Dr Marie Bryce
Profiles

Dr Marie Bryce

Senior Research Fellow (CAMERA)

Collaboration for the Advancement of Medical Education Research Assessment (Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry)

Role

Senior Research Fellow, working as part of the Collaboration for the Advancement of Medical Education Research and Assessment (CAMERA).

Qualifications

I have worked at the University of Plymouth since 2013, on a variety of research studies on professional regulation, including exploring medical revalidation and its impacts on the medical profession as part of the UMbRELLA research team between 2015-2018.

Previously, I worked as an Associate Research Fellow at the Graduate School of Education at the University of Exeter between 2010-2012, on research into 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, and the provision of medical education.

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


British Sociological Association (MedSoc)
Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME)

Teaching interests

I contribute to postgraduate teaching sessions on study design and research methods.


I am happy to supervise postgraduate students whose topics relate to my research interests in professional regulation and medical education, or which involve the use of qualitative research methods.

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 background is as a qualitative researcher, and I design, lead and collaborate across a range of study types including systematic and narrative reviews, qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods studies.

My current and recent research centres on:

  •     Fitness to practise procedures, and the identification and management of concerns about health professionals.
  •     Medical revalidation and appraisal processes.
  •     The concept of ‘resilience’ and challenges to professional wellbeing.
  •     Sociology of professions.


Grants & contracts

Bryce M (Principal Investigator), Archer J, Brennan N, Burns L, O'Brien T, Price T. 'Fitness to practise: Impairment and Serious Misconduct - a narrative synthesis review.'
General Dental Council, 2017.

Bryce M (Principal Investigator), Archer J, Read J. 'Evaluating resilience training for GP trainees.' 
Health Education England South West, 2017.

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.'
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.' 
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.'
General Medical Council, 2014.

Archer J, Brennan N, Bryce M, Regan de Bere S: Strategic Review of the Medical Council of Ireland’s arrangements for the maintenance of professional competence.
Medical Council of Ireland, 2013.

Key publications are highlighted

Journals
Articles
Baines R, Zahra D, Bryce M, Regan de Bere S, Roberts M & Archer J 2019 'Is collecting patient feedback 'a futile exercise' in the context of recertification?' Academic Psychiatry , DOI PEARL
Tazzyman A, Ferguson J, Boyd A, Bryce M, Tredinnick-Rowe J, Price T & Walshe K 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 135581961984801-135581961984801 , DOI PEARL
Tazzyman A, Bryce ME, Boyd A & Walshe K 2019 'Identifying and managing concerns about general practitioners in England: an interview study and case series analysis' British Journal of General Practice , DOI PEARL
Wakeling J, Holmes S, Boyd A, Tredinnick-Rowe J, Cameron N, Marshall M, Bryce ME & Archer J 2019 'Reflective practice for patient benefit: an analysis of doctors' appraisal portfolios in Scotland' Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions , DOI PEARL
Tazzyman A, Bryce ME, Ferguson J, Walshe K, Boyd A, Price T & Tredinnick-Rowe J 2019 'Reforming regulatory relationships: the impact of medical revalidation on interactions between doctors, employers, and the General Medical Council' Regulation and Governance , DOI PEARL
Lalani M, Baines R, Bryce ME, Marshall M, Mead S, Barasi S, Archer J & Regan de Bere S 2018 'Patient and public involvement in medical performance processes: A systematic review' Health Expectations , DOI PEARL
Baines R, de Bere SR, Stevens S, Read J, Marshall M, Lalani M, Bryce M & Archer J 2018 'The impact of patient feedback on the medical performance of qualified doctors: a systematic review' BMC Medical Education 18, Author Site , DOI PEARL
Bryce ME, Luscombe K, Boyd A, Tazzyman A, Tredinnick-Rowe J, Walshe K & Archer J 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 PEARL
Brennan N, Bryce M, Pearson M, Wong G, Cooper C & Archer J 2017 'Towards an understanding of how appraisal of doctors produces its effects: a realist review' Medical Education Author Site , DOI PEARL
Walshe K, Boyd A, Bryce M, Luscombe K, Tazzyman A, Tredinnick-Rowe J & Archer J 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 PEARL
Brennan N, Bryce M, Pearson M, Wong G, Cooper C & Archer J 2014 'Understanding how appraisal of doctors produces its effects: a realist review protocol' BMJ Open 4, Author Site , DOI PEARL
Robinson W & Bryce M 2013 '“Willing enthusiasts” or “lame ducks”? Issues in teacher professional development policy in England and Wales 1910–1975' Paedagogica Historica 49, 345-360 Author Site , DOI
Freathy RJK & Bryce ME 2013 'Updating and internationalising Exe Libris: the UK History of Education Society Online Bibliography' History of Education Researcher (91) 33-35
Price TJ, Baines R, Marshall M, Cameron N, Bryce M & Archer J 0 'Learning from significant medical events: a systematic review' European Journal of Person Centred Healthcare PEARL
Reviews
Bryce ME 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
Reports
Bryce ME, Archer J, Brennan N, Burns L, O'Brien T & Price T 2018 Fitness to practise: Impairment and serious misconduct - a narrative synthesis review. General Dental Council Publisher Site
Archer J, Bloor K, Bojke C, Boyd A, Bryce M, Ferguson J, Gutacker N, Hillier C, Luscombe K, et. al 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
Archer J, Cameron N, Lewis M, Marshall M, O'Hanlon J, Regan de Bere S, Walshe K, Baines R, Boyd A, et. al 2018 UMbRELLA: Evaluating the regulatory impacts of medical revalidation – final report. General Medical Council Publisher Site
Archer J, Roberts M, Zahra D, Bryce ME & O'Brien T 2017 Analysis of fitness to practise case data for the General Dental Council: Summary and Main Report. General Dental Council Publisher Site
UMbRELLA 2016 UMbRELLA: Interim Report 2016. General Medical Council London General Medical Council Publisher Site
Regan de Bere S, Bryce M, Archer J, Lynn N, Nunn S & Roberts M 2015 Review of decision-making in the General Medical Council's Fitness to Practise procedures. General Medical Council Publisher Site
Archer J, Regan de Bere S, Bryce M, Nunn S, Lynn N, Coombes L & Roberts M 2014 Understanding the rise in Fitness to Practise complaints from members of the public. General Medical Council Publisher Site
Regan de Bere S, Nunn S, Archer J, Chatterjee A & Bryce M 2014 Patient and public involvement in medical revalidation. Revalidation Support Team

Other academic activities

Peer reviewer, Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, BMC Medical Education and for the NIHR.

Member of University of Plymouth Faculty of Health and Human Sciences & Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Research Ethics and Integrity Committee, since March 2018.
Member of University of Plymouth Education Research Ethics Sub-Committee, Sept 2013-July 2016.