Dr Graham Williamson

Research interests

• Asthma and pregnancy.
• Supporting students in clinical practice.
• CLIP (Collaborative Learning in Practice)
• Nurse education research 
• Research Gate link http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Graham-Williamson-2
  

Other research

Current doctoral supervision as Director of Studies

Research degrees awarded to supervised students

Grants & contracts

Personal grants - projects completed and published in 2018-2021:

• CLIP evaluation. Unfunded. Acute sector implementation, with Adele Kane et al.
• Collaborative Learning in Practice: A systematic review and narrative synthesis of the research evidence in nurse education. £5000. HEESW. With Adele Kane, Danny Clarke, Hayley Plowright.
• Could students' experiences of clinical placements be enhanced by implementing a Collaborative Learning in Practice (CLiP) model? (Community cluster). £10,000 HEESW. With Adele Kane, Val health, Jane Bunce. 
• Preparation and communication for CLiP. Design, trial and evaluation of reusable learning objects. HEESW £30000. With Adele Kane.
• CLiP patient care and clinical outcomes service evaluation project. HEESW £20000. With Adele Kane.

Grants in preparation or awaiting decisions at March 2021.

Investigating the impact of Collaborative Learning in Practice in a regional General Practice Nursing placement project for student nurses. G Williamson with Adele Kane, Alison Williams, Katy Nash, Sharon Evans. + RA. Health Education England. £65,600. On hold due to COVID but not rejected.

Impact of E-EQUIP training for Professional Nurse Advocates on staff engagement in ICU. G Williamson with Ruth Endacott, Andrea Stebbings and Pam Rae. NHS England. £TBC. Awaiting tender info & confirmation.

Collaborative Learning in Practice: Student nurses' GP practice nursing placements evaluation project. G Williamson. With Adele Kane, Sharon Evans and SNAM staff member TBC. 6 month research internship just circulated to SNAM staff for expressions of interest.

Previous personal grants:

• Developing student nurse retention using action research. 2012-13 Pedagogic Research Institute & Observatory/Plymouth University Teaching Fellowship Scheme. £5,000. With Val Heath & Tracey Proctor-Childs.
• Developing student nurse retention using action research. Institute of Health and Community, Plymouth University. Pump priming scheme 2011-2012. £1000. With Val Heath & Tracey Proctor-Childs.
• Evaluating Lecturer Practitioner and Clinical Facilitator roles at the University of Plymouth. Research development funding. Devon and Cornwall Workforce Development Consortia. With Professor Christine Webb. 1999-2000. £14,250. Replacement salary costs
• Arterial blood gas sampling e-learning resource. Fellowship of University of Plymouth Centre of Excellence in Professional Placement Learning Innovations Fund bid. Sept 2006 £5000. With Sarah Dodds and Rob Stillwell.
• CEPPL Innovations Fund Bid: Non-invasive ventilation E-learning Resource. With Sarah Dodds, Rob Stillwell, Helen Daggar and Claire Hullett. June 2007. £5000

Grants as co-holder

• A pilot study investigating the feasibility of a care bundle on women’s experiences of asthma in pregnancy. With Chervonne Chamberlain and Anita O’Connor. Plymouth University Alumni Grants Scheme. £5000. Oct 2016
• A systematic review of the literature on women’s experiences of asthma care in pregnancy. With Kayleigh Elmslie-Jones and Anita O’Connor. Plymouth University School of Nursing and Midwifery Alumni Grants Scheme £5000. March 2016.
• Investigating women’s previous experiences of asthma care in pregnancy. With Chamberlian, Williamson, Knight and Daly. £5000 RD&E small grants programme. July 2011.
• Stakeholders online for smarter healthcare. April 2011. With Ray Jones et al. UoP CEPPL £30,000.
• Short KTP: User-led learning for mental health professionals. Pilot study Jones, Williamson and Emmens. sKTP. £25,000. sKTP 1000313. Jan 2010.
• Short KTP: To explore the impact of e-health support for patients at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital: pilot study for an RfPB application. Jones, Williamson, Chauhan, Sheaves. £25,000. March-Sept 2010. SKTP 1000260
• NHS Service Delivery and Organisation R&D Programme. Programme of research on e-health. Scoping exercise EH2:
• E-health policy context and consultation with stakeholders in the NHS. Reference WS20. With Professor Ray Jones et al. 2003-2004. £80,000
• HEFCE CETL. Placement Learning in Health and Social Care. With Dr Susan Lea et al. 2004 £4.5 million over 5 years. 
• Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation NHS Trust Small grants programme: Investigating pregnant women’s experiences of asthma care With Sarah Dodds, Chervonne Chamberlain and Jacqueline Tipper. One year from Sept 2006. £2500.
• CEPPL placement learning developmental activity. CEPPL research support: Evaluating the Implementation of Placement Development Teams in the South West Peninsula. With Val Heath and Lynne Callaghan. Programme of evaluation to begin Sep 2007 for 2 years.
• CEPPL research support: Improving Student Support in Professional Placement Learning: Lessons from the South West Peninsula Pilot of a New National Placement Evaluation Process. With Heath, V, Ballantyne, E, Callaghan, L, Webster, D, Hunter, C. June 2007.
• CEPPL placement learning developmental activity. Supported by CEPPL buy-out. Evaluating the impact of placement development teams in induction and introduction to professional placement activity using action learning. July 2008-2009. With Val Heath, Josie White et al.
• Impact of e-health support for patients: pilot study.
• Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital: funded by RD&E and UoP, via a short KTP. Pilot for an RfPB application. £25,000. With Ray Jones et al.