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NIHR Greater Manchester Primary Care Patient Safety
Translational Research Centre
PhD Studentships 2013
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Greater Manchester Primary Care Patient Safety Translational Research Centre (Greater Manchester PSTRC) invites applications for our 2013 round of 3.5-year PhD studentships. Awards commence October 2013, providing an annual tax-free stipend of £18,181, full coverage of tuition fees and a conference/travel allowance. Applicants must be UK/EU* nationals due to the nature of the funding.
Primary care handles the largest volume of patient contacts. Avoiding errors, or identifying and correcting them, is a high priority for all health systems. Compared to safety research in hospitals there is very little research from primary care settings. 
The PSTRC is an internationally leading primary care patient safety research centre defining, developing and testing innovative ways of improving patient safety in primary care. Public/patient involvement is integral to our work. We have three overarching objectives:
1. Develop evidence-based approaches to keep patients safe in their interactions with primary care.
2. Develop capacity in primary care patient safety research.
3. Develop/test educational interventions aimed at both patients and practitioners to improve patient safety.
PhD opportunities are available across the following themes:
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Multimorbidity
Patients with multimorbidity in primary care are potentially at greatest risk in terms of patient safety. This theme will identify, develop and evaluate patient and carer-oriented interventions to minimise safety failures in patients with multimorbidity.
Theme lead: Professor Peter Bower: peter.bower@manchester.ac.uk
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General Practice
This theme will identify innovations related to general practice patient safety, and test them locally across a range of individual projects.
Theme lead: Professor Stephen Campbell: stephen.campbell@manchester.ac.uk
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Implementation/Improvement Science
We are open to a range of ideas under this theme, which may include quality improvement in complex adaptive systems, understanding organisational change, the psychology of improvement work and communities of practices. Projects could relate to any aspect of translating primary care patient safety into practice
Theme lead: Professor Ruth Boaden ruth.boaden@mbs.ac.uk
How to Apply
Candidates must hold a minimum upper-second (or equivalent) undergraduate degree in a relevant area such as health sciences, psychology, health services management, epidemiology etc. An associated Masters and/or relevant professional experience would be advantageous. Provision for part-time training will be considered.
Stage 1 – Initial Expression of Interest
Potential applicants are encouraged to make initial contact with the theme lead most applicable to their research interests. Please enclose a CV and broad summary of a potential research topic (300-400 words).
Stage 2 – Follow up Application
If encouraged by the theme lead, applicants should submit the following:
- CV (maximum two pages)
- Covering statement (maximum 600 words) explaining why you want to train in primary care patient safety research, your ideas/methods and the potential impact of your research on patient care.
- Contact details for two referees
Applications should be emailed, with PSTRC Studentship 2013 within the subject heading, to carly.rolfe@manchester.ac.uk. Deadline for applications: Monday 3 June 2013.
*Candidates must be UK/EU nationals permanently resident in the UK since at least 1 September 2010 in order to qualify for full funding.For further information on Greater Manchester PSTRC, our research themes, PhD eligibility, suitability of proposals etc please contact Professor Stephen Campbell: stephen.campbell@manchester.ac.uk
http://www.population-health.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/
PhD Studentships in Primary Health Care 2013
Applications are invited for 3-year PhD training awards within the NIHR School for Primary Care Research (NIHR SPCR).
Studentship awards include fees, an annual tax-free stipend of £18,000 and non-pay allowance of up to £30,000. Awards are expected to be taken up in October 2013 and are open to UK/EU nationals only due to the nature of the funding.
The Centre for Primary Care is recognised internationally to be one of the UK's leading research centres for research in primary care. The Centre is a founder member of the prestigious NIHR SPCR, a collaboration of eight leading primary care departments. The Centre hosts the NIHR Greater Manchester Primary Care Patient Safety Translational Research Centre, the Department of Health Policy Research Unit for NHS Commissioning, and leads the NIHR CLAHRC for Greater Manchester.
Research and training is supported through a combination of multidisciplinary staff including general practitioners, psychiatrists, sociologists, psychologists, economists, statisticians and health services researchers.
We are seeking applications from candidates looking to develop careers in primary care research with a specific emphasis on one of the following areas:
- Quality and Safety – with a focus on quality of care, quality improvement, patient safety, the use of primary care databases and the role of incentives.
- Health Policy, Politics and Organisation – with a focus on commissioning and contracting in the NHS.
- Long-term conditions – with a focus on multi-morbidity and mental health, health technology assessment, and patient health and illness experience.
Applicants must have a first-class and/or masters-level degree in a discipline relevant to health sciences/primary care research.
Studentship in Patient Experience /Patient Safety/Quality of care/Mental Health/Health Organisation and Policy/Co-morbidity and long-term conditions – applicants must have a first-class degree in a social science from a leading University.
Studentship in Medical Statistics– applicants must have a good first degree (upper-second class or higher) or a Masters in statistics or medical statistics and preferably some experience in a research environment.
Theme leads:
Quality and Safety: stephen.campbell@manchester.ac.uk
Health Organisation: katherine.h.checkland@manchester.ac.uk
Long-term Conditions: peter.bower@manchester.ac.uk
Patient Experience: caroline.sanders@manchester.ac.uk
Mental Health: peter coventry@manchester.ac.uk
Medical Statistics: david.reeves@manchester.ac.uk
Applicants are strongly encouraged to contact the appropriate theme lead to discuss their interest from the outset. This will allow research proposals to be discussed and potential supervisory teams identified.
Candidates should then submit a two-page CV and a covering statement (maximum two sides A4) outlining their motivations for training in primary care research.
The application should be sent by email to georgina.fletcher@phc.ox.ac.uk and copied to Chloe McEvoy (chloe.mcevoy-4@manchester.ac.uk). Please state 'SPCR Studentship 2013' as the subject of the email. Formal applications must be received by 12 noon on Friday 7th June 2013.
Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed in mid-June with recommendations for studentships submitted to the SPCR Board. Successful candidates will be notified by the end of June.
Further details on the NSPCR and Centre for Primary Care can be found on our website:
http://www.population-health.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/
http://www.mhs.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/
