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Dipesh Gopal
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Doctor (GP) | @qmul-wiph.bsky.social research in cancer survivorship & health inequalities #survonc #lwbc | @gppact.bsky.social | Own views. RT≠end.

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Even the patient voice has been downgraded in research. Is it any wonder, that we don't understand conditions such as Long COVID or Chronic fatigue syndrome? www.bmj.com/content/352/...

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Evidence and patient voice
March 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Because you are a patient, you are less likely to be believed: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK562...

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Pathocentric testimonial injustice
March 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Not being believed is huge negative effects on individuals, research and policy, e.g. endometriosis

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Effect on minorities groups
March 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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@drrageshri.bsky.social tells us about epistemic injustice: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan....

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Epistemic injustice Hermeneutical injustice Testimonial injustice
March 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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@drrageshri.bsky.social at @bjgp.bsky.social #bjgprc talks about her book 'Unheard: The Medical Practice of Silencing': www.hachette.co.uk/titles/rages...
Dr Dhairyawan presents her book at BJGP conference
March 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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What's your lens? If you don't have a lens...are you a positivist?

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Summary slide
March 21, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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How do we define policy pilot success? @kathcheckland.bsky.social @bjgp.bsky.social #bjgprc

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Success in policy piloting
March 21, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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@kathcheckland.bsky.social asks us to define our team's ontology and epistemology at #bjgprc @bjgp.bsky.social

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Theory in qualitative research What is a theoretical framework
March 21, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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@kathcheckland.bsky.social talks about ontology and epistemology

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Types of theory
March 21, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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@kathcheckland.bsky.social tells us that themes do not 'emerge' in qualitative research:

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Themes do not emerge
March 21, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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And we're off @bjgp.bsky.social @euanlawson.social
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Conference chair welcome
March 21, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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Thanks to @uclan.ac.uk @nihrspcr.bsky.social for the kind invitation to speak in less than 1 month's time on how academics can boost their social media profiles: www.uclan.ac.uk/events/listi...

What would you want to know about boosting your social media profile?
4. Social Media for Academics Participants will learn about: the importance of online visibility establishing academic media, e.g. Google Scholar, ResearchGate, Scopus, Web of Science, ORCID selecting the appropriate social media platform building social media profiles and a ‘presence’ supplementary tools to create online content Participants are encouraged to bring their existing profiles for critique and possible improvement. Dipesh is an ambitious and driven Honorary Clinical Research Fellow at Queen Mary University of London and General Practitioner (GP) practising in North London. His research interests lie in research related to improving the lives of people with a cancer diagnosis (cancer survivorship, living with and beyond cancer) and health inequalities. He was previously an Academic Clinical Fellow, NIHR In-Practice Fellow and SPCR Primary Care Clinicians Career Progression Fellow. He has 17000 social media connections across all platforms.His work has been published in the BMJ and The Lancet and was covered by 'New Scientist' in recent years. One of his career highlights was being invited to give a keynote address at an international conference, Association for Medical Education in Europe in August 2021 on ‘Unravelling the threads of race, racism and medicine’. In November 2021, he was awarded honorary membership of the Medical Women’s Federation. He was one of the founding members of the 'Primary Academic CollaboraTive' which aims to democratise and make research for relevant to busy primary care staff.
February 15, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Last night with @sathnam.bsky.social x Hannah MacInnes hosted by How To Academy @rgsibg.bsky.social

Great event asking us to hold contradictory challenging views: Empire can be good and bad at the same time.

Could reparation be seen as an investment in former colonies?

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Sathnam Sanghera in conversation with Hannah MacInnes
January 31, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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Our new paper is out cc Damien Ridge: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

We asked people from ethnic minorities about their experience of Long COVID - many experienced inconsistent healthcare 🧵

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Carolyn Chew-Graham
Nina Smyth
Tom Kingstone
Patrycia Gaszczyk
Samina Begum
Medical ambivalence and Long Covid: The disconnects, entanglements, and productivities shaping ethnic minority experiences in the UK Damien T. Ridge, Alex Broom, Nisreen A. Alwan, Carolyn A. Chew-Graham, Nina Smyth, Dipesh Gopal, Tom Kingstone, Patrycia Gaszczyk, Samina Begum Abstract Structural violence - related to ‘isms’ like racism, sexism, and ableism – pertains to the ways in which social institutions harm certain groups. Such violence is critical to institutional indifference to the plight of ethnic minority people living with long-term health conditions. With only emergent literature on the lived experiences of ethnic minorities with Long Covid, we sought to investigate experiences around the interplay of illness and structural vulnerabilities. Thirty-one semi-structured interviews with a range of UK-based participants of varying ethnic minorities, ages and socio-economic situations were undertaken online between June 2022 and June 2023. A constant comparison analysis was used to develop three over-arching themes: (1) Long Covid and social recognition; (2) The violence of medical ambivalence; and (3) Pathways to recognition and support. Findings showed that while professional recognition and support were possible, participants generally faced the spectre and deployment of a particular mode of structural violence, namely ‘medical ambivalence’. The contours of medical ambivalence in the National Health Service (NHS) as an institution had consequences, including inducing or accentuating suffering via practices of care denial. Despite multiple structurally shaped ordeals (like healthcare, community stigma, and sexism), many participants were nevertheless able to gain recognition for their condition (e.g. online, religious communities). Participants with more resources were in the best position to ‘cobble together’ their own approaches to care and support, despite structural headwinds.
January 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM