"GSF Evaluation is intrinsic in all programmes, including measures of progress as well as impact assessment"
GSF - UK Evaluations
The many GSF Measures, Evaluations and metrics are in 2 groups
1. Measures for improvement ​
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Target practice exercise before and after showing areas of strength and weakness
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Organisational questionnaires- comparative and colour matched against key processes to demonstrate progress
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Trackers – 5 QI run charts to assess progress in the place of work, repeated and built upon to show progress
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Staff confidence survey before and after training demonstrating change and areas for future need
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2. Measures for assessment and accreditation
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Key Outcomes Ratios eg numbers and proportion identified, numbers and proportions offered ACP, numbers dying in preferred place of choice
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Audit -on-line After Death Analysis before and after
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Portfolio of evidence for Accreditation
Previous research projects include:
Current research projects and abstracts for conferences include.
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KT’s Masters at Cardiff BJGP Bill Noble Sheffield
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Use of GSF in primary care Warwick University Dan Munday 2005
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Comparison of GSF facilitation in primary care Warwick University Munday
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Use of After Death Analysis Uni Birmingham Collette Clifford
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GSF Care Homes Uni Birmingham monitoring tool Collette Clifford 2006
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Distress Thermometer for the Elderly University of Birmingham 2007 Jan R Oyebode, Jennifer Dilworth
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Primary Care Uni of Birmingham Karen Shaw University of Birmingham 2008
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Advance Care Planning in Primary care Scott Murray Edinburgh University
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Paediatric palliative care study – Karen Shaw NIHR
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Education and enablement of Generalists – linked to SDO proposals
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Use of Prognostic Indicator Guidance - with Edinburgh University
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Use of other prognostic tools – international collaboration
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Team working analysis in care homes Uni Birmingham- 07
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Integrated cross boundary care and development of pilot metrics 2018
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Benefits of being a ‘gold’ patient 2019
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Improving End of Life care in Care Homes- use of GSF 2019
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Ongoing evaluation of care homes with GSF Centre, Kings College etc Sleeman
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Denmark Oslo University pilot on Advance care planning – cluster randomised control - Reider Peterson, Trygve Johannes 2000 onwards
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Abstracts submitted for EAPC 2021 on implementation of GSF during COVID in :-
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Primary care and care homes (Laura Pugh)
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Primary care and ICS integrated care (with Julie Barker)
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Whole hospital (with Jo Bowman Dudley Hospital)
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Use of GSF on a CCU (with Rob Huggett Dudley Hospital )
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Retirement villages (with Shirley Hall )