Research
The Fisher Medical Centre is a research practice, receiving "support for science" funding directly from the Department of Health. We received our Investigator Level Primary Care Research Team Accreditation from the Royal College of General Practitioners in April 2005.
The research team consists of:
- Dr Alan Hassey
- Dr Helen Wilkinson
- Dr James Thomas
- Sue Marshall (Practice Nurse)
- Jenny Hutchinson (Practice Manager)
- Hannah Rossall
We are members of the Yorkshire Research Network (YReN) and we are involved in a number of collaborative projects with our partners at South West Yorkshire Mental Health Trust, Huddersfield University, Leeds University, Newcastle University and Keele University.
A list of our recent publications is shown below:
- Systematic review of scope and quality of electronic patient record data in Primary Care(BMJ 2003) (326)
- Barriers to developing the nurse practitioner role in Primary Care (Family Practice 2002) (19-6)
- Complexity of a clinic encounter, Complexity & health care: an introduction (Radcliffe Oxford 2002)
- Electronic patient records in general practice (BMJ2001) (323)
- A survey of validity and utility of electronic patient records in general practice (BMJ2001) (322)
- An educational resource for health informatics in general practice (BMJ 2001) (323)
- Developing a practice library: a collaborative project between a GP and Librarian (Health Information & Librarians Journal 18 2001)
- Missed appointments in General Practice: retrospective data analysis from four practices (BJGP 2001) (51-471)
We produce an annual report for the Department of Health, copies of these are available below:
- Fisher Medical Centre R&D Annual Report 2003
- Fisher Medical Centre R&D Annual Report 2004
- Fisher Medical Centre R&D Annual Report 2005
and Medical Research Council Studies: