Profiles
Dr Marie Bryce
Senior Research Fellow (CAMERA)
Peninsula Medical School (Faculty of Health)
Dr Marie Bryce can be contacted through arrangement with our Press Office, to speak to the media on these areas of expertise.
- Healthcare workforce
- Health professional regulation
- Mixed-methods
- Qualitative research
Email publicrelations@plymouth.ac.uk to enquire.
Biography
Biography
Senior Research Fellow, based in Peninsula Medical School and Peninsula Dental School, working as part of the Collaboration for the Advancement of Medical Education Research (CAMERa).
I lead the CAMERa research group's professional regulation research theme.
I have worked at the University of Plymouth since 2013, carrying out healthcare workforce research, with a particular focus on professional regulation, including evaluating medical revalidation and its impacts on the medical profession as part of the UMbRELLA research team between 2015-2018.
Previously, I was an Associate Research Fellow at the Graduate School of Education at the University of Exeter between 2010-2012, researching models of continuing professional development for teachers and teachers’ professional identities.
I completed my PhD in history of education in 2010. My doctoral thesis, written under my maiden name Dunkerley, examined 'Education policies and the development of the colonial state in the Belgian Congo, 1916-1939' and covered a range of topics including the political motivations for education provision, training for emergent occupational groups, and the provision of medical education.
Qualifications
2005-2010: PhD History, University of Exeter
2004-2005: MA History, University of Exeter
2000-2004: BA (Hons) History and French, University of Exeter
Professional membership
- Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy/AdvanceHE
- British Sociological Association - Medical Sociology group (BSA MedSoc)
- Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME)
- International Network for Health Workforce Education (INHWE)
Key publications
(2019) 'Reforming regulatory relationships: The impact of medical revalidation on doctors, employers, and the General Medical Council in the United Kingdom' Regulation & Governance 13, (4) 593-608 , DOI Open access
(2018) 'Policing the profession? Regulatory reform, restratification and the emergence of Responsible Officers as a new locus of power in UK medicine' Social Science and Medicine 213, 98-105 , DOI Open access
(2017) 'Towards an understanding of how appraisal of doctors produces its effects: a realist review' Medical Education , DOI Open access
Teaching
Teaching
Teaching interests
BMBS SSU group facilitator
MClinEd dissertation supervision
I am happy to supervise postgraduate students (PGT & PGR) whose topics relate to my research interests in the healthcare workforce, professional regulation and clinical education, or which involve the use of qualitative research methods.
Research
Research
Research interests
I lead CAMERa’s professional regulation research theme, and my research primarily focuses on the role of professional regulation in setting standards and expectations for the health professions and the impacts of regulatory policies and interventions on professional practice. I am especially interested in the relationship between regulation and professional identity, and in exploring how regulation may help or hinder initiatives to address current challenges of workforce sustainability in the NHS. More broadly, my work seeks to add to our understanding of the nature of professional work and the place of professions in society.
My research crosses multiple disciplines including health policy, health services research, and clinical education. My background is as a qualitative social scientist, and I design, lead and collaborate across a range of study types including qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods studies, and systematic, narrative and realist reviews.
My current and recent research centres on:
- The identification and management of concerns about health professionals' conduct and behaviour, including regulatory fitness to practise procedures and organisational performance management processes.
- Medical revalidation and appraisal processes.
- Challenges to healthcare professionals' wellbeing.
- Professional migration and the challenges it presents to national regulatory systems.
- Sociology of professions.
Research groups
Grants & contracts
As Principal Investigator:
Bryce M, Zahra D, Vahdaninia M. ‘Hidden harassment and discrimination among medical and health professions students: reporting, prevalence and impact.’ July 2021-January 2022, £3,497, Peninsula Medical School Pump-Priming Fund (internal).
Bryce M, Gale T, Hanks S, O’Brien T, Zahra D. ‘Unlocking the potential of fitness to practise data.’ August 2020-January 2022, £151,711, General Dental Council.
Bryce M, Read J, Zahra D. ‘Resilience training for GP trainees: an extended evaluation.’ April-July 2021, £9,692, Health Education England South West.
Bryce M, Brennan N, Cockerill J. ‘Learning from exclusions in England, 2009-2019.’ NHS Resolution, 2020.
Bryce M (co-PI), Gale T (co-PI), Endacott R, O’Brien T, Price T, Quick O. ‘The concept of seriousness in fitness to practise.’ £124,675, General Dental Council/Nursing and Midwifery Council, 2020-21.
Bryce M, Archer J, Brennan N, Burns L, O'Brien T, Price T. 'Fitness to practise: Impairment and Serious Misconduct - a narrative synthesis review.' £10,537, General Dental Council, 2017.
Bryce M, Archer J, Read J. 'Evaluating resilience training for GP trainees.' £9,500, Health Education England South West, 2017.
Bryce M, Archer J, Read J. 'Evaluating resilience training for GP trainees.' £9,500, Health Education England South West, 2017.
As co-applicant:
Mills I, Hanks S, Burns L, Bryce M. 'Exploration of barriers, facilitators and enablers influencing recruitment and retention of dentists to South West England', Devon Local Dental Committee, 2022.
Gale T, Bryce M, Withers L. 'Exploration of stressors in anaesthetic training and mechanisms to improve trainee wellbeing.' £29,355, Association of Anaesthetists/Anaesthesia, 2022-2024.
Gale T, Brennan M, Bryce M. ‘FoRWaRD: Future Ready Workforce Research and Development’. February-July 2022. £10,500, University of Plymouth PIHR Policy Impact Fund.
Mills I, Hanks S, Burns L, Bryce M. ‘Recruitment and retention in dentistry: developing a research programme.’ February-July 2022. £9,050, University of Plymouth Faculty of Health Strategic Investment Fund.
Mills I, Hanks S, Burns L, Bryce M. ‘Recruitment and retention in dentistry: developing a research programme.’ February-July 2022. £9,050, University of Plymouth Faculty of Health Strategic Investment Fund.
Brennan N, Bryce M, Humphries N, Knapton A, Gale T. ‘Drivers of international migration of doctors to and from the United Kingdom.’ £48,236, General Medical Council, 2019-20.
Gale T, Bryce M, Burns L, Hanks S, Zahra D. ‘Review and mapping of basic dental training in EU member states.’ £20,026, General Dental Council, 2019-20.
Brennan N, Bryce M, Wong G, Archer J. 'A realist evaluation of appraisal of doctors.' PhD Studentship 2017-2020, PUPSMD R&D Committee, £50,940, 2016.
Archer J, Roberts M, Zahra D, Gabe-Thomas E, Bryce M, Howarth S, O'Brien T. 'Analysis of General Dental Council Fitness to Practise complaints data.' £13,791, General Dental Council, 2016.
Archer J, Bryce M, O'Brien T, Roberts M, Zahra D: 'Analysis of General Dental Council Fitness to Practise complaints data.' £19,663, General Dental Council, 2015.
Regan de Bere S, Bryce M, Archer J: 'Review of decision-making in the General Medical Council's fitness to practise procedures.' £86,611, General Medical Council, 2014.
Publications
Publications
Key publications
(2019) 'Reforming regulatory relationships: The impact of medical revalidation on doctors, employers, and the General Medical Council in the United Kingdom' Regulation & Governance 13, (4) 593-608 , DOI Open access
(2018) 'Policing the profession? Regulatory reform, restratification and the emergence of Responsible Officers as a new locus of power in UK medicine' Social Science and Medicine 213, 98-105 , DOI Open access
(2017) 'Towards an understanding of how appraisal of doctors produces its effects: a realist review' Medical Education , DOI Open access
Key publications are highlighted
Journals
Articles
(2023) 'The dental workforce recruitment and retention crisis in the UK' British Dental Journal 234, (8) 573-577 , DOI
(2023) 'Drivers and barriers of international migration of doctors to and from the United Kingdom: a scoping review' Human Resources for Health 21, (1) , DOI Open access
(2023) 'Recruitment and retention in dentistry in the UK: a scoping review to explore the challenges across the UK, with a particular interest in rural and coastal areas' British Dental Journal , DOI Open access
(2022) 'Mental health and wellbeing interventions in the dental sector: a systematic review' Evidence-Based Dentistry , DOI Open access
(2022) 'Progress and challenges in the harmonisation of European undergraduate dental education: a systematic literature review with narrative synthesis' European Journal of Dental Education , DOI Open access
(2021) 'Remediation programmes for practising doctors to restore patient safety: the RESTORE realist review' Health Services and Delivery Research 9, (11) 1-116 , DOI Open access
(2021) 'Optimising the delivery of remediation programmes for doctors: A realist review' Medical Education , DOI Open access
(2020) ''You're just a locum': professional identity and temporary workers in the medical profession' Sociology of Health and Illness: a journal of medical sociology , DOI Open access
(2020) 'Challenges to well-being for general practice trainee doctors: a qualitative study of their experiences and coping strategies' Postgraduate Medical Journal 96, (1136) 325-330 , DOI Open access
(2020) 'Reviving clinical governance? A qualitative study of the impact of professional regulatory reform on clinical governance in healthcare organisations in England' Health Policy , DOI Open access
(2019) 'The impact of patient complaints and compliments on medical performance: a systematic review' The European Journal for Person Centered Healthcare 7, (3) Publisher Site , DOI Open access
(2019) 'Learning from significant medical events: a systematic review' European Journal for Person Centred Healthcare 7, (2) , DOI Open access
(2019) 'Is collecting patient feedback 'a futile exercise' in the context of recertification?' Academic Psychiatry , DOI Open access
(2019) 'Reforming medical regulation: a qualitative study of the implementation of medical revalidation in England, using Normalization Process Theory' Journal of Health Services Research & Policy 25, (1) 30-40 , DOI Open access
(2019) 'Identifying and managing concerns about GPs in England: an interview study and case-series analysis' British Journal of General Practice , DOI Open access
(2019) 'Reflective practice for patient benefit: an analysis of doctors' appraisal portfolios in Scotland' Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions , DOI Open access
(2019) 'Reforming regulatory relationships: The impact of medical revalidation on doctors, employers, and the General Medical Council in the United Kingdom' Regulation & Governance 13, (4) 593-608 , DOI Open access
(2018) 'Patient and public involvement in medical performance processes: A systematic review' Health Expectations , DOI Open access
(2018) 'The impact of patient feedback on the medical performance of qualified doctors: a systematic review' BMC Medical Education 18, , DOI Open access
(2018) 'Policing the profession? Regulatory reform, restratification and the emergence of Responsible Officers as a new locus of power in UK medicine' Social Science and Medicine 213, 98-105 , DOI Open access
(2017) 'Towards an understanding of how appraisal of doctors produces its effects: a realist review' Medical Education , DOI Open access
(2017) 'Implementing medical revalidation in the United Kingdom: Findings about organisational changes and impacts from a survey of Responsible Officers' Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 110, (1) 23-30 , DOI Open access
(2014) 'Understanding how appraisal of doctors produces its effects: a realist review protocol' BMJ Open 4, , DOI Open access
(2013) '“Willing enthusiasts” or “lame ducks”? Issues in teacher professional development policy in England and Wales 1910–1975' Paedagogica Historica 49, 345-360 , DOI
(2013) 'Updating and internationalising Exe Libris: the UK History of Education Society Online Bibliography' History of Education Researcher (91) 33-35
Reviews
(2013) 'Review: From Mission to Modernity. Evangelicals, Reformers and Education in Nineteenth-Century Egypt by Paul Sedra' History of Education 42, (5) 675-676 , DOI
Chapters
(2020) 'Home is where the heart is? Debates between missions and colonial administrators over accommodation for Congolese students at the École Unique des Assistants Médicaux Indigènes, Léopoldville, 1929-1946' in Viaene V; Cleys B; De Maeyer J Religion, Colonization and Decolonization in Congo, 1885-1960 Leuven, Belgium Leuven University Press 169-190
Reports
(2022) The concept of seriousness in fitness to practise cases. General Dental Council General Dental Council Publisher Site
(2021) Drivers of international migration of doctors to and from the United Kingdom. General Medical Council General Medical Council Publisher Site Open access
(2021) Review and mapping of basic dental training in EU member states: final report. General Dental Council Publisher Site
(2021) Mental Health and Wellbeing in Dentistry: A Rapid Evidence Assessment. General Dental Council Publisher Site Open access
(2018) Fitness to practise: Impairment and serious misconduct - a narrative synthesis review. General Dental Council Publisher Site
(2018) Evaluating the development of medical revalidation in England and its impact on organisational performance and medical practice: overview report. Department of Health Policy Research Programme University of Manchester Publisher Site Open access
(2018) UMbRELLA: Evaluating the regulatory impacts of medical revalidation – final report. General Medical Council Publisher Site Open access
(2017) Analysis of fitness to practise case data for the General Dental Council: Summary and Main Report. General Dental Council Publisher Site
(2016) UMbRELLA: Interim Report 2016. General Medical Council London General Medical Council Publisher Site
(2015) Review of decision-making in the General Medical Council's Fitness to Practise procedures. General Medical Council Publisher Site
(2014) Understanding the rise in Fitness to Practise complaints from members of the public. General Medical Council Publisher Site
(2014) Patient and public involvement in medical revalidation. Revalidation Support Team
Personal
Personal
Reports & invited lectures
NIHR Incubator for Clinical Education Research Webinar, with Dr Nicola Brennan, on 'Mastering the basics: Routes to impact', September 2022.
Discussion panellist, 'Stakeholder perspectives on proposed reform', part of 'Next steps for professional healthcare regulation in the UK', Westminster Health Forum policy conference, July 2022.
‘Implementing regulatory reform: the challenges and opportunities of medical revalidation’, Leaders in Healthcare 2018, BMJ Events/Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management, Birmingham, November 2018.
‘Revalidation and professionalism: learning from a national evaluation’, NHS England (London Region) Responsible Officer Network event ‘Professionalism in medicine – arising issues’, London, September 2018.
Other academic activities
Journal peer reviewer, Social Science & Medicine, BMJ Open, British Journal of General Practice, Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, BMC Medical Education, and Postgraduate Medical Journal.
Research grant and report reviewer for the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) and the Scottish Medical Education Research Consortium (SMERC).
Member, University of Plymouth Faculty of Health Faculty Doctoral Committee, since April 2019.
Member, University of Plymouth Faculty of Health Research Ethics and Integrity Committee, since March 2018.
Member, University of Plymouth Education Research Ethics Sub-Committee, Sept 2013-July 2016.