Dr Rebecca Mawson

MD, BSc, MBChB, MRCGP, DRCOG, DFRSH

Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health

NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Primary Care

r.l.mawson@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 2214

+44 114 222 2219 (fax)

Sam Fox House, Northern General Hospital

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Dr Rebecca Mawson
Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health
Sam Fox House
Northern General Hospital
Herries Road
Sheffield
S5 7AU

Profile

I studied medicine at the University of Leeds, graduating in 2010. After completing foundation training in Leeds and Dewsbury, I worked in Christchurch, New Zealand for 18 months working in obstetrics and gynaecology. I completed my GP training in Harrogate in 2014 before moving to my home town of Sheffield.

My particular area of interest is around addressing inequalities in sexual and reproductive health provision in primary care. In 2014, I started working at the University of Sheffield and was awarded an NIHR In-Practice Training Fellowship in 2016. I completed my MD in 2022 exploring inequalities in sexual and reproductive health in general practice.

I started my NIHR CL post in April 2023 and have focused on various areas of sexual and reproductive health including contraception access and experience of under-represented populations, menopause care and HIV in primary care. I also have a special interest in primary care research around endometriosis and PCOS.

Research interests

Determining the barriers and facilitators for general practice to address inequalities in sexual and reproductive healthcare access and uptake from the patient and provider perspective.
Implementing asymptomatic screening in primary care – including HIV and self-testing
Teaching
Practice nurse education sessions – PLI for Sheffield.
Medical student teaching – research methods. Diversity and ethnicity lectures.
Organise seminar programme for Academic unit of Primary care.
Contributor to Guidelines in practice and Pulse educational sessions.

Publications

Journal articles

Mitchell C, Fryer K, Guess N, Aminu H, Jackson B, Gordon A, Reynolds J, Huang Q, Jayasooriya S, Mawson R , Lawy T et al (2023) Underserved ‘Deep End’ populations: a critical analysis addressing the power imbalance in research. British Journal of General Practice, 73(732), 326-329. View this article in WRRO
Hinchliff S, Mawson R, Malta S & Cliff G (2023) How to support the sexual wellbeing of older patients. British Medical Journal, 380.
Linton E, Mawson R, Hodges V & Mitchell C (2023) Understanding barriers to using long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs) in primary care: a qualitative evidence synthesis. BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health.
Mawson R & Hynes C (2023) Endometriosis; the primary care challenges of making a diagnosis. Clinical Focus Primary Care, 14(2).
Collini P & Mawson RL (2023) A new era of HIV care for age-associated multimorbidity. Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 36(1), 9-14. View this article in WRRO
Ye L, Whitaker LHR, Mawson RL & Hickey M (2022) Easily missed: Endometriosis. British Medical Journal (BMJ), 379.
Mawson RL (2017) Practical implementation tips: sexual and reproductive health. Guidelines in Practice, 20(12), 44-49.
Mawson RL (2017) Facial rashes: what’s the diagnosis?. Guidelines in Practice, 20(5), 9-16.
Mawson RL (2016) Practical implementation tips: acne. Guidelines In Practice, 19(9), 44-52.
Mawson RL (2016) Practical implementation tips: rosacea. Guidelines in Practice, 19(6), 60-66.
Mawson RL (2015) Practical implementation tips: psoriasis. Guidelines in Practice, 18(12), 45-52.

Chapters

Layton AM & Mawson RL (2014) Adult Acne In khanna N & Kubba R (Ed.), Dermatology: Acne (pp. 128-143). Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd. View this article in WRRO

Book reviews

Mawson R (2022) How to balance science and compassion in menopause care. BJGP Life.
Mawson R (2021) Unwell women: misdiagnosis and myth in a man-made world. BJGP Life.

Conference proceedings papers

Lehane D, Mawson R & Mitchell C (2017) What factors influence access by new migrant and BME women to NHS cervical screening? Has the screening programme been adapted to improve uptake for these groups of women? A systematic narrative metasynthesis. Society for Academic Primary Care National Conference 2017, 12 July 2017 - 12 July 2017.

Website content

Mawson R Trichomonas Vaginalis: Identify, Investigate, and Refer.

Theses / Dissertations

Mawson R Understanding access to Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (SRH) in General Practice using the Candidacy Framework.

Other

Mawson RL (2017) Rosacea: eLearning Module.