Jakki Birtwistle
- Position: Research Fellow (Palliative Care)
- Email: J.Birtwistle@leeds.ac.uk
- Phone: +44(0)113 343 6907
- Location: Room 10.39 Worsley Building
- Website: ORCID
Profile
Jakki’s current project is “OPTIMAL CARE” and is funded by the National Institute for Health Research. This project aims to understand how Electronic Palliative Care Co-ordination Systems (systems that support the documenting and sharing of care preferences) are currently being used in routine care and how their implementation can be improved to maximise the benefit to patients.
Research interests
Psychological approaches in physical health and illness
Palliative Care
Role of technology in health services
Process evaluation of clinical trials
Process evaluation of health service delivery
Qualitative methods
Professional memberships
- British Psychological Society
Student education
I tutor on the Individuals & Populations Year 1 Undergraduate Medicine (MBChB) course. This course has a focus on the psychological and societal aspects of behaviour and human development, their role in health and illness and treatment of medical problems.
Research groups and institutes
- St Gemma's Academic Unit of Palliative Care
- Leeds Institute of Health Sciences