Colin O'Keeffe BA (History) MA (Applied Social Research)

Research Associate

Health Services Research
ScHARR,
University of Sheffield
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA

Tel no: +44 (0)0114 2220780
Fax no: +44 (0)0114 2220749

email : c.okeeffe@sheffield.ac.uk

Biography

I joined the Section of Public Health, University of Sheffield in 1997 and spent two years working as a systematic reviewer for National Diabetes Guidelines. In 1999 I joined the Health Services Research Section (formerly MCRU) and have worked on a number of national research studies in the field of pre-hospital and emergency care research.

Research interests

My research interests are;
•Evaluating complex intervention in Emergency and Urgent Care settings
•The impact of new roles for healthcare staff in Emergency and Urgent Care
•Psychological well-being of healthcare staff and influence on quality of care
•Ambulance Response Times and Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Teaching interests

Critical appraisal of research evidence

Professional activities

Member of NETSCC SDO Community of reviewers

Current projects

• Title: Impact of foundation doctor training: impact on workforce wellbeing and patient care. Funder: NIHR Service Delivery and Organisation. £450,000. Principal Investigator: Sue Mason
• Title: National evaluation of Emergency Care Practitioner Schemes. Funder: NHS Modernisation Agency. £26,722. 2004-5 Principal Investigator: Sue Mason

Key publications since 2001

O'Keeffe C, Mason S, Bradburn B, Iheozor-Ejiofor Z. A community intervention trial to evaluate emergency care practitioners in the management of children.Arch Dis Child 19 Apr 2011.doi:10.1136/adc.2010.201889

O'Hara R, O'Keeffe C, Mason S, Coster JE, Hutchinson A. Quality and safety of care provided by emergency care practitioners.Emerg Med J 22 Apr 2011.

Okeeffe C, Turner J, Nicholl J and Goodacre S. The role of ambulance response times in the survival of patients with out of hospital cardiac arrest. Emerg Med J.,in press.