Sophie Spitters

Over the years, I've learnt that the best, highest performing teams are those where everyone feels a sense of belonging & appreciation for the unique & different things they bring to the team. So I'm happy to post this blog & sketchnote on "things boldly inclusive leaders do". They build an inclusive culture through foundations of continuous learning, active listening, authentic communication & creating a psychologically safe environment for people to thrive: qaspire.com/what-boldly-in…. Thank you @minettenorman for the principles & @tnvora for your powerful interpretation.

Great to be at LSE today, talking policy and findings from the ModCons study, about how/why decisions are made re access & triage Early days (still collecting final bits of data!) so a privilege to discuss with colleagues @LSEHealthPolicy @SJIMSpit @sara_paparini @NFBrenman

Here is the #BRACE and #RSET rapid evaluation teams’ publication for @NIHRresearch reflecting on the practice of rapid evaluation, which I drew on in our opening plenary at the @NuffieldTrust @HealthFdn #rapidevaluation conference birmingham.ac.uk/research/brace…

Great way to start my new post at #BRACE @_HSMCentre learning about #RapidEvaluation from academics, practitioners, policy-makers, business analysts, ... at the @NuffieldTrust @HealthFdn conference

Thanks to @luciehogger @MeredithKDH @ninafudge for organising our qualitative researchers' workshop 'Thinking Between The Lines', in person! Great speakers @DrRachelONeill @nabualaw Dr Mel Ramaswamy, Dr Duncan Reynolds - thanks for offering your expertise!

Highlight2 #NordicSTS2023 Reflections on STS & Design. 1) Design can open up new ways of imagining future possibilities @ESRuppert 2) Design can help us understand and bridge the gap between our utopia & our reality @Hannahcknox

Highlight1 #NordicSTS2023 diversity curated @GemHughes @LarsJohannessen AI/data policy: national vision unintended impact R O'Connor, a citizen concern @LisaMReutter; Tech: messy dev&impl @nabualaw, 'doing' privacy @KatjaNeergaard, disappearing discretionary work @noragermundsson

Excited to share findings from our @QMUL_WIPH @OxPrimaryCare study on digital triage. Exploring how people exploit/overcome/navigate interpersonal distance when using digital triage platforms at #NordicSTS2023 With #ModCons team @NFBrenman @SaraShawX2 @sara_paparini @SMS_Spooner

Policymakers should consider whether the National Child Measurement Programme is doing more harm than good. Our synthesis of families’ experiences reveals concerns about the programme’s impact on self-perception and food practices: qmul.ac.uk/blizard/ceg/ne… @tandfnewsroom

Consulting with your GP by phone, video or face to face? New project with @OxPrimaryCare aims to understand decisions about who gets what kind of care, helping patients make sense of this as they navigate the system @SaraShawX2 @NFBrenman @SJIMSpit design-science.org.uk/news/all-mod-c…

Feeling inspired again by the great interdisciplinary discussions on #foodallergy #CoreOutcomeSets and beautiful Porto <3 Thanks #COMFA

Paper out \(• •)/ @BMJ_Qual_Saf []Making-sense of interventions d spread []Insider-perspective closing the theory-practice gap []Supporting QI practice []#WomenInScience @LauraLennox3 @julie4clahrc @susanba58031648 @emward_pharm @vabower & @Neil_Stillman qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/early/…

Read comments.. Science is our best effort creating knowledge deserving of authority&influence. BUT created by (clearly) fallible people, as a huge privilege, given disproportionately to white people, due to (institutional) racism #WithPowerComesResponsibility Thx @seis_matters

You can't be a professional gardener & travel for a year at the same time. Modern focus on the present risks achieving long-term goals #HappyCareer or solving complex problems #ClimateChange. Complex phenomena unfold over time. Margaret Archer on #presentism #IACR2019

Ideas are like candles! Cultural ideas should not be seen as something with a price tag, losing value when shared. View ideas as candles instead: 'you can get light lighting your candle from mine, it won't make me have any less' - Margaret Archer on "the big lie" #IACR2019

Implementation journey of a digital social network intervention at @wessex_clahrc. Story told by @IvayloVassilev sounds so familiar! Looking at all #implementation #complexities from a #CriticalRealist perspective also at @CLAHRC_NWL ;) Discussed at #IACR2019

Super interesting talk from @sabrinaionata on understanding digital #FoodEnvironments to tackle over- & malnutrition. A basic need influenced by such a complex system! #FarmToFlush #ObesitySystemMap #IACR2019

The capability to know what you value after medical diagnosis - an overlooked capability? Picked up via the presentation of @wessex_clahrc @cea_william by @KingsCollegeLon Nick Wilson. Interesting & productive discussion at #IACR2019! #CapabilityTheory

Grateful to share my @CLAHRC_NWL @Imperial_PCPH work at #IACR2019 at @unisouthampton. Taking my #AppliedHealthResearch to the next level using #CriticalRealism. Learnt so much!

Great to hear @UCL_IOE #PriscillaAlderson speak at #IACR2019 about her amazing work on #MedicalConsent - Exploring consent at 3 levels of reality and the subsequent implications for practice. #CriticalRealism #CriticalRealismApplied #ThanksPriscillaAlderson