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Bartlett JA, Berkebile A, Rogan MP, et al., 2016, IMPAIRED ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY AND INCREASED CATHEPSIN ACTIVITY IN AIRWAY SECRETIONS FROM NEWBORN CF PIGS, Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL, Pages: 237-237, ISSN: 8755-6863
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Huddy JR, Weldon SM, Ralhan S, et al., 2016, Sequential simulation (SqS) of clinical pathways: a tool for public and patient engagement in point-of-care diagnostics., BMJ Open, Vol: 6, Pages: e011043-e011043, ISSN: 2044-6055
OBJECTIVES: Public and patient engagement (PPE) is fundamental to healthcare research. To facilitate effective engagement in novel point-of-care tests (POCTs), the test and downstream consequences of the result need to be considered. Sequential simulation (SqS) is a tool to represent patient journeys and the effects of intervention at each and subsequent stages. This case study presents a process evaluation of SqS as a tool for PPE in the development of a volatile organic compound-based breath test POCT for the diagnosis of oesophagogastric (OG) cancer. SETTING: Three 3-hour workshops in central London. PARTICIPANTS: 38 members of public attended a workshop, 26 (68%) had no prior experience of the OG cancer diagnostic pathway. INTERVENTIONS: Clinical pathway SqS was developed from a storyboard of a patient, played by an actor, noticing symptoms of oesophageal cancer and following a typical diagnostic pathway. The proposed breath testing strategy was then introduced and incorporated into a second SqS to demonstrate pathway impact. Facilitated group discussions followed each SqS. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: Evaluation was conducted through pre-event and postevent questionnaires, field notes and analysis of audiovisual recordings. RESULTS: 38 participants attended a workshop. All participants agreed they were able to contribute to discussions and like the idea of an OG cancer breath test. Five themes emerged related to the proposed new breath test including awareness of OG cancer, barriers to testing and diagnosis, design of new test device, new clinical pathway and placement of test device. 3 themes emerged related to the use of SqS: participatory engagement, simulation and empathetic engagement, and why participants attended. CONCLUSIONS: SqS facilitated a shared immersive experience for participants and researchers that led to the coconstruction of knowledge that will guide future research activities and be of value to stakeholders concerned with the inv
Weldon S, Kneebone R, Bello F, 2016, Collaborative healthcare remodelling through Sequential Simulation (SqS): a patient and front-line staff perspective, BMJ Simulation & Technology Enhanced Learning, Vol: 2, Pages: 78-86, ISSN: 2056-6697
Background The Department of health funded an initiative to pioneer new approaches that would create a more integrated form of care.Local problem In order to receive funding, local Clinical Commissioning Groups were required to engage a range of stakeholders in a practical approach that generated the development of an integrated model of care.Intervention Two sequential simulation (SqS) workshops comprising 65 and 93 participants, respectively, were designed using real patient scenarios from the locality, covering areas of general practice, community health and adult social care. Workshops were attended by a diverse group of stakeholders. The first workshop addressed current care pathways and the second modelled ideal care pathways generated from the data obtained at the first workshop.Methods Discussions were captured through video recording, field-notes and pre and post questionnaires. Data was collated, transcribed and analysed through a combination of descriptive statistics and thematic analysis.Results The questionnaires revealed that attendees strongly agreed that they had had an opportunity to contribute to all discussions and raise questions, concerns and ideas (100%). Pre and post knowledge of current and new models of care was vastly improved. The opportunity to share information and to network was valued, with the SqS approach seen as breaking professional barriers (100%).Conclusions Simulation can be used as a tool to engage stakeholders in designing integrated models of care. The systematic data collection from the diverse ideas generated also allows for a much-needed ‘ear’ to those providing the solutions, as well as a legitimate and balanced perspective.
Weldon S, Ralhan S, Paice L, et al., 2016, Sequential simulation of a patient journey, Clinical Teacher, Vol: 14, Pages: 90-94, ISSN: 1743-4971
Objectives: To develop an intervention for educating pharmacists(community and hospital) about integrated care and their role in implementingit.Methods: We developed a sequential simulation derived from a patient’sjourney, the key scenario featuring a community pharmacist. The scenarioswere designed with input from pharmacists and patients, and emphasized theeffect operating in silos can have on the patient.Evaluation: Evaluation was by questionnaire, field notes and analysis ofvideo material. 21/37 (56.7%) participants responded to the questionnaire.19/21 expressed that they felt the event was a good or excellent educationalexperience, and had improved their confidence in their capability to improvepatient care. 19/21 said their knowledge and understanding of integrated carehad been enhanced. The sequential simulation was appreciated as a way ofvisualizing integrated care, with 19/21 describing it as good or excellent.Further themes were identified through video-analysis and field note analysis.Conclusion: Sequential Simulation is a novel and practical approach topresent current care pathways, aiming to generate a mutual focus, createparticipant empathy and bring the conventionalities of integrated care to life.We consider this approach helpful in preparing frontline staff to participate in integrated care.
Kneebone R, Weldon S-M, Bello F, 2016, Engaging patients and clinicians through simulation: rebalancing the dynamics of care, Advances in Simulation, Vol: 1, ISSN: 2059-0628
This paper proposes simulation-based enactment of care as an innovative and fruitful means of engaging patients and clinicians to create collaborative solutions to healthcare issues. This use of simulation is a radical departure from traditional transmission models of education and training. Instead, we frame simulation as co-development, through which professionals, patients and publics share their equally (though differently) expert perspectives. The paper argues that a process of participatory design can bring about new insights and that simulation offers understandings that cannot easily be expressed in words. Drawing on more than a decade of our group’s research on simulation and engagement, the paper summarises findings from studies relating to clinician-patient collaboration and proposes a novel approach to address the current need. The paper outlines a mechanism whereby pathways of care are jointly created, shaped, tested and refined by professionals, patients, carers and others who are affected and concerned by clinical care.
Ralhan S, Weldon S, Kneebone R, et al., 2016, Sequential Simulation Workshops: An Innovative Approach to Working Together (engaging front-line staff, patients and publics) to Develop New Integrated Models of Care, Trainees in the Association for the Study of Medical Education
Weldon S, Korkiakangas T, 2016, Video-Supported Simulation for Interactions in the Operating Theatre (ViSIOTTM), The Society in Europe for Simulation Applied to Medicine
Korkiakangas T, Weldon S, 2016, ViSIOT: Evidence-based training for improving interactions in the operating room, AORN Surgical Conference & Expo
Korkiakangas T, Weldon S, 2016, Mobilizing a team for the Surgical Safety Checklist: Interactional analysis, AORN Surgical Conference & Expo
Weldon S, Korkiakangas T, 2016, Music in the Operating Room, AORN Surgical Conference & Expo
Sadideen H, Weldon S-M, Saadeddin M, et al., 2015, A Video Analysis of Intra- and Interprofessional Leadership Behaviors Within "The Burns Suite": Identifying Key Leadership Models, Journal of Surgical Education, Vol: 73, Pages: 31-39, ISSN: 1931-7204
ObjectiveLeadership is particularly important in complex highly interprofessional health care contexts involving a number of staff, some from the same specialty (intraprofessional), and others from different specialties (interprofessional). The authors recently published the concept of “The Burns Suite” (TBS) as a novel simulation tool to deliver interprofessional and teamwork training. It is unclear which leadership behaviors are the most important in an interprofessional burns resuscitation scenario, and whether they can be modeled on to current leadership theory. The purpose of this study was to perform a comprehensive video analysis of leadership behaviors within TBS.MethodsA total of 3 burns resuscitation simulations within TBS were recorded. The video analysis was grounded-theory inspired. Using predefined criteria, actions/interactions deemed as leadership behaviors were identified. Using an inductive iterative process, 8 main leadership behaviors were identified. Cohen’s κ coefficient was used to measure inter-rater agreement and calculated as κ = 0.7 (substantial agreement). Each video was watched 4 times, focusing on 1 of the 4 team members per viewing (senior surgeon, senior nurse, trainee surgeon, and trainee nurse). The frequency and types of leadership behavior of each of the 4 team members were recorded. Statistical significance to assess any differences was assessed using analysis of variance, whereby a p < 0.05 was taken to be significant. Leadership behaviors were triangulated with verbal cues and actions from the videos.ResultsAll 3 scenarios were successfully completed. The mean scenario length was 22 minutes. A total of 362 leadership behaviors were recorded from the 12 participants. The most evident leadership behaviors of all team members were adhering to guidelines (which effectively equates to following Advanced Trauma and Life Support/Emergency Management of Severe Burns resuscitation guidelines and hence &l
Bezemer J, Korkiakangas T, Weldon S, et al., 2015, Unsettled teamwork: Communication and learning in the operating theatres of an urban hospital, Journal of Advanced Nursing, Vol: 72, Pages: 361-372, ISSN: 0309-2402
AimTo explore the unsettling effects of increased mobility of nurses, surgeons and other healthcare professionals on communication and learning in the operating theatre.BackgroundIncreasingly, healthcare professionals step in and out of newly formed transient teams and work with colleagues they have not met before, unsettling previously relatively stable team work based on shared, local knowledge accumulated over significant periods of close collaboration.DesignAn ethnographic case study was conducted of the operating theatre department of a major teaching hospital in London.MethodVideo recordings were made of 20 operations, involving different teams. The recordings were systematically reviewed and coded. Instances where difficulties arose in the communication between scrub nurse and surgeons were identified and subjected to detailed, interactional analysis.FindingsInstrument requests frequently prompted clarification from the scrub nurse (e.g. ‘Sorry, what did you want?’). Such requests were either followed by a relatively elaborate clarification, designed to maximize learning opportunities, or a by a relatively minimal clarification, designed to achieve the immediate task at hand.ConclusionsSignificant variation exists in the degree of support given to scrub nurses requesting clarification. Some surgeons experience such requests as disruptions, while others treat them as opportunities to build shared knowledge.
Korkiakangas T, Weldon S, Bezemer J, et al., 2015, “Coming Up!”: Why verbal acknowledgement matters in the operating theatre, Publisher: Equinox
Small D, Brown R, Abladey A, et al., 2015, INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF CATHEPSIN S IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF CYSTIC FIBROSIS-LIKE LUNG DISEASE, Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL, Pages: 242-242, ISSN: 8755-6863
Kerrigan L, Taggart C, Weldon S, 2015, CF AIRWAY EPITHELIAL CELL IP-10 PRODUCTION IS REGULATED BY MIR-31 VIA THE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IRF-1, Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL, Pages: 243-243, ISSN: 8755-6863
Glasgow A, Camper N, Osbourn M, et al., 2015, LSC Abstract - A functional variant of secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor (SLPI) with improved anti-inflammatory activity against pulmonary infection, Publisher: EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY SOC JOURNALS LTD, ISSN: 0903-1936
Kerrigan L, Taggart C, Weldon S, 2015, Airway epithelial cell IP-10 production is regulated by miR-31 via the transcription factor IRF-1, Publisher: EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY SOC JOURNALS LTD, ISSN: 0903-1936
Twigg M, Brockbank S, Lowry P, et al., 2015, Cleaved SLPI as a marker for exacerbation in cystic fibrosis, Publisher: EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY SOC JOURNALS LTD, ISSN: 0903-1936
Brown R, Small D, Abladey A, et al., 2015, Investigating the role of cathepsin S in the pathogenesis of cystic fibrosis-like lung disease, Publisher: EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY SOC JOURNALS LTD, ISSN: 0903-1936
Kneebone RL, Weldon SM, Ralham S, et al., 2015, Sequential Simulation (SqS): an innovative approach to educating GP receptionists about integrated care via a patient journey – a mixed methods approach, BMC Family Practice, Vol: 16, ISSN: 1471-2296
BackgroundAn evaluation of an effective and engaging intervention for educating general practice (GP) receptionists about integrated care and the importance of their role within the whole system was conducted.MethodsWorkshops took place in North West London, one of England’s 14 ‘Integrated Care Pioneers.’ Three training days featuring Sequential Simulations (SqS) were held. Forty GP receptionists attended on each day, as well as 5–6 patients and 8–9 healthcare professionals. The SqS developed was from a collection of patient stories, the key scene of which featured a GP receptionist. The scenes were designed to show the consequences for the patient of professionals working in silos. This provided the focus for facilitated table discussions. The discussants suggested ways in which an unfortunate series of events could have been dealt with differently. These suggestions were then incorporated in a re-designed SqS. Evaluation was conducted through questionnaires, field notes and analysis of video material. Descriptive statistics and thematic analysis were applied.ResultsNinety three participants responded to the questionnaire out of 131 attendees. All (93/93) respondents reported that the event was a powerful learning experience and that they had gained confidence in improving patient care. 98 % (91/93) reported that their knowledge of integrated care had improved. The simulation was rated highly as a learning experience [60 % (57/93) - excellent, 39 % (37/93) good]. Further evidence of educational benefit was expressed through comments such as: ‘The simulations really got me thinking about the patient as a human with many problems and situations.’ConclusionSqS is an innovative and practical way of presenting current care pathways and health care scenarios in order to create a shared focus, engage the emotions of the participants and bring the principles of integrated care to life. Facilitated table discussions are an opportuni
Huddy J, Weldon S-M, Ralhan S, et al., 2015, Sequential simulation of clinical pathways: a tool for public and patient involvement in diagnostic research, UK Diagnostic Forum
Weldon S, Korkiakangas T, Bezemer J, et al., 2015, Music and communication in the operating theatre, Journal of Advanced Nursing, ISSN: 1365-2648
Paice L, Weldon S, Ralhan S, et al., 2015, Sequential simulation (SqS) of a patient journey: an intervention to engage GP receptionists in integrated care, 15th International Conference on Integrated Care, Publisher: Ubiquity Press, ISSN: 1568-4156
Coates L, Weldon S-M, Rodrigues A, et al., 2015, Simulation as a public engagement: Engaging children in medicine and science in some surprising places, International Pediatric Simulation Symposia and Workshops
Weldon S, Woodward P, Granados A, et al., 2015, Future of Technology: The latest in simulation technology, RCGP - City Health Safeguarding the Future
Paice E, Weldon S-M, Ralhan S, et al., 2015, Patient produced simulation for education and training, International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare
Korkiakangas T, Weldon S, Bezemer J, 2015, Video-supported Simulation for Interactions in the Operating Theatre (ViSIOT)., Clinical Simulation in Nursing, ISSN: 1876-1399
This article introduces a data-grounded simulation model for training social interaction strategies to operating theatre nurses. Video-supported Simulation for Interactions in the Operating Theatre (ViSIOT) draws on original video-based research on teamwork in the operating theatres in the UK. The objective of the ViSIOT model is to improve verbal and non-verbal interactions between nurses and surgeons that often fall outside explicit training. These involve visual monitoring of colleagues, verbal responsiveness, speaking up about distractions, and seeking prompt clarification when needed. The model includes two scenarios and video-supported debriefing, which utilises authentic research footage from the operating theatres. In the paper, the strategies are briefly communicated and implications for training are discussed.
Coates L, Woodward P, Granados A, et al., 2015, Educational Technology and Innovations to Training and Patient Care Using Simulation, HENWL Primary Care Educator Conference
Weldon S, Bello F, Kneebone R, 2015, Sequential Simulation (SqS) Concept & Applications., UK Simulation in Nursing Education Conference
Foronjy RF, Taggart CC, Dabo AJ, et al., 2015, Type-I interferons induce lung protease responses following respiratory syncytial virus infection via RIG-I-like receptors, MUCOSAL IMMUNOLOGY, Vol: 8, Pages: 161-175, ISSN: 1933-0219
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