Dr Damian Roland
NIHR Doctoral Research Fellow in Paediatric Emergency Medicine
BMedSci (Hons) 1999, University of Nottingham
MB BS, 2001, University of Nottingham
MRCPCH 2004
Email: dr98@le.ac.uk Twitter: @damian_roland
Address: Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester,
Level G, Jarvis Building RMO, Infirmary Square, Leicester, LE1 5WW
For general enquiries, please email the secretary, Elizabeth Cadman,
or telephone 0116 258 5965
Research Interests
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Identification of Sick Children in Acute Care Settings
- Early Warning Scores
- Evaluation of methods to assess training and educational interventions (REMIT)
- Co-Founder of PEMLA and QuackApps
Awards
- Shortlisted for Patient Safety Award 2013 in Paediatric Category (decision due 9th July)
- International Forum of Quality and Safety in Health Care 2013: Winner of Million Pound Challenge
- NHS Right Care - Network Innovation Prize 2012
- NIHR Doctoral Research Fellow 2010-13
- Patient Safety Award 2011: "Spotting the Sick Child"
- NICE Shared Learning Award 2011
- NICE Scholar 2010-11
- Da Vinci Health Technology Award - Highly commended in Best Newcomer category for POPS
External Positions
Children and Young Peoples Health Outcomes Forum - Member
Education Outcomes Framework Reference Group
Core Leadership team for #nhschangeday
Guideline Development Group Member - NICE Feverish illness in children update
Guideline Developement Group Member - BTS Oxygen Delivery update (paediatric section)
Medicine for Childrens Research Network General Paediatric CSG Trainee Representative
Executive Committee Member of Academic Paediatric Association
Contributions to National Guidance/Publications
Educational Outcomes Framework (DOH 2012) - Design Group Member
Technology Enhanced Learning Framework (DOH 2011) - Member of Project Board
Sir John Temple. "Time for Training" (Medical Education England 2010) - Member of expert advisory group
Editorial board for 2010 NPSA publication "Medical Error"
Publications - 2012/13
Roland D Republished: Paediatric early warning scores: Holy Grail and Achilles' heel Postgrad Med J 2013;89:358-365
Roland D, Shahzad MW, Davies F. The importance of currency in data trends. Arch Dis Child Published online first 27 April 2013
Smith LJ, Tsakok T, Heeps A and Roland D What has the GMC ever done for trainees? BMJ Careers Feb 2013
Roland D, Coats T and Matheson D. Towards a conceptual framework demonstrating the effectiveness of audiovisual patient descriptions (patient video cases): a review of the current literature BMC Medical Education.2012, 12:125.
Sutton S, Roland D and Bevan H A Change is going to come Health Serv J 122(6330):20
Modi N, Clark H, Woolfe I, Costello A, Budge H (on behalf of writing group of the RCPCH commission on child health research) A Healthy Nation: Strengthening child health research in the UK The Lancet 21 Nov 2012 (member of writing group)
Roland D. Paediatric early warning scores: Holy Grail and Achilles' heel Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed 2012;97:208-215
Roland D, Warren O and Klaber R. Engaging with leadership learning in the workplace. The Lancet 2012;380(9841) 563
Roland D. A scale is only as good as its user. Letter in response to: Pediatrics 2012; 129:5 e1211-e1219
Roland D. Not bad medicine just overrated. Letter in response to: BMJ 2012;345:e4569
Roland D and Matheson D. New theory from an old technique: the Rolma matrices. Clinical Teacher 2012; 9(3): 143-147 [Full article]
Klaber B and Roland D. Engaging paediatricians in planning the training of our future workforce Arch Dis Child 2012;97:6 517-520
Nafousi O, Pertwee R, Roland D and Acheson J. Management of Oesophageal Coins in Children. Emergency Medicine Journal 2012 doi:10.1136
Roland D and Jahn H. Are early warning scores too early for paramedic practice? Journal of Paramedic Practice 2012; 4(1):16-21
All Publications (by research theme)
National and International Presentations
