An EPIC Animation

by Lynne Goodacre | Jun 14, 2016 | EPIC model for engagement with research, Health research culture

Those of you who have dipped into this blog will know that last year I started writing posts about a model I have created, the EPIC model for research engagement. It felt like it was becoming a bit disconnected with occasional posts and so to bring it all together,...

Crowdfunding Research: democratisation of research funding or unethical practice?

by Lynne Goodacre | Apr 7, 2016 | Health research culture

An article published by the Guardian Healthcare Network this week, Researchers turn to crowdfunding to develop Alzheimer’s Drug  has taken me back to a conversation I had last year about the potential role of crowdfunding in health research. This was something I...

EPIC model: communicate your interest in research

by Lynne Goodacre | Mar 7, 2016 | EPIC model for engagement with research, Health research culture

Communicate marks a point of transition in the EPIC model for engagement with research where the focus shifts from aspects of research engagement relevant to all healthcare professionals to a focus on those wishing to increase their engagement with research as part of...

What does it mean for academic papers to be available freely?

by Lynne Goodacre | Feb 13, 2016 | Health research culture

To me? A great deal. In December I started to work in independent practice and in December, for the first time in  many years I lost the ability to access freely academic journals. An interesting position to be in and one experienced by the majority of healthcare...

The EPIC Model: implementing research in practice

by Lynne Goodacre | Feb 1, 2016 | EPIC model for engagement with research, Health research culture

Not exactly a leap into the New Year with this component of the EPIC framework, more of a splutter. Having covered Explore and Promote in previous posts attention turns to the third component Implement which is proving to be a bit of a slippery character. Before we...

Moving out of a stuck conversation about health research

by Lynne Goodacre | Sep 22, 2015 | Health research culture

Have you ever found yourself in a recurring conversation, you know, the one where you have a sense of having been here before? If so, is there a point at which you begin to question why you are going round in circles? What if that conversation was centred around the...