Dr Jon Dickson
DFSRH, DRCOG, MRCGP, BSc (Hons), BMBCh, PhD
Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health
Senior Clinical Lecturer
+44 114 222 2081
Full contact details
Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health
Sam Fox House
Northern General Hospital
Herries Road
Sheffield
S5 7AU
- Research interests
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Dr Dickson's research is into health-service quality improvement interventions. His expertise is in quantitative methods but he works in multi-disciplinary research teams to answer complex questions and to develop complex interventions using mixed methods.
He has a special interest in epilepsy and psychogenic non-epileptic seizures. A major theme in his research is improving emergency care for people after a seizure.
Other important themes in his work are optimisation of care pathways for abnormal uterine bleeding and the use of free-association narrative interviews to give new insights into psychogenic non-epileptic seizures.
- Publications
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Journal articles
- . Research on Language and Social Interaction, 57(4), 399-416.
- . BJGP open, BJGPO.2024.0074.
- . BJGP Open.
- . Health and social care delivery research, 12(24), 1-158.
- . Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy, 118, 17-27.
- . Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy, 118, 28-37.
- . BJGP Open.
- . Health Technology Assessment, 28(16), 1-93.
- . Epilepsy & Behavior, 151.
- . Epilepsy and Behavior, 148.
- . Emergency Medicine Journal, 40(11), 768-776.
- . Journal of Medical Ethics, 49(7), 493-494.
- . British Journal of General Practice, 73(730), 198-199.
- . Seizure - European Journal of Epilepsy, 105, 37-42.
- . BMJ Open, 12(11).
- . Journal of Psychosocial Studies, 15(1), 36-51.
- . BMJ Open, 12(5).
- . Emergency Medicine Journal, 39(1), 3-9.
- . BMJ, 2021(375).
- . Clinical Case Reports, 9(7).
- . British Journal of General Practice Open (BJGP Open), 4(5).
- . Emergency Medicine Journal, 37(10), 605-610.
- . Seizure, 79, 8-13.
- . British Journal of General Practice Open (BJGP Open), 4(2).
- . Seizure, 76, 156-160.
- . Health Services and Delivery Research, 8(15).
- . BMJ Open, 9(11).
- . Epilepsia, 60(11), 2182-2193.
- . British Journal of General Practice, 69(684), 174-175.
- . BMJ Open, 8(10).
- . BMC Family Practice, 19.
- The importance of GPs for people with epilepsy. Epilepsy Professional, 49, 20-25.
- . Seizure , 57, 38-44.
- An alternative care pathway for suspected seizures in pre-hospital care: a service evaluation. British Paramedic Journal, 2(2), 22-28.
- . Emergency Medicine Journal, 34(9), 627-627.
- . J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care, 43(4), 296-301.
- . BMJ Open, 7(7).
- . BMJ Case Reports, 2017.
- . BMJ Open, 6(2).
- . SEIZURE-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPILEPSY, 30, 26-31.
- . Age and Ageing, 44(2), 344-345.
- . Seizure, 24, 82-87.
- . BMJ Case Reports, 2014.
- Adherence to medicines and self-management of epilepsy: A community-based study. Epilepsy and Behavior, 26, 109-113.
- . Clin Teach, 8(1), 8-12.
- . BMJ Case Rep, 2010.
- . Pediatr Neurol, 35(4), 257-260.
- . International Journal of Sports Medicine, 27(4), 342-342.
- . J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 77(7), 834-840.
- . Epilepsy Behav, 7(3), 419-429.
- . Int J Sports Med, 26(6), 481-485.
- . J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 76(7), 1011-1013.
- . PARKINSONISM RELAT D, 10(8), 487-492.
- . Biol Psychiatry, 56(11), 832-836.
- . Neuroradiology, 46(4), 333-333.
- . Neuroradiology, 46(4), 332-332.
- . Neuroradiology, 45(12), 896-899.
Chapters
- Convulsions in Adults In Brown SN, Kumar D, James C & Mark J (Ed.), United Kingdom Ambulance Services Clinical Practice Guidelines Bridgwater: Class Professional Publishing.
Conference proceedings papers
- . Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy
- . Non-Epileptic Attack Disorder: Metaphysics, Epistemology and Ontology, 18 October 2019.
- . JNNP(Suppl 1) (pp A8-A8), 3 May 2017.
- Memory performance and magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the temporal lobes in idiopathic generalised epilepsy. JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY NEUROSURGERY AND PSYCHIATRY, Vol. 74(10) (pp 1449-1450)
Reports
- A new tool for inclusive participation in primary care research
- Epilepsy Specialist Nurses The Evidence (ESPENTE): a Systematic Mapping Review
Posters
- Comparing two different models of Research Nurse deployment to a multi-centre clinical trial in primary care: experiences from the CANAssess 2 Trial. 6th International Clinical Trials Methodology Conference.
- Modelling the Flow of Seizure Patients in the Urgent and Emergency Care System. ILAE British Chapter Annual Scientific Meeting.
- Can free association narrative interviews help to extend understandings of psychogenic non-epileptic seizures. 3rd International Conference on Functional (Psychogenic) Neurological Disorders, 6-8 September 2017,.
Theses / Dissertations
Presentations
- Primary/secondary care interface and care pathways in neurology, Neurology Service Managers network meeting.. Manchester.
- Exploring Discordance Between Epilepsy Prevalence and Age-Specific Admission Rates for Seizures. Sheffield.
- Stone Modelling the Flow of Seizure Patients in the Urgent and Emergency Care System. Sheffield.
- Emergency Health Services for Epilepsy, Plenary Presentation, ILAE British Chapter Annual Scientific Meeting. Leeds.
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Other
Preprints
- Teaching activities
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Dr Dickson's departmental work in AUPMC includes (or has included) organising the BMedSci (intercalated medical degree) programme, organising the seminar programme, interviewing Academic Training Fellows and acting as internal examiner for BMedSci degrees.
He is a University PATS tutor (Personal Academic Tutoring Scheme) and is a member of the Post-Graduate Research Committee in the Faculty of Medicine. He teaches neuroanatomy to medical under-graduates having previously run the neuroanatomy dissection and teaching for BSc students.
- Professional activities and memberships
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Dr Dickson is a member of the Primary Care Steering Group for Division 5 of the . He is also the lead GP for the Sheffield Primary Care Research (SPCR), a cluster of ten practices within the NIHR Clinical Research Network, who deliver NIHR portfolio studies. He has advisory roles for the RCGP (Clinical Adviser) and Epilepsy Action (Medical Advisory Board).
He is the chair of the guideline development group for the seizures chapter of the paramedics clinical practice guidelines (‘JRCALC’). Dr Dickson is the clinical lead for the primary care endometrial sampling service at NHS Sheffield and he works for the (clinical commissioning group) on on other projects such as CASES.
In the University of Sheffield he sits on the SEG in AUPMC and the Post-Graduate Research Committee in the Faculty of Medicine.
He has advised and/or peer-reviewed for the following journals, publications and organisations:
- The King’s Fund
- Seizure
- British Journal of General Practice
- HS&DR (Health Services and Delivery Research programme) of the NIHR, HTA (Health Technology Assessment programme) of the NIHR, the Palliative and Supportive Care journal
- The Map of Medicine
- RCGP e-learning package for motor neurone disease (in association with the MND association).
His reviewing activity can be seen on .
Dr Dickson is a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), the Society for Academic Primary Care (SAPC), Epilepsy Action, the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) (the main group and the Primary Care Society), the NIHR CLAHRC South Yorkshire Avoiding Attendance and Admissions theme and the Medical Humanities Society of the University of Sheffield.
- Clinical skills and special interests
The focus of Dr Dickson's clinical work is being a GP. He provides evidence-based holistic care with a special emphasis on patient-centred care and the position of the patient within their family and their community.
Managing the diversity and complexity inherent in this work is Dr Dickson's main focus but he has also developed a range of special interests and additional skills in neurology, gynaecology, musculoskeletal medicine and respiratory medicine.
Dr Dickson works in the epilepsy clinic in the Royal Hallamshire Hospital. He holds the DRCOG (Diploma of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists) and the DFSRH (Diploma of the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health Care).
He has certified competences in coil fitting, Nexplanon fitting, endometrial sampling and joint injections.
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