Dr Freya Davies
Clinical Research Fellow
- Email:
- daviesf9@cardiff.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 (0)29 2068 7226
- Location:
- 3rd floor, Neuadd Meirionnydd, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4YS
I am a GP Clinical Research Fellow. I am particularly interested in the role of self-management in long-term conditions. My current work is exploring how the support for self-management provided to people with long term neurological conditions could be improved through health professional training.
Education and qualifications
- 2015: Masters in Medical Education, University of Dundee
- 2011: MRCGP, Royal College of General Practitioners
- 2006: MB BCh, Cardiff University
Career overview
- 2015 - present: Clinical Research Fellow, PRIME Centre Wales
- 2012 - 2015: Associate Academic Fellow, Cardiff University
2019
- Cooper, A.et al. 2019. Taxonomy of the form and function of primary care services in or alongside emergency departments: concepts paper. Emergency Medicine Journal 36(10), pp. 625-630. (10.1136/emermed-2018-208305)
- Cooper, A.et al. 2019. The impact of general practitioners working in or alongside emergency departments: a rapid realist review. BMJ Open 9(4), article number: e024501. (10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024501)
2018
- Davies, F.et al. 2018. Shifting mindsets: a realist synthesis of evidence from self-management support training. Medical Education 52(3), pp. 274-287. (10.1111/medu.13492)
2017
- Ahmed, H.et al. 2017. Long-term antibiotics for prevention of recurrent urinary tract infection in older adults: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials. BMJ Open 7(5), pp. e015233. (10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015233)
- Davies, F.et al. 2017. Interventions to improve the self-management support health professionals provide for people with progressive neurological conditions: protocol for a realist synthesis. BMJ Open 7, article number: e014575. (10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014575)
2016
- Davies, F.et al. 2016. The transition to secondary progressive multiple sclerosis: an exploratory qualitative study of health professionals' experiences. International Journal of MS Care 18(5), pp. 257-264. (10.7224/1537-2073.2015-062)
2015
- Joseph-Williams, N.et al. 2015. Choosing a specialist: will patients vote with their feet (and wallets) for person-centered care?. Medical Decision Making 35(6), pp. 688-690. (10.1177/0272989X15583267)
- Davies, F.et al. 2015. "You are just left to get on with it": qualitative study of patient and carer experiences of the transition to secondary progressive multiple sclerosis. BMJ Open 5(7), article number: e007674. (10.1136/bmjopen-2015-007674)
2014
- Davies, F.et al. 2014. Primary and secondary care clinicians? views on self-treatment of COPD exacerbations: A multinational qualitative study. Patient Education and Counseling 96(2), pp. 256-263. (10.1016/j.pec.2014.05.011)