Qualitative research during Coronavirus lockdown

If you are an academic who has qualitative research projects planned, you may be wondering how to collect your data while the world is on lockdown to limit the spread of coronavirus? Self-isolation and social-distancing measures do not need to mean an indefinite delay to your project. There are, in fact, tried and tested ways … Read more

Can real-life mental health stories help people?

Listening to mental health stories

For more than 15 years we’ve shared videos of people talking about their health stories on our website healthtalk.org. Our aim is to help other people with the same health problem. Our own surveys tell us that we certainly are helping people. We help them to feel reassured, better prepared for the future and above … Read more

Fiona Stevenson and Bob Gann join Dipex as trustees

The Dipex Charity welcomes Bob Gann and Fiona Stevenson to the board of trustees. Both were voted in at the charity’s AGM in December.  “We’re really pleased to welcome Bob and Fiona as new Trustee to Dipex.” said Chair of Trustees, Professor Sean Hilton.  “Their expertise, commitment and enthusiasm will be invaluable during the next … Read more

Tess McPherson joins Dipex as a Trustee

Dr. Tess McPherson brings a wealth of skills to Dipex by joining the Board of trustees. We are also pleased to maintain the charity’s link with the family of our late co-founder Ann McPherson. Staff and trustees at the Dipex Charity are delighted to welcome Tess McPherson to the Board of trustees. Dr. Tess McPherson … Read more

Join our trustee board

We’re looking for professional and enthusiastic volunteers to join our board of trustees. Dipex is a small charity that helps millions of people each year, mainly through our website healthtalk.org (which received 7million+ visits in 2018). Since 2001, healthtalk.org has done this by sharing real people’s health stories – collected by Oxford University researchers – … Read more

Health service improvement using patient videos.

health service improvement in intensive care

Research out today shows that healthtalk.org videos are effective tools for health service improvement in intensive care units (ICUs). The study by Darbyshire and Hinton talks about how our patient stories inspired ICU staff to make changes that reduced noise levels. The problem with noise and intensive care. Noise levels in ICUs are often far … Read more

Medical education; better results with patient stories.

Using patient videos in medical education

Research by Snow et al came out today that looks at how patient stories can improve medical education. It shows that students can get better grades in their clinical skills exams when they have seen patients share their experiences. The study compares two groups of students who took an online course about the colposcopy, a … Read more