Wednesday 30 April 2014

ScHARRNews - Wednesday 30th April 2014

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Designing Care Enivronments for People with Dementia
What?2 day residential workshops held by the Kings Fund.To provide knowledge and skills to make "cost effective environmental improvements."Where?Cranage Hall, Byley Lane, Cranage, Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, CW4 8EW&Alexandra House, Whittingham Drive, Wroughton, Wiltshire, Swindon, SN4 0QJWhen?3-4th June, 2014&15-16th October, 2014 Who?The workshops have been designed for NHS and l

Tuesday 29 April 2014

ScHARRNews - Tuesday 29th April 2014

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Taking stock: A multistakeholder perspective on improving the delivery of care and the development of treatments for Alzheimer's disease
Author(s):Bradley, P. | Akehurst, R. | Ballard, C. | Banerjee, S. | Blennow, K. | Bremner, J. | Broich, K. | Cummings, J. | Dening, K. | Dubois, B. | Klipper, W. | Leibman, C. | Mantua, V. | Molinuevo, J.L. | Morgan, S. | Muscolo, L.A.A. | Nicolas, F. | Pani, L. | Robinson, L. | Siviero, P. | van Dam, J. | Van Emelen, J. | Wimo, A. | Wortmann, M. | Goh, L.Publication year: 2014Journal / Book title
Brand New CATCH YouTube Channel!
The Centre for Assistive Technology and Connected Healthcare (CATCH) has a brand new YouTube channel where you can watch what the centre's staff have been getting up to. To visit the channel please click here.

Monday 28 April 2014

ScHARRNews - Monday 28th April 2014

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Dipping blood sugars cause surprisingly irregular heart rhythms in diabetics
Dangerous overnight blood sugar levels often go undetected and cause prolonged periods of heart rhythm disturbances in older patients with Type 2 diabetes and associated heart problems, new research reveals.
5 Things Google needs to do to better (if it's to be taken more seriously in higher education)
Image used under a CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 © https://www.flickr.com/photos/yuyang226/2113530441/At The University of Sheffield we have been using Google Apps for Education for about four years, and as many of my colleagues know I'm a big advocate of the technology giants move into education and collaboration, and have been for almost a decade. Nevertheless, I'm still wary of some of their practices and ha
CATCH to recruit a new Centre Manager
The Centre for Assistive Technology and Connected Healthcare, otherwise known as CATCH is recruiting a brand new Centre Manager. The post holder will work closely with the Centre Director and will be responsible for managing all aspects of CATCH.The successful candidate will have management experience, experience with delivering large complex projects with multiple stakeholders, and experience of
Can we learn from India about how to cut costs?
Interesting blog article by Chris Naylor posted on the Kings Fund website last week:Click here to read more.
New project: Impact of Minimum Alcohol Pricing in Ireland & Northern Ireland
Image: alcoholpolicyukMembers of the Sheffield Alcohol Research Group (SARG) have been commissioned jointly by the Irish and Northern Irish governments to produce a report on the estimated impact of minimum unit pricing (MUP) in both countries. The modelling team of Yang Meng, Colin Angus and Abdallah Ally, led by Alan Brennan, will adapt and extend the group’s previous work in England and Scotlan

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Thursday 24 April 2014

ScHARRNews - Thursday 24th and Friday 25th April 2014

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HEDS are recruiting a systematic reviewer…
…. to work primarily providing reviews for the NIHR Programme Grant ‘The Design, Development, Commissioning and Evaluation of Patient Focused Vascular Services’. Candidates should have a relevant postgraduate qualification and have experience in systematic reviewing methodologies and a working knowledge of the appropriate software. The post is available immediately and is fixed-term for two years.
Fellowship Event: Research Design Service Yorkshire and the Humber (RDS YH)
What?The purpose of the event is for attendees to gain an improved understanding of fellowship schemes. Lunch will be provided and you can register for FREE. When?This event will be held on Tuesday 3rd June, 2014 at 12noon - 4.30pm.Where?Lecture room 2, Medical School, The University of Sheffield, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield, S10 2RX. Grid ref: C5, 88 Why?To provide insights will be given into what

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Acceptability of nhs 111 the telephone service for urgent health care: Cross sectional postal survey of users' views
Author(s):O'cathain, A. | Knowles, E. | Turner, J. | Nicholl, J.Publication year: 2014Journal / Book title: Family PracticeAccess all results for your search in Scopus

Wednesday 23 April 2014

ScHARRNews - Wednesday 23rd April 2014

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Should Doctors Promote mHealth apps?
 It is no secret that there are many apps available to help track calorie intake, the number of steps we take, exercise levels, how much we weigh... the list goes on. It has been argued that there are 2 main reasons as to why these apps aren't integrated into our healthcare system; 1) busy doctors would need to recommend them and 2) information privacy.Despite the above, a study in America entitle

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About the IHTA Course Structure
About the IHTA Course Structure From: ScHARR IHTA Views: 3 0 ratings Time: 02:49 More in Education
About the IHTA Course
About the IHTA Course By Course Director, Dr Chris Carroll. From: ScHARR IHTA Views: 2 0 ratings Time: 04:10 More in Education
App Swap Breakfasts
Back in January I was lucky to speak at the UICSA Event 'Changing Landscapes' at The Edge in Sheffield about ScHARR Bite Size. At the time I was in the process of handing ScHARR Bite Size - which I'd run for over three years to the ScHARR Staff Development Group' and was wondering about a follow on series I could investigate. At the conference I saw a brilliant presentation by Fiona MacNeill, Joyc

Tuesday 22 April 2014

ScHARRNews - Friday 18th April - Tuesday 22nd April 2014

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Robotic Mobilization Device - to change people's lives?
Amazing innovation to help those with paralysis to efficiently navigate their surrounding environment. Could this new compact technology change people's lives?Click here and decide for yourself...

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Modelling the impact of minimum unit price for alcohol in Wales
A new project “Modelling the impact of the introduction of a minimum unit price for alcohol in Wales” has started in March 2014. The project is commissioned by the Welsh Government and has been awarded to the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) at the University of Sheffield. The ScHARR research team includes Yang Meng (principal investigator), Lucy Gell, Susannah Sadler, Alan Brennan,
Modelling the impact of minimum unit price for alcohol in Wales
Image: PAThis project is commissioned by the Welsh Government and has been awarded to the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) at the University of Sheffield. The ScHARR research team includes Yang Meng (principal investigator), Lucy Gell, Susannah Sadler, Alan Brennan, John Holmes and Petra Meier. The aim of the study is to apply the Sheffield Alcohol Policy Model to appraise the likely

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Commentary on Nakamura etal. (2014): Alcohol policy appraisal and evaluation-to understand what is happening and why, we need better data on alcohol as a commodity
Author(s):Purshouse, R.C. | Holmes, J. | Meier, P.S.Publication year: 2014Journal / Book title: AddictionAccess all results for your search in Scopus

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RAT Group paper in top 5% of papers recieiving attention from varying media outlets
Altmetrics has shown that former RAT Group member Dr Liz Brewester and colleagues published systematic review is in the top 5% of papers receiving extensive attention via varying media outlets including Facebook, Twitter and Mendeley.The review is entitled "Factors affecting front line staff acceptance of telehealth technologies: a mixed-method systematic review." The review identified t

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New Scoping Review on LIS Practitioners and Research
                                          Image source: Chris Guy, used under this Creative Commons Licence                                                        https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/Last year Andrew Booth and I were the happy recipients of the LIRG Research Scan Award; I blogged about this here. I am pleased to report that the research has been published as an articl