From: "ROBERT DINGWALL" <lqzrd@lzn2.lass.nottingham.ac.uk>
To: MedSoc@csf.colorado.edu
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 1997 10:18:36 GMT0BST
Subject: Re: Medsoctraining
CC: LQZEM@lzn2.lass.nottingham.ac.uk
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I am not sure whether to take up mailbox space in the summer to 
reflect the need for better co-ordination at the University of 
Nottingham in a way which only partially deals with Sam Bloom's 
original question, which I had discussed with our Director of 
Research Training, Dr Elizabeth Murphy, and decided not to respond 
to.  However, Jane Falk-Whynes has given a rather partial account of 
the situation here and I would like to fill it out for the record.

1.  Most of the medical sociology teaching that she refers to is 
actually provided by staff in this department, the School of Social 
Studies (shortly to become the School of Sociology and Social 
Policy).  It is also a specialist area in our graduate training 
program, which is accredited by ESRC and the Department of Health and 
currently submitted for accreditation to the MRC.  We offer three 
graduate degrees - an MA by research and thesis which involves 3 
graduate courses in research methods and philosophy of social science 
and a course in medical sociology; an MA in Health and Social Policy, 
which involves 6 courses studying various approaches to policy 
analysis; and a PhD program, which follows the same track as the MA 
by R&T for the first year but then proceeds to a longer thesis.  
There are also some compulsory elements of professional skills 
training.  We currently have 10 PhD students in medical sociology and 
awarded two doctorates last year.  Funding comes from a variety of 
sources, mainly restricted to UK nationals.  

2.  The faculty involved in graduate teaching and supervision
include: Professor Robert Dingwall (Professions, law and health
care, organizations); Professor Nick Manning (Mental health, health
inequalities); Professor Christian Heath (Medical communication,
organization, technology and work) Dr Elizabeth Murphy; (Food and
nutrition, gender and health, illness behaviour); Dr Gillian Pascall
(Gender and health, community care, disability); Dr Ian Shaw
(Community care, mental health, learning disability, evaluation);  Dr
Catherine Pettinari (Dr/patient interaction, prison medicine,
technology and medical work).  We have also undertaken joint 
supervision with Professor Nicky James in the School of Nursing and 
Professor Ken Starkey in the School of Management.  

3.  As Jane's posting indicated, Nottingham has a large and vibrant 
community of social scientists working on aspects of health care.  
The Trent Institute for Health Services Research is a major centre 
for work in epidemiology and health economics, led by Professor Clair 
Chilvers and Dr David Whynes.  The Centre for Health Services 
Management in the School of Management is currently looking to 
recruit a new Director but has an active program of research and 
graduate training in health serrvice organization and management.  
The Nottingham School of Public Health is a major provider of 
graduate education and is particularly noted for its links with 
Eastern Europe.  There are many clinicians sympathetic to social 
science research in most specialties and a particularly lively School 
of Nursing.  The Psychology Department is a WHO Centre for its work 
on occupational stress.  

4.  I shall be at the ASA in Toronto and would be happy to talk more
about the opportunities and programs here.  If any graduate students
are interested in spending a year with us, they might look out for
Dr Alison Pilnick, who completed her PhD here last session, and will
also be in Toronto.  

Robert Dingwall
Professor of Sociology
School of Social Studies
University of Nottingham
Nottingham NG7 2RD
United Kingdom

Tel +44 (115) 951-5418
Fax +44 (115) 951-5232
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~lqzweb/sochome.htm