Professor Ann McDonnell PhD, MSc, MSc, BSc
Emeritus Professor
Summary
Dr Ann McDonnell is an Emeritus Professor in Health and Social Care Services Ï㽶ÊÓƵ. Ann left Ï㽶ÊÓƵ in 2014, but remains engaged in writing with the University. She moved to the university in 2006. AAnn has a BSc in Physiology and Zoology which was awarded in 1979 by the University of Sheffield. She was subsequently awarded an MSc in Nursing from the University of Manchester in 1988 and an MSc in Health Services Ï㽶ÊÓƵ and Technology Assessment from the University of Sheffield in 1997.
About
Ann's clinical background is in nursing and she has held a variety of clinical posts in acute hospital settings and has extensive teaching experience on a variety of nursing and inter-disciplinary programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate level within National Health Service and university settings.
She completed an MRC Training Fellowship in Health Services Ï㽶ÊÓƵ and completed her PhD as part of this fellowship in 2004 while working in the School of Health and Related Ï㽶ÊÓƵ (ScHARR) at the University of Sheffield. Her PhD was a study of the impact of acute pain teams on patient outcomes using Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data.
Ann has over 14 years experience of health services research and evaluation. Ann has secured research funding from national and local bodies. She is also experienced in collaborating closely with NHS Trusts to evaluate their service provision. Ann's research activities reflect her interest in the use of mixed methods to explore the impact of complex interventions in health settings. Past projects include the impact critical care outreach services (in collaboration with the Intensive Care National Audit and Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Centre) funded by the NIHR Service Delivery and Organisation programme - an evaluation of the impact of new model to detect deteriorating patients at an NHS Foundation Trust, funded by the Yorkshire and Humber Strategic Health Authority and a study exploring approaches to capturing the impact of nurse consultants, funded by the Burdett Trust for Nursing.
She is lead (along with Dr Karen Collins) the professional development, technology and research into practice theme. She is interested in evidence based practice and the evaluation of innovations in service delivery which involve nurses working in new and innovative roles. Current Past projects include an evaluation of the Advanced Nurse Practitioner roles at Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and a study exploring the impact of lung cancer specialist nurses on access to anti-cancer treatment funded by the General Nursing Council Trust and the National Lung Cancer Nurses Forum.
Ann's approach to project leadership acknowledges the need to develop research capacity within nursing and she has created opportunities to enable this in both all studies where she has been the Principal Investigator.
She was a member of the translating knowledge into action implementation theme, NIHR CLAHRC for South Yorkshire.
Ann has published widely from her research and has presented at a range of professional and academic conferences.
Specialist areas of interest
Health services research, professional development, service evaluation and research into practice
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General Nursing Council Trust
NHS
NIHR
Publications
Journal articles
Gerrish, K., Laker, S., Taylor, C., Kennedy, F., & Mcdonnell, A. (2016). . Journal of Advanced Nursing, 72 (12), 3182-3194.
Schober, M.M., Gerrish, K., & Mcdonnell, A. (2016). . Journal of advanced nursing, 72 (6), 1313-1324.
Tod, A., Kennedy, F., Stocks, A.-.J., Mcdonnell, A., Ramaswamy, B., Wood, B., & Whitfield, M. (2016). . BMJ Open, 6 (2), e006813.
Tod, A.M., Redman, J., McDonnell, A., Borthwick, D., & White, J. (2015). . BMJ Open, 5 (12), e008587.
Mcdonnell, A., Goodwin, E., Kennedy, F., Hawley, K., Gerrish, K., & Smith, C. (2015). . Journal of Advanced Nursing, 71 (4), 789-799.
Brummell, S., Tod, A.M., Mcdonnell, A., Guerin, M., Beattie, V., & Ibbotson, R. (2014). . Cancer Nursing Practice, 14 (1), 22-27.
Mcdonnell, A., Gerrish, K., & Kennedy, F. (2013). . Nursing standard, 27 (38), 61.
Mcdonnell, A., Gerrish, K., Kirshbaum, M.N., Nolan, M., Tod, A., & Guillaume, L. (2013). . Journal of Ï㽶ÊÓƵ in Nursing, 18 (4), 368-383.
Gerrish, K., Mcdonnell, A., & Kennedy, F. (2013). . Journal of Advanced Nursing.
Mcdonnell, A., Tod, A., Bray, K., Bainbridge, D., Adsetts, D., & Walters, S. (2013). . Journal Of Advanced Nursing, 69 (1), 41-52.
Kennedy, F., Mcdonnell, A., Gerrish, K., Howarth, A., Pollard, C., & Redman, J. (2012). . Journal Of Advanced Nursing, 68 (4), 721-742.
Allmark, P., Tod, A., Mcdonnell, A., Al-Alawy, K., Mann, K., Hollis, E., ... Iliff, A. (2011). . The European Journal of Public Health, 22 (2), 248-251.
Gerrish, K., Nolan, M., Mcdonnell, A., Tod, A., Kirshbaum, M., & Guillaume, L. (2011). . Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 9 (1), 30-39.
Gerrish, K., Mcdonnell, A., Nolan, M., Guillaume, L., Kirshbaum, M., & Tod, A. (2011). . Journal of Advanced Nursing, 67 (9), 2000-2014.
Gerrish, K., Guillaume, L., Kirshbaum, M., Mcdonnell, A., Tod, A., & Nolan, M. (2011). . Journal of Advanced Nursing.
Allmark, P.J., Boote, J., Chambers, E., Clarke, A., McDonnell, A., Thompson, A., & Tod, A. (2009). . Ï㽶ÊÓƵ ethics review, 5 (2), 48-54.
Mcdonnell, A., Esmonde, L., Morgan, R., Brown, R., Bray, K., Parry, G., ... Rowan, K. (2007). . Journal of critical care, 22 (3), 212-218.
Gao, H., McDonnell, A., Harrison, D.A., Moore, T., Adam, S., Daly, K., ... Harvey, S. (2007). . Intensive care medicine, 33 (4), 667-679.
McDonnell, A., Wilson, R., & Goodacre, S. (2006). . British Medical Journal (BMJ), 332 (7533), 109-112.
Esmonde, L., McDonnell, A., Ball, C., Waskett, C., Morgan, R., Rashidian, A., ... Harvey, S. (2005). . Intensive care medicine, 32 (11), 1713-1721.
McDonnell, A., Nicholl, J., & Read, S. (2005). Journal of research in nursing, 10 (4), 383-402.
O'Cathain, A., Nicholl, J., Sampson, F., Walters, S., McDonnell, A., & Munro, J. (2004). . Journal of Health Services Ï㽶ÊÓƵ & Policy, 9 (4), 226.
McDonnell, A., Nicholl, J., & Read, S.M. (2003). . Journal of advanced nursing, 41 (3), 261-273.
McDonnell, A., Nicholl, J., & Read, S.M. (2003). . Journal of clinical nursing, 12 (3), 387-393.
McDonnell, A., Davies, S., Brown, J., & Shewan, J. (2001). . Primary Health Care Ï㽶ÊÓƵ and Development, 2 (3), 159-166.
Kaltenthaler, E., McDonnell, A., & Peters, J. (2001). . Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 7 (1), 13-20.
Read, S., Roberts-Davis, M., Lloyd-Jones, M., McDonnell, A., Collins, K., & Jones, R. (2000). . Nursing times research, 6 (4), 25-36.
McDonnell, A., Jones, M.L., & Read, S. (2000). . Journal of Advanced Nursing, 32 (2), 383-390.
Collins, K., Lloyd-Jones, M., Mcdonnell, A., Read, S., Jones, R., & Cameron, A. (2000). Journal of Nursing Management, 8 (1), 3-12.
MCDONNELL, A. (1999). . Clinical Effectiveness in Nursing, 3 (1), 4-13.
BROWN, J., SHEWAN, J., MCDONNELL, A., & DAVIES, S. (1999). . Clinical Effectiveness in Nursing, 3 (2), 58-65.
Davies, S., Mcdonnell, A., Brown, J., & Shewan, J. (1999). . Nursing Times, 95 (4), 57-60.
Mcdonnell, A., Davies, S., Shewan, J., & Brown, J. (1998). . Nurse researcher, 5 (3), 65-76.
MCDONNELL, A., DAVIES, S., CROOKES, P., & SHEWAN, J. (1997). . Clinical Effectiveness in Nursing, 1 (4), 189.
CROOKES, P., DAVIES, S., MCDONNELL, A., & SHEWAN, J. (1997). . Clinical Effectiveness in Nursing, 1 (4), 198.
Conference papers
Mcdonnell, A., Gerrish, K., & Kennedy, F. (2012). . In 2012 RCN International Nursing Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Conference, London, 23 April 2012 - 25 April 2012.
Reports
Tod, A., Mcdonnell, A., & Redman, J. (2014). . Ï㽶ÊÓƵ: Ï㽶ÊÓƵ.
Gerrish, K., McDonnell, A., & Kennedy, F. (2011). . Sheffield: Ï㽶ÊÓƵ.
Bainbridge, D., Adsetts, D., Bray, K., Mcdonnell, A., & Tod, A. (2010). . Rotherham: Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust.
Mcdonnell, A., Kennedy, F., Wood, B., Ramawswamy, B., Whitfield, M., & Tod, A. (n.d.). . London: Parkinson's UK.
Theses / Dissertations
Schober, M.M. (2013). . (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Gerrish, K., & Mcdonnell, A.