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Natasha Doran
Natasha Doran (BA; MA; PhD) is a social scientist (medical anthropologist and medical sociologist) with an expertise in qualitative research in health.
She has collaborated on a range of research exploring doctors' health, well-being in the workplace, education, professional development and practice, as well as patients experiences of chronic illness and pain. She has presented and published in the areas of medical education, trainee doctors' stress and support mechanisms, junior doctors' experiences of personal illness, general practitioners reasons for leaving UK general practice early in their careers, pain management and social research methodology.
Current projects include a South-West academic health science network funded qualitative study evaluating a quality improvement (QI) programme for junior doctors across south-west England and a National Institute for health research funded mixed methods national study to evaluate patient safety collaboratives (PSCs) across NHS England (2015 - 2018)
Publications
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- Doran, N.J; Bethune, R; Watson, J; Finucane, K; Carson-Stevens, A. “Empowering junior doctors: A qualitative study of a QI programme in South West England” (Submitted to journal Aug 2018)
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- Doran, N.J; Fox, F.E; Rodham, K.J; Taylor, G.J; Harris, M.F. 2016 ‘Lost to the NHS: a mixed methods study of why GPs leave practice early in England’ Br J Gen Pract 2016; DOI:10.3399/bjgp16X683425
- Rodham, K.J; Fox, F.E & Doran, N.J., 2015. ‘Exploring analytical trustworthiness and the process of reaching consensus in interpretative phenomenological analysis: Lost in transcription.’ International Journal of Social Research
- Doran, N.J., 2014. ‘Qualitative Health Research, 24 (6), pp. 749-760. DOI: 10.1177/1049732314529662
- Bullock, A; Fox, F; Barnes, R; Doran, N.J; Hardyman, W; Moss, D; Stacy, M., 2013. ‘Transitions in medicine: Trainee doctor stress and support mechanisms.’ Journal of Workplace Learning. Special Issue Vol. 25 no. 6. pp.368-382 DOI: 10.1108/JWL-Jul-2012-0052
- Fox, F.E; Doran, N.J; Rodham, K.J; Taylor, G.J; Harris, M.F; O’Connor, M., 2011. ‘Junior doctors’ experiences of personal illness: a qualitative study’ Medical Education Journal, 45(12):1251-61
- Doran, N.J. (2007): ‘Journeys Through Health-Care: A Qualitative Study Exploring Perceptions and Experiences of Health Seeking for Chronic Back Pain in the North West of England’. PhD Thesis Manchester
- Doran, N. J. (2006): A Close-up of a Self-Management in Pain Programme. : 22-23.
- Doran, N.J. (1999): ‘The Medical Gaze and the Anthropological Gaze: Towards an Embodied Understanding of Pain’. MA Dissertation, Medical Anthropology, University of London SOAS.
Humanities Subjects
- Anthropology