Dr Mary Carter
Research Fellow
Mary.D.Carter@exeter.ac.uk
South Cloisters 1.07
South Cloisters, University of Exeter, St Luke's Campus, Heavitree Road, Exeter, EX1 2LU, UK
Overview
Mary has worked in health research for over 20 years on a range of studies, which have mainly been based in general practices, and have involved clinicians and patients. As well as using her qualitative research skills, she has also conducted a ‘mystery shopper’ examination of the availability of GP appointments, applied mixed methods to investigate the acceptability of online GP consultations and was a researcher on MIR, a multi-centre randomised controlled trial which investigated the effectiveness of an additional anti-depressant in general practice patients. After working on the SPA pilot study of singing for people with aphasia, Mary left Exeter University in 2018 to study for a PhD about pharmacists and prescribing in general practice at the University of Bath, which she has now completed. Mary has been back in the Medical School since January 2022 and is now working with Professor Louise Allan on a research project about care and prescribing in general practice for patients with moderate to severe Alzheimer's Disease.
Qualifications
BA History & Politics, University of York , 1981
MSc Information Technology, Bristol Polytechnic, 1990
PG Diploma Clinical Research, Peninsula Medical School, 2008
PhD, University of Bath, 2022
Research
Research interests
- Prescribing in general practice
- Patient experience
- Organisation and delivery of primary care
- Mental health
Research projects
- Prescribing of memantine in general practice
- SPOCC (Spotting Cancer among Comorbidities) research programme
- SPA (Singing for People with Aphasia) pilot trial
Publications
Books
Carter MARY, ROLAND M, CAMPBELL JOHN, BREARLEY S (2009). Using the GP Patient Survey to improve patient care: a guide for general practices., National Primary Care Research and Development Centre.
CARTER MARY, ROLAND M, BOWER P, GASK L, GRECO M, JENNER D (2004). Improving your practice with patient surveys. Manchester, National Primary Care Research and Development Centre.
Greco M, Carter M (2002). Improving Practice Questionnaire (IPQ) Tool Kit a Tool Kit for General Practice.
Journal articles
Carter M, Abutheraa N, Ivers N, Grimshaw J, Chapman S, Rogers P, Simeoni M, Antony J, Watson MC (2023). Audit and feedback interventions involving pharmacists to influence prescribing behaviour in general practice: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Family Practice, 40(5-6), 615-628. Abstract.
Carter M, Chapman S, Rogers P, Watson M (2023). Practice pharmacists and their influence on prescribing in UK general practice: a cross-sectional study. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 32(1), 69-75. Abstract.
Carter M, Abutheraa N, Ivers N, Grimshaw J, Chapman S, Rogers P, Simeoni M, Watson M (2021). A systematic review of pharmacist-led audit and feedback interventions to influence prescribing behaviour in general practice settings. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 29(Supplement_1), i34-i35. Abstract.
Calitri R, Carter M, Code C, Lamont R, Dean S, Tarrant M (2021). Challenges of Recruiting Patients into Group-Based Stroke Rehabilitation Research: Reflections on Clinician Equipoise Within the Singing for People with Aphasia (SPA) Pilot Trial. Front Psychol, 12 Author URL.
Tarrant M, Lamont RA, Carter M, Dean SG, Spicer S, Sanders A, Calitri R (2021). Measurement of Shared Social Identity in Singing Groups for People with Aphasia. Frontiers in Psychology, 12 Abstract.
Carter M, Chapman S, Watson MC (2021). Multiplicity and complexity: a qualitative exploration of influences on prescribing in UK general practice. BMJ Open, 11(1), e041460-e041460. Abstract.
Tarrant M, Carter M, Dean S, Taylor R, Warren F, Spencer A, Landa P, Adamson J, Code C, Backhouse A, et al (2021). Singing for people with aphasia (SPA): Results of a pilot feasibility randomised controlled trial of a group singing intervention investigating acceptability and feasibility. BMJ Open Abstract.
Tarrant M, Code C, Carter N, Carter M, Calitri R (2018). Development and progression of group cohesiveness in a singing programme for people with post stroke aphasia: an evaluation study using video analysis. Aphasiology, 32(sup1), 222-223.
Owens C, Carter M, Shenton D, Byng R, Quinn C (2018). Engaging Without Exposing: Use of a Fictional Character to Facilitate Mental Health Talk in Focus Groups with Men Who Have Been Subject to the Criminal Justice System. Qual Health Res, 28(13), 2102-2114. Abstract. Author URL.
Carter M, Fletcher E, Sansom A, Warren FC, Campbell JL (2018). Feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness of an online alternative to face-to-face consultation in general practice: a mixed-methods study of webGP in six Devon practices. BMJ Open, 8(2). Abstract. Author URL.
Kessler DS, MacNeill SJ, Tallon D, Lewis G, Peters TJ, Hollingworth W, Round J, Burns A, Chew-Graham CA, Anderson IM, et al (2018). Mirtazapine added to SSRIs or SNRIs for treatment resistant depression in primary care: phase III randomised placebo controlled trial (MIR). BMJ, 363 Abstract. Author URL.
Tarrant M, Carter M, Dean SG, Taylor RS, Warren FC, Spencer A, Adamson J, Landa P, Code C, Calitri R, et al (2018). Singing for people with aphasia (SPA): a protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial of a group singing intervention to improve well-being. BMJ Open, 8(9). Abstract. Author URL.
Burt J, Campbell J, Abel G, Aboulghate A, Ahmed F, Asprey A, Barry H, Beckwith J, Benson J, Boiko O, et al (2017). Improving patient experience in primary care: a multimethod programme of research on the measurement and improvement of patient experience. Programme Grants for Applied Research, 5(9), 1-452. Abstract.
Wright C, Davey A, Elmore N, Carter M, Mounce L, Wilson E, Burt J, Roland M, Campbell J (2017). Patients' use and views of real-time feedback technology in general practice. Health Expect, 20(3), 419-433. Abstract. Author URL.
Carter M, Davey A, Wright C, Elmore N, Newbould J, Roland M, Campbell J, Burt J (2016). Capturing patient experience: a qualitative study of implementing real-time feedback in primary care. Br J Gen Pract, 66(652), e786-e793. Abstract. Author URL.
Sansom A, Calitri R, Carter M, Campbell J (2016). Understanding quit decisions in primary care: a qualitative study of older GPs. BMJ Open, 6(2). Abstract. Author URL.
Roberts MJ, Campbell JL, Abel GA, Davey AF, Elmore NL, Maramba I, Carter M, Elliott MN, Roland MO, Burt JA, et al (2014). Understanding high and low patient experience scores in primary care: analysis of patients' survey data for general practices and individual doctors. BMJ, 349 Abstract. Author URL.
Campbell JL, Carter M, Davey A, Roberts MJ, Elliott MN, Roland M (2013). Accessing primary care: a simulated patient study. The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 63(608), e71-e76. Abstract.
Asprey A, Campbell JL, Newbould J, Cohn S, Carter M, Davey A, Roland M (2013). Challenges to the credibility of patient feedback in primary healthcare settings: a qualitative study. British Journal of General Practice, 63(608). Abstract.
Davey A, Carter M, Campbell JL (2013). Priorities for young adults when accessing UK primary care: literature review. Prim Health Care Res Dev, 14(4), 341-349. Abstract. Author URL.
Davey A, Asprey A, Carter M, Campbell JL (2013). Trust, negotiation, and communication: young adults' experiences of primary care services. BMC Fam Pract, 14 Abstract. Author URL.
Wyatt K, Carter M, Mahtani V, Barnard A, Hawton A, Britten N (2008). The impact of consumer involvement in research: an evaluation of consumer involvement in the London Primary Care Studies Programme. Fam Pract, 25(3), 154-161. Abstract. Author URL.
Macleod K, Carter M, Asprey A, Britten N, Dean J, Hillson R, Mackie A, Morrish N (2007). A review of the job satisfaction and current practice of consultant diabetologists in England--barriers and successes. Diabet Med, 24(9), 946-954. Abstract. Author URL.
Carter M, Greco M, Sweeney K, Neill E, Mitchell A, Stead J, Powell R, Dixon M (2004). Impact of systematic patient feedback on general practices, staff, patients and primary care trusts. Education for Primary Care, 15(1), 30-38. Abstract.
Chapters
Tarrant M, Haslam C, Carter M, Calitri R, Haslam SA (2020). Social Identity Interventions. In (Ed) The Handbook of Behavior Change, Cambridge University Press (CUP), 649-660.
External Engagement and Impact
Editorial responsibilities
- Reviewer (Medical Education, BMJ Open, British Journal of General Practice)
