Katherine Pollard's Outputs (94)

Understanding the role of allied health professional support workers with exercise qualifications in the delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan within allied health professional services in England (2023)
Journal Article

Demand modelling for the allied health professionals (AHPs) workforce showed that significant expansion would be needed to successfully deliver on the National Health Service (NHS) Long Term Plan. The aim was to explore the use of AHP support workers... Read More about Understanding the role of allied health professional support workers with exercise qualifications in the delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan within allied health professional services in England.

Understanding the role of exercise professionals in the delivery of the NHS long term plan within AHP services in England (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Keywords: Support worker, Exercise, NHS Long Term Plan

Purpose: To explore the use of exercise professionals in AHP services and to understand their current and potential role in AHP NHS commissioned services.

Methods: The project had three pha... Read More about Understanding the role of exercise professionals in the delivery of the NHS long term plan within AHP services in England.

How do they measure up? Differences in stakeholder perceptions of quality measures used in English community nursing (2019)
Journal Article

© The Author(s) 2019. Objectives: To establish how quality indicators used in English community nursing are selected and applied, and their perceived usefulness to service users, commissioners and service providers. Methods: A qualitative multi-site... Read More about How do they measure up? Differences in stakeholder perceptions of quality measures used in English community nursing.

Preliminary piloting and validation of a questionnaire identifying basic clinical skills practised by research nurses (2019)
Journal Article

Clinical research nurses (CRNs) need to be competent in both clinical and research skills. In the past 10 years there has been increasing focus on developing the research competencies of CRNs. Employers, however, use the nurses’ registered status as... Read More about Preliminary piloting and validation of a questionnaire identifying basic clinical skills practised by research nurses.

Preparing midwifery students for traumatic workplace events: Findings from the POPPY (programme for the prevention of posttraumatic stress disorder in midwifery) feasibility study (2018)
Journal Article

Background: Midwifery students can experience events on clinical placements that they perceive to be traumatic. There is currently no requirement to provide training about the nature of trauma, normal responses, or the most helpful ways of self-manag... Read More about Preparing midwifery students for traumatic workplace events: Findings from the POPPY (programme for the prevention of posttraumatic stress disorder in midwifery) feasibility study.

Using contractual incentives in district nursing in the English NHS: results from a qualitative study (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 The author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Since 2008, health policy in England has been focusing increasingly on improving quality in healthcare services. To ensure quality improvements in community n... Read More about Using contractual incentives in district nursing in the English NHS: results from a qualitative study.

Measuring quality in community nursing: A mixed methods study (2018)
Journal Article

Abstract
Background
High-quality nursing care is crucial for patients with complex conditions and co-morbidities living at home, but such care is largely invisible to health planners and managers. Nursing care quality in acute settings is typically... Read More about Measuring quality in community nursing: A mixed methods study.

Translation and psychometric properties of the German version of the University of the West of England Interprofessional Questionnaire (UWE-IP) (2016)
Journal Article

© 2017 Taylor & Francis. The implementation of a bachelor degree in Interprofessional Health Care at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, has fostered the need to evaluate the impact of this innovative programme. The University of the West of Eng... Read More about Translation and psychometric properties of the German version of the University of the West of England Interprofessional Questionnaire (UWE-IP).

Evaluating interprofessional learning: A complex process (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This was a keynote presentation, discussing the essential features of undertaking an evaluation of interprofessional learning, with reference to the multi-method evaluation of the interprofessional curriculum introduced in the Faculty of Health and S... Read More about Evaluating interprofessional learning: A complex process.

Interprofessional working (2016)
Book Chapter

This chapter discusses interprofessional working in which nurses may engage. It identifies why interprofessional working is important, and explains a registered nurse's responsibilities and obligations in this regard. It then outlines different types... Read More about Interprofessional working.

Slaying the demon. The dementia challenge: Progress and achievements (2015)
Report

There can be no doubt that the delivery of high quality care and support for patients and families living with dementia is a major challenge for health and social care services. As a nation we are living longer and we are seeing more people living wi... Read More about Slaying the demon. The dementia challenge: Progress and achievements.

Developing and evaluating guidelines for patient and public involvement (PPI) in research (2015)
Journal Article

© Emerald Group Publishing Limited Purpose – A growing literature reports the benefits and challenges of patient and public involvement (PPI) in research; nevertheless, understanding PPI in research design remains under-developed. The purpose of this... Read More about Developing and evaluating guidelines for patient and public involvement (PPI) in research.

Men affected by prostate cancer: A survey of general practitioner’s learning needs (2015)
Journal Article

Background: With incidence rates for prostate cancer increasing each year in the UK, information and support for men with prostate cancer is crucial, yet GPs have identified this as an area where they lack knowledge and confidence. Prostate Cancer U... Read More about Men affected by prostate cancer: A survey of general practitioner’s learning needs.

Virtual patients: Development in cancer nursing education (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Background: The number of men diagnosed with prostate cancer is increasing and internationally there are high incidence rates. It is important that nurses and healthcare professionals are enabled to provide appropriate care to th... Read More about Virtual patients: Development in cancer nursing education.

Developing computer simulations for nurses and non-registered practitioners caring for men with prostate cancer (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Factors affecting carers’ acceptance and use of support (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background: Individuals caring informally for chronically ill/disabled friends or relatives are themselves particularly susceptible to stress and even ill-health (Greenwood et al, 2013; O’Shaughnessy 2010), with potentially significant implications f... Read More about Factors affecting carers’ acceptance and use of support.

An integrated approach for individualised support: Carers' views (2014)
Journal Article

© Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose - The purpose of this paper was to capture carers' views of a service in Bristol funded jointly by the Local Authority and the NHS Clinical Commissioning Group, which offers support to carers in the form of... Read More about An integrated approach for individualised support: Carers' views.

Interviewing parents of children with life-limiting conditions: issues and strategies (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Involving parents/carers of children with life-limiting conditions in research can be perceived as difficult and even unethical, due to the potential for causing participants distress (Hynson et al 2006). However, it is essential to obtain the views... Read More about Interviewing parents of children with life-limiting conditions: issues and strategies.

"oh why didn't i take more notice?" Professionals' views and perceptions of pre-qualifying preparation for interprofessional working in practice (2012)
Journal Article

It is widely assumed that interprofessional learning (IPL) impacts positively on interprofessional working (IPW) in health and social care. However, there is no clear evidence that pre-qualifying IPL improves service delivery. The direct effect of pr... Read More about "oh why didn't i take more notice?" Professionals' views and perceptions of pre-qualifying preparation for interprofessional working in practice.

How midwives' discursive practices contribute to the maintenance of the status quo in English maternity care (2011)
Journal Article

Background: poor relationships between maternity care professionals still contribute to poor outcomes for childbearing women, although issues concerning power, gender, professionalism and the medicalisation of birth have been identified and discussed... Read More about How midwives' discursive practices contribute to the maintenance of the status quo in English maternity care.

Interprofessional working and public involvement in research (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Over the last two decades, there has been increasing emphasis globally on developing interprofessional working in health and social care. Interprofessional working can be described as collaborative practice: that is, the process whereby members of di... Read More about Interprofessional working and public involvement in research.

Public participation in research: Guidelines for good practice (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Interprofessional research: A complex process (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Research into interprofessional issues i n health and social care, in the UK and elsewhere, is located within a context in which successful interprofessional collaboration is viewed as a sine qua non of effective service delivery. Over the last two... Read More about Interprofessional research: A complex process.

Preconceptions, power and position: researcher reflections on public involvement in research (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In the United Kingdom, the Department of Health and many funding bodies require public involvement in health and social care research. However, members of the public are still mostly engaged in research as subjects/participants, or in a limited consu... Read More about Preconceptions, power and position: researcher reflections on public involvement in research.

Sessional GPs: Support needed to provide the evidence required for appraisal and validation (2010)
Journal Article

BACKGROUND: This study set out to evaluate evidence
submitted by GPs for appraisal, and to explore how a model of appraisal can be developed which meets the needs of revalidation while remaining developmental and formative. This paper focuses on com... Read More about Sessional GPs: Support needed to provide the evidence required for appraisal and validation.

Evaluating and developing GP appraisal processes (2010)
Report

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Introduction: This report details findings from a study undertaken by the School of Primary Care, Severn Deanery and the School of Health and Social Care, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of the West of England, Bris... Read More about Evaluating and developing GP appraisal processes.

Comparing evidence submitted by sessional and principal GP’s for Appraisal and Revalidation. Workshop. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A scoping study to identify how research on workforce issues has been used to inform practice within services for children and young people (2010)
Report

The medicalisation thesis (2010)
Book Chapter

Understanding interprofessional working in health and social care. Theory and practice (2010)
Book

A companion volume to the best-selling book by Barrett et al, this exciting text shows how the different professions work together in practice. Beginning with a series of illuminating case studies, it explores the dynamics underpinning shared care de... Read More about Understanding interprofessional working in health and social care. Theory and practice.

Developing and testing attitude scales around IT (2009)
Journal Article

AB : Rod Ward, Margaret Glogowska, Katherine Pollard and Pam Moule describe how they developed and analysed data from a survey of healthcare professionals Information technology (IT) is an integral component of the healthcare delivery arsenal. Howeve... Read More about Developing and testing attitude scales around IT.

Student engagement in interprofessional working in practice placement settings (2009)
Journal Article

Aim. To investigate the nature of student engagement in interprofessional interaction while on placement. Background. Due to continuing emphasis on improving interprofessional collaboration, UK educational establishments are required to offer prequal... Read More about Student engagement in interprofessional working in practice placement settings.

Interprofessional working (2009)
Book Chapter

The role of nurses in interprofessional health and social care teams (2009)
Journal Article

From students to professionals: Results of a longitudinal study of attitudes to pre-qualifying collaborative learning and working in health and social care in the United Kingdom (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

During a longitudinal evaluation of a pre-qualifying interprofessional curriculum, health and social care students completed questionnaires concerning communication and teamwork skills and interprofessional learning and working. Data were collected o... Read More about From students to professionals: Results of a longitudinal study of attitudes to pre-qualifying collaborative learning and working in health and social care in the United Kingdom.

Midwives interprofessional working: How their discursive practices relate to traditional discourses concerning power, gender, professionalism and the medicalisation of birth (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

New midwifery students' views of their future role (2008)
Journal Article

How relationships between midwives affect their support for women's choices (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Nurses in interprofessional teams: Non medical health and social care professionals' views of interprofessional teams (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Non-formal learning and interprofessional collaboration in health and social care: The influence of the quality of staff interaction on student learning about collaborative behaviour in practice placements (2008)
Journal Article

Evaluating student learning in an interprofessional curriculum: the relevance of pre-qualifying inter-professional education for future professional practice (2008)
Report

The focus of this study was qualified health and social care professionals’ views about their experience of pre-qualifying interprofessional education (IPE). Adult nurses, midwives, physiotherapists, and social workers were interviewed.

Making the most of interprofessional learning opportunities: professionals' and students' experience of interprofessional learning and working: Advice for providing academic support. Advice for mentors. Advice for students. Scenarios for interprofessional learning groups. (2008)
Report

This resource to support interprofessional learning has been developed after consulting students and qualified health and social care professionals about their experience of learning and working together. Students and staff were interviewed about the... Read More about Making the most of interprofessional learning opportunities: professionals' and students' experience of interprofessional learning and working: Advice for providing academic support. Advice for mentors. Advice for students. Scenarios for interprofessional learning groups..

Now and then: Qualified professionals views on their experience of pre-qualifying interprofessional education (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Complexities of learning together: Students' experience of face-to-face interprofessional groups (2007)
Journal Article

Online interprofessional learning: The student experience (2007)
Journal Article

Health and social care students in a faculty in the United Kingdom learn together in an interprofessional module through online discussion boards. The module assessment encourages engagement with technology and with group members through peer review.... Read More about Online interprofessional learning: The student experience.

Highlighting problems does help even if you don't believe it at the time: Professionals view of the impact of pre-qualifying interprofessional learning on their collaborative practice (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Career choices in health care: Is nursing a special case? A content analysis of survey data (2007)
Journal Article

Background: As demand for nurses and other health professionals continues to outstrip supply it is important to understand what motivates individuals to join a non-medical health profession. Objectives: The objectives of this study were to investigat... Read More about Career choices in health care: Is nursing a special case? A content analysis of survey data.

Facilitating interprofessional enquiry-based learning: Dilemmas and strategies (2007)
Journal Article

Care Programme Approach (CPA) care co-ordinator survey (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Evaluation of a health and social care pre-qualifying interprofessional curriculum (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Race equality education: Implications of an audit of student learning (2007)
Journal Article

Racial harassment continues to be a feature of the United Kingdom (UK) National Health Service (NHS). It has serious consequences for those at the receiving end and impacts negatively on attempts by the NHS to retain and recruit a diverse workforce.... Read More about Race equality education: Implications of an audit of student learning.

Physiotherapy students attitudes towards interprofessional learning (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Perceptions of professional boundaries and identity amongst nurse educators, student nurses and qualified practitioners (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Transference to Practice (TOP): A study of collaborative learning and working in placement settings. The student voice (2007)
Report

Research into interprofessional relationships in health care (2006)
Book Chapter

A comparison of interprofessional perceptions and working relationships among health and social care students: The results of a 3-year intervention (2006)
Journal Article

A longitudinal quantitative study in an English faculty of health and social care explored the effects of a pre-qualifying interprofessional curriculum for students from 10 professional programmes. Students on the interprofessional curriculum complet... Read More about A comparison of interprofessional perceptions and working relationships among health and social care students: The results of a 3-year intervention.

The use of complementary therapies in maternity services: A survey (2006)
Journal Article

Exploring inter-professional interaction in English maternity care: Methodological issues arising from a critical discourse analysis research approach (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Midwives and perceptions of normality: A critical discourse analysis (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Inter-professional learning: Does it make a difference? (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

1.4 Searching for autonomy (2006)
Book Chapter

Working together to evaluate and develop an interprofessional curriculum: Meeting the research challenge (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Student experience in face-to-face and on-line interprofessional learning groups (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The effect of prior higher education experience on students following an interprofessional curriculum (2006)
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From a students point of view it must be really confusing: Student engagement in interprofessional working in practice placement settings (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Midwifery discourses concerning normality in childbirth (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Learning together on-line: Student and staff experience of interprofessional on-line groups (2005)
Report

Researcher fieldnotes in critical discourse analysis: Text or trivia? (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The need for interprofessional working (2005)
Book Chapter

Complementary therapies in the maternity services (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Second year scepticism: Pre-qualifying health and social care students' midpoint self-assessment, attitudes and perceptions concerning interprofessional learning and working (2005)
Journal Article

A study in an English Faculty of Health and Social Care explores the effects of a pre-qualifying interprofessional curriculum incorporating interprofessional modules in each year of study. The study design involves collecting data on entry to the Fac... Read More about Second year scepticism: Pre-qualifying health and social care students' midpoint self-assessment, attitudes and perceptions concerning interprofessional learning and working.

Nursing leadership, interprofessionalism and the modernization agenda (2005)
Journal Article

Attitude and opinion changes amongst health and social care students following an interprofessional curriculum: A longitudinal study in one faculty in England (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Nursing in an interprofessional context: The student perspective (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Learning together: Student and staff experience of interprofessional groups (2005)
Report

Does being 'with women' mean being 'with midwives'? How relationships between midwives affect their support for women's choices in childbirth in the U.K. (2005)
Book Chapter

The publishers invited the author to contribute this chapter to a volume demonstrating the breadth of international midwifery research, alongside contributions from America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. Reports original qualitative data from a... Read More about Does being 'with women' mean being 'with midwives'? How relationships between midwives affect their support for women's choices in childbirth in the U.K..

An evaluation of the 'Tackling Racial Harrassment in the Workplace' training workshop. A report to the faculty executive (2005)
Report

How does the motivation of direct-entry student midwives relate to current discourses in midwifery? (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The effects of age, gender and education on student experience of interprofessional learning (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Facilitating interprofessional learning in health and social care (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Collaborative learning for collaborative working? Initial findings from a longitudinal study of health and social care students (2004)
Journal Article

This paper presents the initial findings from a longitudinal quantitative study of two cohorts of students who entered the 10 pre-qualifying programmes of the Faculty of Health and Social Care, University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol, UK. Th... Read More about Collaborative learning for collaborative working? Initial findings from a longitudinal study of health and social care students.

Transference to practice (TOP): A study of collaborative learning and working in placement settings (Phase 1 and Phase 2). Pilot Study (2003)
Report

Interprofessional education in health and social care: Learning from a realistic evaluation (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Capturing the transference of interprofessional pre-registration students: Learning to practice (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Making connections between the theory and practice of interprofessional learning (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Searching for autonomy (2003)
Journal Article

Objective: to gain an understanding of what midwives understand by the term 'autonomy', and to discover whether they consider themselves and their colleagues to be autonomous in practice. Participants: a snowball sample of 27 midwives working in five... Read More about Searching for autonomy.

An evaluation of one faculty's pre-qualifying interprofessional curriculum for health and social care students (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Health and social care students and interprofessional learning, opinion, attitudes and self assessment of relevant skills (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A qualitative longitudinal study of small groups of health and social care students' experience of interprofessional education (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The Netherlands: A different view (1997)
Journal Article

Birth matters (1996)
Journal Article

An evaluation of the foundation degree in healthcare science
Report

This project evaluated the innovative Foundation Degree in Healthcare Science course launched by the Faculty of Health & Applied Sciences, UWE, in partnership with Cogent: Skills for Science, Modernising Scientific Careers and Healthcare science empl... Read More about An evaluation of the foundation degree in healthcare science.

Social marketing to encourage initiation and continuation of breastfeeding in Penhill and Pinehurst, Swindon
Report

Executive Summary
• NHS Swindon has targets to increase the initiation and duration of breastfeeding to 6-8 weeks and beyond. A number of interventions have been implemented to increase local breastfeeding prevalence, including the UNICEF Baby Frien... Read More about Social marketing to encourage initiation and continuation of breastfeeding in Penhill and Pinehurst, Swindon.

The 24/7 project: The development of a service specification for 24/7 access to specialist nursing and medical telephone advice for parents and professionals caring for children with palliative care needs across the South West Peninsula
Report

The 24/7 project investigated the need for and potential benefits of a 24/7 specialist children’s palliative care telephone advice service in the South West. This report proposes how this could be provided across the region, in collaboration with exi... Read More about The 24/7 project: The development of a service specification for 24/7 access to specialist nursing and medical telephone advice for parents and professionals caring for children with palliative care needs across the South West Peninsula.