Curriculum vitae
RESEARCH POSITION
2009 – Independent Researcher
Areas of specialization
Qualitative research; Patient experience; Patient-centred care; Patient narrative & Story telling; Epistemology
Areas of competence
Qualitative research; Patient experience; Patient narrative & Story telling; Epistemology
EDUCATION
PhD; Imperial College, University of London. (accept as is). 1994, Psychology (Board of Studies) Thesis Title: The development of a patient self-completion questionnaire for the identification of psychological problems in patients with Insulin dependent diabetes. Funding: Diabetes UK (Formerly British Diabetes Association) 3 year Scientific Research Grant. Examiners: Prof Marie Johnston; (Aberdeen, External) & Prof John Weinman; (KCL, Internal).
BA (Hons); Open University. 1983, Psychology. Main subjects: Social psychology, Cognitive psychology, Methods of educational enquiry, Historical sources and the social scientist, Biological basis of behaviour, Personality and learning.
MAIN RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Phenomenology: Its application in describing patient lived experiences
- Causation: Understanding causation through patient narrative
- Epistemology: The intersection of philosophy and patient narrative
- To promote: Transdisciplinary research and constructive dialogue
MEMBERSHIP/AFFILIATION OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES
- Charted Psychologist - British Psychological Society (CPhsycol).
- Associate Fellow - British Psychological Society (AFBPSsS).
- Certified (CMRS), Market Research Society. Awarded in recognition of academic achievement.
- Member - Life-Writing Research Network, Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (OCLW)
- Affiliate/Scholar - Centre for the Study of Storytelling, Experientially and Memory (SELMA)
- Member – CAUSEHEALTH: Global Network, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
- Member - International Psycho Social Aspects of Diabetes (PSAD).
AWARDS
Best for Healthcare Research – UK. Global Excellence Awards of 2017
PUBLICATIONS
Work in progress (and thus title redacted)
A paper on interpreting patient narrative and hermeneutics in new media.
A paper on the need to talk about philosophy in the changing world of Patient Reported Outcome data collection.
A literature review of patient narrative in the context of patient self-report.
Under peer review (and thus title redacted)
A paper on the importance of philosophical and theoretical thinking in the changing arena of Patient Reported Outcome data collection.
A paper on patient narrative in explaining cause in a Single Case Response to Patient-Reported Outcomes Data.
Peer-reviewed journal publications (Selected)
Meadows K. Cognitive Interviewing Methodologies. (2021). Guest Editor. Clinical Nursing Research. 2021; 30 (4):375-379.
Meadows K. (2021). Interpreting Patient-Reported Outcome Measures: Narrative and the Fusion of Horizons; Philosophy of Medicine, 2(2). 1-14
Meadows K.A. (2021). A philosophical perspective on the development and application of patient-reported outcomes measures (PROMs). Qual Life Res. (6):1703-1709
Meadows K. (2021). Patient-reported Outcome Measures – A Call for More Narrative Evidence. Journal of Patient Experience. doi:10.1177/23743735211049666
Meadows K. (2022).Do Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Tell Us the Full Story? Guest Editor. Clinical Nursing Research. 31(2):159-162
Meadows K.A. & Reaney M. (2023) Bringing the patient’s perspectives forward in drug development and health-care evaluation, Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research, DOI: 10.1080/14737167.2023.2166492
Meadows K.A & Reaney M. (2023). Story completion (SC) - an epistemological approach to the interpretation of patient-reported outcomes? Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res. 7:1-8. doi: 10.1080/14737167.2023.2268833.
For the full list of my publications see: google scholar
Other writings
2023 - CAUSEHEALTH (Norwegian University of Life Sciences) Blog: Bringing the patient’s perspectives forward in drug development and healthcare evaluation.
2023 - CAUSEHEALTH (Norwegian University of Life Sciences) Blog: Understanding Patient-Reported Outcomes: Why we need to talk about philosophy.
PRESENTATIONS – FORTHCOMING (2024)
Seminar
March - The Research Centre for Culture and Health, University of Turku. “Patient Narrative: Explaining Cause in a Single Case Response to Patient-Reported Outcomes Data” (Online).
Workshop
Co-organizer (with Dr Elena Rocca; CAUSEHEALTH, (Norwegian University of Life Sciences).TBC
RECENT PRESENTATIONS – INVITED
Colloquia
2020 - GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften Mannheim “Informants’ Interaction with the Diabetes Distress Scale: A Discourse Analysis”(Online)
Webinar
2022 - Open University & Diabetes UK. Language Matters: Supporting Emotional Health in People with Diabetes
Conference
2022 - 5th Annual Meeting on the Future of Nursing and Nursing Education. Dubie. Keynote speaker: “Do Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Tell Us the Full Story?”(Online)
BOOK CHAPTERS
Keith A Meadows. (2010). An overview of the Research Process; in Biomedical Research - From Ideation to Publication. Editors G Jagadesh, S Murthy, Y.K.Gupta, A Prakash. Wolters Kluwer (India) PvT. Ltd; New Delhi
Judith Chwalow, Keith Meadows et al. (2008). Empirical Internal Validation and analysis of a quality of Life Instrument in French Diabetic Patients during an Educational Intervention; in Mathematical Methods in Survival Analysis, Reliability and Quality of Life. Editors Catherine Huber, Nikolaos Limnios, Mournir Mesbah and Mikhail Nikulin. ISTE Ltd London, John Wiley & Sons US
Meadows K.A, Bentzen N and Touw-Otten F. (1997). Cross-Cultural Issues: An outline of the important principles in establishing cross-cultural validity in health outcome assessment, In Cross-Cultural Health Outcome Assessment; A users guide, Editors Hutchinson A, Bentzen N and Konig-Zahn C. European Research Group on Health Outcomes.
Touw-Otten, F and Meadows K A. (1996). Cross-Cultural Issues in Outcome Measurement; In Health Outcomes for Primary and Outpatient Care, Editors Hutchinson and McColl. Harwood Academic.
Meadows K.A. (1996). Cross-Cultural Issues in the Development and Use of Health Outcome Measures, In Health Outcomes and Evaluation: Context, Concepts and Successful Applications, Editors: Long A and Bitzer E. European Clearing House on Health Outcomes, University of Leeds.
Meadows K.A. (1991). Assessing Quality of Life; in The Technology of Diabetes Care: Converging Perspectives of Medical and Social Scientists, Editors Bradley C, Christie M, Home P. Harwood Academic publishers.
EXTERNAL REFEREE (1986 - )
Clinical Nursing Research
Diabetic Medicine
Journal of Patient Experience
Quality of Life Research
British Journal of Health Psychology
Quality in Health Care
Medical Care
Journal of Diabetes & Metabolic Disorders