Dr Rachel O'Hara
BSc, MSc, CPsychol
School of Medicine and Population Health
Senior Lecturer in Public Health
Chartered Occupational Psychologist
+44 114 222 0680
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School of Medicine and Population Health
2nd Floor
Regent Court (ScHARR)
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA
- Profile
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I am a Chartered Occupational Psychologist with a specific interest in occupational health and safety. My first degree was in Human Communication, followed by a postgraduate diploma in Psychology and an MSc in Occupational Psychology. In 1999 I completed a part-time doctorate at the 海角社区 of Sheffield, studying the management of musculoskeletal pain at work.
I have been at the 海角社区 of Sheffield since 2006 and am a Senior Lecturer in Public Health. I previously worked at the Health and Safety Laboratory (HSL) conducting research on safety and risk management. Prior to that I was employed as lecturer in Psychology and Communication Skills at Imperial College School of Medicine.Current and recent projects
- Goodacre S, Fletcher A, Hutchinson A, Nicholl J, Coster J, Gibson A, O'Hara R. Safety for Patients through Quality Review (SPQR). DOH PRP (16-02-03). Jun 2017-May 2019. 拢551,743.
- O'Cathain A, Coster J, Jacques R, James C, Knowles E, Marsh M, O'Hara R, Siriwardena N, Turner J, Williams J, Hughes R. Understanding variation in rates of ambulance service 鈥榥on-conveyance of patients to an emergency department鈥�. NIHR/HS&DR 13/54/75 Jan 2015-April 2017, 拢385,634.
- O鈥橦ara R, O'Keefe C, Johnson M. Pre-hospital care for patients in the Y&H region presenting to the Ambulance Service with issues related to mental health problems. CLAHRC RCF Avoidable Attendances and Admissions theme in collaboration with the mental health theme. Jul 2014-Mar 2015, 拢25,000.
- O'Hara R, Mason S, Turner J, Siriwardena A N, Quinn T, Weymann A, Shewan J, Hirst E. Decision making and safety in emergency care transitions.
NIHR/SDO 10/1007/53, May 2011-October 2013, 拢168,690. - Parry G, Barkham M, Curran J, Saxon D, Chambers E, O'Hara R. Understanding and preventing adverse effects of psychological therapies (AdEPT), NIHR/RfPB, January 2011 - May 2014, 拢262,000.
- Mason S, O'Keefe C, O'Hara R, Carter A, Stride C, Needham G, Fletcher A, Grant J, Darlison B. The impact of foundation doctor training on workforce wellbeing and patient care (EDiT), NIHR/SDO 08/1819/221, August 2008- July 2012, 拢474,678.
- Research interests
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My current research interests include:
- Patient safety
- Human factors in healthcare
- Safety culture
I am interested in supervising research students in topics/areas such as Patient Safety, Organisational Culture and Safety Culture in Healthcare.
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PhD Students
- Loren De Freitas: Evaluating an emergency department using process mapping
- Habiba Saddiq: Obstetric adverse events and contributory factors in Nigeria.
- Paul Griffiths: Organisational culture, quality improvement and efficiency savings in the NHS.
- Teaching interests
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My current teaching responsibilities include:
- Theme lead for Public Health teaching (Behavioural and Population Health Sciences) in Phase 2a and 3b of the Undergraduate Medical Degree (MBChB).
- Supervision of masters dissertations
- Supervision of postgraduate research students.
My teaching interests and activities are in the areas of Psychology Applied to Medicine and Health Behaviour, Patient Safety, Evidence Based Medicine and Critical Appraisal.
- Professional activities and memberships
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- Member of the British Psychological Society
- Member of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology
- Associate Member of the Ergonomics Society