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Spotlight on: Dr Andrew Schuman
In the second of our “Spotlight” tutor interviews, Dr Andrew Schuman discusses poetry, passion and the potential for learning from students.
The student voice - Undergraduate experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic
When the Clinical School was forced to close its doors in March, medical students seized the opportunity to support Oxford’s effort to combat the pandemic. They volunteered in a huge variety of settings, from the university’s vaccine trial to local GP practices. Here’s what some of them have been up to…
Personal Development Review - A statement of commitment from the Stats Team
The Senior Management Committee were asked to reinstate their commitment to PDRs and share why they believe they are important.
Can a daily probiotic keep antibiotics at bay?
Professor Chris Butler, Director of the Primary Care Clinical Trials Unit, writes about the recent PRINCESS trial, which investigated whether probiotics can reduce infections in care home residents.
Setting the research agenda in advanced heart failure
Dr Nick Jones, Wellcome Trust Doctoral Research Fellow, writes about the Research Priorities in Advanced Heart Failure project, which has now published its top 10 priorities for the research community.
Personal Development Review - A statement of commitment from Professor Andrew Farmer
The Senior Management Committee were asked to reinstate their commitment to PDRs and share why they believe they are important.
Workload alterations, anxieties and advances during the pandemic
We are members of an Athena Swan Workload Allocation Group. In this role, we are preparing to develop a questionnaire exploring how people’s workload is allocated and managed by them; it will be sent to all staff in the new year. Findings will be used to direct departmental policy on workload allocation.
Personal Development Review - A statement of commitment from Professor Catherine Pope
The Senior Management Committee were asked to reinstate their commitment to PDRs and share why they believe they are important.
Personal Development Review - A statement of commitment from Dr Julian Hancock
The Senior Management Committee were asked to reinstate their commitment to PDRs and share why they believe they are important.
Personal Development Review - A statement of commitment from Professor Stavros Petrou
The Senior Management Committee were asked to reinstate their commitment to PDRs and share why they believe they are important.
Personal Development Review - A statement of commitment from Professor Sue Ziebland
The Senior Management Committee were asked to reinstate their commitment to PDRs and share why they believe they are important.
Should azithromycin be used to treat COVID-19?
COVID-19 is caused by a virus - so why would we consider treating it with an antibiotic like azithromycin? GP and DPhil Student, Kome Gbinigie, and Postdoctoral Researcher, Kerstin Frie, review the evidence.
Care organising technologies and the post-phenomenology of care: an ethnographic case study
Gemma Hughes reflects on research into care organising technologies, led by Professor Sara Shaw and recently published in Social Science and Medicine.
British South Asian patients’ views on text messages to support type 2 diabetes
The number of people with type 2 diabetes is increasing globally, a condition that disproportionately affects South Asians. Text messages to support people to manage their diabetes show promise. They are cheap, accessible, and can positively impact blood sugar levels. Senior Qualitative Researcher Dr Suman Prinjha writes about her research (published in JMIR mHealth and uHealth) on how a text messaging system could support medication use in British South Asian people with diabetes.