NIHR Doctoral Research Fellow in Paediatric Emergency Medicine

Email: dr98@le.ac.uk   Twitter:  @engage2advocate

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

• Identification of Sick Children in Acute Care Settings

• Early Warning Scores
• Evaluation of methods to assess training and educational interventions 
• Co-Founder of PEMLA and QuackApps

Awards

• 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

Chair of the Academy of Royal Colleges Trainee Doctors Group

Member of Medical Programme Board

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"

Recent Publications

Roland D and Matheson D. New theory from an old technique: the Rolma matrices. Clinical Teacher 2012; 9(3): 143-147

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

Roland D. Re: NICE needs reform. BMJ 2011;343:d7945

Austin S and Roland D. Bullying: resources and guidance for trainees. BMJ Careers Dev 2011

Roland D, Clarke C, Borland M and Pascoe E. Adequately assessing dehydration: A holy grail of paediatric emergency medicine International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2011, 4:71 

Roland D. A new deal for Deaneries. BMJ Careers Oct 2011

Roland D, Haden S, Pryde K and Lachman P. Paediatric trainees and the Quality Improvement Agenda: don't just do another audit. J R Soc Med 2011; 104:344-345

Roland D and Coats T. An Early Warning? Universal Risk Scoring in Emergency Medicine. Emerg Med J. 2011 Apr;28(4):263

Rowlands R and Roland D. Antibiotics in Childhood Burns. Burns 2011 Mar;37(2):359-60

Roland D, Wahl H, Lakhanpaul M, Blackwell N, Davies F. Education by Video. BMJ Careers Feb 2011

All Publications

National and International Presentations

Invited National Talks

Links

Emergency Medicine