![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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A proposed charter for clinical trial data monitoring committees: helping them to do their job well.
The Lancet, vol. 365, no. 9460, pp. 711-722Contributions to Journals: ArticlesData monitoring in randomised controlled trials: surveys of recent practice and policies
Clinical Trials, vol. 2, pp. 22-33Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1191/1740774505cn064oa
Reported use of data monitoring committees in the main published reports of randomized controlled trials: a cross-sectional study
Clinical Trials, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 48-59Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1191/1740774504cn003oa
Small group processes relevant to data monitoring committees in controlled clinical trials: an overview of reviews
Clinical Trials, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 282-296Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1191/1740774504cn023oa
Systematic qualitative review of the literature on data monitoring committees for randomized controlled trials
Clinical Trials, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 60-79Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1191/1740774504cn004rr