Dr Barbara Caddick
BA(Wolv.), PhD(Wolv.)
Current positions
Senior Research Associate
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Senior Research Administrator
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
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Research interests
Barbara is a researcher in primary care and a social and cultural historian. Currently she is combining these research interests in an interdisciplinary project with a focus on the history of the management of common infections in primary care.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Prevalence and risk factors for prescription medication sharing in the UK general population
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
What do we know about this topic area?
Prescription medication sharing means lending medication prescribed for you to someone else or borrowing medication that has been prescribed for someone else. Studies…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/06/2022 to 31/05/2024
Visualising the past: Exploring a data driven approach to investigate and view digitised historical archives.
Principal Investigator
Description
The aim of this project is to explore the use of data visualisation to improve interrogation and understanding of complex text-based historical data. This proposed project sits within a larger…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/01/2022 to 04/07/2022
Can the past inform the present? Exploring attitudes and approaches to the management of common infections
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/03/2020 to 31/07/2021
From Folk to Pharma: Unlocking the medicine cabinet to understand lay approaches for managing common infections in the past and present
Role
Co-Principal Investigator
Description
In 1929 Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, but the importance of this first antibiotic was not fully realised until the early 1940s when large scale manufacturing processes were developed. This…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
09/01/2020 to 31/07/2020
Improving Medicines use in People with Polypharmacy in Primary Care
Role
Researcher
Description
Polypharmacy (prescribing multiple medicines to one individual) is widespread and growing in the UK; ~6% of adults take 10+ regular medicines. Although often clinically appropriate, polypharmacy may be problematic leading…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/05/2019 to 31/05/2023
Publications
Recent publications
22/12/2020Measuring the complexity of general practice consultations
British Journal of General Practice
Repatriating the Archives with Digital Humanities
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Mr Damian Steer
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