Mr Austin Plunkett, BA M Ost

Profile

I graduated with distinction from the British School of Osteopathy in 2011, gaining a master’s degree. I joined the National Council for Osteopathic Research in 2014 to work as a research assistant. I analyse data from several of NCOR’s ongoing projects, including patient reported outcomes and patient experiences surveys, and organised NCOR’s 2017 and 2019 conferences. I am currently a PhD student at QMUL, looking at the role of artificial intelligence in clinical health care and clinician engagement with evidence

Research

Research Interests:

• Osteopathy
• Manual therapies
• Information dissemination
• PROMs and PREMs
• Thematic analysis
• Paediatric conditions seen by manual therapists

Publications

Feautured publications

Carnes D, Mars T, Plunkett A, Nanke L, Abbey H, 2017. A mixed methods evaluation of a third wave cognitive behavioural therapy and osteopathic treatment programme for chronic pain in primary care (OsteoMAP). International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine, 2017 Mar. doi: 10.1016/j.ijosm.2017.03.005. Available online at http://www.journalofosteopathicmedicine.com/article/S1746-0689(16)30083-9/abstract 

Carnes D, Plunkett A, Ellwood J, Miles C. Manual therapy for unsettled, distressed and excessively crying infants: a systematic review and meta-analyses. BMJ Open 2018;8:e019040. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019040. Available online at http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/8/1/e019040