Job Title
Research Associate
Department
Warwick Medical School - Mental Health and Wellbeing
Phone
02476573957
Email
Research Interests
Communication in health care consultations, skill mix in primary care, mental health risk assessment and service user involvement in mental health research.
Biography
After completing my MSc in health studies at Coventry University, I joined Warwick Medical School in June 2007 to undertake research on communication in healthcare consultations. I had previously undertaken work within the medical school which included consultation analysis using the Roter Interaction Analysis System (RIAS).
- Thompson, Andrew D., Winsper, Catherine, Marwaha, Steven, Haynes, Jon, Alvarez-Jimenez, Mario, Hetrick, Sarah, Realpe, Alba, Vail, Laura, Dawson, Sarah, Sullivan, Sarah A., 2018. Maintenance antipsychotic treatment versus discontinuation strategies following remission from first episode psychosis : systematic review. BJPsych Open, 4 (4), pp. 215-225
- Vail, Laura, Stubbs, Christopher D., Biggs, Caroline I., Gibson, Matthew I., 2017. Ultralow Dispersity Poly(vinyl alcohol) Reveals Significant Dispersity Effects on Ice Recrystallization Inhibition Activity. ACS Macro Letters, 6 (9), pp. 1001-1004
- Adams, Ann, Realpe, Alba, Vail, Laura, Buckingham, Christopher D., Erby, Lori H., Roter, Debra, 2015. How doctors' communication style and race concordance influence African?Caribbean patients when disclosing depression. Patient Education and Counseling, 98 (10), pp. 1266-1273
- Roter, Debra, Erby, Lori H., Adams, Ann, Buckingham, Christopher D., Vail, Laura, Realpe, Alba, Larson, Susan, Hall, Judith A., 2014. Talking about depression : an analogue study of physician gender and communication style on patient disclosures. Patient Education and Counseling, 96 (3), pp. 339-345
- Adams, Ann, Vail, Laura, Buckingham, Christopher D., Kidd, Jane M., Weich, Scott, Roter, Debra, 2014. Investigating the influence of African American and African Caribbean race on primary care doctors' decision making about depression. Social Science & Medicine, 116, pp. 161-168
- Vail, Laura, Adams, Ann, Gilbert, Eleanor, Nettleingham, A., Buckingham, Christopher D., 2012. Investigating mental health risk assessment in primary care and the potential role of a structured decision support tool, GRiST.. Mental Health in Family Medicine, 9 (1), pp. 57-67
- Vail, Laura, Bosley, Sara, Petrova, Mila, Dale, Jeremy, 2011. Healthcare assistants in general practice : a qualitative study of their experiences. Primary Health Care Research & Development, Vol.12 (No.1), pp. 29-41
- Vail, Laura, Sandhu, Harbinder, Fisher, Joanne D., Cooke, Heather, Dale, Jeremy, Barnett, M., 2011. Hospital consultants breaking bad news with simulated patients : an analysis of communication using the Roter Interaction Analysis System. Patient Education and Counseling, Vol.83 (No.2), pp. 185-194
- Petrova, Mila, Vail, Laura, Bosley, Sara, Dale, Jeremy, 2010. Benefits and challenges of employing health care assistants in general practice : a qualitative study of GPs' and practice nurses' perspectives. Family Practice, Vol.27 (No.3), pp. 303-311
- Sandhu, Harbinder, Adams, Ann, Singleton, Laura, Clark-Carter, David, Kidd, Jane M., 2009. The impact of gender dyads on doctor-patient communication : a systematic review. Patient Education and Counseling, Vol.76 (No.3, Sp. Iss. SI), pp. 348-355
- Alam, Rahul, Singleton, Laura, Sturt, Jackie, 2008. Strategies and effectiveness of diabetes self-management education interventions for Bangladeshis. Diversity in Health and Social Care, Vol.5 (No.4), pp. 269-279
- Dale, Jeremy, Vail, Laura, 2010. The role of healthcare assistants in general practice. Nursing in Practice, Campden Media Ltd, pp. 68-72
Title | Funder | Award start | Award end |
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Holistic rehabilitation for cancer patients systematic review | Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust - New Cross Hospital | 04 Jan 2016 | 03 Mar 2016 |