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Impact of place upon celebration of birth : experiences of new mothers on a postnatal ward (2012)
Journal Article
Wray, J. (2012). Impact of place upon celebration of birth : experiences of new mothers on a postnatal ward. MIDIRS midwifery digest, 22(3),

Julie Wray highlights the fact that most research into postnatal care focuses on the experiences of first-time mothers with an uncomplicated birth, and is often the result of a brief survey. This, she points out, cannot give us a proper understanding... Read More about Impact of place upon celebration of birth : experiences of new mothers on a postnatal ward.

‘Being kinder to myself’ (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Beaumont, E. (2012, October). ‘Being kinder to myself’. Poster presented at The Compassionate Mind Foundation 1st Annual Conference, Manchester

Humanising values at the heart of nurse education (2012)
Journal Article
Hemingway, A., Scammell, J., & Heaslip, V. (2012). Humanising values at the heart of nurse education. Nursing Times, 108(41), 26-28

This is the second article in a two-part series exploring how nurses can humanise the care patients receive. The first article presented a theoretical framework based on eight dimensions of what it means to be human (Hemingway et al, 2012). This seco... Read More about Humanising values at the heart of nurse education.

‘Why is this not social work?’ The contribution of ‘non-traditional’ placements in preparing social work students for practice (2012)
Journal Article
Scholar, H., McCaughan, S., McLaughlin, H., & Coleman, A. (2012). ‘Why is this not social work?’ The contribution of ‘non-traditional’ placements in preparing social work students for practice. Social Work Education, 31(7), 932-950. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2011.608123

This article reports on the findings of two evaluations of a major charity's learning from providing ‘non-traditional’ social work placements with young people at risk of social exclusion. The article challenges the terminology of ‘non-traditional’ a... Read More about ‘Why is this not social work?’ The contribution of ‘non-traditional’ placements in preparing social work students for practice.

Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople accommodation assessment : Lichfield and Tamworth : Final report (2012)
Report
Scullion, L., & Brown, P. (2012). Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople accommodation assessment : Lichfield and Tamworth : Final report

In July 2012 Lichfield District and Tamworth Borough Councils commissioned the Salford Housing & Urban Studies Unit (SHUSU) at the University of Salford to produce an updated Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Accommodation Assessment. The pr... Read More about Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople accommodation assessment : Lichfield and Tamworth : Final report.

1479 Referral of children from a UK district general hospital emergency department to primary care general practitioners (2012)
Journal Article
Rowland, A., & Isba, R. (2012). 1479 Referral of children from a UK district general hospital emergency department to primary care general practitioners. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 97(Suppl), A419-A420. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2012-302724.1479

Background: This preliminary audit aimed to assess the feasibility of referring children presenting to a UK District General Hospital Emergency Department (ED), seeing 27500 children per year, to their own Primary Care General Practitioner (GP) fo... Read More about 1479 Referral of children from a UK district general hospital emergency department to primary care general practitioners.

1478 Attendances at the children's emergency department : an audit of two years of activity at a new, dedicated paediatric emergency department (2012)
Journal Article
Isba, R., Gibb, M., & Rowland, A. (2012). 1478 Attendances at the children's emergency department : an audit of two years of activity at a new, dedicated paediatric emergency department. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 97(Suppl), A419-A419. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2012-302724.1478

Aim: The aim of this audit was to explore patterns of attendance at a new, dedicated, audio-visually separate paediatric emergency department (PED) within the ED of a hospital in the North West of England. The PED was opened in June 2009 following... Read More about 1478 Attendances at the children's emergency department : an audit of two years of activity at a new, dedicated paediatric emergency department.

1554 An educational programme focusing on paediatric fracture identification maintains a low false-negative radiograph initial report rate in emergency medicine (2012)
Journal Article
Fox, T., & Rowland, A. (2012). 1554 An educational programme focusing on paediatric fracture identification maintains a low false-negative radiograph initial report rate in emergency medicine. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 97(Suppl), A440-A440. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2012-302724.1554

Introduction: False negative radiograph reports constitute greater than 80% of all diagnostic errors in Emergency Departments (EDs) with reported levels of false negative initial reports around 1%. Method: The records of all patients recalled to t... Read More about 1554 An educational programme focusing on paediatric fracture identification maintains a low false-negative radiograph initial report rate in emergency medicine.

ROCView : prototype software for data collection in jackknife alternative free-response receiver operating characteristic analysis (2012)
Journal Article
Thompson, J., Hogg, P., Thompson, S., Manning, D., & Szczepura, K. (2012). ROCView : prototype software for data collection in jackknife alternative free-response receiver operating characteristic analysis. British Journal of Radiology, 85, 1320-1326. https://doi.org/10.1259/bjr/99497945

ROCView has been developed as an image display and response capture (IDRC) solution to image display and consistent recording of reader responses in relation to the free-response receiver operating characteristic paradigm. A web-based solution to IDR... Read More about ROCView : prototype software for data collection in jackknife alternative free-response receiver operating characteristic analysis.

Humanising nursing care: a theoretical model (2012)
Journal Article
Hemingway, A., Scammell, J., & Heaslip, V. (2012). Humanising nursing care: a theoretical model. Nursing Times, 108(40), 26-27

This article is the first of two exploring how nurses can humanise care. It presents a theoretical framework developed by Todres et al (2009) that explores eight central aspects of what it is to be human. The second article, published next week, look... Read More about Humanising nursing care: a theoretical model.

Improvement of musculoskeletal model inputs : adjustment of acceleration by dynamic optimisation (2012)
Journal Article
Leboeuf, F., & Colloud, F. (2012). Improvement of musculoskeletal model inputs : adjustment of acceleration by dynamic optimisation. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 15(Sup_1), 186-188. https://doi.org/10.1080/10255842.2012.713693

The knowledge of intrinsic dynamics in terms of joint torques and muscle tensions is of importance for clinical investigations. The common process is to solve a multibody inverse dynamic problem based on a set of iterative equations using noisy... Read More about Improvement of musculoskeletal model inputs : adjustment of acceleration by dynamic optimisation.

Unstable gait due to spasticity of the rectus femoris : gait analysis and motor nerve block (2012)
Journal Article
Gross, R., Leboeuf, F., Rémy-Néris, O., & Perrouin-Verbe, B. (2012). Unstable gait due to spasticity of the rectus femoris : gait analysis and motor nerve block. Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, 55(9-10), 609-622. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rehab.2012.08.013

We present the case of a 54 year-old man presenting with a right Brown-Séquard plus syndrome (BSPS) after a traumatic cervical spinal cord injury. After being operated on with selective tibial neurotomy and triceps surae lengthening because of a righ... Read More about Unstable gait due to spasticity of the rectus femoris : gait analysis and motor nerve block.

A midwives guide to Turner syndrome (2012)
Journal Article
Hollins-Martin, C., & Smythe, A. (2012). A midwives guide to Turner syndrome. British Journal of Midwifery, 20(9), 540-543

Turner syndrome (TS) is a cross-cultural genetic disorder that affects around 1 in 2500 women and is predominately associated with short stature and infertility. Classic TS occurs when one sex chromosome is missing (written as 45,X). In mosaic TS the... Read More about A midwives guide to Turner syndrome.

A Medical e-Learning Development Training Program for Healthcare Professionals and e-Learning Resource (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Huang, K. H. (2012, September). A Medical e-Learning Development Training Program for Healthcare Professionals and e-Learning Resource. Presented at A Medical e-Learning Development Training Program for Healthcare Professionals, College of Health and Social Care, University of Salford

Presentation by Kuo Hung (Daniel) Huang, Department of e-Learning Design and Management, Chiayi National University, Taiwan to the College of Health and Social Care, University of Salford, 3rd September 2012. Includes an example of an e-learning... Read More about A Medical e-Learning Development Training Program for Healthcare Professionals and e-Learning Resource.

A transatlantic comparative study of acute dysphagia services (2012)
Journal Article
Newman, R., & Long, T. (2012). A transatlantic comparative study of acute dysphagia services. American journal of medicine and medical sciences (Print), 2(5), 96-102. https://doi.org/10.5923/j.ajmms.20120205.02

This was the first study to compare acute dysphagia service provision directly between the UK and the US. It examined variations in acute dysphagia services between the UK and the US, determined clinicians’ perceptions of their own service and that o... Read More about A transatlantic comparative study of acute dysphagia services.

Perceptions of psychotherapy trainees of psychotherapy research (2012)
Journal Article
Widdowson, M. (2012). Perceptions of psychotherapy trainees of psychotherapy research. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 12(3), 178-186. https://doi.org/10.1080/14733145.2012.697473

The research-practice gap and lack of engagement with research by trainees and qualified therapists is a widely discussed issue amongst psychotherapy researchers. The present study investigates the perceptions of psychotherapy trainees of psychothera... Read More about Perceptions of psychotherapy trainees of psychotherapy research.

Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople accommodation needs assessment : Hull : Final report (2012)
Report
Scullion, L., & Brown, P. (2012). Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople accommodation needs assessment : Hull : Final report

In July 2012 Hull City Council commissioned the Salford Housing & Urban Studies Unit (SHUSU) at the University of Salford to produce an updated Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Accommodation Assessment. The primary purpose of this assessme... Read More about Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople accommodation needs assessment : Hull : Final report.