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MB ChB, BSc (MedSci), MSc, FRCGP, PhD, AFHEA, P CertMgmt (OU)
Personal Chair (Clinical)
- About
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- Email Address
- p.murchie@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 437222
- Office Address
Room 1:024 Division of Applied Health Sciences Section of Academic Primary Care Polwarth Building Foresterhill Aberdeen AB25 2ZD
- School/Department
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
Biography
Peter Murchie trained in medicine at the University of Aberdeen, graduating in 1994. He completed vocational training in general practice in Northeast Scotland before embarking upon a career in academic general practice through a Cancer Research UK Primary Care Oncology Fellowship. He is currently Professor of Primary Care and lead of the Academic Primary Care Research Group, within the Institute of Applied Health Sciences University of Aberdeen. He leads a research programme which uses clinical data to pursue two main aims: first to better understand the cancer diagnostic pathway within primary care, and second, to improve community-based cancer survivorship care. He maintains a foothold in daytime and out-of-hours general practice in Northeast Scotland.
Qualifications
- BSc (Med Sci) Medicine1992 - University of Aberdeen
- MB ChB Medicine/Surgery1994 - University of Aberdeen
- MRCGP General Practice1998 - Royal College of General Practitioners
- P CertMgmt (OU) Management2004 - The Open UniversityWith distinction
- MSc Primary Care2005 - University of AberdeenWith distinction
- PhD Primary Care2009 - University of Aberdeen
- FRCGP General Practice2013 - Royal College of General Practitioners
- AFHEA Medical Education2019 - Higher Education Academy
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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University of Aberdeen
2004-2018 Member of Research Governance and Quality Assurance Committee, DAHS
2015-2017 Deputy Convener of Monitoring and Audit Group, College of Life Sciences and Medicine
2016-2019 IAHS Athena SWAN co-Champion
2016-now IAHS Athena SWAN Self-Assessment Team member
2016-now Member of School of Medicine, Dentistry and Nutrition Athena SWAN committee
2017-now Lead of Primary Care Research Group, Institute of Applied Health Sciences
2017-now Member of Management Group, Institute of Applied Health Sciences
2017-2020 Senatus Academicus, Senator for School of Medicine, Dentistry and Nutrition
- External Memberships
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Cancer Research UK
2012-2018 Member of Cancer Research UK Population Research Committee
2014-2018 Chairman of Cancer Research UK PRC Fellowships Panel
2014-date Member of the National Cancer Diagnostic Audit (NCDA) Project Group
National Cancer Research Institute
2010-now Member of PCG Early Diagnosis Subgroup, chair Dr F Walter
2015-now Member of Primary Care Group, chair Prof R Neal
2015-now Member of PCG Survivorship Subgroup, chair Prof E Watson
2015-2018 Member of Screening, Prevention and Early Diagnosis Advisory Group
Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP)
2012-2015 Member of Northeast Scotland Faculty Board
2011-now Member of the Editorial Board, British Journal of General Practice
Society of Academic Primary Care (SAPC)
2001-2007 Chair of Communications and Member of SAPC Executive
2007-2012 Primary Healthcare Research and Development Short Reports Editor
National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
2010-2015 Expert GP Advisor in Cancer to NICE Quality Outcome Framework
Scottish Government
2005-2006 Member of SMASAC Working Group on Regulating Cosmetic Surgery
2008-now Member of Scottish School of Primary Care/NHS Advisory Group
2013-now Member of Transforming Care After Cancer Treatment Evaluation Group
NHS Grampian
2013-now Member of Grampian Cancer Care Network Primary Care Group
Yorkshire Cancer Research
2016-now Member of Research Advisory Panel
Tenovus Cancer Care
2018-now Member of Psychosocial Advisory Committee
Chief Scientist Office
2020-now Member of Health Improvement, Protection and Service Research Committee
Trial Steering Committees
2014-now ROCKetTS Trial Steering Committee Member
2018-now Yorkshire Lung Cancer Screening Trial (YLCST) Trial Steering Committee Member
Latest Publications
Development and piloting of an online course to improve knowledge, confidence and attitudes towards triaging images of skin lesions submitted online in primary care
BMC Medical Education, vol. 24, no. 1, 839Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAssessing decision fatigue in general practitioners’ prescribing decisions using the Australian BEACH dataset
Medical Decision MakingContributions to Journals: ArticlesHormone replacement therapy and cancer mortality in women with 17 site-specific cancers: A cohort study using linked medical records.
British Journal of CancerContributions to Journals: ArticlesLaparoscopic cholecystectomy versus conservative management for adults with uncomplicated symptomatic gallstones: the C-GALL RCT
Health Technology Assessment, vol. 28, no. 26, pp. 1-151Contributions to Journals: ArticlesTotal Patient Delay: A comparison of patient and clinician/health system delays in the diagnosis of progressive supranuclear palsy and corticobasal syndrome
Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 478-487Contributions to Journals: Articles
Prizes and Awards
2014 RCGP Research Paper of the Year 2013- cancer category. The award ‘gives recognition to an individual or group of researchers who have undertaken and published an exceptional piece of research relating to general practice or primary care’
2006 Member of the original cohort of The Brisbane Initiative - an international training programme for primary care research leadership
2003 Cancer Research UK Research Training Fellowship in Primary Care Oncology
2001 Higher Professional Training Fellowship, NHS Education for Scotland
1998 The Maclennan Award, Northeast Scotland Faculty of the Royal College of General Practitioners
1993 The Lockhart Bequest, University of Aberdeen
1989 Fife Jamieson Medal, University of Aberdeen
- Research
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Research Overview
My research focuses on managing cancer within primary care.
1. How is cancer diagnosed, what factors are influential, and how can the cancer diagnostic process in primary care be optimised.
2. How can primary care best support people living in the community after they have completed their primary cancer treatment.
Research Areas
Biomedical Sciences
Research Specialisms
- Healthcare Science
- Geographical Information Systems
- Health Informatics
- Oncology
- Epidemiology
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.
Knowledge Exchange
Jun 2019: Cromar Future Group, MacRobert Hall, Tarland. How does living in a rural setting affect your experience of cancer services?
Sep 2017: University of Aberdeen Cancer Rally, Aberdeen. Stall - A digital vision for equitable cancer aftercare.
May 2015: Café Med and University of Aberdeen May Festival, Suttie Centre. The ASICA Intervention: digital follow-up for people that have had skin cancer.
Apr 2015: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Live demonstration of ASICA to Justine Martin, Head of Rural Evidence.
Jan 2012: Opening Public Engagement Lecture of the Cafe Med Series 2012, Suttie Centre, University of Aberdeen. Signed off with Stress.
- Teaching
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Courses
Teaching Responsibilities
Co-ordinator of Epidemiology module (PU5538) for Online Postgraduate Certificate in Research Method
External Examiner for MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert in Urgent Care/Rural Medicine, University of Central Lancashire
Non-course Teaching Responsibilities
Phase II and phase III student teaching in general practice consultations
Selector for medical admissions
Annual supervision of Student Selected Module (SSM) in research evidence
OSCE examiner for MBChB undergraduates
- Publications
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Development and piloting of an online course to improve knowledge, confidence and attitudes towards triaging images of skin lesions submitted online in primary care
BMC Medical Education, vol. 24, no. 1, 839Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAssessing decision fatigue in general practitioners’ prescribing decisions using the Australian BEACH dataset
Medical Decision MakingContributions to Journals: ArticlesHormone replacement therapy and cancer mortality in women with 17 site-specific cancers: A cohort study using linked medical records.
British Journal of CancerContributions to Journals: ArticlesLaparoscopic cholecystectomy versus conservative management for adults with uncomplicated symptomatic gallstones: the C-GALL RCT
Health Technology Assessment, vol. 28, no. 26, pp. 1-151Contributions to Journals: ArticlesTotal Patient Delay: A comparison of patient and clinician/health system delays in the diagnosis of progressive supranuclear palsy and corticobasal syndrome
Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 478-487Contributions to Journals: Articles‘Moving to the countryside and staying’?: Exploring doctors migration choices to remote and rural areas
Journal of Rural Studies, vol. 108, 103210Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUse of 5-alpha reductase inhibitors and risk of gastrointestinal cancers in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia: a population-based cohort study
International Journal of CancerContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.34937
Oral prednisolone and warfarin and risk of oesophageal cancer: a case-control study
Cancer EpidemiologyContributions to Journals: ArticlesImproving the patient-pharmacist interaction: A new approach to help patients make informed decisions
University of Aberdeen. 27 pagesBooks and Reports: Other ReportsVaginal Estrogen Therapy Use and Survival in Females With Breast Cancer
JAMA Oncology, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 103-108Contributions to Journals: ArticlesRevisiting Cancer Diagnosis in Scotland: Further Insights from the Second Scottish National Cancer Diagnosis Audit
European Journal of Cancer Care, vol. 2024, 1117968Contributions to Journals: ArticlesLabel-free Medical Image Quality Evaluation by Semantics-aware Contrastive Learning in IoMT
IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics, vol. PP, pp. 1-10Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEffectiveness of conservative management versus laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the prevention of recurrent symptoms and complications in adults with uncomplicated symptomatic gallstone disease (C-GALL trial): pragmatic, multicentre randomised controlled trial
BMJ, vol. 383, e075383Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBarriers and facilitators of adherence to the use of ASICA, a digital app designed to support melanoma survivors: concise report of a qualitative study.
Clinical and Experimental Dermatology, vol. 48, no. 12, pp. 1358-1360Contributions to Journals: ArticlesValidated frailty measures using electronic primary care records: a review of diagnostic test accuracy
Age and Ageing, vol. 52, no. 11, afad173Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe impact of travel time to cancer treatment centre on post-diagnosis care and mortality among cancer patients in Scotland
Health & Place, vol. 84, pp. 103139Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Impact of Rurality on Patient Experience and Diagnostic Pathway Intervals in Scotland’s Cancer Patients: Further Results from a National Cancer Diagnosis Audit Cancer Epidemiology
Cancer Epidemiology, vol. 86, 102414Contributions to Journals: ArticlesWhy do European primary care physicians sometimes not think of, or act on, a possible cancer diagnosis?: A qualitative study
BJGP Open, vol. 2023, 29Contributions to Journals: ArticlesExposure to weak opioids and risk of gastrointestinal tract cancers: A series of nested case-control studies
British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, vol. 89, no. 9, pp. 2757-2766Contributions to Journals: ArticlesRural and Urban patients’ Requirements and Experiences of Out-of-hours medical care after cancer (RUREO): A questionnaire study
BMJ Open, vol. 13, no. 7, e073392Contributions to Journals: ArticlesWhat influences the performance of pelvic examination in primary care: a qualitative investigation: A qualitative investigation in primary care
The British Journal of General Practice, vol. 73, no. 732, pp. e528-e536Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUnderstanding Persistent Pain (UPP): a Decision Aid Tool to inform management of persistent pain in pharmacy
BPS ASM 2023, pp. 58Contributions to Journals: AbstractsAssessing the impact of rurality on oesophagogastric cancer survival in the North-East of Scotland: a prospective population cohort study
Surgeon, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. e97-e103Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surge.2022.04.011
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Research Project Briefing: Enhancing recruitment and retention of doctors in rural Scotland
Chief Scientist Office (Document).Other Contributions: Other Contributions5-Alpha Reductase Inhibitors and Risk of Kidney and Bladder Cancers in Men with Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: A Population-Based Cohort Study
Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 428-434Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUser Experiences of a Digital Intervention to Support Total-Skin-Self-Examination by Melanoma Survivors: Nested Qualitative Evaluation Embedded in a Randomized Controlled Trial
JMIR Dermatology, vol. 6, e39544Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2196/39544
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/20032/1/Reilly_etal_JMIRD_User_Experiences_In_VoR.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Barriers to Early Presentation amongst Rural Residents Experiencing Symptoms of Colorectal Cancer: A Qualitative Interview Study
Cancers, vol. 15, no. 1, 274Contributions to Journals: ArticlesIs stroke incidence increased in survivors of adult cancers?: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Journal of Cancer Survivorship, vol. 16, pp. 1414–1448Contributions to Journals: ArticlesHow does social context influence appraisal and help-seeking for potential cancer symptoms in adults aged 50 and over? A qualitative interview study
European Journal of Cancer Care, vol. 31, no. 6, e13640Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUsing a discrete choice experiment to develop a decision aid tool to inform the management of persistent pain in pharmacy: – a protocol for a randomised feasibility study
BMJ Open, vol. 12, no. 9, e066379Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Achieving Self-directed Integrated Cancer Aftercare Intervention for Detection of Recurrent and Second Primary Melanoma in Survivors of Melanoma: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
JMIR cancer, vol. 8, no. 3, e37539Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDescribing, predicting and explaining adherence to total skin self-examination (TSSE) in people with melanoma: a 12-month longitudinal study
BMJ Open, vol. 12, no. 8, e056755Contributions to Journals: ArticlesRandomised controlled trial comparing the clinical and cost-effectiveness of various washout policies versus no washout policy in preventing catheter associated complications in adults living with long-term catheters: study protocol for the CATHETER II study
Trials, vol. 23, no. 1, 630Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCHARIS: Covid-19 Health & Adherence Research Scotland 3rd June-15th July
University of Aberdeen. 41 pagesBooks and Reports: Other ReportsUnderstanding recruitment and retention of doctors in rural Scotland: Stakeholder perspectives
The Geographical Journal, vol. 188, no. 2, pp. 261-276Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY OF FRAILTY SCREENING TOOLS USING DATA IN ELECTRONIC PRIMARY CARE RECORDS
Age and Ageing, vol. 51, no. SUPPL 2, 1013Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afac125.005
Oral antibiotic use and young-onset colorectal cancer: findings from a nested case-control study using a national clinical database
British Journal of Cancer, vol. 126, no. 6, pp. 957-967Contributions to Journals: ArticlesLessons from experiences of accessing healthcare during the pandemic for remobilising rheumatology services: a national mixed methods study
Rheumatology Advances in Practice, vol. 6, no. 1, rkac013Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAssessing the potential for patient-led surveillance after treatment of localized melanoma: A pilot randomized controlled trial (the MEL-SELF pilot trial)
JAMA Dermatology, vol. 158, no. 1, pp. 33-42Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1001/jamadermatol.2021.4704
Achieving Integrated Self-Directed Cancer Aftercare (ASICA) for melanoma: How a digital intervention to support total skin self-examination was used by people treated for cutaneous melanoma
BMC Cancer, vol. 21, 1217Contributions to Journals: ArticlesGeographic variation in diagnostic and treatment interval, cancer stage and mortality among colorectal patients: an international comparison between Denmark and Scotland using data-linked cohorts
Cancer Epidemiology, vol. 74, 102004Contributions to Journals: ArticlesExploring the influence of rural residence on uptake of organized cancer screening: a systematic review of international literature
Cancer Epidemiology, vol. 74, 101995Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe effect of COVID19 public health restrictions on the health of people with musculoskeletal conditions and symptoms: the CONTAIN study
Rheumatology, vol. 60, no. SI, pp. SI13-SI24Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBiliary colic
The BMJ, vol. 374, n2085Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n2085
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Melanoma surveillance on their own device: Can patients identify subsequent melanoma?
Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, vol. 17, no. S5, pp. 70-71Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ajco.13652
Global rise in early-onset colorectal cancer: An association with antibiotic consumption?
Annals of Oncology, vol. 32, no. S3, pp. S213-S213Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annonc.2021.05.049
Exposure to ranitidine and risk of bladder cancer: a nested case-control study.
The American journal of gastroenterology, vol. 116, no. 8, pp. 1612-1619Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBehavioral intervention to increase skin examination following melanoma: Development and evaluation
International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, vol. 28, no. SUPPL 1, pp. S126-S126Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-021-09997-7
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Can patient-led surveillance detect subsequent new primary or recurrent melanomas and reduce the need for routinely scheduled follow-up?: A protocol for the MEL-SELF randomised controlled trial
Trials, vol. 22, no. 1, 324Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAre Rurality, Area Deprivation, Access to Outside Space, and Green Space Associated with Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic?: A Cross Sectional Study (CHARIS-E)
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 18, no. 8, 3869Contributions to Journals: Articles