![Dr Sharon McCann Dr Sharon McCann](/img/200x200/staffpages/uploads/s07sm1/avatar/SR5IsGQpb2P3VsY3z9REpEgs9kYCBBwvjtrQcDcq.jpeg)
MA(Hons); MSc;PhD
Advanced Research Fellow
- About
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- Email Address
- sharon.mccann@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 438154
- Office Address
Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Health Sciences Building, Foresterhill Aberdeen AB25 2ZD
- School/Department
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
Biography
I am a qualitative social science researcher, with a particular interest in the design and delivery of person centred trials. I rejoined HSRU in May 2021 following a career break, having previously spent 15 years in the Unit working across a broad range of qualitative and mixed methods projects linked to trials.
I currently lead the mixed-methods process evaluations in many of our trials to improve both the experience for potential participants and the overall efficiency of the trial. Work in this area is ongoing across the portfolio of CHaRT trials.
Qualifications
- PhD Patients' perspectives on participation in clinical trials2007 - University of Aberdeen
- MSc Health Services & Public Health Research1997 - University of Aberdeen
- MA (Hons) Sociology & Social Policy1996 - University of Glasgow
Internal Memberships
Member of HSRU Public Engagement Group.
- Research
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Research Overview
Expertise in qualitative methodology. Particular interest in using qualitative methods to improve understanding and experiences of patients, families and healthcare staff.
Research Areas
Applied Health Sciences
Research Specialisms
- Health Studies
- Health and Social Care
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
Current Research
- Learning from healthcare professionals' experiences of using remote consulting for 'Care and Support Planning' during COVID-19 (CASPER project).
- Multimorbidity and Pregnancy: Determinants, Clusters, Consequences & Trajectories (Mum-PreDiCT: MRC)
Past Research
- Health Care Improvement study: To explore the systems, organisational and patient barriers and facilitators to quality improvement in primary dental care ( Chief Scientist Office)
- An ethnographic study of group decision-making and member roles to understand and improve how Trial Steering Committees and Trial Management Groups contribute to trial conduct (MRC Network of Hubs FOR Trials Methodology Research).
- Understanding the Dynamics of Organisational Culture Change in the NHS: Creating Safe Places For Patients and Staff (NHS Service Delivery and Organisation R&D programme).
- MRC platform study aimed at developing the intervention and outcome components of a proposed randomised controlled trial of a national screening programme for open angle glaucoma (MRC)
- CSO Training Fellowship: Patients’ perspectives on participation in randomised controlled trials (PhD)
- Issues in data monitoring and interim analysis of trials: the DAMOCLES project (HTA R&D)
- The REFLUX trial -Randomised trial evaluating laparoscopic surgery in adults with gastro- oesophageal reflux disease (HTA)
- Support groups for men who have prostate cancer, their families and friends: identifying best practice models (Prostate Cancer UK)
Collaborations
NHS Year of Care Partnership
- Publications
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Lost in the system: responsibilisation and burden for women with multiple long-term health conditions during pregnancy
Health Expectations, vol. 27, no. 3, e14104Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.14104
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/23612/2/Hanley_etal_HE_Lost_In_The_VoR.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Telephone consulting for ‘Personalised Care and Support Planning’ with people with long-term conditions: a qualitative study of healthcare professionals’ experiences during COVID-19 restrictions and beyond
BMC Primary Care, vol. 25, 193Contributions to Journals: ArticlesExperiences of involving patients and the public as partners in randomised clinical trials:: a qualitative evidence scoping review
Figshare. 8 pages.Other Contributions: Other Contributions- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.25111568.v1
Implementing and evaluating Care and Support Planning: a qualitative study of health professionals’ experiences in public polyclinics in Singapore
BMC Primary Care, vol. 24, 212Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe development of a core outcome set for studies of pregnant women with multimorbidity
BMC medicine , vol. 21, 314Contributions to Journals: Articles'We all want to succeed, but we've also got to be realistic about what is happening': An ethnographic study of relationships in trial oversight and their impact
Trials, vol. 18, no. 1, 612Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-017-2305-9
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/10737/1/We_all_want_to_succeed_but_we_ve_also_got_to_be_realistic_about_what_is_happening_an_ethnographic_study_of_relationships_in_trial_oversight_and_their_impact.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Patient-, organization-, and system-level barriers and facilitators to preventive oral health care: a convergent mixed-methods study in primary dental care
Implementation Science, vol. 11, pp. 1-14Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-015-0366-2
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/5539/1/Templeton_2016.pdf
Understanding the Health Care Experiences and needs of People Living with Huntingtons Disease (HD): An Exploratory Study
8th European-Huntington's-Disease-Network Plenary Meeting, pp. A83-A83Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2014-309032.238
Recruitment to trials: insights from a meta-ethnography of qualitative studies
Contributions to Journals: Conference ArticlesService user groups as co-applicants on a platform study for a trial
Trials, vol. 14, no. Suppl 1, pp. O35Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-14-S1-O35