Education

Teaching Experience

I have taught medical and postgraduate students frequently, lecturing on a variety of neurological topics at Bristol, to the Diploma of Medicine students at The Hammersmith and The National Hospitals.

  • Neurology training programme director for Nottingham Neurology Trainees (4 years)
  • Examiner for MRCP PACES — one of the few Neurologists who held this position
  • Member of the Undergraduate Medical Education Committee at QMC
  • Director of Medical Education at QMC (10 years)

International Teaching

Sponsored by the ABN to teach neurology internationally:

  • University of St. Vincent, West Indies — physical diagnosis (August 1993)
  • Mulago Hospital, Uganda
  • Kumasi, Ghana
  • Gabarone, Botswana
  • Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Publications & Professional Roles

  • Co-edited “Fifty Neurological Cases from the National Hospital” with Professor CD Marsden — used as a teaching aid for undergraduate and postgraduate students
  • Awarded MMedSci in Clinical Education
  • Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, University of Nottingham (2012) — in recognition of teaching contribution
  • Board member and Secretary for the RCP Specialty Question Group (SQG)
  • RCP Regional Advisor for Mid-Trent
  • Member of various educational groups at the Royal College of Physicians

e-brain

Clinical lead for e-brain for five years, producing animated teaching packages, educational podcasts, and one-to-one interviews with patients and Neuro-Scientists.