Emergency admission rates for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (Crohn’s and Colitis) have increased, despite improvements in management strategies such as biologics and increasing elective admission. Our previous work shows that poor pattern recognition and service integration contribute, and we propose alternative statistical and qualitative approaches to understand and mitigate the problem better. Between 2021 and 2024 Sheffield Teaching Hospitals is hosting a Health Foundation quality improvement exercise - ‘AWARE-IBD’, led by the charity Crohn’s and Colitis UK (CCUK). The candidate will be integrated into AWARE-IBD’s team to expand the scope of the improvements. Our hypothesis is that mixed-methods research and multidisciplinary partnership working approach can produce actionable knowledge capable of reducing emergency admissions. The candidate will use literature review, social science theory, semi-structured interviews, and analysis of routine data to identify prototypes of emergency admissions. They will work with clinicians, patients and a national charity to produce actionable knowledge with the potential to reduce emergency admissions.
Entry requirements:
Candidates must have a first or upper second class honors degree or significant research experience. Special consideration will be given to candidates with a mathematics, statistics, psychology or medical background and we welcome inquiries from other social science graduates/postgraduates.
How to apply:
Please complete a University Postgraduate Research Application form available here: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/postgraduate/phd/apply/applying
Please clearly state the prospective main supervisor in the respective box and select School of Health and Related Research as the department.
Deadline:
Applications close at 5pm Wednesday 26th January 2022.
Enquiries:
Interested candidates should in the first instance contact Dr Hind [Email Address Removed]
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