As a trialist, the pressure of working on a trial is much bigger than being in a small group educational session. Challenges of implementing a trial
Addiction Medicine Education for Healthcare Improvement Initiatives: New Paper out Now
The purpose of this work was to develop and to process-evaluate an educational intervention designed to help general practitioners (GPs) identify and
How to measure performance in the addiction and mental health services? A new paper out now
As part of her final year research project in the Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Dr Carla Henderson queried the
Conference of Cochrane Evidence: Useful, Usable & Used #CE3U
My journey with Cochrane started one summer afternoon in 2010, when I interviewed a Tallaghtdoctor (Tallaght is a rough suburb in Dublin, Ireland)
Two years on blogger Today
Time to celebrate and take stock of my blogging activity Join me and have a look at my top posts, page views and the
Can GPs help problem drinkers who also use other drugs? Article in the Forum magazine
The Forum magazine is the official journal of the Irish College of General Practitioners ICGP. Published monthly by MedMedia since 1991, it is
What has the doctor done well? A different type of Masterclass on youth mental health for family doctors in Ireland
A typical master class involves a Master and a Class. Unlike other masters, the organisers of this master-class chose a problem-based learning
You have to breastfeed some of them on the way – what is your style of research supervision?
In the old days, the PhD was just a lone scholar with a supervisor. That situation created a lot of dependence and power imbalance. Nowadays, the
Beg, steel or borrow: getting physicians to recruit patients in clinical trials
Leaflets, adverts and phone calls have all been used to recruit patients in clinical trials with some results. Still, the personal contact remains the