Knowledge sharing in eczema: refining and verifying mindlines
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Knowledge sharing in eczema: refining and verifying clinician and lay mindlines in primary care
IRAS ID
234677
Contact name
Fiona Cowdell
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Birmingham City University
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
Cowdell/May/2017/AM/1273., Birmingham City University HELS REC
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 5 months, 28 days
Research summary
This is the second phase of a study to find new ways to make best use of new and existing knowledge about eczema care. The focus is on patients and clinicians in primary care settings. Eczema is a common skin condition. It causes significant suffering and can lead to many health care consultations. Looking after eczema can be difficult for patients and parents. New eczema research is often not used in practice. Patients may not always be getting the best treatments. Clinicians make treatment decisions using mindlines. These are a way of thinking that has three main parts; personal experience, knowledge and opinion of colleagues and experts and research evidence. Patients have their own ways of thinking which is equal to mindlines. Over the last year I have observed and talked to people to better understand how clinicians and lay eczema mindlines are constructed. The purpose of this phase is to refine and ensure veracity of these tentative mindlines with patients and clinicians using qualitative research methods. I will attend practice meetings with clinicians and interview clinicians and patients and parents of children with eczema. I will show them clinician or lay mindlines models that I have developed and discuss with a view to refining, if required, and ensuring veracity. In the next phase I will find ways of moving knowledge from researchers into mindlines. If successful this will help to improve eczema care.
REC name
South Central - Hampshire B Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
18/SC/0025
Date of REC Opinion
9 Jan 2018
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion