Dr Matthew Booker
MSc (Urgent Care), BSc (Hons), FRCGP, MB ChB, DRCOG, DFSRH, PhD, MEd, FCIEA, FHEA, PGCert (Advanced Emergency Care), DipUMC (RCSEdin), MRSB, CSci
Current positions
Consultant Senior Lecturer in Primary Care
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
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Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Emergency dispatch decisions using video consultation
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
Research project exploring the role of live video 'to scene' in the emergency ambulance call triage and dispatch process.Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/03/2025 to 29/02/2028
Same day and urgent care workforce research partnership
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/03/2025 to 28/02/2030
Development of a rapid antimicrobial susceptibility test to assist the treatment of UTI in primary and urgent care settings.
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/05/2024 to 30/04/2027
Ambulance Service Perspectives of POC in Enhancing Care Transitions
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/01/2024 to 31/12/2024
'Designing in' defribillators: combining art and urban planning to increase the visibility of public access defibrillators in civic spaces
Principal Investigator
Description
Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) (sometimes called ‘heart re-starters’) are pieces of emergency equipment that can help save the life of a victim of a sudden cardiac arrest. These devices require…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
21/02/2022 to 31/07/2022
Publications
Recent publications
27/02/2025Clinical and cost-effectiveness of paramedics working in general practice: a mixed-methods realist evaluation.
Health and Social Care Delivery Research
How do primary care clinicians approach hospital admission decisions for people in the final year of life? A systematic review and narrative synthesis
Palliative Medicine
‘JUMPED OUT OF THE WINDOW’
Discourse and Society
Paramedic- or GP-consultations in primary care
British Journal of General Practice Open
Understanding paramedic work in general practice in the UK
BMC Primary Care
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