South West Clinical School Journal
Editor in Chief
- Dr Frazer Underwood, Associate Clinical Professor (Honorary) and Joint Director of the South West Clinical School in Cornwall.
The South West Clinical Schools is a collaboration between the University of Plymouth and the NHS to encourage nurses, midwives and allied health professionals to explore how evidence informs practice and to challenge current thinking in the context of what the evidence tells us. This often results in trying out new ideas and new ways of working, that in turn stimulates research ideas to develop and be applied. The South West Clinical School Journal aims to share and celebrate evidence informed practice. The journal has evolved to capture the evidence implementation experiences and research activity of nurses, midwives, allied health professionals and other non-medical clinical colleagues. For some colleagues the journal provides a route to their first formal publication.
Current Issue: Volume 5, Number 4 (2025)
Editorial
Cornwall South West Clinical School Fellows
Co-Designing pre-operative patient information and evaluating its impact on post-operative pain in a surgical ward setting
Bilkisu Yahaya
Improving adoption of evidence-based guidelines on exercise for depression in an adult community mental health team
Jack Richards
Assessing the awareness and understanding of microaggression among the staff in a critical care unit
Sangeeta Gyawali
Co-designing a staff intervention to provide meaningful activities for patients on an acute older people’s ward
Niyatiben Bhoi
Somerset South West Clinical School Fellows
Advanced practitioner’s skills in communicating bad news to patients: a service evaluation project proposal
Olga Richardt
Theatre staff knowledge and practice in the use of surgical robotics: a service evaluation project proposal
Sandhya Rani Sudhakar Puli
Understanding and knowledge of theatre staff about surgical positioning: a service evaluation project proposal
Naila Janifer
Women’s hormonal mental health assessment in Home Treatment Services: a service evaluation project proposal
Carolyn Broom
Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Series
Co-producing an online antenatal educational programme on pelvic floor dysfunction with birthing people
Thea Jackson
PIXAR service evaluation – patient and public involvement on the Isles of Scilly: informing research through lived experience
Samuel Huczmann
Regional #400 Words: Action + Knowledge
Exercise groups in stroke and neurorehabilitation: a service evaluation
Anna Lloyd and Angie Logan
Expiratory muscle strength training after total laryngectomy: a review of the literature
Sarah Fletcher
JBI evidence implementation project: developing an educational intervention for frozen shoulder
Laura Tapp
Neuroprotection of patients after an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a clinical audit project proposal
Rebecca Russell
Improving efficiency in phlebotomy and investigation services: A quality improvement project
Irene Okumu-Taylor
Regional #400 Words: Research Report
Cognitive assessment in day surgical recovery of elderly patients: the CARE study
Archana Shajidevadas and Jos Latour
