Dr Jessica 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
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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.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Chair of the Primary care Academic CollaboraTive (PACT)
Principal Investigator
Description
PACT is a collaborative research network of enthusiastic Primary Care team members who want to participate in high impact projects and learn more about research. Established in 2019, PACT now…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/02/2023 to 31/01/2026
Test Talk Tools: A mixed-methods systematic review to identify interventions to improve blood test communication in primary care
Principal Investigator
Description
Blood tests are commonly used in general practice. Understanding blood tests is important for patients to help them to become partners in their care and manage their health. It is…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/10/2022 to 30/09/2024
Publications
Selected publications
12/05/2020Practice pointer
BMJ
Use of multiple inflammatory marker tests in primary care
British Journal of General Practice
Blood tests in primary care
Health Expectations
Recent publications
01/03/2024Association between patient ethnicity and prostate cancer diagnosis following a prostate-specific antigen test: a cohort study of 730,000 men in primary care in the UK
BMC Medicine
Exploring ethnic differences in the distribution of blood test results in healthy adult populations to inform earlier cancer detection
Family Practice
Exploring factors influencing quality of life variability among individuals with coeliac disease
BMJ Open Gastroenterology
Great expectations? GPs’ estimations of time required to deliver BMJ’s ‘10 minute consultations’
BMJ Open
Identifying the Optimum Strategy for Identifying Adults and Children With Celiac Disease
Value in Health
Thesis
The diagnostic utility of inflammatory markers in primary care
Supervisors
Award date
28/09/2021