Professor Paul Bowie
- Honorary Professor (School of Health & Wellbeing)
Publications
2024
Bowie, P., Baharnah, A. A., Alkutbe, R., Abid, M. M., Almelaifi, A. and Abid, M. H. (2024) Using human factors science to improve quality and safety of healthcare. Global Journal on Quality and Safety in Healthcare, (doi: 10.36401/jqsh-24-x8) (Early Online Publication)
2022
Ross, A. et al. (2022) A qualitative study of organisational resilience in care homes in Scotland. PLoS ONE, 17(12), e0279376. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0279376) (PMID:36538564) (PMCID:PMC9767361)
Slater, D., Hollnagel, E., MacKinnon, R., Sujan, M., Carson-Stevens, A., Ross, A. and Bowie, P. (2022) A systems analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic response in the United Kingdom - part 1 - the overall context. Safety Science, 146, 105525. (doi: 10.1016/j.ssci.2021.105525) (PMID:34658531) (PMCID:PMC8501230)
Yardley, S., Williams, H., Bowie, P., Edwards, A., Noble, S., Donaldson, L. and Carson-Stevens, A. (2022) Which human factors design issues are influencing system performance in out-of-hours community palliative care? Integration of realist approaches with an established systems analysis framework to develop mid-range programme theory. BMJ Open, 12(1), e048045. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048045) (PMID:34980606) (PMCID:PMC8724735)
2021
Bowie, P., Baylis, D., Price, J., Bradshaw, P., McNab, D., Ker, J., Carson-Stevens, A. and Ross, A. (2021) Is the “never event” concept a useful safety management strategy in complex primary healthcare systems? International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 33(Suppl1), pp. 25-30. (doi: 10.1093/intqhc/mzaa101) (PMID:33432982)
2020
Bowie, P., de Wet, C., Crickett, T., McCulloch, J., Young, P., Freestone, J., Watson, P., Houston, N., Gillies, J. and McNab, D. (2020) User redesign, testing and evaluation of the Monitoring Risk and Improving System Safety (MoRISS) checklist for the general practice work environment. BMJ Open Quality, 9(4), e000977. (doi: 10.1136/bmjoq-2020-000977) (PMID:33184042) (PMCID:PMC7662415)
Toma, M., Blamey, A., Mahal, D., Gray, N. M., Allison, L., Thakore, S. and Bowie, P. (2020) Multi-method evaluation of a national clinical fellowship programme to build leadership capacity for quality improvement. BMJ Open Quality, 9(4), e000978. (doi: 10.1136/bmjoq-2020-000978) (PMID:33055177) (PMCID:PMC7559044)
Geraghty, A., Ferguson, L., McIlhenny, C. and Bowie, P. (2020) Incidence of wrong-site surgery list errors for a 2-year period in a single national health service board. Journal of Patient Safety, 16(1), pp. 79-83. (doi: 10.1097/PTS.0000000000000426) (PMID:28984728)
McNab, D., McKay, J., Shorrock, S., Luty, S. and Bowie, P. (2020) Development and application of 'systems thinking' principles for quality improvement. BMJ Open Quality, 9(1), e000714. (doi: 10.1136/bmjoq-2019-000714) (PMID:32209593) (PMCID:PMC7103793)
2019
Stocks, S. J., Alam, R., Bowie, P., Campbell, S., de Wet, C., Esmail, A. and Cheraghi-Sohi, S. (2019) Never events in UK general practice: a survey of the views of general practitioners on their frequency and acceptability as a safety improvement approach. Journal of Patient Safety, 15(4), pp. 334-342. (doi: 10.1097/PTS.0000000000000380) (PMID:28452916) (PMCID:PMC5542029)
Pickup, L., Nugent, B. and Bowie, P. (2019) A preliminary ergonomic analysis of the MRI work system environment: implications and recommendations for safety and design. Radiography, 25(4), pp. 339-345. (doi: 10.1016/j.radi.2019.04.001) (PMID:31582242)
de Wet, C., Bowie, P. and O'Donnell, C. A. (2019) Facilitators and barriers to safer care in Scottish general practice: a qualitative study of the implementation of the trigger review method using normalisation process theory. BMJ Open, 9(9), e029914. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029914) (PMID:31537569) (PMCID:PMC6756363)
2018
McNab, D., Freestone, J., Black, C., Carson-Stevens, A. and Bowie, P. (2018) Participatory design of an improvement intervention for the primary care management of possible sepsis using the Functional Resonance Analysis Method. BMC Medicine, 16(1), 174. (doi: 10.1186/s12916-018-1164-x) (PMID:30305088) (PMCID:PMC6180427)
Lowe, D. J. , Kay, C., Taylor, D., Littlewood, N., Hepburn, S. and Bowie, P. (2018) Testing of the 'Always Events' approach to improve the patient experience in the emergency department. BMJ Open Quality, 7(4), e000195. (doi: 10.1136/bmjoq-2017-000195) (PMID:30555927) (PMCID:PMC6267318)
Weir, N. M., Newham, R., Corcoran, E. D., Ali Atallah Al-Gethami, A., Mohammed Abd Alridha, A., Bowie, P., Watson, A. and Bennie, M. (2018) Application of process mapping to understand integration of high risk medicine care bundles within community pharmacy practice. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 14(10), pp. 944-950. (doi: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2017.11.009) (PMID:29198732)
de Wet, C., Bowie, P. and O'Donnell, C. (2018) 'The big buzz': a qualitative study of how safe care is perceived, understood and improved in general practice. BMC Family Practice, 19(1), 83. (doi: 10.1186/s12875-018-0772-z) (PMID:29885654) (PMCID:PMC5994252)
Stocks, S. J. et al. (2018) Frequency and nature of potentially harmful preventable problems in primary care from the patient’s perspective with clinician review: a population-level survey in Great Britain. BMJ Open, 8(6), e020952. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020952) (PMID:29899057) (PMCID:PMC6009615)
Alsalem, G. , Bowie, P. and Morrison, J. (2018) Assessing safety climate in acute hospital settings: a systematic review of the adequacy of the psychometric properties of survey measurement tools. BMC Health Services Research, 18, 353. (doi: 10.1186/s12913-018-3167-x) (PMID:29747612) (PMCID:PMC5946435)
Jolly, J., Bowie, P., Price, J., Mason, M. and Dinwoodie, M. (2018) Qualitative evaluation of an educational intervention to reduce medicolegal risks for medical doctors experiencing significantly more cases than their peers in the UK and Ireland. BMJ Open, 8(4), e020838. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020838) (PMID:29678988) (PMCID:PMC5914717)
McNab, D., Bowie, P., Ross, A. , MacWalter, G., Ryan, M. and Morrison, J. (2018) A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effectiveness of pharmacist-led medication reconciliation in the community after hospital discharge. BMJ Quality and Safety, 27(4), pp. 308-320. (doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2017-007087) (PMID:29248878) (PMCID:PMC5867444)
Stocks, S. J. et al. (2018) Development and piloting of a survey to estimate the frequency and nature of potentially harmful preventable problems in primary care from a UK patient’s perspective. BMJ Open, 8(2), e017786. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017786) (PMID:29431124) (PMCID:PMC5829776)
Baylis, D., Price, J. and Bowie, P. (2018) Content analysis of 50 clinical negligence claims involving test results management systems in general practice. BMJ Open Quality, 7(4), e000463. (doi: 10.1136/bmjoq-2018-000463) (PMID:30555934) (PMCID:PMC6267325)
Hignett, S., Lang, A., Pickup, L., Ives, C., Fray, M., McKeown, C., Tapley, S., Woodward, M. and Bowie, P. (2018) More holes than cheese. What prevents the delivery of effective, high quality and safe health care in England? Ergonomics, 61(1), pp. 5-14. (doi: 10.1080/00140139.2016.1245446) (PMID:27712281)
McLeod, R. W. and Bowie, P. (2018) Bowtie Analysis as a prospective risk assessment technique in primary healthcare. Policy and Practice in Health and Safety, 16(2), pp. 177-193. (doi: 10.1080/14773996.2018.1466460)
Vosper, H., Hignett, S. and Bowie, P. (2018) Twelve tips for embedding human factors and ergonomics principles in healthcare education. Medical Teacher, 40(4), pp. 357-363. (doi: 10.1080/0142159x.2017.1387240) (PMID:29126356)
2017
Price, J., Man, S. L., Bartlett, S., Taylor, K., Dinwoodie, M. and Bowie, P. (2017) Repeat prescribing of medications: a system-centred risk management model for primary care organisations. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 23(4), pp. 779-796. (doi: 10.1111/jep.12718) (PMID:28370904)
Black, I. and Bowie, P. (2017) Patient safety in dentistry: development of a candidate 'never event' list for primary care. British Dental Journal, 222(10), pp. 782-788. (doi: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2017.456) (PMID:28546608)
de Wet, C., Black, C., Luty, S., McKay, J., O'Donnell, C. A. and Bowie, P. (2017) Implementation of the trigger review method in Scottish general practices: patient safety outcomes and potential for quality improvement. BMJ Quality and Safety, 26(4), pp. 335-342. (doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004093) (PMID:27029536)
Pickup, L., Atkinson, S., Hollnagel, E., Bowie, P., Gray, S., Rawlinson, S. and Forrester, K. (2017) Blood sampling - two sides to the story. Applied Ergonomics, 59(A), pp. 234-242. (doi: 10.1016/j.apergo.2016.08.027) (PMID:27890133)
Adkins, G. et al. (2017) Improving Together: A National Framework for Quality and GP Clusters in Scotland. Project Report. Scottish Government, Edinburgh.
2016
McNab, D., Bowie, P., Ross, A. and Morrison, J. (2016) Understanding and responding when things go wrong: key principles for primary care educators. Education for Primary Care, 27(4), pp. 258-266. (doi: 10.1080/14739879.2016.1205959) (PMID:27491656)
MacWalter, G., McKay, J. and Bowie, P. (2016) Utilisation of internet resources for continuing professional development: a cross-sectional survey of general practitioners in Scotland. BMC Medical Education, 16(1), 24. (doi: 10.1186/s12909-016-0540-5) (PMID:26791566) (PMCID:PMC4721189)
Bowie, P., Halley, L., Blamey, A., Gillies, J. and Houston, N. (2016) Qualitative evaluation of the Safety and Improvement in Primary Care (SIPC) pilot collaborative in Scotland: perceptions and experiences of participating care teams. BMJ Open, 6(1), e009526. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009526) (PMID:26826149) (PMCID:PMC473519)
Bowie, P., McKay, J., McNab, D. and de Wet, C. (2016) The past, present and future of patient safety education and research in primary care. Education for Primary Care, 27(1), pp. 3-9. (doi: 10.1080/14739879.2015.1132672) (PMID:26862792)
McNab, D., Bowie, P., Morrison, J. and Ross, A. (2016) Understanding patient safety performance and educational needs using the ‘Safety-II’ approach for complex systems. Education for Primary Care, 27(6), pp. 443-450. (doi: 10.1080/14739879.2016.1246068) (PMID:27800711)
2015
Bowie, P., Price, J., Hepworth, N., Dinwoodie, M. and McKay, J. (2015) System hazards in managing laboratory test requests and results in primary care: medical protection database analysis and conceptual model. BMJ Open, 5, e008968. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008968) (PMID:26614621) (PMCID:PMC4663465)
Houston, N. and Bowie, P. (2015) The Scottish patient safety programme in primary care: context, interventions and early outcomes. Scottish Medical Journal, 60(4), pp. 192-195. (doi: 10.1177/0036933015606577) (PMID:26449921)
McNab, D., McKay, J. and Bowie, P. (2015) A before and after study of warfarin monitoring in a single region as part of the Scottish patient safety programme in primary care. Scottish Medical Journal, 60(4), pp. 196-201. (doi: 10.1177/0036933015597178) (PMID:26209611)
McNab, D., McKay, J. and Bowie, P. (2015) Quality improvement training for core medical and general practice trainees: a pilot study of project participation, completion and journal publication. Scottish Medical Journal, 60(4), pp. 208-213. (doi: 10.1177/0036933015606586) (PMID:26416768)
Bowie, P., McNab, D., Ferguson, J., De Wet, C., Smith, G., MacLeod, M., McKay, J. and White, C. (2015) Quality improvement and person-centredness: a participatory mixed methods study to develop the 'always event' concept for primary care. BMJ Open, 5(4), e006667. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006667) (PMID:25922095) (PMCID:PMC4420967)
Bowie, P., Ferguson, J., MacLeod, M., Kennedy, S., de Wet, C., McNab, D., Kelly, M., McKay, J. and Atkinson, S. (2015) Participatory design of a preliminary safety checklist for general practice. British Journal of General Practice, 65(634), e330-e343. (doi: 10.3399/bjgp15X684865) (PMID:25918338)
Bowie, P., Forrest, E., Price, J., Verstappen, W., Cunningham, D., Halley, L., Grant, S., Kelly, M. and Mckay, J. (2015) Good practice statements on safe laboratory testing: A mixed methods study by the LINNEAUS collaboration on patient safety in primary care. European Journal of General Practice, 21(S1), pp. 19-25. (doi: 10.3109/13814788.2015.1043724) (PMID:26339831)
2014
Newham, R., Bennie, M., Maxwell, D., Watson, A., de Wet, C. and Bowie, P. (2014) Development and psychometric testing of an instrument to measure safety climate perceptions in community pharmacy. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 20(6), pp. 1144-1152. (doi: 10.1111/jep.12273) (PMID:25359630)
Ahmed, M., Arora, S., McKay, J., Long, S., Vincent, C., Kelly, M., Sevdalis, N. and Bowie, P. (2014) Patient safety skills in primary care: a national survey of GP educators. BMC Family Practice, 15(206), (doi: 10.1186/s12875-014-0206-5)
de Wet, C., O'Donnell, C. and Bowie, P. (2014) Never events. In: Bowie, P. and de Wet, C. (eds.) Safety and Improvement in Primary Care: The Essential Guide. Radcliffe Publishing: London. ISBN 9781846195808
2013
Hesselgreaves, H., Watson, A., Crawford, A., Lough, M. and Bowie, P. (2013) Medication safety: using incident data analysis and clinical focus groups to inform educational needs. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 19(1), pp. 30-38. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2011.01763.x) (PMID:22070161)
Articles
Bowie, P., Baharnah, A. A., Alkutbe, R., Abid, M. M., Almelaifi, A. and Abid, M. H. (2024) Using human factors science to improve quality and safety of healthcare. Global Journal on Quality and Safety in Healthcare, (doi: 10.36401/jqsh-24-x8) (Early Online Publication)
Ross, A. et al. (2022) A qualitative study of organisational resilience in care homes in Scotland. PLoS ONE, 17(12), e0279376. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0279376) (PMID:36538564) (PMCID:PMC9767361)
Slater, D., Hollnagel, E., MacKinnon, R., Sujan, M., Carson-Stevens, A., Ross, A. and Bowie, P. (2022) A systems analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic response in the United Kingdom - part 1 - the overall context. Safety Science, 146, 105525. (doi: 10.1016/j.ssci.2021.105525) (PMID:34658531) (PMCID:PMC8501230)
Yardley, S., Williams, H., Bowie, P., Edwards, A., Noble, S., Donaldson, L. and Carson-Stevens, A. (2022) Which human factors design issues are influencing system performance in out-of-hours community palliative care? Integration of realist approaches with an established systems analysis framework to develop mid-range programme theory. BMJ Open, 12(1), e048045. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048045) (PMID:34980606) (PMCID:PMC8724735)
Bowie, P., Baylis, D., Price, J., Bradshaw, P., McNab, D., Ker, J., Carson-Stevens, A. and Ross, A. (2021) Is the “never event” concept a useful safety management strategy in complex primary healthcare systems? International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 33(Suppl1), pp. 25-30. (doi: 10.1093/intqhc/mzaa101) (PMID:33432982)
Bowie, P., de Wet, C., Crickett, T., McCulloch, J., Young, P., Freestone, J., Watson, P., Houston, N., Gillies, J. and McNab, D. (2020) User redesign, testing and evaluation of the Monitoring Risk and Improving System Safety (MoRISS) checklist for the general practice work environment. BMJ Open Quality, 9(4), e000977. (doi: 10.1136/bmjoq-2020-000977) (PMID:33184042) (PMCID:PMC7662415)
Toma, M., Blamey, A., Mahal, D., Gray, N. M., Allison, L., Thakore, S. and Bowie, P. (2020) Multi-method evaluation of a national clinical fellowship programme to build leadership capacity for quality improvement. BMJ Open Quality, 9(4), e000978. (doi: 10.1136/bmjoq-2020-000978) (PMID:33055177) (PMCID:PMC7559044)
Geraghty, A., Ferguson, L., McIlhenny, C. and Bowie, P. (2020) Incidence of wrong-site surgery list errors for a 2-year period in a single national health service board. Journal of Patient Safety, 16(1), pp. 79-83. (doi: 10.1097/PTS.0000000000000426) (PMID:28984728)
McNab, D., McKay, J., Shorrock, S., Luty, S. and Bowie, P. (2020) Development and application of 'systems thinking' principles for quality improvement. BMJ Open Quality, 9(1), e000714. (doi: 10.1136/bmjoq-2019-000714) (PMID:32209593) (PMCID:PMC7103793)
Stocks, S. J., Alam, R., Bowie, P., Campbell, S., de Wet, C., Esmail, A. and Cheraghi-Sohi, S. (2019) Never events in UK general practice: a survey of the views of general practitioners on their frequency and acceptability as a safety improvement approach. Journal of Patient Safety, 15(4), pp. 334-342. (doi: 10.1097/PTS.0000000000000380) (PMID:28452916) (PMCID:PMC5542029)
Pickup, L., Nugent, B. and Bowie, P. (2019) A preliminary ergonomic analysis of the MRI work system environment: implications and recommendations for safety and design. Radiography, 25(4), pp. 339-345. (doi: 10.1016/j.radi.2019.04.001) (PMID:31582242)
de Wet, C., Bowie, P. and O'Donnell, C. A. (2019) Facilitators and barriers to safer care in Scottish general practice: a qualitative study of the implementation of the trigger review method using normalisation process theory. BMJ Open, 9(9), e029914. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029914) (PMID:31537569) (PMCID:PMC6756363)
McNab, D., Freestone, J., Black, C., Carson-Stevens, A. and Bowie, P. (2018) Participatory design of an improvement intervention for the primary care management of possible sepsis using the Functional Resonance Analysis Method. BMC Medicine, 16(1), 174. (doi: 10.1186/s12916-018-1164-x) (PMID:30305088) (PMCID:PMC6180427)
Lowe, D. J. , Kay, C., Taylor, D., Littlewood, N., Hepburn, S. and Bowie, P. (2018) Testing of the 'Always Events' approach to improve the patient experience in the emergency department. BMJ Open Quality, 7(4), e000195. (doi: 10.1136/bmjoq-2017-000195) (PMID:30555927) (PMCID:PMC6267318)
Weir, N. M., Newham, R., Corcoran, E. D., Ali Atallah Al-Gethami, A., Mohammed Abd Alridha, A., Bowie, P., Watson, A. and Bennie, M. (2018) Application of process mapping to understand integration of high risk medicine care bundles within community pharmacy practice. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 14(10), pp. 944-950. (doi: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2017.11.009) (PMID:29198732)
de Wet, C., Bowie, P. and O'Donnell, C. (2018) 'The big buzz': a qualitative study of how safe care is perceived, understood and improved in general practice. BMC Family Practice, 19(1), 83. (doi: 10.1186/s12875-018-0772-z) (PMID:29885654) (PMCID:PMC5994252)
Stocks, S. J. et al. (2018) Frequency and nature of potentially harmful preventable problems in primary care from the patient’s perspective with clinician review: a population-level survey in Great Britain. BMJ Open, 8(6), e020952. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020952) (PMID:29899057) (PMCID:PMC6009615)
Alsalem, G. , Bowie, P. and Morrison, J. (2018) Assessing safety climate in acute hospital settings: a systematic review of the adequacy of the psychometric properties of survey measurement tools. BMC Health Services Research, 18, 353. (doi: 10.1186/s12913-018-3167-x) (PMID:29747612) (PMCID:PMC5946435)
Jolly, J., Bowie, P., Price, J., Mason, M. and Dinwoodie, M. (2018) Qualitative evaluation of an educational intervention to reduce medicolegal risks for medical doctors experiencing significantly more cases than their peers in the UK and Ireland. BMJ Open, 8(4), e020838. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020838) (PMID:29678988) (PMCID:PMC5914717)
McNab, D., Bowie, P., Ross, A. , MacWalter, G., Ryan, M. and Morrison, J. (2018) A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effectiveness of pharmacist-led medication reconciliation in the community after hospital discharge. BMJ Quality and Safety, 27(4), pp. 308-320. (doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2017-007087) (PMID:29248878) (PMCID:PMC5867444)
Stocks, S. J. et al. (2018) Development and piloting of a survey to estimate the frequency and nature of potentially harmful preventable problems in primary care from a UK patient’s perspective. BMJ Open, 8(2), e017786. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017786) (PMID:29431124) (PMCID:PMC5829776)
Baylis, D., Price, J. and Bowie, P. (2018) Content analysis of 50 clinical negligence claims involving test results management systems in general practice. BMJ Open Quality, 7(4), e000463. (doi: 10.1136/bmjoq-2018-000463) (PMID:30555934) (PMCID:PMC6267325)
Hignett, S., Lang, A., Pickup, L., Ives, C., Fray, M., McKeown, C., Tapley, S., Woodward, M. and Bowie, P. (2018) More holes than cheese. What prevents the delivery of effective, high quality and safe health care in England? Ergonomics, 61(1), pp. 5-14. (doi: 10.1080/00140139.2016.1245446) (PMID:27712281)
McLeod, R. W. and Bowie, P. (2018) Bowtie Analysis as a prospective risk assessment technique in primary healthcare. Policy and Practice in Health and Safety, 16(2), pp. 177-193. (doi: 10.1080/14773996.2018.1466460)
Vosper, H., Hignett, S. and Bowie, P. (2018) Twelve tips for embedding human factors and ergonomics principles in healthcare education. Medical Teacher, 40(4), pp. 357-363. (doi: 10.1080/0142159x.2017.1387240) (PMID:29126356)
Price, J., Man, S. L., Bartlett, S., Taylor, K., Dinwoodie, M. and Bowie, P. (2017) Repeat prescribing of medications: a system-centred risk management model for primary care organisations. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 23(4), pp. 779-796. (doi: 10.1111/jep.12718) (PMID:28370904)
Black, I. and Bowie, P. (2017) Patient safety in dentistry: development of a candidate 'never event' list for primary care. British Dental Journal, 222(10), pp. 782-788. (doi: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2017.456) (PMID:28546608)
de Wet, C., Black, C., Luty, S., McKay, J., O'Donnell, C. A. and Bowie, P. (2017) Implementation of the trigger review method in Scottish general practices: patient safety outcomes and potential for quality improvement. BMJ Quality and Safety, 26(4), pp. 335-342. (doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004093) (PMID:27029536)
Pickup, L., Atkinson, S., Hollnagel, E., Bowie, P., Gray, S., Rawlinson, S. and Forrester, K. (2017) Blood sampling - two sides to the story. Applied Ergonomics, 59(A), pp. 234-242. (doi: 10.1016/j.apergo.2016.08.027) (PMID:27890133)
McNab, D., Bowie, P., Ross, A. and Morrison, J. (2016) Understanding and responding when things go wrong: key principles for primary care educators. Education for Primary Care, 27(4), pp. 258-266. (doi: 10.1080/14739879.2016.1205959) (PMID:27491656)
MacWalter, G., McKay, J. and Bowie, P. (2016) Utilisation of internet resources for continuing professional development: a cross-sectional survey of general practitioners in Scotland. BMC Medical Education, 16(1), 24. (doi: 10.1186/s12909-016-0540-5) (PMID:26791566) (PMCID:PMC4721189)
Bowie, P., Halley, L., Blamey, A., Gillies, J. and Houston, N. (2016) Qualitative evaluation of the Safety and Improvement in Primary Care (SIPC) pilot collaborative in Scotland: perceptions and experiences of participating care teams. BMJ Open, 6(1), e009526. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009526) (PMID:26826149) (PMCID:PMC473519)
Bowie, P., McKay, J., McNab, D. and de Wet, C. (2016) The past, present and future of patient safety education and research in primary care. Education for Primary Care, 27(1), pp. 3-9. (doi: 10.1080/14739879.2015.1132672) (PMID:26862792)
McNab, D., Bowie, P., Morrison, J. and Ross, A. (2016) Understanding patient safety performance and educational needs using the ‘Safety-II’ approach for complex systems. Education for Primary Care, 27(6), pp. 443-450. (doi: 10.1080/14739879.2016.1246068) (PMID:27800711)
Bowie, P., Price, J., Hepworth, N., Dinwoodie, M. and McKay, J. (2015) System hazards in managing laboratory test requests and results in primary care: medical protection database analysis and conceptual model. BMJ Open, 5, e008968. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008968) (PMID:26614621) (PMCID:PMC4663465)
Houston, N. and Bowie, P. (2015) The Scottish patient safety programme in primary care: context, interventions and early outcomes. Scottish Medical Journal, 60(4), pp. 192-195. (doi: 10.1177/0036933015606577) (PMID:26449921)
McNab, D., McKay, J. and Bowie, P. (2015) A before and after study of warfarin monitoring in a single region as part of the Scottish patient safety programme in primary care. Scottish Medical Journal, 60(4), pp. 196-201. (doi: 10.1177/0036933015597178) (PMID:26209611)
McNab, D., McKay, J. and Bowie, P. (2015) Quality improvement training for core medical and general practice trainees: a pilot study of project participation, completion and journal publication. Scottish Medical Journal, 60(4), pp. 208-213. (doi: 10.1177/0036933015606586) (PMID:26416768)
Bowie, P., McNab, D., Ferguson, J., De Wet, C., Smith, G., MacLeod, M., McKay, J. and White, C. (2015) Quality improvement and person-centredness: a participatory mixed methods study to develop the 'always event' concept for primary care. BMJ Open, 5(4), e006667. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006667) (PMID:25922095) (PMCID:PMC4420967)
Bowie, P., Ferguson, J., MacLeod, M., Kennedy, S., de Wet, C., McNab, D., Kelly, M., McKay, J. and Atkinson, S. (2015) Participatory design of a preliminary safety checklist for general practice. British Journal of General Practice, 65(634), e330-e343. (doi: 10.3399/bjgp15X684865) (PMID:25918338)
Bowie, P., Forrest, E., Price, J., Verstappen, W., Cunningham, D., Halley, L., Grant, S., Kelly, M. and Mckay, J. (2015) Good practice statements on safe laboratory testing: A mixed methods study by the LINNEAUS collaboration on patient safety in primary care. European Journal of General Practice, 21(S1), pp. 19-25. (doi: 10.3109/13814788.2015.1043724) (PMID:26339831)
Newham, R., Bennie, M., Maxwell, D., Watson, A., de Wet, C. and Bowie, P. (2014) Development and psychometric testing of an instrument to measure safety climate perceptions in community pharmacy. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 20(6), pp. 1144-1152. (doi: 10.1111/jep.12273) (PMID:25359630)
Ahmed, M., Arora, S., McKay, J., Long, S., Vincent, C., Kelly, M., Sevdalis, N. and Bowie, P. (2014) Patient safety skills in primary care: a national survey of GP educators. BMC Family Practice, 15(206), (doi: 10.1186/s12875-014-0206-5)
Hesselgreaves, H., Watson, A., Crawford, A., Lough, M. and Bowie, P. (2013) Medication safety: using incident data analysis and clinical focus groups to inform educational needs. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 19(1), pp. 30-38. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2011.01763.x) (PMID:22070161)
Book Sections
de Wet, C., O'Donnell, C. and Bowie, P. (2014) Never events. In: Bowie, P. and de Wet, C. (eds.) Safety and Improvement in Primary Care: The Essential Guide. Radcliffe Publishing: London. ISBN 9781846195808
Research Reports or Papers
Adkins, G. et al. (2017) Improving Together: A National Framework for Quality and GP Clusters in Scotland. Project Report. Scottish Government, Edinburgh.