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Professor David Davies

Job Title
Professor (Teaching Focussed)
Department
WMS - Health Sciences
Phone
+44 24761 50192
Research Interests

My research interests are primarily around educational technology and digital technologies in resource poor settings. My research activities include the use of virtual patients to support clinical decision making. I have significant experience working in Malawi and Tanzania as part of the ETATMBA project funded by the European Commission, enhancing the training and professionalisation of clinical officers.

Biography

I am a Professor at the University of Warwick Medical School in the UK. My main responsibility in the department is course director of BSc Health and Medical Sciences. I am also Deputy Chair of the Faculty of Science, Engineering & Medicine. I currently supervise PhD research students in the fields of technology enhanced learning including online learning interventions, simulation including virtual patients, and global health education. I also supervise a number of MMedEd dissertation students on a diverse range of clinical education topics. I have a strong interest in global health education and have worked in Malawi and Tanzania to develop and lead a training course on leadership, service improvement, and values based practice for clinical officers in maternal and child health.

Title Funder Award start Award end
MRC: MRC Health Systems Research Initiative Call 5 Foundation Grant: Expanding and evaluating private provision of mConsulting fo communities with minimal healthcarte access in low-resource settings MRC 01 Jan 2019 30 Jun 2020
COLLABORATION AGREEMENT: Institute of Digital Healthcare West Midlands Strategic Health Authority 01 Feb 2009 31 Jan 2014
DoHFunding for Childrens Palliative Care via Coventry University and Acorns Hospice. Department of Health 01 Nov 2010 31 Mar 2011
Medbiquitous Consortium Agreement John Hopkins Medicine 01 Sep 2007 31 Aug 2010
Electronic Virtual Patient European Commission 01 Sep 2007 31 Aug 2010
Elearning toolkit for Foundation Year 1 doctors across the West Midlands to support Raising the Standards of Prescribing Competency West Midlands Strategic Health Authority 01 Apr 2009 30 Jun 2010
E-learning resources for reproductive system teaching International Virtual Medical School (IVIMEDS) 01 Apr 2008 30 Sep 2009