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Dick Churchill

Clinical Associate Professor / Director of Clinical Skills, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

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Biography

Having trained as a Clinical Biochemist at the University of Surrey, Dr Churchill came to Nottingham to study medicine and has remained here ever since, completing GP Vocational training in 1993 and a doctorate on the topic of adolescent health in general practice in 2008.

Expertise Summary

Development and management of the University of Nottingham Medical School Clinical Skills Centre.

Teaching Summary

Director of Clinical Skills with strategic responsibility for clinical skills teaching and assessment programme across the Nottingham medical curriculum Management of a volunteer 'simulated… read more

Research Summary

Adolescent Health in General Practice

  • Improving medication adherence
  • Health communication including use of new technologies
  • Mental health including early detection and management
  • Teenage pregnancy

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Educational Research

  • Use of simulated patients in medical education
  • Longitudinal clinical skills acquisition by medical students
  • International survey of clinical skills requirements by medical schools
  • Effectiveness of peer education in clinical skills

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Mental Health

  • Health language in depression and anorexia
  • Treatment of depression in primary care
  • Early detection of psychosis

Selected Publications

  • HARVEY, K, CHURCHILL, D, CRAWFORD, P, BROWN, B, MULLANY, L, MACFARLANE, A and & MCPHERSON, A., 2008. Health communication and adolescents: What do their emails tell us? Family Practice. 25(4), 304-311 (In Press.)
  • SOLER, J.K., YAMAN, H., ESTEVA, M., DOBBS, F., ASENOVA, R.S., KATIC, M., OZVACIC, Z., DESGRANGES, J.P., MOREAU, A., LIONIS, C., KOTÁNYI, P., CARELLI, F., NOWAK, P.R., DE AGUIAR SA AZEREDO, Z., MARKLUND, E., CHURCHILL, D. and UNGAN, M.. (EUROPEAN GENERAL PRACTICE RESEARCH NETWORK BURNOUT STUDY GROUP)., 2008. Burnout in European family doctors: the EGPRN study. Family Practice. 25(4), 245-65
  • Primary Care Lead for the East Midlands hub of the Mental Health Research Network (from August 2011)
  • Member and recent Chair of the RCGP Adolescent Health Group
  • RCGP representative on the DH Healthy Child Programme Expert Advisory Group and National Council for Child Health & Well-Being

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Member of:

  • British Medical Association
  • Society for Academic Primary Care
  • Association for the Study of Medical Education
  • Nottingham MedChi Society
  • Association for Young People's Health
  • Director of Clinical Skills with strategic responsibility for clinical skills teaching and assessment programme across the Nottingham medical curriculum
  • Management of a volunteer 'simulated patient' programme to improve communication and skills education and assessment.
  • Development of a peer education programme in clinical skills.
  • Face to face teaching of clinical and communication skills
  • Development and organisation of clinical skills assessments (OSCEs)
  • E-learning and development of innovative learning resources
  • CHURCHILL, D., 2009. Managing diarrhoea and vomiting in children The Practitioner. 253(1720), 23-26
  • HARVEY, K, CHURCHILL, D, CRAWFORD, P, BROWN, B, MULLANY, L, MACFARLANE, A and & MCPHERSON, A., 2008. Health communication and adolescents: What do their emails tell us? Family Practice. 25(4), 304-311 (In Press.)
  • SOLER, J.K., YAMAN, H., ESTEVA, M., DOBBS, F., ASENOVA, R.S., KATIC, M., OZVACIC, Z., DESGRANGES, J.P., MOREAU, A., LIONIS, C., KOTÁNYI, P., CARELLI, F., NOWAK, P.R., DE AGUIAR SA AZEREDO, Z., MARKLUND, E., CHURCHILL, D. and UNGAN, M.. (EUROPEAN GENERAL PRACTICE RESEARCH NETWORK BURNOUT STUDY GROUP)., 2008. Burnout in European family doctors: the EGPRN study. Family Practice. 25(4), 245-65
  • CHURCHILL, D, 2008. Child and adolescent mental health. In: COHEN, A, ed., Delivering Mental Health in Primary Care: an evidence based approach Royal College of General Practitioners. 157-184
  • CHURCHILL, D., 2006. Enhancing GPs Skills in Managing Patients with STIs Trends in Urology, Gynaecology & Sexual Health. 11(6), November / December
  • CHURCHILL, R.D., 2004. The SRRI Saga Young Minds Magazine. 73, 18-21
  • MILLER, PAUL, CHILVERS, CLAIR, DEWEY, MICHAEL, FIELDING, KATHERINE, GRETTON, VIRGINIA, PALMER, BEN, WELLER, DAVID, CHURCHILL, RICHARD, WILLIAMS, IDRIS, BEDI, NAVJOT, DUGGAN, CONOR, LEE, ALAN and HARRISON, GLYNN, 2003. Counseling versus antidepressant therapy for the treatment of mild to moderate depression in primary care: economic analysis. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care. 19(1), 80-90
  • CHURCHILL, D., 2003. The growing pains of adolescent health research in general practice Primary Health Care Research and Development. VOL 4(ISSU 4), 277-278
  • CHURCHILL, D., ALLEN, J., PRINGLE, M. and HIPPISLEY-COX, J., 2002. Teenagers at risk of unintended pregnancy: identification of practical risk markers for use in general practice from a retrospective analysis of case records in the United Kingdom International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health. 14(2), 153-160
  • JACOBSON, L., CHURCHILL, R., DONOVAN, C., GARRALDA, E., FAY, J. and MEMBERS OF THE ADOLESCENT WORKING PARTYRCGP, 2002. Tackling teenage turmoil: primary care recognition and management of mental ill health during adolescence Family Practice. VOL 19(PART 4), 401-409
  • CHURCHILL, D., ALLEN, J., PRINGLE, M., HIPPISLEY-COX, J., EBDON, D., MACPHERSON, M. and BRADLEY, S., 2001. Not all teenagers are sexually active (author's reply) British Medical Journal. 322, 363
  • CHILVERS, C., DEWEV, M., FIELDING, K., GRETTON, V., MILLER, P., PALMER, B., WELLER, D., CHURCHILL, R., WILLIAMS, I. and BEDI, N., 2001. Antidepressant drugs and generic counselling for treatment of major depression in primary care: randomised trial with patient preference arms BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL. VOL 322(ISSU 7289), 772-775
  • CHURCHILL, R.D., BETHEA, J., PRINGLE, M.A., HIPPISLEY-COX, J., EBDON, D. and MACPHERSON, M., 2001. Identifying risk factors for teenage pregnancy in general practice consultations: implications of results from a case-control study: abstracts from the European General Practice Research Workshop, Gdansk, Poland, 18-21 October 2001 European Journal of General Practice. 7(4), A.27
  • CHURCHILL, R.D., ALLEN, J., PRINGLE, M.A., HIPPISLEY-COX, J., EBDON, D., MACPHERSON, M. and BRADLEY, S., 2001. Authors reply to "Contraception in general practice before teenage pregnancy" British Medical Journal. 322, 363
  • BENNETT, K, HAGGARD, M, CHURCHILL, R and WOOD, S, 2001. Improving referrals for glue ear from primary care: are multiple interventions better than one alone? Journal of Health Services Research and Policy. 6(3), 139-44
  • CHURCHILL, R., ALLEN, J., DENMAN, S., WILLIAMS, D., FIELDING, K. and VON FRAGSTEIN, M., 2000. Do the attitudes and beliefs of young teenagers towards general practice influence actual consultation behaviour? British Journal of General Practice. VOL 50(DEC), 953-957
  • HIPPISLEY-COX, J., ALLEN, J., PRINGLE, M., EBDON, D., MCPHEARSON, M., CHURCHILL, D. and BRADLEY, S., 2000. Association between teenage pregnancy rates and the age and sex of general practitioners: cross sectional survey in Trent 1994-7 British Medical Journal. VOL 320(ISSU 7238), 842-845
  • CHURCHILL, D., ALLEN, J., PRINGLE, M., HIPPISLEY-COX, J., EBDON, D., MACPHERSON, M. and BRADLEY, S., 2000. Consultation patterns and provision of contraception in general practice before teenage pregnancy: case-control study British Medical Journal. 321(7259), 486-489
  • BEDI, N, CHILVERS, C, CHURCHILL, R, DEWEY, M, DUGGAN, C, FIELDING, K, GRETTON, V, MILLER, P, HARRISON, G, LEE, A and WILLIAMS, I, 2000. Assessing effectiveness of treatment of depression in primary care. Partially randomised preference trial. British Journal of Psychiatry. 177, 312-8
  • CHURCHILL, R., KHAIRA, M., GRETTON, V., CHILVERS, C., DEWEY, M., DUGGAN, C. and LEE, A., 2000. Treating depression in general practice: factors affecting patient's treatment preferences British Journal of General Practice. VOL 50(NOV), 905-907
  • CHURCHILL, R and JACOBSON, L, 2000. Special clinics are inappropriate for treating depression. British Medical Journal. 321(7254), 178-9
  • HIPPISLEY-COX, J., ALLEN, J., PRINGLE, M.A., EBDON, D., MACPHERSON, M., CHURCHILL, R.D. and BRADLEY, S., 1999. The Trent Teenage Pregnancy report (1): submitted to the NHS Executive 1999 Nottingham: University of Nottingham. (1)
  • CHURCHILL, R.D., ALLEN, J., PRINGLE, M.A., HIPPISLEY-COX, J., EBDON, D. and MACPHER, M., 1999. The Trent Teenage Pregnancy report (2): submitted to the NHS Executive 1999 (2)
  • CHURCHILL, R.D., ALLEN, J., PRINGLE, M.A., HIPPISLEY-COX, J., MACPHERSON, M., BRADLEY, S. and EBDON, D., 1999. The Trent Teenage Pregnancy Project final report for NHSE Trent, May 1999
  • CHURCHILL, R., DEWEY, M., GRETTON, V., DUGGAN, C., CHILVERS, C. and LEE, A., 1999. Should general practitioners refer patients with major depression to counsellors? A review of current published evidence British Journal of General Practice. VOL 49(MNTH SEP), 738-744
  • DUGGAN,C., CHILVERS,C., DEWEY,M.E., FIELDING,K.L., GRETTON,V., CHURCHILL,R.D., WILLIAMS,I., HARRISON,G., LEE,A. and BEDI,N., 1999. How disabling is depression? Evidence from a primary care sample (The Counselling versus Antidepressants in Primary Care Study Group) British Journal of General Practice. 49, 95-98
  • CHURCHILL,R.D., 1999. A randomized controlled trial of counselling and antidepressant therapy for the treatment of mild to moderate depression in general practice. Abstracts from: European General Practice Research Workshop, Norway 8-10 May 1998 Family Practice. 16(3), 331-332
  • BENNETT, K.E., HAGGARD, M.P. and CHURCHILL, R.D., 1999. Evaluating a risk factor checklist and / or training video on glue ear for general practitioners in reducing practice referral variation É standardising a primary / secondary care interface. Report to NHSE R&D North Thames (Primary and Secondary Care Interface Programme). June 1999 University of Nottingham, Nottingham.
  • CHURCHILL,R.D., HILL,P.G. and HOLMES,G.K., 1998. Breath test is better than near patient blood tests British Medical Journal. 316, 1389
  • CHURCHILL,R.D., ALLEN,J., DENMAN,S., FIELDING,K.L., WILLIAMS,D., HOLLIS,C.P., WILLIAMS,J., VONFRAGSTEIN,M.F. and PRINGLE,M.A., 1997. Factors influencing the use of general practice based health services by teenagers: a descriptive study in the East Midlands. Final Report for the NHSE R&D Mother and Child Health Programme University of Nottingham, Nottingham.
  • CHURCHILL, R.D., HILL, P. and HOLMES, G., 1997. Evaluation of a general practice based urea breath testing service for helicobacter pylori: Full Report. Division of General Practice, University of Nottingham and Departments of Chemical Pathology and Medicine, Derbyshire Royal Infirmary University of Nottingham, Nottingham.
  • CHURCHILL,R.D. and COCKSEDGE,S., 1996. Best books on counselling: a personal choice British Medical Journal. 313, 177
  • CHURCHILL,R. and COCKSEDGE,S., 1996. Best books on counselling Student BMJ. 4, 215
  • CHURCHILL, R. and AVERY, A., 1995. Can trainee views improve training? EDUCATION FOR GENERAL PRACTICE. VOL 6(NUMBER 1), 35
  • PRINGLE, M and CHURCHILL, R, 1995. Randomised controlled trials in general practice. British Medical Journal. 311(7017), 1382-3

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