elderly care and community medicine
Name: Dr Satinder Kumar MRCGP PhD
Academic position: Senior Lecturer in Primary Care
Research: Clinical decision-making in disease specific contexts
Clinical position: General Practitioner (two sessions)
Contact details:
Mayfield House
Brighton and Sussex Medical School
University of Brighton
Brighton BN1 9PH
UK
Tel: +44 (0)1273 644187
Fax: +44 (0)1273 644440
E-mail:
Teaching focus:
- The bio-psycho-social model and the biomedical model, how each framework operates and is applied in clinical consultations. Illustrate using concrete examples from practice how each model shapes diagnosis, management and treatment decisions taken by doctors and patients in the consultation.
- Culture, diversity and the medical profession.
- Special Study Modules: Applying qualitative methods to Health Services Research
Research focus:
To produce high quality research that has immediate relevance and impact on clinical practice, medical education and continuing professional development.
Clinical decision-making in acute and chronic conditions managed in primary care e.g. obesity, depression specifically in the context of ageing.
Patient’s beliefs and experience of illness and how these impact on professional decision-making and specifically departure from practising evidence based medicine.
The application of qualitative methods to develop an understanding of professional and patient behaviour from which context sensitive interventions are developed to promote best practice. The synergistic use of qualitative and quantitative methods in the application and evaluation of interventions.
Previous research has been funded by the MRC, DH, ESRC and NHS R&D
Other information:
- Honorary Senior Lecturer: Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester