Professor Fiona Sampson
PhD, MSc, BA
School of Medicine and Population Health
Professor of Health Services Research
+44 114 222 0687
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School of Medicine and Population Health
Regent Court (ScHARR)
30 Regent Street
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- Profile
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I am a Professor with over 20 years of experience in Health Services Research. I am the Director of the Centre for Urgent and Emergency Care Research (CURE) in ScHARR, a leading centre for urgent and emergency care research with a strong reputation for delivering high-quality, high-impact independent research.
I have experience in both qualitative and quantitative research methods and am particularly interested in the use of mixed methods research, and the use of non-participant observation within health services research.
I have led and contributed to a number of research projects in the field of emergency and urgent care. In 2011 I was awarded an NIHR Doctoral Research Fellowship to explore how pain management in Emergency Departments can be improved (IMPEDE study). I am currently PI of an NIHR-funded project exploring the use of prehospital pre-alerts and their impact on patients, ambulance service and Emergency Department staff.
I am the School Director for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and sit on the ScHARR Curriculum Inclusivity group, Athena Swan SAT group as well as the University Race Equality Charter self-assessment group. I have worked part-time since 2008.
I run an observational and ethnographic methods research interest group for staff and students at ScHARR.
I currently supervise two PhD students who are undertaking research in the field of prehospital care (Naif Harthi and Melanie Watson) and would be interested in hearing from students interested in undertaking mixed methods research in pre-hospital, urgent and emergency care.
- Research interests
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My research interests are in evaluating health care systems, patient perspectives of health services and the use of observational and ethnographic methods in health services research. I am interested in implementation science, particularly in the field of emergency care.
Current projects:
- Service Evaluation of a Prehospital Lateral Flow Testing and Direct Hospital Admissions pathway (Yorkshire Ambulance Service)
- Evaluation of Online NHS 111 (NIHR HS&DR)
- Evaluation of the NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard Culture Change Pilots. (NHS England)
- Publications
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- Research group
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I run an observational and ethnographic methods research interest group for staff and students at SCHARR.
- Grants
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Title Funder Principal investigator Improving pain management in Emergency Departments: a mixed methods study National Institute for Health Research doctoral research fellowship programme. November 2011. £280,000 Fiona Sampson (2011-2017) Evaluation of PCT and practice-based commissioning: identifying which commissioning processes produce successful outcomes Department of Health Policy Research Programme. November 2008. £489,045 Alicia O'Cathain The cost-effectiveness of investigation and hospital admission for minor (GCS 13-15) head injury NHS Health Technology Assessment. £181,039 Steve Goodacre Evaluation of the National Infarct Angioplasty Project Pilots NHS Service Delivery and Organisation. £275,000. March 2005 Steve Goodacre An Evaluation of Advanced Access in general practice. 2002-2005 NHS Service Delivery and Organisation. £350,000 April 2004 Chris Salisbury Reducing Avoidable Admissions in Acute Hospital Care: The role and impact of Same Day Emergency Care Services IHR HSDR 160821. £1m Richard Jacques Mixed methods study to understand the scale, impact and care trajectory for patients who have a long lie after a fall. NIHR HSDR 158676. £731,908 Fiona Sampson Exploring the use of pre-hospital pre-alerts and their impact on patients, Ambulance Service and Emergency Department staff. NIHR HSDR 131293. £502,913 Fiona Sampson Estimating the value of future research to improve guidelines on thromboprophylaxis for women during pregnancy and after delivery. NIHR HTA 131021. £175,885 Sarah Davis Evaluation of online NHS 111 NIHR HSDR 127655. £355,557 Janette Turner
- Teaching activities
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I was the Director of the MSc Advanced Emergency Care from 2018-2022 and Joint Deputy Director for the MSc Clinical Research from 2019-2020 and have led and contributed to a number of research methods modules. My teaching interests are in research methods, shared decision-making and evidence-based health care. I supervise MSc dissertation projects and provide personal tutor support to MSc students.