Dr Sarah Fearn
Senior Research Fellow
Improving care
Sarah joined the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Southampton as a Senior Research Fellow in 2016 and has extensive experience carrying out research into care for people with long-term neurological conditions.
Sarah’s research often focuses on the patient perspective and she is keen to increase the participation of patients from communities whose voices have traditionally been less heard within research. She has an interest in qualitative and interpretivist approaches to health research and maximising the potential of mixed methods research designs.
She is currently working on projects that investigate the factors and events that influence care requirements for persons living with long-term neurological conditions (Neuro LTC); and the benefit and challenges associated with the use of digital and remote care for people with long-term neurological conditions (Neuro Online, Neuro Digital Outpatients).
Contact:
S.Fearn@soton.ac.uk
Recent Publications:
research projects:
EnTech (Enabling Technology): Investigating the enabling and inhibiting factors to the use of internet-based support tools for caregivers of people with dementia, and how to promote engagement
Neurological LTC: Online Integrated care platform study
Optimising Outpatients: Effective service transformation through face-to-face, remote and digital care delivery.
Neuro Digital: From Attitudes to Strategies
Outpatient perspectives
NeuroLTC
the neuroLTC team
Dr Patricia Fuller
Research Fellow
Patricia is a Research Fellow within the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Southampton.
She is currently working on the Optimising Outpatients project.
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Dr Angus Prosser
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Dr Sarah Fearn
Senior Research Fellow
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