Blog by Tessa Stewart, final year medical student, University of Cambridge It’s a common feeling amongst medical students that we cannot meaningfully contribute to patient care, due to our lack of knowledge and expertise. On 4 February, World Cancer Day, I felt that I contributed by publishing my first first-author paper in Cancer Epidemiology. This […]
GPEG welcomes Dr Richard Darnton, new Director of GP Studies for the Clinical School
Dr Richard Darnton, GP and newly arrived Director of Studies in General Practice at the General Practice Education Group (GPEG), describes his passion for medical education and his ambitions for GP teaching at Cambridge. Tell us a little about your career so far? In my teens I was on course to follow my sister to […]
Pilkington Prize awarded to Dr Richard Davies for excellence in teaching at the Clinical School
Dr Richard Davies has been awarded the University of Cambridge Pilkington Prize, given for “outstanding quality and approach to teaching”. Professor Jonathan Mant, head of the Primary Care Unit, said: “This is thoroughly deserved, and reflects many years of quiet unassuming excellence from a very highly regarded colleague in GPEG, the General Practice Education Group”. […]
GPEG’s GP showcase video featured in PULSE
The GP Education Group have produced a music video designed to show off the best bits of general practice to medical students. It has been picked up by PULSE (online magazine for GPs) and featured in their news. The PULSE article is here : http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/20006151.article#.UynbZrV7LE0 See the video here : http://vimeo.com/87969915