Meet the team

I am Subdean for primary and community care and lead the team of GP lecturers across the regional medical school.  We recruit, train and support GPs to teach medical students in primary care. I also lead a team of academic GP trainees and supervise masters and doctorate students.

My name is Mike Harrison and I am a post-CCT Academic Clinical Fellow (ACF)/GP teaching fellow.  I finished GP training in August 2018 from the Northumbria regional GP training programme, and commenced this year long ACF/teaching fellow post in April 2019.  During my ST3 year of GP training, I did an Extended Integrated Training Post in Medical Education. This post is extremely varied and I never have two weeks that are the same!  I am involved in delivering teaching to medical students across all years of the MBBS course, and am currently organising and supervising fourth year students doing the Student Selected Component (SSC) in Medical Education.  I have been involved in the examination of medical students, as well as the Multiple Mini-Interviews for applicants to medical students.  I have been involved in numerous educational projects, and am currently completing the Masters in Medical Education.  My research interests are the GP learning environment, particularly multi-level learning in General Practice; and the expansion of Primary Care teaching and learning.   I work as a salaried GP for five sessions per week at Spring Terrace Health Centre in North Shields.

I am an NIHR funded In Practice Fellow and GP in Ponteland. I spend 50% of my time with the School of Medical Education, undertaking research and working towards the Masters in Medical Education. I am Medical Student Lead at my practice and teach third year students weekly, I also have a role with the Royal College of GPs, Chairing the North East Faculty.

I am employed by the university as a post CCT fellow, as well as by my GP practice. My role consists of a combination of teaching within the medical school, but also out in the community and hospital placements that students attend, support with curriculum resource development, examinations, research projects, and the opportunity to undertake the Masters of MedEd. 

I am a GP Academic clinic fellow in my first year of training. This role combines my clinical training with academic training over at least 4 years. I’ve only just started the post, but it’s really exciting to be able to have both these elements in my job. I am interested in sustainable healthcare education, so I am currently working up a project idea relating to this. It will likely involve researching how we can ensure that future healthcare professionals receive training to ensure they can practice sustainably and help to fight the planetary health emergency through advocacy and action. This is an area I’m really passionate about and I feel so lucky to have time in my job to study this! It’s also given me the opportunity to help co-ordinate a consensus statement on sustainable healthcare education, working with health professionals from all backgrounds and across the world.

Hello! I am Alastair a GPST3 undertaking an Extended Integrated Training Post (ExITP) in Medical Education alongside my clinical training. Currently, I am in my second year of the ExITP and have been fortunate enough this year to have been accepted onto the Doctor of Medicine (MD) programme at Newcastle University as a postgraduate student. My research is focused on the new Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship (LIC) year 4 medical students at Newcastle University will be completing from September 2020. In particular, I will be exploring the impact on the patients who are involved in the LIC. This work is complemented by teaching medical students within my GP practice. 

I am a GP working for the university part time in a Post CCT Fellowship post with a focus on the use of technology in GP teaching. I was fortunate enough to work with this team when I was a GP speciality trainee, and I am glad to be back with the medical education team. This year I will be supervising 3rd year students in my GP practice in Stanley, continuing educational research looking into the active learning of students during their GP placements using video observations, teaching, developing resources and dealing with the challenges of working from a home with three children, a dog and two cats!

My name is Alex and I am a GP trainee with the Durham Tees Valley Training Programme. I qualified from Newcastle University in 2014 and completed my Foundation Training in the North West before moving back to the area to start GP training. I am now in my second year of an Extended Integrated Training post in Medical Education where I spend half of my time teaching and half doing clinical work at a practice in Hartlepool. I really enjoy the variety of work this involves and the different opportunities available to me in this role. I have recently done the Certificate in Medical Education and am looking forward to developing this further over the next few years! 

Hi, my name is Nicky and I’m a part time salaried GP in Chester-le-Street and have recently become part of the University team as a GP teaching fellow. Alongside Mike, my post is focussing on developing a new set of tutorials for final year medical students to hopefully enjoy during their GP assistantships. I qualified from Newcastle Medical School in 2001 and have been a GP since 2007, having a keen interest in teaching since then. I have been involved in small group teaching at Newcastle and was a tutor for first and second year medical students at Durham University. I was also the lead for third year students in my practice and found the role of academic mentor very interesting and rewarding. Over the years I have really enjoyed the variety of aspects that medical education offers – examining in OSCE and Moslers, and more recently interviewing prospective medical students. I am currently completing the Certificate of Medical Education which is excellent and really complements my current role and will hopefully lead to more exciting opportunities in the future.

I am an academic GP trainee in the Northumbria region. I spend half of my time in clinical practice and half on research in Medical Education. Currently, my research is focusing on dying and death experiences by junior doctors and medical students as part of a Medical Doctorate with Newcastle University. I feel very lucky to be able to have the opportunity to study within my GP training programme and work with a wonderful GP MedEd team. I am co-author of an e-learning module on conversations in life limiting illnesses, which combines my interests in teaching and end of life/care of the dying. I am involved in teaching medical students in hospital, in GP surgeries and at Newcastle University. I am grateful for the opportunities that this role has given me and am looking forward to developing my skills and learning more in the future.