Visiting Lecturer
Delivered and facilitated undergraduate communication-skills teaching. Supported students in developing patient-centred consultation skills, professional confidence and the ability to manage challenging or sensitive conversations.
Education and training
Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, GP training, workplace-based supervision and selected academic work.
GP training and clinical supervision
As a GP trainer and clinical supervisor, I provide regular supervision and debriefing for GP registrars and pharmacists.
I support learners with:
- Case-based discussions
- Observed consultations
- Consultation observation tools
- Clinical examination and procedural skills
- Workplace-based assessment
- Reflective learning
- Clinical debriefing
- Managing uncertainty
- Recognition of risk
- Safe escalation
- Sensitive communication
- Patient-centred decision-making
My approach focuses on helping learners develop structured clinical reasoning, professional confidence and safe independent practice. I aim to provide feedback that is constructive, specific and responsive to the needs of the individual learner.
Medical teaching roles
I have delivered undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in primary care, hospital and university settings.
Ward-Based Clinical Teacher
Bedside and small-group teaching for undergraduate medical students. Teaching covered clinical examination, practical skills, case discussions, examination preparation and structured feedback.
Communication Skills Tutor
Taught communication skills to third, fourth and fifth-year medical students. Teaching has included challenging and sensitive consultation topics, including end-of-life care and communicating with compassion during emotionally difficult encounters.
OSCE Tutor
Led OSCE-style teaching sessions for final-year medical students, focusing on consultation structure, clinical communication and examination technique.
Medical Question Writer
Created clinically relevant examination questions, answer explanations and educational content for general practice question banks.
Selected achievements
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Awarded Fellowship in recognition of my experience and professional practice in higher education and medical teaching.
Postgraduate Certificate in Health Professions Education
Royal College of Psychiatrists Trent Division Elective Prize
Awarded for an elective undertaken at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney.
Best Paper Award
Recognised research exploring the adaptation of a humanoid robot for use with children with profound and multiple disabilities.
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Foundation Year Prize
Images of Psychiatry Competition, first place
Awarded first place for photographic work.
Selected publications
Adapting a humanoid robot for use with children with profound and multiple disabilities.
In: Technology, Rehabilitation and Empowerment of People with Special Needs. Nova Science, 2015.
Engaging students with profound and multiple disabilities using humanoid robots.
In: Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Springer International Publishing, 2014;8514:419–430.
Adapting a humanoid robot for use with children with profound and multiple disabilities.
In: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies. University of Reading, 2014;205–211.
Treatment outcomes following management of patients with diverticular abscess.
In: Abstracts of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland Annual Meeting, 2017.
Selected presentations
Elective Report
Sole presenter.
Using a NAO Humanoid Robot to Enhance the Learning of Children with Learning Disabilities
Sole presenter.
Introduction to Psychiatry: Synaesthesia
Sole presenter.
Assessment and Modification of Lipids in Older Adult Psychiatric Inpatients
Presented as a poster.