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Katie Sheehan

@katiejsheehan.bsky.social
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Professor of Rehabilitation, Bone & Joint Health, QMUL. UKRI Future Leaders Fellow. Physio. Chair Scientific Committee FFN & FFFAP. Fragility fractures, rehabilitation, and ECR support.

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Jessica Pawson @jessicapawson.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Delighted to start 2026 with my first PhD paper published 🎉 This review maps 35 UK complex intervention studies to improve access to healthcare for ethnically underrepresented groups. Promising approaches, but gaps in effectiveness & equity remain. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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Health service access for ethnically underrepresented communities: A scoping review of complex interventions
Background The aim of this scoping review is to systematically map the existing evidence of complex interventions used to improve access and/or engagement of ethnically underrepresented communities wi...
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Katie Sheehan @katiejsheehan.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Great to present @ukri.org funded work on stratified rehab after hip fracture at @gerisoc.bsky.social Belfast. Great to see colleagues old and new!
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Katie Sheehan @katiejsheehan.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
🔊 🔊🔊 CALLING ALL NHS MUSCULOSKELETAL PHYSIOTHERAPISTS/ SERVICE MANAGERS 🔊 🔊🔊 Please complete survey to inform programme of research on community appointment days at link 👉 forms.office.com/e/eBFWf5rsmk or QR 👇 Please share widely to your networks @thecsp.bsky.social @tobysmith.bsky.social
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Katie Sheehan @katiejsheehan.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Fragility Fracture Network Global Congress Porto 0ct 1-4 2025 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS NOW OPEN: fragilityfracturenetwork.org/2025-congres...
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2025 congress abstracts - Fragility Fracture Network
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Katie Sheehan @katiejsheehan.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
New perspective in NEJM pitching for improved access to FLS Coordinating Multidisciplinary Care — Improving Outcomes after Fragility Fractures www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Coordinating Multidisciplinary Care — Improving Outcomes after Fragility Fractures | NEJM
Making integrated fracture liaison services a routine part of postfracture care could help reduce disparities in care — and may offer a useful model for the management of other chronic diseases.
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Matteo Cesari @macesari.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
The value of healthy #ageing: Estimating the #economic value of #health using time use data 👉 Healthy older people create economic value by engaging in non-market activities #Prevention #Aging #Care #PublicHealth www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The value of healthy ageing: Estimating the economic value of health using time use data
Economic arguments in favour of investing in health and health care are important for policy making, yet demonstrating the potential economic gains as…
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NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs) @nihrarcs.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
#ARCadvent day 5️⃣: @unibirmingham.bsky.social researchers funded by Birmingham BRC & @arc-wm.bsky.social developed a toolkit to guide representative & equitable inclusion in clinical research. REP-EQUITY describes 7 key questions to consider when planning & recruiting arc-wm.nihr.ac.uk/rep-equity/
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Top ARC stories of the year 
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Seven key questions for more equitable & representative research

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Pete Moore @paintoolkit.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Useful tips for those interested in Supported Self Management The 16 communication skills of top performers youtu.be/oe64JcjUVnk?... via @YouTube #SelfmgtLIVING-Works
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The 16 communication skills of top performers
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Adam Gordon MBE @adamgordon1978.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
An interview by Bart’s Life Sciences with @proflizsampson.bsky.social and me about our proposed work at the Academic Centre for Healthy Ageing bartslifesciences.org/transforming...
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Transforming Healthy Ageing: Insights from the Pioneers Leading the Academic Centre for Healthy Ageing - Barts Life Sciences
Welcome to this special interview with two of the three distinguished professors who have been appointed as Professorial Chairs for the newly established Academic Centre for Healthy Ageing (ACHA) at B...
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Christopher McCrum @chrismccrum.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Just published in Journal of Frailty, Sarcopenia and Falls: About Falls Efficacy: A commentary on “World guidelines for falls prevention and management for older adults: a global initiative” Great work by Shawn to lead this discussion! Free to read here: www.jfsf.eu/Article.php?...
Screenshot of article title: About Falls Efficacy: A commentary on “World guidelines for falls prevention and management for older adults: a global initiative”
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Katie Sheehan @katiejsheehan.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
So many fantastic workshop suggestions coming through! If you are interested/have an idea and want to be linked to like minded people across the globe to develop a workshop....then drop me a message (k.sheehan@qmul.ac.uk). Very keen to bring new faces to the Fragility Fracture Network!
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Katie Sheehan @katiejsheehan.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
🌟Advanced Clinical Academic Fellow🌟 🔊 Closing Dec 11th 🔊 ▶️ At NIHR BRC, Barts Health & @qmul.ac.uk ▶️ 50:50 clinical: academic 🌟 Post 1: Ortho inpatients + research supported by me 🌟 Post 2: MSK outpatients + research supported by Dylan Morrissey ▶️ Apply 👇 qmul-jobs.tal.net/vx/mobile-0/...
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Advanced Clinical Academic Fellow X2 - QMUL Jobs
ID: 4158. Title: Advanced Clinical Academic Fellow X2 . Application Deadline:
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Dr Victoria Shepherd @vickylshepherd.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
📢4 days left📢 until our webinar introducing the CONSULT e-learning on trials involving adults with impaired capacity to consent - plus an opportunity to ask our expert panel about the key challenges you encounter! 📆5th Dec 🕑2-3pm 🔗register tinyurl.com/2s3nmbz7 #InclusiveResearch #ClinicalTrials
Flyer for upcoming webinar to launch CONSULT Training 5th Dec 2-3pm
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Dr. Casey Fiesler @cfiesler.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Hi, so I've spent the past almost-decade studying research uses of public social media data, like e.g. ML researchers using content from Twitter, Reddit, and Mastodon. Anyway, buckle up this is about to be a VERY long thread with lots of thoughts and links to papers. 🧵
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Katie Sheehan @katiejsheehan.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
🌟🌟JOB ALERT 🌟🌟 Predoctoral Clinical Academic Fellow in Hand Therapy 40% research 60% clinical Work with field leader Dr Lisa Newington to develop and lead your own projects, & access our clinical academic training programme! come join us!! apply 👇 qmul-jobs.tal.net/vx/mobile-0/...
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Predoctoral Clinical Academic Fellow in Hand Therapy - QMUL Jobs
ID: 4490. Title: Predoctoral Clinical Academic Fellow in Hand Therapy . Application Deadline:
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Alison Hoens @physioktbroker.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
🧪 Struggling to explain correlation? Consider using some examples from www.tylervigen.com/spurious-cor...
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Spurious Correlations
Correlation is not causation: thousands of charts of real data showing actual correlations between ridiculous variables.
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Rhea Liang @liangrhea.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Re-upping this excellent article pointing out the many problems with a 'Barriers and Enablers' approach. It's binary, reductionist, atheoretical, doesn't take sufficient account of context, and is ill suited to #complexity. 👎 #AcademicSky #MedSky #MedEd journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Rana Awdish MD @ranaawdish.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Is sharing our writing a thing here? 😊 Proud of this piece because it represents the work of so many trying to make medicine and communication better for our patients. #MedSky www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/action/showP...
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Greta Rait @grait.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
We created a resource for people with #dementia, carers and health and social care professionals including social prescribers #dementiasupport www.forwardwithdementia.org/en/
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Feel better prepared › Forward With Dementia [uk]
Find your way forward after diagnosis...
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Sally Greenbrook @sallygreenbrook.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
And that's a wrap on @adamgordon1978.bsky.social's presidency at @gerisoc.bsky.social as he hands the chain of office to @jkdhesi.bsky.social. #BGSconf
Professor Adam Gordon places the chain of office over Professor Jugdeep Dhesi's head.
Professor Jugdeep Dhesi speaks at a lectern. She wears a silver chain of office.
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Katie Sheehan @katiejsheehan.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
📢 📢 Job alert: Orthopaedic Lead Research Associate, Barts Health! Join a fab team with national recognition for excellence in delivering research in MSK/Orthopaedics. Work closely with our team at Bone & Joint Health, QMUL Open to AHP/Nurses (B7) Apply 👇 www.bartshealth.nhs.uk/jobs/#!/job/...
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Job vacancies at Barts Heath NHS Trust
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Claire Dow @clairedow1.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
E-learning tool available via learninghub.nhs.uk for all staff working with older adults to develop awareness and recognition of depression as well as talking to older adults about depression ##BGSConf
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Claire Dow @clairedow1.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
How concerns of falling can affect your gait and balance #BGSConf
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Katie Sheehan @katiejsheehan.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
📢 📢 FRAGILITY FRACTURE NETWORK WORKSHOPS CALL Global Congress Porto Oct 1-4 2025 Workshops call open! Jan 15th deadline. Share your work to support patients with fragility fractures globally Proposal form and guidance at link 👇 fragilityfracturenetwork.org
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Katie Sheehan @katiejsheehan.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
🌟 🌟 🌟 JOB OPPORTUNITY 🌟 🌟 🌟 Research Assistant/Postdoctoral Research Assistant APPLY 👇 Come join a fantastic team Barts Bone & Joint Health @QMUL to work on a @UKRI_News rehabilitation and fragility fractures research programme! Deadline 05/12/2024 qmul-jobs.tal.net/vx/candidate...
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Katie Sheehan @katiejsheehan.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
🥳🥳🥳JOB OPPORTUNITY -2 POSTS! 🥳🥳🥳 Advanced Clinical Academic Fellow (MSK/Orthopaedics) with @BartsBRC 50:50 research:clinical (up to 8a) Come join a fantastic team!!! apply 👇 qmul-jobs.tal.net/vx/mobile-0/...
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Advanced Clinical Academic Fellow X2 - QMUL Jobs
ID: 4158. Title: Advanced Clinical Academic Fellow X2 . Application Deadline:
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Claire Copeland @sparklystar55.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
I have the conversation a lot in my day job! Trying to invest in prevention (ideally in community) while responding to crisis (and subsequent government targets/metrics) #bgsconf #gerisky #choosegeriatrics #frustrating
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Helen Hương Kilminster @hpillminster.pharmsky.app · 21/11/2024
So I’ve a created another starter pack! Please let me know if i’ve missed an account to follow. #PharmSky you know what to do 🪄 go.bsky.app/B74j3LM
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Ríona Mc Ardle @rionamcardle.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Looking forward to running this webinar on 3rd December, looking at physical mobility issues in dementia, current challenges for mobility support in dementia and how we might address this through a socio-ecological approach. Link below if you’re interested! search.app/dsZi5p4Scovb...
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Webinar 'Characterising and supporting mobility impairments in dementia from a socio-ecological perspective'
NPi cursussen voor fysiotherapeuten, oefentherapeuten en ergotherapeuten. Hou uw kennis in beweging.
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Katie Sheehan @katiejsheehan.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Real-world mobility recovery after hip fracture 5,909 observation days Median daily total walking duration ⬆️ until 36 weeks reaching 40 min Daily sit-to-stand-to-walk transfers plateau after 6 weeks with <40 transfers academic.oup.com/ageing/artic...
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Real-world mobility recovery after hip fracture: secondary analyses of digital mobility outcomes from four randomized controlled trials
AbstractBackground. The main focus of rehabilitation following hip fracture is to regain mobility.Objectives. To estimate the progression of real-world mob
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Katie Sheehan @katiejsheehan.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Persistent postsurgical pain in hip fracture patients. A prospective longitudinal study with multifaceted assessment journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Katie Sheehan @katiejsheehan.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Facilitating the transition from hospital to home after hip fracture surgery: a qualitative study from the HIP HELPER trial > ineffective communication, > disjointed systems, > untimely services > 'it's more than just the hip' bmcgeriatr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Facilitating the transition from hospital to home after hip fracture surgery: a qualitative study from the HIP HELPER trial - BMC Geriatrics
Background People post-hip fracture have reported experiences of fragmented care and poor discharge planning, therefore improvements in patient flow are required. This study reports the challenges peo...
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Adam Gordon MBE @adamgordon1978.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
The second, newer, version of the Electronic Frailty Index is discussed by Eileen Burns as a means of population segmentation to focus frailty initiatives @gerisoc.bsky.social #BGSConf arc-yh.nihr.ac.uk/research/pro...
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Development and national implementation of eFI-2 - ARC
Currently, the UK and international guidelines support routine identification of frailty in primary care to enable timely and targeted care for older people.
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Dr Stephen Ashford @stephenashfordpt.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
#nihramc24 What contributes to Impact?
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Janis Fiedler @fiejanis.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Introducing the #Wearable Landscape: Issues pertaining to the validation of the measurement of 24-h physical activity, sedentary, and sleep behavior assessment. doi.org/10.1016/j.js... The 900+ validation studies are displayed on the accompanying website: wearable-landscape.info/living-review
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Jugdeep Dhesi @jkdhesi.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
So many important issues raised by @scarlettmcnally.bsky.social - realities of perioperative care, workforce, education and training, honest communication, and #shareddecisionmaking Please read and let us know what you think @CPOC @gerisoc.bsky.social #POPS
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Katie Sheehan @katiejsheehan.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
🥳🥳🥳JOB OPPORTUNITY -2 POSTS! 🥳🥳🥳 Advanced Clinical Academic Fellow (MSK/Orthopaedics) with @BartsBRC 50:50 research:clinical (up to 8a) Come join a fantastic team!!! apply 👇 qmul-jobs.tal.net/vx/mobile-0/...
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Advanced Clinical Academic Fellow X2 - QMUL Jobs
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Katie Sheehan @katiejsheehan.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
🌟 🌟 🌟 JOB OPPORTUNITY 🌟 🌟 🌟 Research Assistant/Postdoctoral Research Assistant APPLY 👇 Come join a fantastic team Barts Bone & Joint Health @QMUL to work on a @UKRI_News rehabilitation and fragility fractures research programme! Deadline 05/12/2024 qmul-jobs.tal.net/vx/candidate...
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Katie Sheehan @katiejsheehan.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
📢 📢 FRAGILITY FRACTURE NETWORK WORKSHOPS CALL Global Congress Porto Oct 1-4 2025 Workshops call open! Jan 15th deadline. Share your work to support patients with fragility fractures globally Proposal form and guidance at link 👇 fragilityfracturenetwork.org
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