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  (NIHR) Improving patients’ and professionals’ experiences of patients having online access to their primary care health record


   Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

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  Dr Brian Mcmillan  No more applications being accepted  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

About the Project

The GP contract in England commits practices to offer patients ‘full online access’ to prospective information in their health record. Research to date has mainly focussed on the impacts of records access on patient outcomes, but there is little work on how these services could be improved for both patients and clinicians. This project will be embedded within an NIHR-funded programme of research exploring how patients having online access to their primary care record impacts upon their experiences of care, and the experiences of those delivering that care. The project will entail qualitative methods for: initial exploratory work, design of potential platform enhancements/interventions, intervention development, and feasibility testing.

Entry Requirements

Applicants should have obtained at least an Upper Second class honours degree (or equivalent) in a discipline relevant to primary care research.

A master's degree with relevant training in research methods is desirable but not essential; equivalent research experience will be considered.

Applicants interested in this project should make direct contact with the Primary Supervisor to arrange to discuss the project further as soon as possible.

How To Apply

To be considered for this Studentship you MUST submit a formal online application form - full details on how to apply can be found on https://www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/study/research/apply/

Please select 'Primary Care and Health Services Research' under academic programme when completing your online application. 

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Funding Notes

Studentship funding is for a duration of 3 years to commence in September 2022 and covers UKRI equivalent fees and stipend (£16,062 per annum 22/23)
Funding will cover UK tuition fees and stipend only. The University of Manchester aims to support the most outstanding applicants from outside the UK. We are able to offer a scholarship that will enable a full studentship to be awarded to international applicants. This full studentship will only be awarded to exceptional quality candidates, due to the competitive nature of this funding.