CURRICULUM VITAE
Surname: McCaughan
Degree(s)
Forename(s): Dorothy May
University
MSc (Nursing Studies)
BA (English)
King’s College, London
Queen’s University, Belfast
DoB: 5/4/54
Date
1993
1975
Professional Qualifications: Registered Nurse (1979)
Posts held (with dates):
1998-to date: Research Fellow, Centre for Evidence Based Nursing, Department of
Health Sciences, Seebohm Rowntree Building, University of York,
Heslington, York YO10 5DD.
1996-1997:
Assistant to Medical Officer, Peace Corps, Lilongwe, Malawi.
!992-1996:
Teacher of English ORSTOM (Scientific Research Institute),
Bamako, Mali, West Africa.
Researcher for Plan International, Bamako, Mali, West Africa.
1989-1992:
Research Fellow, Centre for Health Economics, University of York.
1987- 1988: Voluntary Health Worker, Action Aid, South Kordofan, Sudan.
1984- 1986: Research Interviewer/Assistant, CHE, University of York
1979 – 1982: VSO, Kenya: (1) Teaching Sister, Kaloleni Hospital, Coast Province
(2) Co-ordinator of Community Health Programme, Kisumu
Publications:
1. Peer reviewed publications:
Mc Caughan D., Thompson C., Cullum N., Sheldon T. and Raynor P. Nurse practitioner
and practice nurses’ use of research information in clinical decision making: findings
from an exploratory study. Family Practice (In press)
McCaughan D., Thompson C., Cullum N., Sheldon T. and Thompson D. (2002) Acute
care nurses’ perceptions of barriers to using research information in clinical decision
making. Journal of Advanced Nursing 39 (1), 46-60.
Thompson C., McCaughan D., Cullum N., Sheldon T., Mulhall A. and Thompson D.
(2001) Research information in nurses’ clinical decision making: what is useful? Journal
of Advanced Nursing, Vol 36, (2) 376-378.
Thompson C., McCaughan D., Cullum N., Sheldon T., Mulhall A. and Thompson D.
(2001) The accessibility of research-based knowledge for nurses in United Kingdom
acute care settings. Journal of Advanced Nursing 36 (1), 11-22.
Thompson C., McCaughan D., Cullum N., Sheldon T. and Raynor P. (2004) Increasing
the visibility of coding decisions in team-based qualitative research in nursing.
International Journal of Nursing Studies 41, 15-20.
Carr-Hill R.A., Higgins M., Dixon P., McCaughan D., and Wright K.G. (1995) The
impact of nursing grade on the quality and outcome of nursing care. Health Economics,
4: 57-72.
Higgins M., McCaughan D., Griffiths M. and Carr-Hill R. (1992) Assessing the
Outcomes of Nursing Care. Journal of Advanced Nursing 17 (5) 561-568.
Gibbs I., McCaughan D. and Griffiths M. (1991) Skill Mix in Nursing: A Selective
Review of the Literature. Journal of Advanced Nursing 16 (2) 242-9.
Other publications:
McCaughan D. (2001) Clinical Effectiveness as a Dynamic Process. Professional Nurse
Supplement March 2001 (16) No 6 S3-S5.
McCaughan D. (1999) Developing Critical Appraisal Skills. Professional Nurse 14 (12)
843-847.
Book Chapter:
McCaughan D. (2002) ‘What decisions do nurses make?’ In: Thompson C. and Dowding
D. (eds) Clinical Decision Making and Judgement in Nursing. Edinburgh: Bailliere
Tindall.
Other Research Outputs:
Thompson C., Cullum N., McCaughan D., Sheldon T., Thompson D. and Mulhall A.
(2000) ‘Nurses’ use of research information in clinical decision making: a descriptive
and analytical study’. Report presented to the NHS R&D Programme in Evaluating
Methods to Promote the Implementation of R&D.
Carr-Hill R., Higgins M., Dixon P., Gibbs I., Griffiths M., McCaughan D. and Wright K.
(1992) Skill Mix and the Effectiveness of Nursing Care: A Report to the Department of
Health. University of York: Centre for Health Economics.
Peer Reviewed Conference Presentations:
McCaughan D., Thompson C., Cullum N. et al Nurses’ use of information in clinical
decision making: the use of observation in data collection. RCN Annual Research
Conference, Keele, April 1999.
McCaughan, D., Thompson, C., Cullum, N. et al. Seeing the Wood for the Trees: Ward Based
Information Use, RCN Annual Research Conference, Sheffield, April 2000.
McCaughan D., Cullum N., Thompson C. et al. ‘Was it worth it? The experiences of two
international groups of nurses attending a course on evidence based nursing’, RCN
Annual Research Conference, Glasgow, April 2001
McCaughan D., Cullum N., Thompson C. et al ‘Was it worth it? The experiences of two
international groups of nurses attending a course on evidence based nursing.’ 12th
International Nursing Research Congress, Sigma Theta Tau, Copenhagen, June 2001.
McCaughan, D., Thompson, C., Cullum, N., Raynor, P., Sheldon, TS. Practice Nurses’ Use of
Research Based Information in Clinical Decision Making. RCN Annual Research Conference,
Manchester, April 2003
McCaughan D., Cullum N., Thompson C., Raynor P., Sheldon T. Primary care nurses’ use of
information in prescribing decisions. RCN International Annual Research Conference,
Cambridge, March 2004.