- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Patient Safety and Medication Errors
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Healthcare Quality and Management
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Healthcare Systems and Technology
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Occupational Health and Safety Research
- Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Community Health and Development
- Evaluation and Performance Assessment
- Obesity and Health Practices
- COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues
- Health and Wellbeing Research
University College Dublin
2016-2025
Institute of Public Health Bengaluru
2023
Health Service Executive
2018-2021
Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
2021
Health Research Board
2021
Creative Commons
2021
Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
2018-2020
Newcastle University
2014-2018
Hôpital de la Timone
2017
University College Cork
2011-2014
While co-design methods are becoming more popular in healthcare; there is a gap within the peer-reviewed literature on how to do practice. This paper addresses this by delineating approach taken of collective leadership intervention improve healthcare team performance and patient safety culture. Over course six workshops staff, representatives advocates, health systems researchers collaboratively co-designed intervention. The inputs process, exercises activities that took place during...
Healthcare professionals who feel psychologically safe believe it is to take interpersonal risks such as voicing concerns, asking questions and giving feedback. Psychological safety a complex phenomenon which influenced by organizational, team individual level factors. However, has primarily been assessed team-level phenomenon. This study focused on understanding healthcare professionals' experiences of psychological safety. We aim gain fuller the influence leaders, relationships...
Health systems research recognizes the complexity of healthcare, and interacting interdependent nature components a health system. To better understand such systems, innovative methods are required to depict analyze their structures. This paper describes social network analysis as methodology depict, diagnose, evaluate networks therein. Social is set techniques map, measure, relationships between people, teams, organizations. Through use case study exploring support among senior managers in...
Abstract Background There is accumulating evidence for the value of collective and shared approaches to leadership. However, relatively little research has explored leadership in healthcare thus, there a lack understanding mechanisms that promote or inhibit practice teams. This study describes development an initial programme theory (IPT) provide insight into underpinning enactment Methods IPT was informed by multiple-method data collection process. The first stage involved realist synthesis...
Abstract Background Healthcare organisations are complex social entities, comprising of multiple stakeholders with differing priorities, roles, and expectations about how care should be delivered. To reach agreement among these diverse interest groups achieve safe, cost-effective patient care, healthcare staff must navigate the micropolitical context health service. Micropolitics in this study refers to use power, authority, influence affect team goals, vision, decision-making processes....
This paper offers a perspective on nursing and lived experience responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. It charts health systems mental impacts with particular focus children adolescents, older people availing of services. Issues moral distress reaction are considered alongside psychological social concerns which continue rapidly evolve. The person attending adult community services engaging service remotely is provided. Matters note for acute inpatient highlighted informed by nurse. need...
Challenges faced by health systems have become increasingly complex, and expanding the range of methodological options available via interdisciplinary collaboration is important to enable researchers address them. As complexity increases, it can be more difficult ensure solutions remain patient-centered. Human-centered design an approach that focuses on engaging with understanding needs all services users while retaining a perspective. Therefore, professionals skilled in these approaches are...
The world of communication has changed significantly in the last decade as a result evolution social media. Food crisis managers and communicators should be cognizant messages presented to public by all media channels during crisis. Using 2008 Irish dioxin contamination incident an example, quantitative content analysis was carried out investigate relationship between traditional Messages published printed newspapers ( n = 141), blogs forums 107), Twitter 68) were analysed sourcing practice,...
Abstract Introduction Co‐design involves stakeholders as design partners to ensure a better fit user needs. Many benefits of involving in processes have been proposed; however, few studies evaluated participants’ experience co‐design the development educational interventions. As part larger study, health‐care professionals, researchers and patients co‐designed collective leadership intervention for teams. This study their experiences process. Methods Semi‐structured interviews were conducted...
In higher education settings, there are increasing calls to shift away from traditional summative assessment practices, such end of term written tests, explore methods assessing learning in alternative ways. Peer has been advocated as a means formative enhance student engagement, empowering students take responsibility for their own learning. While is accumulating evidence the value peer education, one cannot assume feedback will translate appropriately all settings and educational...
ABSTRACT Background: There is a lack of knowledge regarding the information and support needs people with dementia Lewy bodies (DLB) their families around time diagnosis. Methods: A volunteer sample patients DLB family members completed web survey hosted by UK based Body Society in May 2014. This focused on past experiences received what would have been beneficial at Results: One hundred twenty five adults responded to survey. The majority were first degree relatives or spouses ( n = 107,...