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A very Happy 15th of March to one and all.

Logo - the word 'promise'

Funders expect evidence of 'promise' (the intervention is likely to work) when considering whether to fund an RCT, pilot, or feasibility study. But there is no shared understanding of how we should do this. We have been funded by @nihr.bsky.social to develop guidance to help.

Balloon dilatation of the Eustachian tube for obstructive Eustachian tube dysfunction in adults - Swords, C - 2025 | Cochrane Library Select your preferred language for Cochrane reviews and other content. Sections without translation will be in English.

This cochrane review has been a long time in the making… well done to the first author for getting it over the line…. Shows the real development of the field since the HTA Alexis Llewellyn and I did way back in 2013 doi.org/10.1002/1465...

Cheers for this Duolingo

We seem to be quite relaxed…

Why is implementing remote monitoring in virtual wards (Hospital at Home) for people living with frailty so hard? Qualitative interview study AbstractBackground. There is relatively low uptake of remote monitoring on frailty virtual wards (Hospital at Home) compared to virtual wards caring for pe

Why is remote monitoring on virtual wards for people with frailty so hard? Our new @thisinstitute.bsky.social paper investigates, finding multiple challenges ranging from procurement to work system design and clinician and patient preference. academic.oup.com/ageing/artic...

Just announced! We have internships to come and work with myself and colleagues on #dementia research - engaging diverse ethnic communities, young onset dementia and latest digital technology #DementiaResearch

A scoping review of the reporting quality of reviews of commercially and publicly available mobile health apps AbstractObjectives. There is no guidance to support the reporting of systematic reviews of mobile health (mhealth) apps (app reviews), so authors attempt t

The next stage in the development of reporting guidelines for reviews of health apps, thanks to NIHR ARC-GM for their support so far academic.oup.com/jamiaopen/ar...

Horizon Scanning Methods for Identification of New and Repurposed Medicines for Stakeholders in the United Kingdom Horizon scanning (HS) is a method for the identification of emerging change through systematic analysis of trusted sources using a defined scope and prespecified methods. In health research, it can p...

New paper from the IO’s medicines team onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Rehabilitation for Physical Frailty in Lung Transplant... : Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal We prospectively registered and published a protocol (PROSPERO CRD42022363730) before undertaking a systematic review. We searched 4 databases plus trial registries from 1980 to February 2024 for stud...

From a predoc fellowship awarded by the greater Manchester ARC to the first author: these awards provide such valuable springboards into clinical academia (also Laura is a genuine star working in a highly specialised field) journals.lww.com/cptj/fulltex...

A CHRISTMAS Full of Etymology Reading time: 5 minutes It’s December now, the month when the calendar helpfully provides me with a topic for the monthly article. So, here’s a short and sweet linguistic post with a fe…

A Christmas gift from me to my fellow word nerds:

Nine Christmas-related words with interesting etymologies, one for each of the nine letters of 'Christmas'!

It was written with much linguistic love in an armchair beside a roaring fire.
dannybate.com/2024/12/23/a...

Would you like to work as a full-time Knowledge Mobilisation Fellow for the @nihrarcs.bsky.social North East and North Cumbria, based at Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS FT, and build your #KMb skills and networks as part of a supportive team? Apply now!
www.healthjobsuk.com/job/v6860149

The association between delirium and falls in older adults in the community: a systematic review and meta-analysis AbstractObjective. Systematically review and critically appraise the evidence for the association between delirium and falls in community-dwelling adults a

Pleased to see this review out showing the limited data on what is an undoubtedly complex relationship between falls and delirium in older people. Not sure if any other authors are here yet, so no tagging academic.oup.com/ageing/artic...

Couldn't find a starter pack for the #EvidenceSynthesis community in health and care research and beyond so I created one.

If you're not on this and would like to be and/or have suggestions of others to add let me know. Or indeed if you know of a starter pack I've missed.

go.bsky.app/79wrV7Y

Slowly but surely the Innovation Observatory team are migrating to what has to be the most aptly named site for horizon scanning: I think we now have @drcokefloat.bsky.social , @niinamk.bsky.social and @fionabeyer.bsky.social

Investigating statistical methods to assess the conduct and integrity of clinical trials at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Investigating statistical methods to assess the conduct and integrity of clinical trials at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com

Funding available to do a PhD on statistical methods for assessing the integrity of RCTs, based in Aberdeen, with Alison Avenell, myself, Graeme MacLennan and Mark Bolland. Competitive process, funded by MRC Trials Methodology Research Partnership: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Check out this exciting opportunity to work with #REVAL and build capacity in sickle cell disease research

A study shows that pre-existing distrust in public health systems, exacerbated by structural racism and inequalities, significantly impacted vaccine uptake in marginalised communities in #GreaterManchester.

Read more here: bit.ly/4e3I28M

Come and join our team at Newcastle University. Exciting projects and a supportive and friendly team working with Professor Laura Ternent and me.
jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...

I’m pretty sure this is not the approach recommended by management coaches

Forced on to twitter to figure out transpennine express randomness, idly checked our posts about our fabulous conference last week and the engagement was startlingly low; everyone was engaged on LinkedIn….

Some of our early career researchers looking delighted and energetic in a selfie frame reading “horizon scanning guru”

We hosted the inaugural Futures, foresight and horizon scanning conference #FFHSC2024 this week. Our early career researchers did a fantastic job of organising and we were delighted to welcome so many people working in this fast moving space to Newcastle from across the country and beyond!

Evidence Synthesis for Older Adults. An Age and Ageing themed collection. Keeping abreast of the latest evidence in older adult care is increasingly difficult, therefore comprehensive, objective, and critical assessment of the publish

Pleased to see our ARC-GM rapid synthesis with @emmavardy2.bsky.social on virtual wards for older adults included in this evidence synthesis collection from Age and Ageing. academic.oup.com/ageing/pages...

Important points beyond the headline www.theguardian.com/society/2023...

We hosted our 2023 Capacity Building Showcase today. An opportunity to celebrate the work of our PhD, pre-doctoral fellows, & interns & show the impact of their training with ARC-GM. Amazing to see what our ECRs and AHPs have achieved. All presentations feature here: bit.ly/3FwTdbT

Implementation Science Cambridge Core - Medicine: General Interest - Implementation Science

With @romankislov.bsky.social our contribution to the excellent Cambridge Elements series on improving quality and safety in health care - Implementtaion Science #impsci

www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Supporting evidence informed decision making through Rapid Evidence Synthesis

arc-gm.nihr.ac.uk/news/news/NE...

So if I'm using this instead of twitter I should post work stuff: ARC-GM & UoM researchers have developed a new framework for a Rapid Evidence Synthesis (RES) approach to timely assessments of healthcare innovations. Learn how RES could help the innovation process in your organisation bit.ly/40pkdmz