Sophie Spitters

Social scientist interested in health & care, human factors, quality improvement, technology @_HSMCentre @uniBirmingham @QMUL_WIPH

[Helen Bevan @HelenBevan]

Over the years, I've learnt that the best, highest performing teams are those where everyone feels a sense of belonging & appreciation for the unique & different things they bring to the team. So I'm happy to post this blog & sketchnote on "things boldly inclusive leaders do". They build an inclusive culture through foundations of continuous learning, active listening, authentic communication & creating a psychologically safe environment for people to thrive: https://t.co/SmBQXNjC2w. Thank you @minettenorman for the principles & @tnvora for your powerful interpretation.

[Sara Shaw @SaraShawX2]

Great to be at LSE today, talking policy
and findings from the ModCons study, about how/why decisions are made re access & triage

Early days (still collecting final bits of data!) so a privilege to discuss with colleagues

@LSEHealthPolicy
@SJIMSpit
@sara_paparini
@NFBrenman

[Prof Judith Smith @DrJudithSmith]

Here is the #BRACE and #RSET rapid evaluation teams’ publication for @NIHRresearch reflecting on the practice of rapid evaluation, which I drew on in our opening plenary at the @NuffieldTrust @HealthFdn #rapidevaluation conference https://t.co/OEV8xUFpCC

[Sophie Spitters @SJIMSpit]

Great way to start my new post at #BRACE @_HSMCentre learning about #RapidEvaluation from academics, practitioners, policy-makers, business analysts, ... at the @NuffieldTrust @HealthFdn conference

[QMUL Centre for Primary Care @QMULPrimaryCare]

Thanks to @luciehogger @MeredithKDH @ninafudge for organising our qualitative researchers' workshop 'Thinking Between The Lines', in person!

Great speakers @DrRachelONeill @nabualaw Dr Mel Ramaswamy, Dr Duncan Reynolds - thanks for offering your expertise!

[Sophie Spitters @SJIMSpit]

Highlight2 #NordicSTS2023 Reflections on STS & Design. 1) Design can open up new ways of imagining future possibilities @ESRuppert 2) Design can help us understand and bridge the gap between our utopia & our reality @Hannahcknox

[Sophie Spitters @SJIMSpit]

Highlight1 #NordicSTS2023 diversity curated @GemHughes @LarsJohannessen AI/data policy: national vision unintended impact R O'Connor, a citizen concern @LisaMReutter; Tech: messy dev&impl @nabualaw, 'doing' privacy @KatjaNeergaard, disappearing discretionary work @noragermundsson

[Sophie Spitters @SJIMSpit]

Excited to share findings from our @QMUL_WIPH @OxPrimaryCare study on digital triage. Exploring how people exploit/overcome/navigate interpersonal distance when using digital triage platforms at #NordicSTS2023 With #ModCons team @NFBrenman @SaraShawX2 @sara_paparini @SMS_Spooner

[Clinical Effectiveness Group @QMUL_CEG]

Policymakers should consider whether the National Child Measurement Programme is doing more harm than good. Our synthesis of families’ experiences reveals concerns about the programme’s impact on self-perception and food practices: https://t.co/gCRFwo6zky @tandfnewsroom

[Design Science @DesignScienceUK]

Consulting with your GP by phone, video or face to face? New project with @OxPrimaryCare aims to understand decisions about who gets what kind of care, helping patients make sense of this as they navigate the system @SaraShawX2 @NFBrenman @SJIMSpit

https://t.co/5t0amRRz6I

[Sophie Spitters @SJIMSpit]

Feeling inspired again by the great interdisciplinary discussions on #foodallergy #CoreOutcomeSets and beautiful Porto <3 Thanks #COMFA

[Sophie Spitters @SJIMSpit]

Paper out \(• •)/ @BMJ_Qual_Saf
[]Making-sense of interventions d spread
[]Insider-perspective closing the theory-practice gap
[]Supporting QI practice
[]#WomenInScience
@LauraLennox3 @julie4clahrc @susanba58031648 @emward_pharm @vabower & @Neil_Stillman
https://t.co/P0U63tIpXt

[Sophie Spitters @SJIMSpit]

Read comments.. Science is our best effort creating knowledge deserving of authority&influence. BUT created by (clearly) fallible people, as a huge privilege, given disproportionately to white people, due to (institutional) racism #WithPowerComesResponsibility Thx @seis_matters

[Nature Portfolio @NaturePortfolio]

Today we join #ShutDownSTEM #ShutDownAcademia #Strike4BlackLives. We will not publish Nature today and will instead take time to focus on what we can do better, and plan how we can play our part in eradicating anti-Black racism in academia and STEM. https://t.co/7cJg105daI

[Sophie Spitters @SJIMSpit]

You can't be a professional gardener & travel for a year at the same time. Modern focus on the present risks achieving long-term goals #HappyCareer or solving complex problems #ClimateChange. Complex phenomena unfold over time. Margaret Archer on #presentism #IACR2019

[Sophie Spitters @SJIMSpit]

Ideas are like candles! Cultural ideas should not be seen as something with a price tag, losing value when shared. View ideas as candles instead: 'you can get light lighting your candle from mine, it won't make me have any less' - Margaret Archer on "the big lie" #IACR2019

[Sophie Spitters @SJIMSpit]

Implementation journey of a digital social network intervention at @wessex_clahrc. Story told by @IvayloVassilev sounds so familiar! Looking at all #implementation #complexities from a #CriticalRealist perspective also at @CLAHRC_NWL ;) Discussed at #IACR2019

[Sophie Spitters @SJIMSpit]

Super interesting talk from @sabrinaionata on understanding digital #FoodEnvironments to tackle over- & malnutrition. A basic need influenced by such a complex system! #FarmToFlush #ObesitySystemMap #IACR2019

[Sophie Spitters @SJIMSpit]

The capability to know what you value after medical diagnosis -
an overlooked capability? Picked up via the presentation of @wessex_clahrc @cea_william by @KingsCollegeLon Nick Wilson.
Interesting & productive discussion at #IACR2019! #CapabilityTheory

[Sophie Spitters @SJIMSpit]

Grateful to share my @CLAHRC_NWL @Imperial_PCPH work at #IACR2019 at @unisouthampton. Taking my #AppliedHealthResearch to the next level using #CriticalRealism. Learnt so much!

[Sophie Spitters @SJIMSpit]

Great to hear @UCL_IOE #PriscillaAlderson speak at #IACR2019 about her amazing work on #MedicalConsent - Exploring consent at 3 levels of reality and the subsequent implications for practice. #CriticalRealism #CriticalRealismApplied #ThanksPriscillaAlderson