Joanne Coster BA, MSc
Research Associate
Address:
Medical Care Research Unit
Health Services Research
School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR)
University of Sheffield
Regent Court, 30 Regent Street
Sheffield S1 4DA
Tel: (+44) (0)114 222 0854
Fax: (+44) (0)114 222 0749
Email: J.E.Coster@sheffield.ac.uk
Room: 3013
Biography
I joined the Medical Care Research Unit in 2007 as part of a team evaluating innovations in urgent care services for the Department of Health. Prior to this I was based in the Public Health Section of ScHARR as a Project Manager for a large Department of Health funded project, which developed methodologies for and evaluated quality and safety of patient care through case note review. Since joining the MCRU I have undertaken a number of projects in relation to emergency care and urgent care, in particular using and/or linking large routine datasets to analyse policy initiatives or establish the frequency of events. I am currently part of a team working on a 5 year NIHR Programme Grant to develop new ways of measuring the quality of ambulance service care. I am also undertaking a PhD which is linked to the NIHR Programme Grant.
Research Interests
My research interests are in emergency and urgent care systems, in particular the evaluation of new services, quality of care and routine data analysis and linking.
Teaching Interests
I contribute to the supervision and marking of Masters dissertations and I also undertake small group facilitation for the MBChB in relation to study design, critical appraisal (RCTs and Systematic Reviews) and medical statistics.
Professional Activities
- I am part of the Early Career Researchers’ Committee for the Society for Social Medicine and a full SSM committee member
- I am a reviewer for the International Journal for Quality in Healthcare and the International Journal of Care Pathways
- I was awarded a Health Services Research Training Grant in order to undertake the MSc in Health Services Research and Technology Assessment at the University of Sheffield
Current Projects
- NIHR Programme – Development of new ambulance service performance measures
Key Publications
- Hutchinson A, Coster JE, Cooper KL, McIntosh A, Walters SJ, Bath PA, Pearson M, Rantell K, Campbell MJ, Nicholl J, Irwin P. Assessing quality of care from hospital case notes: comparison of reliability of two methods. Quality and Safety in Health Care Qual Saf Health Care 2010 19: 1-6
- Hutchinson A, Coster JE, Cooper KL, McIntosh A, Walters SJ, Bath PA, et al. Comparison of case note review methods for evaluating quality and safety in health care. Health Technology Assessment 2010;14(10)
- Coster J, O’Cathain A, Nicholl J, Sailsbury C. User satisfaction with commuter walk-in centres. British Journal of General Practice, 2009. 59;569:934-939 940-942
- O’Cathain A, Coster J, Nicholl J, Sailsbury C. Do walk-in centres for commuters work? A mixed methods evaluation. British Journal of General Practice, 2009. 59;569:934-939
- Dean JE, Hutchinson A Hamilton Escoto K, Lawson R. Using a multi-method, user centred, prospective hazard analysis to assess care quality and patient safety in a care pathway. BMC Health Services Research 2007, 7:89
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Section
I am based in the Medical Care Research Unit in Health Services Research