Professor Catherine Pope

Professor Catherine Pope




Position: Professor of Medical Sociology
Research group: Organisation and delivery of care

Research interests

Urgent and emergency care
Information and communication technologies in health care delivery
Evaluating NHS policy reforms and innovations http://www.iam.ecs.soton.ac.uk 

Workforce reconfiguration
Professional work and practice
Web science
Normalisation process theory

Research projects

Organisation and delivery of health services (e.g. evaluation of walk-in-centres; obstetric care; advanced access; treatment centres); professional work and practice (surgical work as ‘craftwork’, expertise in anaesthesia)

 

Current:

Improving the quality of ambulance crew hand-overs.  Funder: NIHR RfPB 2009-11
Expanding the role of NHS Direct in the management of long-term conditions. Funder: NIHR Applied Programme 2009-14
Same technology, different settings (a study of computer decision support systems in urgent and emergency care).  Funder: NIHR SDO 2008-2010

 

Biographical notes

Other Research Group: Intelligence, Agents, Multimedia in Electronics and Computer Sciences


BA(Hons) Sociology with professional studies
PhD Sociology as applied to medicine

Current roles within the University
 
Deputy Director, Doctoral Training Centre in Web Science  http://webscience.ecs.soton.ac.uk/dtc/
Deputy chair, Digital Economy University Strategic Research Group http://www.southampton.ac.uk/ris/research/strategicgroups.html
Co-chair, Women in Science Engineering and Technology (WiSET), http://www.soton.ac.uk/wiset/
Steering group member, Work Futures Research Centre and university Strategic Research Group, http://www.southampton.ac.uk/wfrc/

Current external roles
 
Board Member, Health Services Research Network
Member of NIHR Peer Learning Set on Normalisation Process Theory


Methodological Expertise:

Non-participant observation
Interviews
Mixed methods
Qualitative synthesis
Meta-ethnography
Synthesis of qualitative and quantitative research

 

Teaching responsibilities for Professor Catherine Pope
Module title Module code Discipline Role
Applied Research Methods - Qualitative NURS6105 Nursing Course leader

Publications

Turnbull, J., Pope, C., Martin, D. and Lattimer, V. (2010) Do telephones overcome geographical barriers to general practice out-of-hours services? Mixed methods study of parents with young children. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, 15, (1), 21-27. (doi:10.1258/jhsrp.2009.009023)
Pope, C., le May, A. and Gabbay, J. (2009) People, place and innovation: how organisational culture and physical environment shaped the implementation of the NHS TC Programme. In, Braithwaite, Jeffrey, Hyde, Paula and Pope, Catherine (eds.) Culture and Climate in Healthcare Organisations. Basingstoke, UK, Palgrave Macmillan.
Hyde, P., Pope, C. and Braithwaite, J. (2009) Conclusion: culture and climate in health care organizations: evidentiary, conceptual and practical progress. In, Culture and Climate in Health Care Organizations. Basingstoke,GB, Palgrave, 208-212.
Pope, Catherine, Braithwaite, Jeffrey and Hyde, Paula (2009) Introduction: why focus on culture and climate? In, Pope, Catherine, Braithwaite, Jeffrey and Hyde, Paula (eds.) Culture and Climate in Health Care Organizations. Basingstoke,GB, Palgrave Macmillan, 1-3.
Pope, Catherine and Mays, Nicholas (2009) Critical reflections on the rise of qualitative research. British Medical Journal, 339, (b3425), 737-739. (doi:10.1136/bmj.b3425)
Smith, A., Pope, C., Goodwin, D. and Mort, M. (2009) Teams, talk and transitions in anaesthetic practice. In, Flin, Rhona and MItchell, Lucy (eds.) Safer Surgery: Anaylsing Behaviour in the Operating Theatre. Farnham, UK, Ashgate.
Smith, A.F., Pope, C., Goodwin, D. and Mort, M. (2008) Interprofessional handober and patient safety in anaesthesia: observational study of handovers in the recovery room. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 101, (3), 332-337. (doi:10.1093/bja/aen168)
Gunn, J.M., Palmer, V.J., Naccarella, L., Kokanovic, R., Pope, C.J., Lathlean, J. and Stange, K.C. (2008) The promise and pitfalls of generalism in achieving the Alma-Ata vision of health for all. Medical Journal of Australia, 189, (2), 110-112.
Gerard, Karen, Salisbury, Chris, Street, Deborah and Pope, Catherine (2008) Is fast access to general practice all that should matter? A discrete choice experiment of patients’ preferences. Journal of Health Services and Research Policy, 13, 3-10. (doi:10.1258/jhsrp.2007.007087)
Bate, Paul, Robert, Gabbay, Gallivan, Steve, Jit, Mark, Utley, Martin, Le May, Andree and Pope, Catherine (2008) The development and implementation of NHS treatment centres as an organisational innovation. London, UK, Service Delivery and Organisation Programme: National Institute for Health Research, 7pp.
Barley, Madeline, Pope, Catherine, Chilvers, Rupatharshini, Sipos, Attila and Harrison, Glynn (2008) Guidelines or mindlines? A qualitative study exploring what knowledge informs psychiatrists decisions about antipsychotic prescribing. Journal of Mental Health, 17, (1), 9-17. (doi:10.1080/09638230701498358)
Pope, Catherine, le May, Andrée and Gabbay, John (2008) Chasing chameleons, chimeras and caterpillars: evaluating an organizational innovation in the National Health Service. In, McKee, Lorna, Ferlie, Ewan and Hyde, Paula (eds.) Organizing and Reorganizing: Power and Change in Health Care Organizations. Basingstoke, UK, Palgrave Macmillan, 112-122.
Pope, C., Banks, J., Salisbury, C. and Lattimer, V. (2008) Improving access to primary care: eight case studies of introducing advanced access in England. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, 13, (1), 33-39. (doi:10.1258/jhsrp.2007.007039)
Pope, C.J., le May, A.C. and Gabbay, J. (2008) People, place and innovation: how organisational culture and physical environment shaped the implementation of the NHS TC programme. In, 6th International Conference on Organsiational Behaviour in Health Care: Culture and climate - crakcing the code, Sydney, Australia 26 - 28 Mar 2008. Sydney, Australia,
Gerard, Karen, Salisbury, Chris, Street, Deborah, Pope, Catherine and Baxter, Helen (2008) Is fast access to general practice all that should matter? a discrete choice experiment of patients’ preferences. Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, 13, (Supplement 2), 3-10. (doi:10.1258/jhsrp.2007.007087)
Carlsen, Benedicte, Glenton, Claire and Pope, Catherine (2007) Thou shalt versus thou shalt not: a meta-synthesis of GPs' attitudes to clinical practice guidelines. British Journal of General Practice, 57, (545), 971-978. (doi:10.3399/096016407782604820)
Pope, Catherine, Mays, Nick and Popay, Jennie (2007) Synthesizing qualitative and quantitative health research: a guide to methods, UK, Open University Press, 224pp.
Salisbury, Chris, Banks, Jon, Goodall, Stephen, Baxter, Helen, Montgomery, Alan, Pope, Catherine, Gerard, Karen, Simons, Lucy, Lattimer, Val, Sampson, Fiona, Pickin, Mark, Edwards, Sarah, Smith, Helen and Boudioni, Markella (2007) An evaluation of advanced access in general practice. National Co-ordinating Centre for NHS Service Delivery and Organisation
Pope, C.J., Mort, M., Goodwin, D. and Smith, A. (2007) Anaesthetic talk in surgical encounters. In, Iedema, Rick (ed.) The Discourse of Hospital Communication: Tracing Complexities in Contemporary Health Organisations. Basingstoke, UK, Palgrave Macmillan, 161-181.
Smith, A.F., Pope, C., Goodwin, D. and Mort, M. (2006) What defines expertise in regional anaesthesia? An observational analysis of practice. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 97, (3), 401-407. (doi:10.1093/bja/ael175)
le May, A.C., Gabbay, J. and Pope, C.J. (2006) The diffusion of innovation into British health services: a case study of treatment centres. In, Health Technology Assessment International Annual Conference, Adelaide, Australia 02 - 05 Jul 2006.
Pope, Catherine and Mays, Nicholas (2006) Qualitative methods in health research. In, Pope, Catherine and Mays, Nicholas (eds.) Qualitative Research in Health Care, 3rd Edition. UK, Blackwell, 1-11.
Pope, Catherine and Mays, Nicholas (2006) Observational methods. In, Pope, Catherine and Mays, Nicholas (eds.) Qualitative Research in Health Care, 3rd Edition. UK, Blackwell, 32-42.
Mays, Nicholas, Pope, Catherine and Ziebland, Sue (2006) Analysing qualitative data. In, Pope, Catherine and Mays, Nicholas (eds.) Qualitative Research in Health Care, 3rd Edition. UK, Blackwell, 63-81.
Mays, Nicholas and Pope, Catherine (2006) Quality in qualitative health research. In, Pope, Catherine and Mays, Nicholas (eds.) Qualitative Research in Health Care, 3rd Edition. UK, Blackwell, 82-101.
Pope, Catherine and Mays, Nicholas (2006) Synthesising qualitative research. In, Pope, Catherine and Mays, Nicholas (eds.) Qualitative Research in Health Care, 3rd Edition. UK, Blackwell, 142-156.
Pope, C.J., le May, A.C. and Gabbay, J. (2006) Chasing chameleons, chimeras and caterpillars: researching the implementation of an organisational innovation in the National Health Service. In, Organisational Behaviour in Health Care, Aberdeen, Scotland 10 - 12 Apr 2006.
Pope, Catherine, Robert, Glenn, Bate, Paul, Le May, Andrée and Gabbay, John (2006) Lost in translation: a multi-level case study of the metamorphosis of meanings and action in public sector organizational innovation. Public Administration, 84, (1), 59-79. (doi:10.1111/j.0033-3298.2006.00493.x)
Pope, C., Mays, N. and Popay, J. (2006) How can we synthesize qualitative and quantitative evidence for healthcare policy-makers and managers? Healthcare Management FORUM Gestion des soins de santé, 27-31.
Smith, A.F., Goodwin, D., Mort, M. and Pope, C. (2006) Adverse events in anaesthetic practice: qualitative study of definition, discussion and reporting. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 96, (6), 715-721. (doi:10.1093/bja/ael099)
Frost, J., Pope, C., Liebling, R. and Murphy, D. (2006) Utopian theory and the discourse of natural birth. Social Theory & Health, 4, (4), 299-318. (doi:10.1057/palgrave.sth.8700076)
Smith, Lucy K., Pope, Catherine and Botha, Johannes L. (2005) Patients' help-seeking experiences and delay in cancer presentation: a qualitative synthesis. Lancet, 366, (9488), 825-831. (doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67030-4)
Goodwin, D., Pope, C., Mort, M. and Smith, A. (2005) Access, boundaries and their effects: legitimate participation in anaesthesia. Sociology of Health and Illness, 27, (6), 855-871. (doi:10.1111/j.1467-9566.2005.00477.x)
le May, A., Gabbay, J. and Pope, C.J. (2005) The diffusion of innovation into British Health Services: a case study of treatment centres. In, The 6th International Conference on the Scientific Basis of Health Services (ICSBHS), Montréal, Canada 18 - 20 Sep 2005.
Pound, P., Britten, N., Morgan, M., Yardley, L., Pope, C., Daker-White, G. and Campbell, R. (2005) Resisting medicines: a synthesis of qualitative studies of medicine taking. Social Science & Medicine, 61, (1), 133-155. (doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.11.063)
Pope, Catherine (2003) Resisting evidence: the study of evidence-based medicine as a contemporary social movement. Health, 7, (3), 267-282. (doi:10.1177/1363459303007003002)
Smith, A., Goodwin, D., Mort, M. and Pope, C. (2003) Encouraging expertise in the use of monitoring. Journal of Education in Perioperative Medicine, V, (II)
Pope, C. (2002) Contingency in everyday surgical work. Sociology of Health and Illness, 24, (4), 369-384. (doi:10.1111/1467-9566.00300)
Salisbury, Chris, Chalder, Melanie, Manku-Scott, Terjinder, Nicholas, Ruth, Deave, Toity, Noble, Sian, Pope, Catherine, Moore, Laurence, Coast, Joanne, Anderson, Elizabeth, Weiss, Marjorie, Grant, Clare and Sharp, Deborah (2002) The national evaluation of NHS walk-in centres - final report. Bristol, UK, University of Bristol, 159pp.
Mort, M., Goodwin, D., Pope, C. and Smith, A. (2002) Developing and maintaining anaesthetic expertise: the place of observational methods. European Journal of Anaesthesiology, 19, (Suppl 24), p13.
Smith, A.F., Goodwin, D., Mort, M. and Pope, C. (2001) Making explicit anaesthetic expertise: methodological consideration and subjects' perceptions. In, Anaesthetics Research Society Meeting, University of Leeds, UK 05 - 06 Jul 2001.