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Bethan Copsey

@bethancopsey.bsky.social
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Medical statistician working in clinical trials of complex interventions at the University of Leeds

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Leeds CTRU @leedsctru.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
⏳Don't miss out, early bird ends in 2 weeks! Join our 3-day Masterclass in the Design and Conduct of Complex Intervention Evaluations. Taking place across three days in the new year. ❗Limited spots are available so save your place now: lnkd.in/ekPieCFN
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Leeds CTRU @leedsctru.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
🎓 Registration open! Join Leeds CTRU’s Masterclass in the Design and Conduct of Complex Intervention Evaluations. 🗓️ Jan 26th, Feb 2nd & 9th 2026 💷 £475 early bird, £525 thereafter 👉 Register here - tinyurl.com/43ufm5yr
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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
📣 New paper published❗️ 🫘We know kidney function declines with age, increasing risk of harm of many medicines 💊 📉 We showed that providing feedback to primary care on prescribing in reduced kidney function is both feasible and acceptable 😀… [1/2] 📖 Read more here 👇 doi.org/10.1093/famp...
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Creatinine clearance, reduced kidney function, and optimizing prescribing safety through practice feedback: a mixed methods study
AbstractBackground. Kidney function declines with age, increasing risk of harm from raised blood levels of many medicines. Prescribing is often inappropria
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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
🙋 New paper alert! 📣 🤔 How do you define a Learning Health System? We argue that the definition should include integrated rigorous effectiveness evaluations as a criterion👇 @au-primarycareuol.bsky.social @wy-icb-research.bsky.social @bethancopsey.bsky.social @complexleedsctru.bsky.social
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Bradford Institute for Health Research @bihr.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Art Exhibition by Stroke Survivor and Academic Unit for Ageing and Stroke Research Participant Kicks off in Bradford @auasresearch.bsky.social @drandyclegg.bsky.social @drjessjohansson.bsky.social @louisabu.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/2538365...
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Stroke survivor's artwork shines light on the road to recovery
Stroke survivor Mark Chappell from Skipton is using his new art exhibition to highlight the challenges and recovery journey after a stroke
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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
If Ted Chiang, a truly superb creative writer (also; a background in compsci), is happy using the gym robot analogy to explain why using chatbots at university is antithetical to the purpose you're paying money and forgoing paid work to be there then I'm fortified in my view it's a good one.
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Stepped Wedgehog @steppedwedgehog.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Improving the design of staggered implementation cluster randomised trials qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/earl...
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Grand rounds in methodology: improving the design of staggered implementation cluster randomised trials
The stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial is a popular design in implementation and health services research. All clusters, such as clinics or hospitals, start in the control state, and gradually swi...
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UK CTU Network @ukctunetwork.org · 19/05/2025
Tomorrow isn’t just International Clinical Trials Day. Keep your eyes peeled for the launch of our strategy for 2025 – 2030! #UKCTUNetwork #CTUNetworkStrategy
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Tom Wallis @tsawallis.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Many processes from industry are not appropriate or overkill for an academic setting, but we can and should be doing better than we currently are. Our paper tries to give practical advice on how you can improve your scientific workflow, without being a coding guru. www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Ten principles for reliable, efficient, and adaptable coding in psychology and cognitive neuroscience - Communications Psychology
Programming is essential for modern research in neuroscience and psychology, but it can quickly become a source of frustration and error. This Primer introduces ten practical principles guiding resear...
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Marion Campbell @marionkcampbell.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
This week saw the publication of SPIRIT 2025, a major update to the international SPIRIT Statement which provides guidance on what should be included in a trial protocol. 1/6 #MethodologyMonday #117
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Bethan Copsey @bethancopsey.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Such a great milestone to have completed recruitment to the FReSH START trial! I'm so proud to have been a part of such an amazing team ⭐
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UCL Innovative Clinical Trials Unit @innovative-ctu.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
In #ClinicalTrials, estimands are a way to describe the research question, helping stakeholders understand and interpret trial results. Watch this video to learn how using estimands can help doctors and patients make better treatment decisions.▶️👇 buff.ly/LbUEgca #StatsSky #MedSky
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What are estimands?
Estimands are a way of describing the research question in a clinical trial. They can help doctors, patients, policymakers and other stakeholders understand ...
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kevinweinfurt.bsky.social @kevinweinfurt.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
New publication commenting on approaches to understand the meaningfulness of treatment effects on endpoints based on clinical outcome assessments (COAs). Sorting out "between-group difference," "meaningful within-group change," and more. rdcu.be/eg5x7 1/5 Summary to follow...
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UK CTU Network @ukctunetwork.org · 20/03/2025
🚀 Exciting News! 🚀 Interested in or leading a clinical trial? Want to be the best Chief Investigator you can be? This updated course is for you! tinyurl.com/HTBAGCI #ClinicalTrials #CITraining @leedsctru.bsky.social @amandafarrin.bsky.social
Flyer advertising a training course on How to be a great chief investigator for clinical trials.  Find out more via the following link https://tinyurl.com/HTBAGCI
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NIHR ARC East Midlands @arc-em.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
🚀New Resource: Scaling Innovations in Primary Care Learn how tailored strategies can improve care for patients with multiple long-term conditions. Key lessons from implementing four interventions nationally. @socscihealth.bsky.social @nihrarcs.bsky.social #MLTC arc-em.nihr.ac.uk/arc-store-re...
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Learning points from scaling up of innovations for multiple long-term conditions in Primary Care
This infographic presents key learnings and strategies for scaling innovations in primary care for patients with multiple long term conditions (MLT
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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
🎉Fantastic to see our update to the Cochrane review on Audit and Feedback in healthcare published! So much work went into this huge project by a worldwide team, expertly led by Noah Ivers 👏 A must read for anyone wanting to improve the quality of healthcare 👇 www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10....
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Audit and feedback: effects on professional practice - Ivers, N - 2025 | Cochrane Library
Select your preferred language for Cochrane reviews and other content. Sections without translation will be in English.
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Andrew Heiss @andrew.heiss.phd · 20/03/2025
I’ve long used FiveThirtyEight’s interactive “Hack Your Way To Scientific Glory” to illustrate the idea of p-hacking when I teach statistics. But ABC/Disney killed the site earlier this month :( So I made my own with #rstats and Observable and #QuartoPub ! stats.andrewheiss.com/hack-your-way/
Screenshot of the linked Quarto website, with input checkboxes to change different conditions for a regression model that predicts economic performance based on US political party, with a reported p-value
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Lauren Moreau (she/her) @lamoreau.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
It’s hard when studies don’t work out as planned. It’s even harder when they have to close. But there’s still a lot to learn when they do. Great to see MODULATE in print: www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/hta/publishe...
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Ben Harrap @bharrap.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
REDCap's in-built reporting ability is very limited, as I discovered a few weeks ago. Using the API to read data into R and create your own reports is the exact solution I came to, glad to see others posting about it!
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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Useful information for getting the most out of your appointments as a patient 👇
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Professor Amy Grove @amylougrove.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
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Amy Grove PhD on LinkedIn: Implementation Science Masterclasses 2025
140 people tuned in to listen to me talk about Implementation Science yesterday at the University of Birmingham It was a great conversation - magic bullets…
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Prof Amanda J Farrin @amandafarrin.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Follow @freshstart-uk.bsky.social for all updates from our @leedsctru.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social programme grant. We've just moved over to this platform 🙂
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Stephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Looks like this might be worth a read: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Common statistical errors in systematic reviews: A tutorial
The aim of this article is to present the most common statistical errors in meta-analyses included in systematic reviews; these are confusing standard deviation and standard error, using heterogeneit...
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Bethan Copsey @bethancopsey.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Writing a grant application and thinking about how to improve your dissemination section? Use the link below to download a guide to disseminating your research #GuiDiR @complexleedsctru.bsky.social
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Bethan Copsey @bethancopsey.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Consider what to report about your rehabilitation intervention? Here's a newly published TIDieR Rehab checklist bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/1...
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Enhancing the reporting quality of rehabilitation interventions through an extension of the Template for Intervention Description and Replication (TIDieR): the TIDieR-Rehab checklist and supplementary...
Background Rehabilitation is a complex biopsychosocial process in which multidisciplinary professionals work in collaboration with a person and their family, with the shared objective of enhancing the...
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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Do you work w people w aphasia & other neurological conditions? #SLT #aphasia #SLP Considered peer befriending to support long-term psychosocial needs? 🤝 We are doing 🌐online training in Feb. Join from anywhere in the world 🗺️ ➡️ Sign up here: www.city.ac.uk/prospective-...
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Setting up a peer-befriending scheme for people with aphasia | City, University of London
This online course will train clinicians on how to set up a peer-befriending scheme for people with aphasia, providing resources for training and supervision.
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Jack Wilkinson @jdwilko.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
If you are a statistician who undertakes forensic analyses of IPD for journals (misconduct cases) and would like to lend your expertise to (and take some ownership of) a project to develop a protocol for this purpose (INSPECT-IPD), then contact me!
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Tim Morris @timpmorris.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Stata users: if you want to make ‘kmunicate’-style Kaplan–Meier graphs, I’ve just released a Stata package on GitHub. To get it: . net from raw.githubusercontent.com/tpmorris/kmu... User feedback welcome! 1/
A vanilla KMunicate-style Kaplan–Meier graph from {kmunicate}. Key is the extended risk table showing the status of participants over time.
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Neil O’Connell @neiloconnell.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
New @IASP_MESISIG webinar alert. Join us on January 29, 2025 Wed 2:30 PM EST to learn about Enhancing Equity, Diversity and Inclusivity In Pain Research. We have excellent speakers and it will be a great session. Register here: www.pathlms.com/iasp/webinar...
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Enhancing Equity, Diversity and Inclusivity In Pain Research | IASP
This webinar is being produced by the International Association for the Study of Pain's Methodology, Evidence Synthesis, and...
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Prof Amanda J Farrin @amandafarrin.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
We're running our annual online Masterclass in Complex Interventions Evaluations over 3 days in January and February. Come and learn from our expert team of complex interventions trialists at @leedsctru.bsky.social Register now to reserve your place. Deadline 24 Jan. Link below 👇
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Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
With the approaching the start of the holidays please remember that HOW to ‘switch off’ is your thing. There’s no manual. Whatever suits you. Checking emails is not a crime during this time but it’s good practice -if you email back- to schedule sending for when the holiday is over.
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Beatriz Goulão @beatrizgoulao.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Great thread on estimands. Loved the point "why the funny word?". Our discussions led by @suziecro.bsky.social found patient partners agree with @richardhooper.bsky.social : bit.ly/4gyqhQS
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Starting a conversation about estimands with public partners involved in clinical trials: a co-developed tool - Trials
Background Clinical trials aim to draw conclusions about the effects of treatments, but a trial can address many different potential questions. For example, does the treatment work well for patients w...
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Neil O’Connell @neiloconnell.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Are you interested in enhancing the trustworthiness of research in pain (or health generally). Our ENTRUST-PE White Paper is a good long read on this osf.io/preprints/os...
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Lisa Kidd @lisakidd22.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Prof Tash Lannin delivers an exceptional talk on the development of the #promote trial, supporting collaboration between clinicians & researchers in embedding evidence & changes into practice @natashalannin.bsky.social #uksf24
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Lisa Kidd @lisakidd22.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Prof Amanda Farrin on the future of trial design & need for platform designs; faster, cheaper, sooner evidence available for practice. Challenging design but very much needed across acute and life after stroke #uksf24 @amandafarrin.bsky.social
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Bethan Copsey @bethancopsey.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Innovative trials in stroke showcased by @amandafarrin.bsky.social today at #UKSF24
Slide on master protocols presented by Amanda Farrin at the UK stroke forum
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Louisa Burton @louisabu.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Looking for people to join our stakeholder group to develop a core outcomes set for trials of interventions designed to treat/prevent psychological problems post-stroke! You may have spotted this slide in @amandafarrin.bsky.social's talk at #uksf24 this morning...
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Catherine Walshe @catherinewalshe.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
'The implementation of current Health Research Authority approval processes for low risk staff research has the potential to use more NHS organisational resources than the research study itself.' The governance burdens of research highlighted. bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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