This term, we hear from second-year student Bethan Storey (Queen\u2019s College). Bethan discusses the impact of Covid on university life for pre-clinical students.
\n \n\n \n \nProfessor Simon de Lusignan, Professor of Primary Care and Digital Informatics, describes how a decades old primary care surveillance system is evolving into a sophisticated digital hub capable of supporting COVID-19 trials and related research.
\n \n\n \n \nVideo consulting is now far from a niche service, here Dr Sara Shaw and Dr Gemma Hughes discuss the work of researchers in the IRIHS Group to understand how the technology has been deployed across UK health and care settings.
\n \n\n \n \nStuart Redding and Catia Nicodemo, from the Centre for Health Service Economics and Organisation, describe a simple metric that predicts which English CCG regions are most vulnerable.
\n \n\n \n \nWhen the Clinical School was forced to close its doors in March, medical students seized the opportunity to support Oxford\u2019s effort to combat the pandemic. They volunteered in a huge variety of settings, from the university\u2019s vaccine trial to local GP practices. Here\u2019s what some of them have been up to\u2026
\n \n\n \n \nCOVID-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.
\n \n\n \n \nFor people with heart failure, COVID-19 presents a challenge.
\n \n\n \n \nThe last few weeks have given all of us a crash course in conducting telephone and video consultations, no matter what our previous experience. The Communication Skills team were ahead of the curve earlier this year, designing a pilot session for medical students in non-face-to-face consulting. GP Tutor Dr Suzanne Stewart describes the work she has done putting this new module together.
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