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Dr Clare Tolley

Lecturer

Background

Clare is a Lecturer in the School of Pharmacy at Newcastle University. In this role, she teaches across a range of pharmacy practice modules. She previously worked on a large project spearheaded by Alzheimer’s Research UK to use commercially available digital tools in the early detection of neurodegenerative diseases. Prior to that she was the project manager of a large programme of work funded by an EU Horizon 2020 grant. She engages with patient and public involvement groups, has been involved in the implementation of a healthcare intervention on a large hospital Trust, performs data collection and analysis and evaluates digital tools for their usability in acceptability. Clare received her PhD from, Durham University in2018, entitled “An investigation of healthcare professionals’ experiences of training and using electronic prescribing systems” as part of which, she undertook four literature reviews and two qualitative studies in the UK hospital context. Clare is a Registered Pharmacist, Fellow of the Faculty of Clinical Informatics, has a Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. 

Clare's research interests include the use of healthcare information systems, clinical decision support and patient safety.
Research

Clare's research interests include the use of healthcare information systems, clinical decision support and patient safety

Teaching
Clare teaches on the MPharm degree and supports teaching on a CPD course ran by the Institute of Coding and Health Education England, that is accredited by the Faculty of Clinical Informatics. 
Publications