Dr Jessica C Watson
BSc(Bristol), MBChB(Bristol), MRCGP(RCGP)
Expertise
I am a GP and researcher. I study the way doctors use blood tests in primary care and how they share test results with patients.
Current positions
NIHR Clinical Lecturer in General Practice
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Contact
Media contact
If you are interested in speaking to this expert, contact the University’s Media & PR Team on
Biography
I studied medicine at Bristol University from 1999-2005 and qualified as a General Practitioner in 2016. I am currently funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) as an Academic Clinical Lecturer. I spend 3 days a week at the University doing research and teaching and 2 days a week as an NHS General Practitioner.
My research uses a mixture of qualitative and quantitative methods to answer questions about when doctors should use blood tests, how they should interpret results, and how to share information about tests with patients. My recent work has focussed on the use of blood tests called inflammatory markers.
Research interests
I am a GP and NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer with an interest in how GPs use tests in primary care. My research uses a mixture of qualitative and quantitative methods to answer questions about when doctors should use blood tests, how they should interpret results, and how to share information about tests with patients. My recent work has focussed on the use of blood tests called inflammatory markers.
Publications
Selected publications
12/05/2020Practice pointer
BMJ
Added value and cascade effects of inflammatory marker tests in UK primary care
British Journal of General Practice
Use of multiple inflammatory marker tests in primary care
British Journal of General Practice
Recent publications
24/01/2023Variation in laboratory testing for patients with long-term conditions
British Journal of General Practice Open
Blood tests in primary care
Health Expectations
Development and external validation of a clinical prediction model to aid coeliac disease diagnosis in primary care
EClinicalMedicine
Ethnic differences in prostate-specific antigen levels in men without prostate cancer
Prostate Cancer & Prostatic Diseases
‘I guess I’ll wait to hear’
British Journal of General Practice
Thesis
The diagnostic utility of inflammatory markers in primary care
Supervisors
Award date
28/09/2021
Related people
Dr Jonathan Banks
Senior Research Fellow (Qualitative Research)
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Dr Rita Patel
Senior Research Associate in Medical Statistics
Bristol Medical School (THS)
Professor Chris Salisbury
Professor in Primary Health Care
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Professor Penny Whiting
Professor of Clinical Epidemiology
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Dr Martha Elwenspoek
Research Fellow in Test Evaluation
Bristol Medical School (PHS)