School of Medicine

I’m a consultant rheumatologist at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire and completed my medical training in the North West and West Midlands Deaneries, having qualified in Manchester. I completed a MD at Birmingham.

My initial interest in education was in postgraduate education –  the higher medical training of rheumatologists, postgraduate education of nurses and allied health professionals in rheumatology, in aspects of core medical training in medicine and in the education of medical teachers. For 5 years I was an Associate Dean (Education) in the West Midlands Deanery.

With the advent of a medical school at Keele, I became involved in undergraduate medical education, initially as a module lead in the Manchester Medical course. I was appointed to my current role in 2007.

My first experience of research was completing a MD, based at Birmingham University, in aspects of T cell immunology.

On moving to Stoke I developed an interest in clinical rheumatology research, specifically in studies on outcomes and interventions in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
I completed a Masters in Medical Education at Dundee University. My initial interests were particularly in postgraduate education in rheumatology – I led this in the West Midlands Deanery and was then co-opted as curriculum lead for the Rheumatology Specialist Advisory Committee. As part of my work within the Deanery, I was part of a group who developed a system of multi-source feedback which is now the model adopted in all UK foundation programmes. We have developed MSF within the Keele undergraduate medical curriculum.

With the help of funding from Arthritis Research UK, I have developed and evaluated (in a randomised controlled trial) education resources to support skills learning in musculoskeletal examination.
More recently I have developed an interest in the preparation of undergraduates for practice.

Patient instructors in rheumatology. A Hassell. Medical Teacher. 2012. 34(7):539-42.

Remission in early rheumatoid arthritis: predicting treatment response. Ma MH. Ibrahim F. Walker D. Hassell A. Choy EH. Kiely PD. Williams R. Walsh DA. Young A. Scott DL.
Journal of Rheumatology. 2012. 39(3):470-5.

Self-assessment by trainees using self-TAB as part of the team assessment of behaviour multisource feedback tool. Wall D. Singh D. Whitehouse A. Hassell A. Howes J.
Medical Teacher. 2012. 34(2):165-7.

The preoperative assessment clinic: the Keele experience. Walsh A. Hassell A. Chilton L.
The clinical teacher. 2012. 9(1):67. [Letter]

Effect of rating scales on scores given to junior doctors in multi-source feedback. Hassell A. Bullock A. Whitehouse A. Wood L. Jones P. Wall D. Postgraduate Medical Journal. 2012 88(1035):10-4.

Qualitative research in RA. Paskins Z. Hassell AB. Rheumatology. 2012. 51(1):3-4. [Editorial]

Introducing medical students to reflective practice. [Review] Chambers S. Brosnan C. Hassell A.
Education for Primary Care. 2011. 22(2):100-5

Disease activity, smoking, and reproductive-related predictors of poor prognosis in patients with very early inflammatory polyarthritis. Verstappen SM. McCoy MJ. Roberts C. Dale NE. Hassell AB. Symmons DP. Steroids In Very Early Arthritis Investigators. Journal of Rheumatology. 2011. 38(3):429-33.

Effect of psychological distress on continuation of anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Mattey DL. Dawes PT. Hassell AB. Brownfield A. Packham JC.
Journal of Rheumatology. 2010. 37(10):2021-4

Characterizing the clinical practice and professional behaviour of rheumatology nurse specialists: a pilot study. Ryan S. Hassell A. Carpenter E. Musculoskeletal Care. 2010
8(3):136-42.

Attitudes and perceptions of rheumatologists regarding consultation skills training for specialist trainees: a qualitative study. Sandhu R, Cooper V, B Ong , Hassell AB. Clinical Medicine. 2010. 10(1):8-12.

Beneficial effects of a 3-week course of intramuscular glucocorticoid injections in patients with very early inflammatory polyarthritis: results of the STIVEA trial. Verstappen SM. McCoy MJ. Roberts C. Dale NE. Hassell AB. Symmons DP. STIVEA investigators. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 2010. 69(3):503-9.

Why do patients with inflammatory arthritis often score states "worse than death" on the EQ-5D? An Investigation of the EQ-5D classification system. Harrison MJ. Davies LM. Bansback NJ. McCoy MJ. Farragher TM. Verstappen SM. Hassell A. Symmons DP. Value in Health. 2009. 12(6):1026-34.

How ratings vary by staff group in a multi-source feedback assessment of junior doctors
AD Bullock, A Hassell, WA Markham, DW Wall, AB Whitehouse. Medical Education. 2009. 43(6):516-20

Eight years experience of Regional Audit: An assessment of its value as a clinical governance tool. John H, Paskins Z, Hassell A,  Rowe IF, MD FRCP, on behalf of the West Midlands Rheumatology Service and Training Committee (WMRSTC). Clinical Medicine. 2010. 10(1):20-5

What are clinical teaching fellows and why do I need to know?
S.Cregan, S.Chambers, A.Hassell Midlands Medicine 2008; 25(4) Oct: 162-4.

Factorial randomised controlled trial of glucocorticoids and combination disease modifying drugs in early rheumatoid arthritis. Choy EH. Smith CM. Farewell V. Walker D. Hassell A. Chau L. Scott DL. CARDERA (Combination Anti-Rheumatic Drugs in Early Rheumatoid Arhritis) Trial Group.  Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 67(5):656-63, 2008 May.

A survey of rheumatology nurse specialists providing telephone helpline advice within England and Wales. Thwaites C. Ryan S. Hassell A. Rheumatology. 47(4):522-5, 2008 Apr.

Developing a new model of care for patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain.  Ryan S. Hassell A. Thwaites C. Manley K. Home D. Journal of Nursing Management. 15(8):825-9, 2007 Nov.

Assessment of clinical nurse specialists in rheumatology using an OSCE. Ryan S. Stevenson K. Hassell AB. Musculoskeletal Care. 5(3):119-29, 2007 Sep.

The Overall Status in Rheumatoid Arthritis (OSRA) measure – further evidence to support its use in clinical practice. Mark J. Harrison, Andrew Hassell, Peter T. Dawes, David L. Scott, Susan M. Knight, Martin J. Davis, Diarmuid Mulherin, Deborah P.M. Symmons.  Rheumatology 46(5):849-55, 2007 May.

Validation of MSAT: an instrument for medical students’ self-assessment of musculoskeletal examination skills. Vivekananda-Schmidt, P; Hassell, A.B; Lewis, M; and the arc Virtual Rheumatology CAL research group.  Med Education  41(4):402-10, 2007 Apr.

Exploring the use of videotaped objective structured clinical examination (VOSCE) in the assessment of joint examination skills of medical students
Vivekananda-Schmidt P, Lewis M, Coady D, Morley C, Kay L, Walker D Hassell AB.  Arthritis Rheum (57(5):869-76, 2007 Jun 15

360 degree assessment (multisource feedback) of UK trainee doctors: field testing of team assessment of behaviours (TAB). Whitehouse A. Hassell A. Bullock A. Wood L. Wall D.  Medical Teacher. 29(2-3):171-6, 2007 Mar

A literature review of Multi-Source Feedback systems within and without health services, leading to principles for their design. Laurence Wood, Andrew Hassell, Andrew Whitehouse, Alison Bullock, David Wall. Medical Teacher 28(7):e185-91, 2006 Nov.

‘Team Observation’: A Six Year Study of the development and use of multi-source feedback (360 degree assessment) in obstetrics and gynaecology training the United Kingdom.  Laurence Wood, David Wall, Alison Bullock, Andy Hassell, Andrew Whitehouse and Ian Campbell. Medical Teacher. 28(7):e177-84, 2006 Nov.

Exploring the perceived role and impact of the nurse consultant. Ryan S, Hassell A, Thwaites C, Manley K, Home D.  Musculoskeletal Care 2006 4(3) 167-173

Experience of 6 years of a regional peer review scheme in Rheumatology. Piper H, Hassell AB, Rowe IF, Delamere J, WMRSTC. Rheumatology 2006 45(9) 1110-1115

Competence based assessment of Specialist Registrars in Rheumatology: Evaluation of a new assessment of out patient consultations.  Dowson,C.M. and Hassell,A.B. Rheumatology. 2006; 45(4):459-464

Impact of a rheumatology expert nurse on the wellbeing of patients attending a drug monitoring clinic.  Ryan S, Hassell AB, Lewis MB, Farrell A. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 2006. 53(3) 277-286

The relationship between social deprivation, disease outcome measures, and response to treatment in patients with stable, long-standing rheumatoid arthritis. Harrison MJ. Tricker KJ. Davies L., Hassell A. Dawes P. Scott DL. Knight S. Davis M. Mulherin D. Symmons DP. Journal of Rheumatology. 32(12):2330-6, 2005 Dec.

Patients with stable long-standing rheumatoid arthritis continue to deteriorate despite intensified treatment with traditional disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs - results of the British Rheumatoid Outcome Study Group randomized controlled clinical trial. Symmons D, Tricker K, Harrison M, Roberts C, Davis M, Dawes P, Hassell A, Knight S, Mulherin D, Scott DL. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2005 Nov 1; [Epub ahead of print]

Anaemia in rheumatoid arthritis: association with polymorphism in the tumor necrosis factor receptor I and II genes.  Glossop JR, Dawes PT, Hassell AB, Mattey DL.  J Rheumatol. 2005 Sep;32(9):1673-8

Cluster randomised controlled trial of the impact of a CAL package on the learning of musculoskeletal examination skills by undergraduate medical students. Vivekananda-Schmidt P, Lewis M, Hassell AB, and the arc VR CD CAL Research group.  Arthritis Rheum. 2005 Oct 15;53(5):764-71.

Development and Reliability Testing of a New Form for 360 Assessment of Senior House Officers' Professional Behaviour, as Specified by the General Medical Council.  Whitehouse,A., Hassell A., Wood,L., Wall,D., Walzman,M., and Campbell,I. (2005) Medical Teacher, .27(3):252-8, 2005 May

Management of inflammatory arthritis in the older person.  Kamath SN, Hassell AB.  Reviews in Clinical Gerontology. 2005.

The evaluation of multimedia learning packages in the education of health professionals: experience of a musculoskeletal examination package. Vivekananda-Schmidt P, Hassell AB, McLean M.  Nurse researcher 2004; 11(3): 43-55.

GPs’ perceptions of the role of DEXA scanning: an exploratory study. Richardson JC, Hassell AB, Thomas E, Hay EM. Family Practice 2004; 21(1): 51-53.

The treatment of inflammatory arthritis with methotrexate in clinical practice: treatment duration treatment and incidence of adverse drug reactions. Kinder AJ, Hassell AB, Brand J, Brownfield A, Grove M, Shadforth MF. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2005; 44(1): 61-66.

No association of polymorphisms in the tumor necrosis factor receptor I and receptor II genes with disease severity in rheumatoid arthritis.  Glossop JR, Nixon NB, Dawes PT, Hassell AB, Mattey DL.  J Rheumatol. 2003 Jul; 30(7): 1406-9.

Osteoporosis: what are the implications of DEXA scanning 'high risk' women in primary care?  Thomas E, Richardson JC, Irvine A, Hassell AB, Hay EM.  Fam Pract. 2003 Jun; 20(3): 289-93.

Perceptions of control in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.  Ryan S, Hassell A, Dawes P, Kendall S.  Nurs Times. 2003 Apr 1-7; 99(13): 36-8.

Control perceptions in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: the impact of the medical consultation  Ryan S, Hassell A, Dawes P, Kendall S.  Rheumatology (Oxford). 2003 Jan;42(1):135-40.

Series editor for a short (5 article) series on Postgraduate education be published in “Rheumatology” 2002

Assessment of specialist registrars in rheumatology: experience of an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE).  Hassell A.B.  Rheumatology (Oxford). 2002 Nov;41(11):1323-8.

Teaching consultation skills in higher specialist training: experience of a workshop for specialist registrars in rheumatology.  Cooper V., Hassell A.  Rheumatology (Oxford). 2002 Oct;41(10):1168-71.

Postgraduate education in rheumatology.  Hassell A., Dacre J.  Rheumatology (Oxford). 2002 Sep;41(9):963-4.

"I'd rather go and know": women's understanding and experience of DEXA scanning for osteoporosis.  Richardson JC, Hassell AB, Hay EM, Thomas E.  Health Expect. 2002 Jun;5(2):114-26.

The mechanical joint score: a new clinical index of joint damage in rheumatoid arthritis.  Johnson AH, Hassell AB, Jones PW, Mattey DL, Saklatvala J, Dawes PT.  Rheumatology (Oxford). 2002 Feb;41(2):189-95.

Interprofessional research in Clinical Practice.  Ryan S., Hassell A.B.  Nurse Res. 2001;9(2):17-28.

Independent association of rheumatoid factor and the HLA-DRB1 shared epitope with radiographic outcome in rheumatoid arthritis.  Mattey DL, Hassell AB, Dawes PT, Cheung NT, Poulton KV, Thomson W, Hajeer AH, Ollier WE.  Arthritis Rheum. 2001 Jul;44(7):1529-33.

Mortality in rheumatoid arthritis: relationship to single and composite measures of disease activity.  Chehata J.C., Hassell A.B., Clarke S.A., Mattey D.L., Jones M.A., Jones P.W., Dawes P.T.  Rheumatology (Oxford) 2001; 40:447-452.

Adverse reactions to disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs in clinical practice.
Grove M.L., Hassell A.B., Hay E.M., Shadforth M.F.
QJM 2001; 94:309-319.

Do patients with rheumatoid arthritis established on methotrexate and folic acid 5 mg daily need to continue folic acid supplements long term?  Griffith S.M., Fisher J., Clarke S., Montgomery B., Jones P.W., Saklatvala J., Dawes P T., Shadforth M.F., Hothersall T.E., Hassell A.B., Hay E.M.
Rheumatology (Oxford) 2000; 39:1102-1109.

Influence of polymorphism in the manganese superoxide dismutase locus on disease outcome in rheumatoid arthritis.  Evidence for interaction with glutathione S-transferase genes.  Mattey D.L., Hassell A.B.,Dawes P.T., Jones P.W., Yengi L., Alldersea J., Strange R.C., Fryer A.A.
Arthritis Rheum 2000;43:859-64

How does the short form 36 health questionnaire (SF-36) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) relate to RA outcome measures and SF-36 population values?  A cross-sectional study.  Birrell F.N., Hassell A.B., Jones P.W., Dawes P.T.  Clin.Rheumatol 2000; 19:195-199.

Intra-articular and soft tissue injections by nurses: preparation for expanded practice.  Edwards J, Hassell AB.  Nursing Standard May 3-9, 2000; 14(33):43-46.

Association of polymorphism in glutathione S-transferase loci with susceptibility and outcome in rheumatoid arthritis: comparison with the shared epitope.  Mattey,D.L.; Hassell,A.B.; Plant,M.; Dawes,P.T.; Ollier,W.R.; Jones,P.W.; Fryer,A.A.; Alldersea,J.E.; Strange,R.C.  Ann.Rheum.Dis. 1999; 58(3) 164-8.

Interaction between tumor necrosis factor microsatellite polymorphisms and the HLA-DRB1 shared epitope in rheumatoid arthritis: influence on disease outcome.  Mattey,D.L.; Hassell,A.B.; Dawes,P.T.; Ollier,W.E.; Hajeer,A.  Arthritis Rheum. 1999; 42(12):2698-2704.

The influence of HLA-DRB1 alleles encoding the DERAA amino acid motif on radiological outcome in rheumatoid arthritis.  Mattey,D.L.; Hassell,A.B.; Plant,M.J.; Cheung,N.T.; Dawes,P.T.; Jones,P.W.; Thomson,W.; Poulton,K.V.; Hajeer,A.H.; Ollier,W.E.  Rheumatology.(Oxford) 1999; 38(12)1221-1227.

Why not use OSRA? A comparison of the overall status in rheumatoid arthritis with ACR core set and other validated indices of disease activity in RA. FN Birrell, AB Hassell, PW Jones, PT Dawes.  J Rheum 1998 25(9) 1709-1715.

Absence of an association between mannose-binding lecithin polymorphism and rheumatoid arthritis.  SJ Stanworth, RP Donn, A Hassell, P Dawes, W Ollier, N Snowden.  Brit J Rheumatol. 1998; 37(2) 186-188.

Guide to simple and safe local steroid injections. Andrew Hassell. Prescriber 1998; 9:115-118.

Drug Management of Rheumatic Disorders. A Hassell  In Rheumatological Physiotherapy. Ed C David and J Lloyd. Mosby 1998.

Management of oral complications of disease modifying drugs in rheumatoid arthritis. EH Carpenter, MJ Plant, AB Hassell, MF Shadforth, J Fisher, S Clark, TE Hothersall, PT Dawes. Brit J Rheumatol. 1997. 36: 473-478.

Tumour necrosis factor haplotypes are different in male and female patients with rheumatoid arthritis.  A Hajeer, S John, WER Ollier, AJ Silman, P Dawes, A Hassell, D Mattey, A Fryer, R Strange, J Worthington.  J Rheum1997. 24: 217-219.

Small joint synovitis in rheumatoid arthritis: should it be assessed separately?  AB Hassell, MJ Plant, S Clarke, J Fisher, PW Jones, J Saklatvala, PD Fowler, MF Shadforth, PT Dawes. Br J Rheumatol. 1995. 34: 51-55.

Development and assessment of a simple measure of overall status in rheumatoid arthritis (OSRA) for routine clinical use. Deborah Symmons, Andrew Hassell, Kuruppu Gunatillaka, Peter Jones, Joanna Schollum, Peter Dawes. Quart J Med. 1995. 88:429-437.

Intra-bursal tetracycline in the treatment of olecranon bursitis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. AB Hassell, PD Fowler, PT Dawes. Br J Rheumatol. 1995. 34: 51-55.

Should we be using more second-line drugs in RA? AB Hassell and PT Dawes. Prescriber. 1994. 5: 13-16.

Genetic typing of patients with inflammatory arthritis at presentation is predictive of outcome. Andrew Gough, Jeff Faint, Mike Salmon, Andrew Hassell, Paul Wordsworth, Darrell Pilling, Andrew Birley, Paul Emery. Arthritis Rheum. 1994. 37: 1166-1170.

Sulphate metabolism is abnormal in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Helen Bradley, Andrew Gough, Ranjeet Sokhi, Andrew Hassell, Rosemary Waring, Paul Emery.
J Rheumatol. 1994. 21: 1192-6.

A longitudinal study of peripheral blood mononuclear cell proliferative responses to bacterial antigens in reactive arthritis.
AB Hassell, PF Life, NJ Viner, JSH Gaston. Br J Rheumatol. 1994. 33: 210-214.

The relationship between serial measures of disease activity and outcome in rheumatoid arthritis.
AB Hassell, MJ Davis, PD Fowler, S Clarke, J Fisher, MF Shadforth, PW Jones, PT Dawes. Q J Med 1993; 86: 601-7.

Identification of T cell stimulatory antigens of Chlamydia trachomatis using synovial fluid derived T cell clones.
AB Hassell, DJ Reynolds, J Faint, JSH Gaston, JH Pearce. Immunology 1993; 79: 513-519.

Responses to Gram-negative enteric bacterial antigens by synovial T cells from JCA patients: Recognition of heat shock protein HSP60. Paul Life, Andrew Hassell, Kate Williams, Stephen Young, Paul Bacon, Taunton Southwood, Hill Gaston. J Rheumatol 1993; 20:8 1388-96.

MHC restriction of synovial fluid T cell responses to the triggering organism: absence of a Class I-restricted response.
AB Hassell, D Pilling, D Reynolds, PF Life, PA Bacon, JSH Gaston. Clin exp Immunol 1992; 88:442-447.

Peripheral nerve dysfunction in scleroderma.
W Schady, A Sheard, A Hassell, PJL Holt, P Klimiuk, MIV Jayson. Q J Med 1991; 80: 292: 661.

An unusual problem in ankylosing spondylitis.
AB Hassell and RB Clague. Rheumatology in Practice. 1990; 1:2.

Profound bradycardia after the addition of diltiazem to treatment with a betablocker.
AB Hassell and JE Creamer. Brit Med J 1989; 298

Successful balloon venoplasty of a dialysis catheter induced subclavian stenosis.
AB Hassell, AJ Kelly, RA Coward. Nephrol Dial and Trans 1987; 2: 4

Patient instructors in rheumatology. A Hassell. Medical Teacher. 2012. 34(7):539-42.

Remission in early rheumatoid arthritis: predicting treatment response. Ma MH. Ibrahim F. Walker D. Hassell A. Choy EH. Kiely PD. Williams R. Walsh DA. Young A. Scott DL.

Journal of Rheumatology. 2012. 39(3):470-5.

Self-assessment by trainees using self-TAB as part of the team assessment of behaviour multisource feedback tool. Wall D. Singh D. Whitehouse A. Hassell A. Howes J.

Medical Teacher. 2012. 34(2):165-7.

The preoperative assessment clinic: the Keele experience. Walsh A. Hassell A. Chilton L.

The clinical teacher. 2012. 9(1):67. [Letter]

Effect of rating scales on scores given to junior doctors in multi-source feedback. Hassell A. Bullock A. Whitehouse A. Wood L. Jones P. Wall D. Postgraduate Medical Journal. 2012 88(1035):10-4.

Qualitative research in RA. Paskins Z. Hassell AB. Rheumatology. 2012. 51(1):3-4. [Editorial]

Introducing medical students to reflective practice. [Review] Chambers S. Brosnan C. Hassell A.

Education for Primary Care. 2011. 22(2):100-5

Disease activity, smoking, and reproductive-related predictors of poor prognosis in patients with very early inflammatory polyarthritis. Verstappen SM. McCoy MJ. Roberts C. Dale NE. Hassell AB. Symmons DP. Steroids In Very Early Arthritis Investigators. Journal of Rheumatology. 2011. 38(3):429-33.

Effect of psychological distress on continuation of anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Mattey DL. Dawes PT. Hassell AB. Brownfield A. Packham JC.

Journal of Rheumatology. 2010. 37(10):2021-4

Characterizing the clinical practice and professional behaviour of rheumatology nurse specialists: a pilot study. Ryan S. Hassell A. Carpenter E. Musculoskeletal Care. 2010

8(3):136-42.

Attitudes and perceptions of rheumatologists regarding consultation skills training for specialist trainees: a qualitative study. Sandhu R, Cooper V, B Ong , Hassell AB. Clinical Medicine. 2010. 10(1):8-12.

Beneficial effects of a 3-week course of intramuscular glucocorticoid injections in patients with very early inflammatory polyarthritis: results of the STIVEA trial. Verstappen SM. McCoy MJ. Roberts C. Dale NE. Hassell AB. Symmons DP. STIVEA investigators. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 2010. 69(3):503-9.

Why do patients with inflammatory arthritis often score states "worse than death" on the EQ-5D? An Investigation of the EQ-5D classification system. Harrison MJ. Davies LM. Bansback NJ. McCoy MJ. Farragher TM. Verstappen SM. Hassell A. Symmons DP. Value in Health. 2009. 12(6):1026-34.

How ratings vary by staff group in a multi-source feedback assessment of junior doctors

AD Bullock, A Hassell, WA Markham, DW Wall, AB Whitehouse. Medical Education. 2009. 43(6):516-20

Eight years experience of Regional Audit: An assessment of its value as a clinical governance tool. John H, Paskins Z, Hassell A,  Rowe IF, MD FRCP, on behalf of the West Midlands Rheumatology Service and Training Committee (WMRSTC). Clinical Medicine. 2010. 10(1):20-5

What are clinical teaching fellows and why do I need to know?

S.Cregan, S.Chambers, A.Hassell Midlands Medicine 2008; 25(4) Oct: 162-4.

Factorial randomised controlled trial of glucocorticoids and combination disease modifying drugs in early rheumatoid arthritis. Choy EH. Smith CM. Farewell V. Walker D. Hassell A. Chau L. Scott DL. CARDERA (Combination Anti-Rheumatic Drugs in Early Rheumatoid Arhritis) Trial Group.  Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 67(5):656-63, 2008 May.

A survey of rheumatology nurse specialists providing telephone helpline advice within England and Wales. Thwaites C. Ryan S. Hassell A. Rheumatology. 47(4):522-5, 2008 Apr.

Developing a new model of care for patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain.  Ryan S. Hassell A. Thwaites C. Manley K. Home D. Journal of NursingManagement. 15(8):825-9, 2007 Nov.

Assessment of clinical nurse specialists in rheumatology using an OSCE. Ryan S. Stevenson K. Hassell AB. Musculoskeletal Care. 5(3):119-29, 2007 Sep.

The Overall Status in Rheumatoid Arthritis (OSRA) measure – further evidence to support its use in clinical practice. Mark J. Harrison, Andrew Hassell, Peter T. Dawes, David L. Scott, Susan M. Knight, Martin J. Davis, Diarmuid Mulherin, Deborah P.M. Symmons.  Rheumatology 46(5):849-55, 2007 May.

Validation of MSAT: an instrument for medical students’ self-assessment of musculoskeletal examination skills. Vivekananda-Schmidt, P; Hassell, A.B; Lewis, M; and the arc Virtual Rheumatology CAL research group.  Med Education  41(4):402-10, 2007 Apr.

Exploring the use of videotaped objective structured clinical examination (VOSCE) in the assessment of joint examination skills of medical students

Vivekananda-Schmidt P, Lewis M, Coady D, Morley C, Kay L, Walker D Hassell AB.  Arthritis Rheum (57(5):869-76, 2007 Jun 15

360 degree assessment (multisource feedback) of UK trainee doctors: field testing of team assessment of behaviours (TAB). Whitehouse A. Hassell A. Bullock A. Wood L. Wall D.  Medical Teacher. 29(2-3):171-6, 2007 Mar

A literature review of Multi-Source Feedback systems within and without health services, leading to principles for their design. Laurence Wood, Andrew Hassell, Andrew Whitehouse, Alison Bullock, David Wall. Medical Teacher 28(7):e185-91, 2006 Nov.

‘Team Observation’: A Six Year Study of the development and use of multi-source feedback (360 degree assessment) in obstetrics and gynaecology training the United Kingdom.  Laurence Wood, David Wall, Alison Bullock, Andy Hassell, Andrew Whitehouse and Ian Campbell^. Medical Teacher. 28(7):e177-84, 2006 Nov.

Exploring the perceived role and impact of the nurse consultant. Ryan S, Hassell A, Thwaites C, Manley K, Home D.  Musculoskeletal Care 2006 4(3) 167-173

Experience of 6 years of a regional peer review scheme in Rheumatology. Piper H, Hassell AB, Rowe IF, Delamere J, WMRSTC. Rheumatology 2006 45(9) 1110-1115

Competence based assessment of Specialist Registrars in Rheumatology: Evaluation of a new assessment of out patient consultations.  Dowson,C.M. and Hassell,A.B. Rheumatology. 2006; 45(4):459-464

Impact of a rheumatology expert nurse on the wellbeing of patients attending a drug monitoring clinic.  Ryan S, Hassell AB, Lewis MB, Farrell A. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 2006. 53(3) 277-286

The relationship between social deprivation, disease outcome measures, and response to treatment in patients with stable, long-standing rheumatoid arthritis. Harrison MJ. Tricker KJ. Davies L., HassellA. Dawes P. Scott DL. Knight S. Davis M. Mulherin D. Symmons DP. Journal of Rheumatology. 32(12):2330-6, 2005 Dec.

Patients with stable long-standing rheumatoid arthritis continue to deteriorate despite intensified treatment with traditional disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs - results of the British Rheumatoid Outcome Study Group randomized controlled clinical trial. Symmons D, Tricker K, Harrison M, Roberts C, Davis M, Dawes P, Hassell A, Knight S, Mulherin D, Scott DL. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2005 Nov 1; [Epub ahead of print]

Anaemia in rheumatoid arthritis: association with polymorphism in the tumor necrosis factor receptor I and II genes.  Glossop JR, Dawes PT, Hassell AB, Mattey DL.  J Rheumatol. 2005 Sep;32(9):1673-8

Cluster randomised controlled trial of the impact of a CAL package on the learning of musculoskeletal examination skills by undergraduate medical students. Vivekananda-Schmidt P, Lewis M, Hassell AB, and the arc VR CD CAL Research group.  Arthritis Rheum. 2005 Oct 15;53(5):764-71.

Development and Reliability Testing of a New Form for 360 Assessment of Senior House Officers' Professional Behaviour, as Specified by the General Medical Council.  Whitehouse,A., Hassell A., Wood,L., Wall,D., Walzman,M., and Campbell,I. (2005) Medical Teacher, .27(3):252-8, 2005 May

Management of inflammatory arthritis in the older person.  Kamath SN, Hassell AB.  Reviews in Clinical Gerontology. 2005.

The evaluation of multimedia learning packages in the education of health professionals: experience of a musculoskeletal examination package. Vivekananda-Schmidt P, Hassell AB, McLean M.  Nurse researcher 2004; 11(3): 43-55.

GPs’ perceptions of the role of DEXA scanning: an exploratory study. Richardson JC, Hassell AB, Thomas E, Hay EM. Family Practice 2004; 21(1): 51-53.

The treatment of inflammatory arthritis with methotrexate in clinical practice: treatment duration ; survival on WITHW treatment and incidence of adverse drug reactions. Kinder AJ,Hassell AB, Brand J, Brownfield A, Grove M, Shadforth MF. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2005; 44(1): 61-66.

No association of polymorphisms in the tumor necrosis factor receptor I and receptor II genes with disease severity in rheumatoid arthritis.  Glossop JR, Nixon NB, Dawes PT, Hassell AB, Mattey DL.  J Rheumatol. 2003 Jul; 30(7): 1406-9.

Osteoporosis: what are the implications of DEXA scanning 'high risk' women in primary care?  Thomas E, Richardson JC, Irvine A, Hassell AB, Hay EM.  Fam Pract. 2003 Jun; 20(3): 289-93.

Perceptions of control in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.  Ryan S, Hassell A, Dawes P, Kendall S.  Nurs Times. 2003 Apr 1-7; 99(13): 36-8.

Control perceptions in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: the impact of the medical consultation  Ryan S, Hassell A, Dawes P, Kendall S.  Rheumatology (Oxford). 2003 Jan;42(1):135-40.

Series editor for a short (5 article) series on Postgraduate education be published in “Rheumatology” 2002

Assessment of specialist registrars in rheumatology: experience of an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE).  Hassell A.B.  Rheumatology (Oxford). 2002 Nov;41(11):1323-8.

Teaching consultation skills in higher specialist training: experience of a workshop for specialist registrars in rheumatology.  Cooper V., Hassell A.  Rheumatology (Oxford). 2002 Oct;41(10):1168-71.

Postgraduate education in rheumatology.  Hassell A., Dacre J.  Rheumatology (Oxford). 2002 Sep;41(9):963-4.

"I'd rather go and know": women's understanding and experience of DEXA scanning for osteoporosis.  Richardson JC, Hassell AB, Hay EM, Thomas E.  Health Expect. 2002 Jun;5(2):114-26.

The mechanical joint score: a new clinical index of joint damage in rheumatoid arthritis.  Johnson AH, Hassell AB, Jones PW, Mattey DL, Saklatvala J, Dawes PT.  Rheumatology (Oxford). 2002 Feb;41(2):189-95.

Interprofessional research in Clinical Practice.  Ryan S., Hassell A.B.  Nurse Res. 2001;9(2):17-28.

Independent association of rheumatoid factor and the HLA-DRB1 shared epitope with radiographic outcome in rheumatoid arthritis.  Mattey DL, Hassell AB, Dawes PT, Cheung NT, Poulton KV, Thomson W, Hajeer AH, Ollier WE.  Arthritis Rheum. 2001 Jul;44(7):1529-33.

Mortality in rheumatoid arthritis: relationship to single and composite measures of disease activity.  Chehata J.C., Hassell A.B., Clarke S.A., Mattey D.L., Jones M.A., Jones P.W., Dawes P.T.  Rheumatology (Oxford) 2001; 40:447-452.

Adverse reactions to disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs in clinical practice.

Grove M.L., Hassell A.B., Hay E.M., Shadforth M.F.

QJM 2001; 94:309-319.

Do patients with rheumatoid arthritis established on methotrexate and folic acid 5 mg daily need to continue folic acid supplements long term?  Griffith S.M., Fisher J., Clarke S., Montgomery B., Jones P.W., Saklatvala J., Dawes P T., Shadforth M.F., Hothersall T.E., Hassell A.B., Hay E.M.

Rheumatology (Oxford) 2000; 39:1102-1109.

Influence of polymorphism in the manganese superoxide dismutase locus on disease outcome in rheumatoid arthritis.  Evidence for interaction with glutathione S-transferase genes.  Mattey D.L., Hassell A.B.,Dawes P.T., Jones P.W., Yengi L., Alldersea J., Strange R.C., Fryer A.A.

Arthritis Rheum 2000;43:859-64

How does the short form 36 health questionnaire (SF-36) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) relate to RA outcome measures and SF-36 population values?  A cross-sectional study.  Birrell F.N., Hassell A.B., Jones P.W., Dawes P.T.  Clin.Rheumatol 2000; 19:195-199.

Intra-articular and soft tissue injections by nurses: preparation for expanded practice.  Edwards J, Hassell AB.  Nursing Standard May 3-9, 2000; 14(33):43-46.

Association of polymorphism in glutathione S-transferase loci with susceptibility and outcome in rheumatoid arthritis: comparison with the shared epitope.  Mattey,D.L.; Hassell,A.B.; Plant,M.; Dawes,P.T.; Ollier,W.R.; Jones,P.W.; Fryer,A.A.; Alldersea,J.E.; Strange,R.C.  Ann.Rheum.Dis. 1999; 58(3) 164-8.

Interaction between tumor necrosis factor microsatellite polymorphisms and the HLA-DRB1 shared epitope in rheumatoid arthritis: influence on disease outcome.  Mattey,D.L.; Hassell,A.B.; Dawes,P.T.; Ollier,W.E.; Hajeer,A.  Arthritis Rheum. 1999; 42(12):2698-2704.

The influence of HLA-DRB1 alleles encoding the DERAA amino acid motif on radiological outcome in rheumatoid arthritis.  Mattey,D.L.; Hassell,A.B.; Plant,M.J.; Cheung,N.T.; Dawes,P.T.; Jones,P.W.; Thomson,W.; Poulton,K.V.; Hajeer,A.H.; Ollier,W.E.  Rheumatology.(Oxford) 1999; 38(12)1221-1227.

Why not use OSRA? A comparison of the overall status in rheumatoid arthritis with ACR core set and other validated indices of disease activity in RA. FN Birrell, AB Hassell, PW Jones, PT Dawes.  J Rheum 1998 25(9) 1709-1715.

Absence of an association between mannose-binding lecithin polymorphism and rheumatoid arthritis.  SJ Stanworth, RP Donn, A Hassell, P Dawes, W Ollier, N Snowden.  Brit J Rheumatol. 1998; 37(2) 186-188.

Guide to simple and safe local steroid injections. Andrew Hassell. Prescriber 1998; 9:115-118.

Drug Management of Rheumatic Disorders. A Hassell  In Rheumatological Physiotherapy. Ed C David and J Lloyd. Mosby 1998.

Management of oral complications of disease modifying drugs in rheumatoid arthritis. EH Carpenter, MJ Plant, AB Hassell, MF Shadforth, J Fisher, S Clark, TE Hothersall, PT Dawes. Brit J Rheumatol. 1997. 36: 473-478.

Tumour necrosis factor haplotypes are different in male and female patients with rheumatoid arthritis.  A Hajeer, S John, WER Ollier, AJ Silman, P Dawes, A Hassell, D Mattey, A Fryer, R Strange, J Worthington.  J Rheum1997. 24: 217-219.

Small joint synovitis in rheumatoid arthritis: should it be assessed separately?  AB Hassell, MJ Plant, S Clarke, J Fisher, PW Jones, J Saklatvala, PD Fowler, MF Shadforth, PT Dawes. Br J Rheumatol. 1995. 34: 51-55.

Development and assessment of a simple measure of overall status in rheumatoid arthritis (OSRA) for routine clinical use. Deborah Symmons, Andrew Hassell, Kuruppu Gunatillaka, Peter Jones, Joanna Schollum, Peter Dawes. Quart J Med. 1995. 88:429-437.

Intra-bursal tetracycline in the treatment of olecranon bursitis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. AB Hassell, PD Fowler, PT Dawes. Br J Rheumatol. 1995. 34: 51-55.

Should we be using more second-line drugs in RA? AB Hassell and PT Dawes. Prescriber. 1994. 5: 13-16.

Genetic typing of patients with inflammatory arthritis at presentation is predictive of outcome. Andrew Gough, Jeff Faint, Mike Salmon, Andrew Hassell, Paul Wordsworth, Darrell Pilling, Andrew Birley, Paul Emery. Arthritis Rheum. 1994. 37: 1166-1170.

Sulphate metabolism is abnormal in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Helen Bradley, Andrew Gough, Ranjeet Sokhi, Andrew Hassell, Rosemary Waring, Paul Emery.
J Rheumatol. 1994. 21: 1192-6.

A longitudinal study of peripheral blood mononuclear cell proliferative responses to bacterial antigens in reactive arthritis.

AB Hassell, PF Life, NJ Viner, JSH Gaston. Br J Rheumatol. 1994. 33: 210-214.

The relationship between serial measures of disease activity and outcome in rheumatoid arthritis.
AB Hassell, MJ Davis, PD Fowler, S Clarke, J Fisher, MF Shadforth, PW Jones, PT Dawes. Q J Med 1993; 86: 601-7.

Identification of T cell stimulatory antigens of Chlamydia trachomatis using synovial fluid derived T cell clones.

AB Hassell, DJ Reynolds, J Faint, JSH Gaston, JH Pearce. Immunology 1993; 79: 513-519.

Responses to Gram-negative enteric bacterial antigens by synovial T cells from JCA patients: Recognition of heat shock protein HSP60. Paul Life, Andrew Hassell, Kate Williams, Stephen Young, Paul Bacon, Taunton Southwood, Hill Gaston. J Rheumatol 1993; 20:8 1388-96.

MHC restriction of synovial fluid T cell responses to the triggering organism: absence of a Class I-restricted response.

AB Hassell, D Pilling, D Reynolds, PF Life, PA Bacon, JSH Gaston. Clin exp Immunol 1992; 88:442-447.

Peripheral nerve dysfunction in scleroderma.

W Schady, A Sheard, A Hassell, PJL Holt, P Klimiuk, MIV Jayson. Q J Med 1991; 80: 292: 661.

An unusual problem in ankylosing spondylitis.

AB Hassell and RB Clague. Rheumatology in Practice. 1990; 1:2.

Profound bradycardia after the addition of diltiazem to treatment with a betablocker.
AB Hassell and JE Creamer. Brit Med J 1989; 298

Successful balloon venoplasty of a dialysis catheter induced subclavian stenosis.

AB Hassell, AJ Kelly, RA Coward. Nephrol Dial and Trans 1987; 2: 4