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Natalie Joseph-Williams

Dr Natalie Joseph-Williams

(she/her)

Reader in Improving Patient Care

School of Medicine

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Available for postgraduate supervision

Overview

Overview

I am a Reader in Improving Patient Care and Associate Director of the Health and Care Research Wales Evidence Centre. 

With 17 years experience of shared decision making research, I have a strong track record in publishing impactful findings that have informed national training programmes, NHS healthcare policy, NICE guidelines and international standards in the field of person centred care. 

To ensure our research delivers benefits to patients, clinicians and healthcare organisations, I work in close collaboration with national and international organisations. These include Welsh Government, Public Health Wales, NHS Wales, Health Education and Improvement Wales, NICE, the International Shared Decision Making Society and the International Patient Decision Aids Standards (IPDAS) Collaboration.

Key Leadership Roles

Publication

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2009

Articles

Monographs

Thesis

Research

 

Research and Implementation interests  Methodological interests 
  • Shared decision making 
  • Person centred healthcare
  • Patient-reported safety 
  • Training health care professionals 
  • Implementation science
  • Qualitative research 
  • Knowledge mobilisation and impact 
  • Public invovlement and Engagement 

 

Current Research Programmes 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Teaching

Undergraduate

I am involved in the planning and delivery of the C21 Medical Programme (MBBCh) at Cardiff University. 

I am course lead for Year 3 MBBCh Evidence Based Medicine, and design and run various undergraduate sessions (lectures, tutorials, experience weeks) throughout the five year C21 Programme:

  • Evidence Based Medicine (Year 3 medical students) - topics include research design, critical appraisal, evidence based practice, shared decision making and quality improvement 
  • Organising and delivering Student Selected Components (SSCs) for Year 3 and 4 medical students

I also support the Intercalated Medical Degree Programmes (Population Medicine, Medical Education and Emergency, Pre-hopsital and Immediate Care) 

  • Design and deliver various teaching sessions - writing for the medical literature, critical appraisal, literature searching
  • Supervise and assess dissertation projects, supporting students to write a publication from their work

 

Continuing Professional Education  

I have designed or contributed to various Shared Decision Making continuing professional development training programmes, available to NHS staff in the UK.  

  • 'Shared Decision Making Train the Trainer' Programme for Public Health Wales

This work formed the basis of a REF 2021 Impact Case Study. 

  • Shared Decision Making programme for Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW)

This programme is due to be launched in Winter 2025, and will be hosted on the HEIW Y Ty Dysgu platform. 

 

Other teaching, supervision and mentoring duties include: 

  • Supervision of PhD students
  • Personal tutor for MBBCh students
  • Chair / member of postgraduate research progress review panels
  • External PhD Examiner 

Supervisions

Current supervision

ZoË Abbott

ZoË Abbott

Research student

Contact Details

Email JosephNJ1@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone +44 29206 87141
Campuses Neuadd Meirionnydd, Room 8th floor, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4YS

Research themes

Specialisms

  • Patient safety
  • Patient and Public Involvement
  • health service delivery
  • Health services and systems
  • Patient information