Developing and evaluating a co-designed complex intervention to support multidisciplinary decision-making and patient-centred care in gestational breast cancer (gBC)
About the Project
Gestional breast cancer (gBC), defined as breast cancer diagnosed during pregnancy, presents a rare and highly complex clinical challenge. Women and clinicians must make time-critical treatment decisions under uncertainty, balancing maternal and foetal outcomes across multiple specialties.
Although clinical guidelines exist, applying them consistently in practice is difficult, and many women report limited support in understanding options and expressing what matters most to them.
Working with leaders in gBC research, this PhD will develop and evaluate a co-designed intervention to improve multidisciplinary team (MDT) decision-making and patient-centred care in gBC.
The project will integrate analysis of real-world care pathways, evidence synthesis, and qualitative research with women and clinicians to identify gaps in decision-making and care coordination. These insights will inform the co-design of a novel intervention comprising two components: (1) an MDT decision-support toolkit and (2) a patient-facing values-clarification and decision-support tool.
Working closely with NHS partners, clinical experts, and the national charity Mummy’s Star, the postgraduate researcher will use co-design and user experience methods to develop a prototype, followed by evaluation of its acceptability and usability in NHS settings.
This interdisciplinary PhD offers training in co-design, qualitative and mixed-methods research, implementation science, and digital health development.
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