James van Oppen

FRCEM MRCP PhD

Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health

NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Emergency Medicine

j.vanoppen@sheffield.ac.uk

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James van Oppen
Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health
Regent Court (ScHARR)
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA
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I am a Clinical Lecturer working a 50/50 split between shop-floor emergency medicine and academia. My special interest is in person-centred care for older people living with frailty and I am chair of the geriatric emergency medicine section of the European Society of Emergency Medicine. I am actively collaborating on projects in geriatric emergency medicine research, quality improvement, and education with colleagues from the European Geriatric Medicine Society, European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, American College of Emergency Physicians, American Geriatrics Society, and the International Federation of Emergency Medicine.

My research methodologies are predominantly qualitative and psychometric applied to the generic emergency care population, with some quantitative experience in the context of frailty. I completed my PhD in 2023 at University of Leicester through an NIHR Doctoral Research Fellowship, during which I developed the Patient-Reported Outcome Measure for Older People with frailty receiving Acute Care (www.prom-opac.com). This project was awarded the 2023 Royal College of Emergency Medicine's Rod Little prize for best research by a trainee. I was Chief Investigator of the 2023 Frailty in European Emergency Departments (FEED) study.

I have taught on qualitative research methods and have been personal tutor and research supervisor to Bachelors and Masters level students at University of Leicester, and I have taught on frailty topics to clinicians at European and international conferences. I am excited to soon begin co-supervising a PhD student conducting PROMs research.

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Research group

Centre for Urgent and Emergency Care Research