Bolton,L
AU  - Bolton,Saghdaoui L
AU  - Coffey,M
AU  - Crow,J
AU  - Fadeeva,Costa O
AU  - Hughes,C
AU  - Savage,M
AU  - Pakzad-Shahabi,L
AU  - Alexander,C
DO  - 10.1186/s12913-021-06354-y
PY  - 2021///
SN  - 1472-6963
TI  - A qualitative systematic review and thematic synthesis exploring the impacts of clinical academic activity by healthcare professionals outside medicine
T2  - BMC Health Services Research
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06354-y
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/89231
VL  - 21
ER  -
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