BJGP RESEARCH CONFERENCE 2018
23 March 2018
08:30
Registration and coffee
09:15
Welcome
Prof Helen Stokes Lampard, Chair of RCGP
09:20
Conference introduction
Prof Roger Jones, BJGP Editor
09:30
Primary care research — successes and opportunities
Prof Richard Hobbs, Professor of Primary Health Care in Oxford, Director of National School of Primary Care
10:00
The future of general practice
Prof Pali Hungin, Professor of General Practice in Newcastle, former President of the British Medical Association
10:30
Coffee break and poster session
10:55
Session A: Critical reading
Dr Richard Draper, InnovAiT Executive Editor and Dr Imran Rafi, Chair of RCGP Clinical Innovation and Research
Session B: Peer review
Prof Roger Jones, BJGP Editor
Session C: “You should write that up!”: How to beat procrastination and write up your project
Dr Graham Easton, BJGP Editorial Board Member
11.55
Oral research presentations
Parallel A: Clinical
Moderated by Prof John Campbell, Professor of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Exeter
- Risk of bleeding: oral anticoagulants versus warfarin
- Opioid prescribing and adrenal sufficiency
- Managing sepsis out of hours
Parallel B: Diagnosis
Moderated by Prof Pali Hungin, Professor of General Practice in Newcastle, former President of the British Medical Association
- Urgent referrals for suspected lung cancer
- National Cancer Diagnosis Audit
- Diagnostic timeliness in adolescents and young adults with cancer
Parallel C: Consultation & Decision Making
Moderated by Dr Hajira Dambha-Miller, BJGP Editorial Board Member
- Patient feedback of online consultation software
- Informal communication in Integrated Primary Health Clinics
- Family physicians’ experiences of physical examination
Parallel D: e-Health
Moderated by Dr Luke Allen, BJGP Editorial Board Member
- Digital intervention to optimise cancer pain control
- Electronic health records and environmental modelling of COPD exacerbations
- Value of linked data: prescriptions dispensing
Parallel E: Health Promotion
Moderated by Prof Debbie Sharp, Professor of Primary Healthcare, University of Bristol
- Reported weight and height of children
- How can primary care help to reduce weight stigma?
- Multidisciplinary intervention program for overweight and obese children
Parallel F: Health Services Research
Moderated by Prof Roger Jones, BJGP Editor
- Learning from the introduction of ‘skill-mix’ changes in general practice
- Reduction and withdrawal of GP medical support in English community hospital
- Incidental findings discovered during imaging: impact on primary care
13:10
Lunch and poster session
14:00
Oral research presentations
Parallel A: Diagnosis
Moderated by Prof Roger Jones, BJGP Editor
- Signs & symptoms preceding Alzheimer’s Disease
- Safety netting in acute childhood illness
- Sensitivity of chest X-Ray for lung cancer
Parallel B: Health Services Research
Moderated by Prof Debbie Sharp, Professor of Primary Healthcare, University of Bristol
- Implementation strategy targeting ‘high impact’ indicators
- General practice provider federation in a mixed health economy
- Effects and costs of predictive risk stratification
Parallel C: Training & Professional Development
Moderated by Dr Joe Rosenthal, Senior Lecturer in General Practice, UCL
- Follow-up to “extended training to prepare GPs for future workforce needs’
- Promoting resilience in GPs
- AKI education using peer review audit
Parallel D: Clinical
Moderated by Dr Richard Draper, InnovAiT Editor
- Suspected meniscal tears
- Effects of choral singing on recovery from stroke and aphasia
- Development of a UTI leaflet for older adults
Parallel E: Chronic Disease
Moderated by Dr Hajira Dambha-Miller, BJGP Editorial Board Member
- Complex long-term conditions
- Cancer patients and primary care prescribed medications
- Home-based rehabilitation intervention in patients with heart failure
Parallel F: Patient Education & Safety
Moderated by Dr Luke Allen, BJGP Editorial Board Member
- Health education materials in GP waiting rooms
- Incidence of diagnostic errors in UK primary care
- Safety climate measurement in Ireland
15:15
Coffee break and poster session
15:40
Session A: Critical reading
Dr Richard Draper, InnovAiT Executive Editor and Dr Imran Rafi, Chair of RCGP Clinical Innovation and Research
Session B: Peer review
Prof Roger Jones, BJGP Editor
Session C: “You should write that up!”: How to beat procrastination and write up your project
Dr Graham Easton, BJGP Editorial Board Member
16:40
Short break
16:50
Primary Care Research Q&A
Prof Helen Stokes Lampard, Prof Roger Jones, Prof Pali Hungin, and Prof Patrick Bindels
17:20
Closing remarks