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Mr Mike O'Driscoll

Research Assistant - Nursing

Mike O'Driscoll
  • School Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education

  • Department Adult, Child & Midwifery

  • Location London

Research activities

Current and recent projects include evaluation of health inequalities in cancer screening, diagnosis and treatment, simulation in nurse education, evaluation of a mobile health and wellbeing service for care workers and evaluation of a NHS leadership development programme. 

Research interests/experience 

Artificial intelligence in social research and evaluation 

Innovation in the NHS (technology and new pathways / ways of delivering care)

Health inequalities

Programme evaluation 

Nurse and midwife education

Simulation in nurse education

Experiences of people living with chronic illnesses/conditions (PKU, haemophilia)

Neighbourhood health 

NHS history

NHS 'reform' and NHS policies

Attitudes to privatisation in the NHS

Media coverage of the NHS/privatisation in the NHS 

Diversity in the NHS, higher education and more generally


Current Teaching

I teach on the work based learning 4760 module, covering quantitative and qualitative research methods, literature search and review.  I also provide ad hoc support to students at all levels with regard to research methods and data analysis in SPSS and NVIVO. 


Biography

I am a mixed methods researcher with over 25 years' experience in academia, national charities, the NHS and local government. I am also a doctoral student at Middlesex, researching aspects of public and health professional attitudes to the NHS. 

 

Qualifications

Title: MSc. Education Research Methods

Date: 01 Oct 1992

Institution: Oxford University


Title: BSc.(Hons) Sociology and Social Policy

Institution: Loughborough University


External activities

  • Specialist Statistical Reviewer, Journal of Advanced Nursing,
  • Charity trustee , Charity trustee ,
  • Publications