About
Dr Sara McKelvie is an NIHR Clinical Lecturer at the School of Primary Care Research. She is interested in community-based alternatives to hospitalisation for older people with complex health and social needs. Her research has concentrated on understanding the clinical work of ambulatory care investigating patient, staff and system needs using ethnographic methods and cognitive task analysis. Sara is interested in the future workforce needed for primary and community care and the changing roles of healthcare professionals within this.
In 2024 Sara started a new role as Deputy Head of School for Knowledge Exchange and Enterprise for Primary Care, Population Sciences and Medical Education
Research
Research groups
Research interests
- General Practice
- Healthcare for Older Adults
- Community-based alternatives to Hospitalisation
- Workforce for Primary and Community Healthcare
- Knowledge Exchange and Enterprise
Research projects
Active projects
Publications
Teaching
Module Lead for Qualitative Research Methods on the Public Health Masters Course
Involved in teaching on the Undergraduate Medicine course including Critical Appraisal, Primary Care and Research Methods
Project Supervisor for Medical Student Research Projects
Co-Supervisor for CARA fellow
Personal Academic Tutor for Undergraduate and Postgraduate students
Biography
Sara was awarded her NIHR-CLAHRC funded doctorate on “Clinical Decision Making in Uncertainty; An Ethnography of a Complex Intervention in the Ambulatory Emergency Care setting” at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford in 2021. Sara completed a Masters in Gerontology from King’s College London in 2017.
Sara is also an NHS GP with a special interest in geriatric care. She is currently working to support older adults with acute illnesses closer to home in a Community Health Trust. She has previous experience as Medical Lead for Intensive Community Care pathways.
Prizes
- TUTOR-PHC Fellowship (2022)
- Fellowship HEA (2023)
- RENKEI Early Career Fellow (2024)
- Best Poster at Oxford Health Improvement conference (2024)
- PGCAP (2024)
- Management in Medicine Programme (2023)
- TUTOR-PHC Fellowship (2022)
- Fellowship HEA (2023)
- RENKEI Early Career Fellow (2024)
- Best Poster at Oxford Health Improvement conference (2024)
- PGCAP (2024)
- Management in Medicine Programme (2023)