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Sarah Alderson

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GP & Associate Prof in Primary Care & Implementation Science @ Uni of Leeds Audit & Feedback, healthcare behaviour change, reduces opioid prescribing, SMART designs, wild swim, run, aerial hoop, knit & crochet “Thinks too much & too little” #ImpSci #MedSci

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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · Nov 8

I’ve started an implementation science research starter list. Let me know if you would like to join in!

go.bsky.app/5zGNTnB

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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · Sep 8

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🧑‍⚕️However, we found that primary care prescribers also need systematized creatinine clearance calculation in electronic health records for easy coding to further improve patient safety & reduce harms from medicines in older age 🩺

@au-primarycareuol.bsky.social @wy-icb-research.bsky.social

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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · Sep 8

📣 New paper published❗️

🫘We know kidney function declines with age, increasing risk of harm of many medicines 💊

📉 We showed that providing feedback to primary care on prescribing in reduced kidney function is both feasible and acceptable 😀… [1/2]

📖 Read more here 👇

doi.org/10.1093/famp...

Creatinine clearance, reduced kidney function, and optimizing prescribing safety through practice feedback: a mixed methods study

AbstractBackground. Kidney function declines with age, increasing risk of harm from raised blood levels of many medicines. Prescribing is often inappropria

doi.org

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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · Sep 6

Pleased with my time - managed to knock 30 minutes off my practice run 😀. Rather tired and sore now 😅 - might allow myself a rest tomorrow 🤣

Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · Sep 6

Lovely weather and a great day at the @heights_ultra_trail festival with the @slaithwaitestriders gang! My longest run yet - the Heights 27km Wessenden trail (28.5km on Garmin) 💪

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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · Aug 23

Chelmsford Central #ParkRun no. 16 🏃
I've wanted to do my childhood home town @parkrunuk.bsky.social for a while. Forgot how lovely Central Park is!
🤦 Missed the start by ~5 mins (thanks SatNav!)
Official time - 37m 24s

#loveparkrun #running #loverunning #runhappy #runnerslife #runningcommunity

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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · Aug 23

🙋 New paper alert! 📣
🤔 How do you define a Learning Health System?
We argue that the definition should include integrated rigorous effectiveness evaluations as a criterion👇
@au-primarycareuol.bsky.social @wy-icb-research.bsky.social @bethancopsey.bsky.social @complexleedsctru.bsky.social

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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · Aug 7

The @arc-yharc.bsky.social YouTube channel has lots of fantastic short videos to explore on a wide range of improvement science topics to explore 📺🩺📈

Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · Aug 7

A great research snapshot by Dr Qandeel Shah on how she obtained rich and informative data using rapid ethnography in her PhD within a limited timeframe 👇

#ImpSci #ResearchMethods

youtu.be/RczeobLmntE?...

Improvement Science Snapshot- Rapid Ethnography

YouTube video by NIHR ARC Yorkshire and Humber

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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · Jul 29

Her research on "De-implementation of low-value practices (clinical and non- clinical) in UK mental health services: A patient perspective" will be available to read soon(-ish!)

Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · Jul 29

Proud supervisor moment! 🤩

So lovely to see Qandeel Shah on her doctoral graduation🎓 at University of Leeds today! I really enjoyed supervising her with the great team of Prof Rebecca Lawton & Dr Edmund Breckin. Wishing her all the best in the next part of her career 👏

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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · Jul 12

Park Run no. 15 for me & a very hot but lovely one! This is a nice route and there is a fair bit of shade on the way round too. I got to meet one of my lovely online running friends in person for the first time. We nattered all the way round & nattered over brunch afterwards. 😀
#ParkRunLove #ParkRun

Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · Jul 10

Stunning Buck Moon rising tonight 🌝

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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · Jul 5

This is a lovely event! Hoping the smoking dragons will be there again 😄
#IMC2025

University of Leeds @universityofleeds.bsky.social · Jul 4

The International Medieval Congress is back next week from 7 to 10 July ⚔️
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@imc-leeds.bsky.social, Europe’s largest forum for sharing ideas in medieval studies, will draw medievalists from over 60 countries, and we expect to welcome thousands of attendees 👇

www.imc.leeds.ac.uk

#IMC2025

Person in medieval armour riding a horse at the Leeds International Medieval Congress, with colourful banners and spectators in the background.

Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · Jun 27

The best people are 😉

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Palliative care at the University of Leeds @au-palliativecare.bsky.social · Jun 25

Congratulations to Noah and Robbie on this recent publication on using audit to identify where improvement is needed and providing feedback to healthcare professionals.
www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Audit, Feedback, and Behaviour Change

Cambridge Core - Medicine: General Interest - Audit, Feedback, and Behaviour Change

www.cambridge.org

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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · Jun 21

That was a hot ParkRun number 14! Far too hot for this (now) northern lass 🥵 Lovely route though and I was so grateful for the few bits of shade 😎

#ParkRun #LoveParkRun #runforfun #runforhealth #parkruntourist

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University of Leeds @universityofleeds.bsky.social · Jun 19

The University has placed in the top 100 universities in the world for the 8th year in a row, moving up to 13th position among the 90 UK institutions on the list 🙌

The QS World University Rankings were released today, and Leeds is ranked 86th in the world.

Four students talk in front of the Great Hall

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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · Jun 6

Fern Harvey’s fab poster presentation of her systematic review on process evaluations for complex intervention trials. Better reporting of context, mechanisms of action and fidelity would enable greater learning about successful interventions #ImpSci #EIE2025 @au-primarycareuol.bsky.social

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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · Jun 6

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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · Jun 5

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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · Jun 5

I have added you ☺️

Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · Jun 5

A fantastic opening to the conference by Leah Bürhmann and @annetteboaz.bsky.social 👏

Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · Jun 4

Done! 👍

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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · Jun 4

Added you ☺️

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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · Jun 4

On the train to Newcastle for #EIE2025 😀 Looking forward to catching up with colleagues old & new