Professor Frances Mair - Rethinking the patient: why we need minimally disruptive medicine
Frances Mair is Professor of Primary Care Research and Head of General Practice and Primary Care within the Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow. She is an academic general practitioner, undertaking her clinical work at the McColl Medical Practice in Thornliebank Health Centre, Glasgow (www.mccollmedical.com).
Following a paper she co-wrote and published in the British Medical Journal in 2009 that argued for the necessity of providing medicine that is minimally disruptive for patients, she has been principal investigator on a range of research projects that examine the largely unexplored phenomenon of patient burden.
Alongside experts at the University of Southampton and Mayo Clinic, USA, Professor Mair has formed the International Group for Minimally Disruptive Medicine which aims to explore the concepts of treatment burden and individual capacity and inform interventions that will help individuals with chronic illness.
Dr Matt-Mouley Bouamrane, Research Fellow, Centre for Rural Health, University of Aberdeen, "Delivering Assisted Lifestyles at Scale (dallas) programme: Findings from the interim evaluation“. Dr Bouamrane specialises in Health Informatics and Health Services research working at the and is also Honorary Senior Lecturer, Institute of Health & Well-being, University of Glasgow.
Anne Roberts, Research Assistant, Centre for Rural Health, University of Aberdeen, “Can the use of telehealth contribute to equitable and sustainable paediatric unscheduled care across Scotland?” Anne has a particular interest in e-health, the use of telehealth solutions and their applicability to children’s health. Anne is currently studying for a Masters degree, her topic is young people with disabilities.
Dr Leila Eadie, Research Fellow, Centre for Rural Health, University of Aberdeen, “Initial results from the Satellite Ultrasound for Rural Stroke (SURS) project”.
Dr Eadie received her PhD from University College London and her research interests include e-health and telemedicine, data mining and intelligent systems analysis, image processing and computer-assisted diagnosis