Will AI replace us as scholars and researchers? A new article from Yale's DEC offers an answer: "What is Left for Us? Second Scholarship Against the Degradation of Research by AI" papers.ssrn.com/sol3...
Simon Briscoe
@simonjbriscoe.bsky.social
Systematic reviewer and information specialist at the Exeter PRP Evidence Review Facility, University of Exeter. Senior Research Fellow. Interests: evidence synthesis, evidence-based policy, health equity https://experts.exeter.ac.uk/22388-simon-briscoe
Our latest paper: "Evidence of health inequities across the rare disease patient care pathway: development of a toolkit using a conceptual framework" -- a contribution to informing improved care and addressing #healthinequities for people with a #raredisease link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Evidence of health inequities across the rare disease patient care pathway: development of a toolkit using a conceptual framework - Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
People with a rare disease (PwRD) often face more challenges than the wider population in obtaining a diagnosis and accessing services. These challenges can be framed as health inequities, i.e. differ...
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Tomorrow is Rare Disease Day 🦓 3.5 million people live with a rare condition in the UK. The Exeter PRP Evidence Review Facility, led by PenARC’s Prof Jo Thompson Coon, developed a toolkit highlighting inequalities in care 🔗 bit.ly/4shkmFI 🧦We’re in zebra socks to support! #RareDiseaseDay
Very much enjoyed being part of the writing team for this paper with Justin Jagosh & great to see it out: Reverse chronology quota record screening for #realistsynthesis: Fostering causally rich extrapolations with a diverse and contemporaneous sample of literature www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Reverse chronology quota record screening for realist synthesis: Fostering causally rich extrapolations with a diverse and contemporaneous sample of literature | Research Synthesis Methods | Cambridge...
Reverse chronology quota record screening for realist synthesis: Fostering causally rich extrapolations with a diverse and contemporaneous sample of literature
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Our latest paper is a #systematicreview of the environmental impact of dental amalgam versus alternative restorative materials including resin-based composites and glass ionomer cements: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #dentistry
Environmental impact of dental amalgam and alternative restorative materials: a systematic review - BDJ Open
BDJ Open - Environmental impact of dental amalgam and alternative restorative materials: a systematic review
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The Rise of Scoping Reviews in Nursing Science: Trends, Merits, and Responsible Use www.mdpi.com/2039-4403/15...
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Boy with rare condition amazes doctors after world-first gene therapy www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hunter syndrome: Boy with rare condition amazes doctors after world-first gene therapy
Oliver has an inherited condition called Hunter syndrome, which causes progressive damage to the body and brain.
bbc.co.uk
Don't blindly trust what AI tells you, says Google's Sundar Pichai www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Don't blindly trust what AI tells you, Google boss tells BBC
Sundar Pichai candidly acknowledged concerns about inaccurate answers generated by Google's models.
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We’re very pleased to help move forward the plans set out in the England Rare Disease Action Plan to improve the experience of diagnosis and access to services for people with a #raredisease.
ARC South West@arcsouthwest.bsky.social · 9mo ago🚨New research from PenARC + Exeter NIHR PRP is helping NHSE understand health inequities in #RareDisease care. The new framework was presented at the launch of the HSS Health Inequalities Toolkit. 📖Read a pre–peer review here: bit.ly/4825jqL #HealthInequalities #NIHR
Join us for #OnlyConnect25 celebrating the power of #intergenerational and inclusive practice/research - hosted at Newlyn Art Gallery, with an expedition to Potager Garden for a magical evening meal. Get ready to connect, make, talk, wonder and look beyond the horizon to what is possible.
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Prioritising methodological research questions for scoping reviews, mapping reviews and evidence and gap maps for health research: a protocol for PROSPECT Delphi study
Introduction Scoping reviews, mapping reviews and evidence and gap maps (collectively known as ‘big picture reviews’) in health continue to gain popularity within the evidence ecosystem. These big-pic...
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👋 Meet Mick Arber, Senior Information Specialist at YHEC. With 25+ years in health information and evidence synthesis, Mick brings expertise in robust, high-quality literature searching. Read more: sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/y... #EvidenceBasedMedicine #MedLibs
In this paper we aim to show how undertaking a #systematicreview in collaboration with a policymaker can be framed as a hermeneutic process, improving relevance for policy and challenging the conventional rule following account of #systematicreviews (1/2): journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Menstruation & Menopause as Reproductive Justice Issues: Feminist Reflections on Activism, Research, & Policy from the Global Movement's Scottish Hub Bettina Bildhauer & Marcy Karin papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Menstruation and Menopause as Reproductive Justice Issues: Feminist Reflections on Activism, Research, and Policy from the Global Movement's Scottish Hub
This feminist reflection asserts that menstruation and menopause are elements of reproductive justice that are often overlooked due to menstrual taboos. Drawing
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Our latest paper: Evidence of #inequities experienced by the #raredisease community with respect to receipt of a diagnosis and access to services: a scoping review of UK and international evidence link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Evidence of inequities experienced by the rare disease community with respect to receipt of a diagnosis and access to services: a scoping review of UK and international evidence - Orphanet Journal of ...
Background People with a rare disease find it difficult to obtain a diagnosis and access appropriate services. Evidence suggests that this can lead to health inequity amongst the rare disease communit...
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Interesting Campbell protocol - What works to increase the use of evidence for policy decision-making: A systematic review onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Protocol: What works to increase the use of evidence for policy decision‐making: A systematic review
This is the protocol for a Campbell systematic review. The objectives are as follows: Our aim is to collect, assess, and synthesise all the available empirical evidence on what works to support evide...
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“When I started my period at 15, I passed out, threw up, was petrified about what was happening and was told it was normal.”
Naga Munchetty: My first period made me faint - but doctors said it was normal
The journalist described having to throw up while presenting BBC Breakfast due to the pain of adenomyosis
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When world's collide - spotted in the @hayfestival.bsky.social bookshop Naga Munchetty's important book on the women's health crisis cites our recent #systematicreview of #primarycare clinicians’ perspectives on interacting with patients with #gynaecological conditions bjgpopen.org/content/8/1/...
Interesting blog post by Aaron Tay on the reproducibility and interpretability of academic Ai search engines musingsaboutlibrarianship.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-...
The reproducibility and interpretability of academic Ai search engines like Primo Research Assistant, Web of Science Research Assistant, Scopus Ai and more
A blog about academic librarianship. Covers discovery, open access and other hot trends by a librarian in Singapore.
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In this blog post we summarise our recent paper which uses hermeneutics to explore expert judgement in systematic reviews for policy, and explore what this means for using AI in systematic reviews. We hope you find it considered and thought-provoking! planeterfexeter.wordpress.com/2025/04/30/e...
Expert judgement in systematic reviews for policy: reflections from a hermeneutic perspective on current practice and AI
Systematic reviews seek to use methods which are defined in advance in a protocol and carried out without deviation. However, in reality we are often interpreting these methods using our expert jud…
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'Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work.'
X’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for research
Data indicates more scholars turning to alternative social media site to post about their work after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover
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Excited to see our paper "Framing #systematicreviews commissioned by policymakers as a hermeneutic process" published in Methodological Innovations -- a methodological commentary which uses hermeneutics to understand how reviewers and policy teams work together journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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It's Rare Disease Day. Over 350 million people live with a rare condition globally. But rare disease is poorly taught about in medical education leaving doctors unable to support their patients. So we are raising awareness amongst healthcare professionals #ShowYourStripes
The England Rare Diseases Action Plan 2025 is published today and includes an annex with a summary of our scoping review of inequities relating to diagnosis and access to services for people with a rare disease (1/2) #RareDiseaseDay2025 www.gov.uk/government/p...
England Rare Diseases Action Plan 2025: annexes
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🌍 Today is #RareDiseaseDay 2025! We stand with the 300 million people worldwide living with rare diseases. By coming together, we can raise awareness, drive change, and work toward a more inclusive and equitable future! 🔗 Read more: metab.ern-net.eu/rare-disease... #RareDiseaseDay2025
TODAY is #RareDiseaseDay! 💙💚💜 Across the world, our #raredisease community is sharing our colors and demanding equity for the 300 million people living with a rare disease. But what’s the difference between equality and equity?
Last night, the chapel facade of Magdalen College was lit up ahead of #RareDiseaseDay. A disease is classed as rare when it affects fewer than 1 in 2000 people and there are over 3.5 million people living with a rare condition in the UK alone. 📷 | @oxfordpaediatrics.bsky.social
Twitter (X) and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Characterizing the Most Amplified, Influential, and Connected Voices Driving Twitter Discourse About Tobacco Regulatory Policy From September 2019 to July 2021 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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