Theme Leads
Professor Richard Tunstall
Academic Co-lead for Clinical Anatomy & Imaging (WMS), Academic Lead for MBChB Admissions, Applied surgical anatomy lead (Royal College of Surgeons)
What does your role involve?
I am responsible for all aspects of clinical anatomy and medical imaging education, assessment and research at the University of Warwick and the West Midlands Surgical Training Centre (UHCW), and am the lead for MBChB admissions. For one day of each week (normally Monday) I work for the Royal College of Surgeons as the Lead for Applied Surgical Anatomy. Outside of the university, I am an MRCS OSCE examiner for the Royal College of Surgeons and co-chair of the Clinical Anatomical Terminology Committee for the American Association of Clinical Anatomists. I am also heavily involved in the authoring and editing a range of clinical anatomy textbooks and sit on the editorial board of the journal Clinical Anatomy.
What should students contact you about?
Any query or conversation related to education, assessment or research in clinical anatomy, surface anatomy or medical imaging. General advice on learning theory, learning process and best practice learning techniques. When at work my door (or MS Teams chat) is always open and I'm happy to chat about most things (except skiing..!) – feel free to get in touch.
How can students contact you?
Email: R.G.Tunstall@warwick.ac.uk
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When I'm not at work you can find me...
Brewing beer, reading about the science of brewing, travelling (I have an (unhealthy?) obsession with Asia), examining or teaching overseas, in the garden growing vegetables, tinkering with a DIY project at home.
Dr Natalie Keough
Academic Co-Lead of Clinical Anatomy and Imaging | Associate Professor of Clinical Anatomy and Imaging| Block 4 Co-lead | Personal tutor
Find me: Clinical Education Hub (Beehive); Room 1.18
What does your role involve?
I am a member of the Clinical Anatomy and Imaging (CAI) team and am mainly involved in the face-to-face anatomy workshops. Outside of teaching, I also dabble in musculoskeletal research with an Orthopaedic twist, serving as a member of several University committees, and acting as a supervisor for student projects.
I am also a personal tutor for Phase 1 students.
What should students contact you about?
I am always happy to chat about any Clinical Anatomy and Imaging related topics that you feel may be getting the better of you – I am happy to help and guide you where I can. Also, feel free to contact me whenever you may feel the need to check-in or catch-up….my specialities include, but are not limited to, cycling (when the weather is good), running (I love the rain), coffee (a must), cats (yes please), chocolate (might change this for cherry pie), nachos (um…yes…), and forensic anthropology (now that is a conversation that could go on for days).
How can students contact you?
I work full-time and spend most of the weekdays at the Clinical Education Hub (CEH) at the Beehive. Email would be the best chance of contacting me:Natalie.keough@warwick.ac.uk
When I’m not at work you can find me….
In the woods, on the greenway, in the garden, playing games with my kids (and the cat), running/cycling, and/or braaiing (because it is not a BBQ).
Professor Vinod Patel
Academic Lead for Clinical Skills Theme, Chair of Clinical Assessment Sub-Group
What does your role involve?
I am responsible for delivery the Clinical Skills Curriculum in partnership with a large number of colleagues at WMS and in the local education providers in the hospitals and other clinical settings. The Practical Procedures mandated in GMC's Outcomes for Graduates are delivered under this role as well. I have an active role in all Clinical Assessments and specifically for Year 1 OSCEs. I lead on a SSC on Medical Humanities centred on the book Middlemarch by George Eliot. I am also the Course Director for the Masters in Diabetes Care at WMS.
My Clinical Duties are at the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust.
What should students contact you about?
Any issues in relation to Clinical Skills teaching and resources. I welcome informal meetings with groups or individual students. I am also, with students, working on a local Clinical Journal. Anyone interested in contributing or helping should contact me.
How can students contact you?
Email me (Vinod.patel@warwick.ac.uk) with a copy to my secretary Jo (jo.moore@geh.nhs.uk). I am usually at WMS on Tuesdays and Wednesday morning.
When I'm not at work you can find me...
Planting or attending trees in a field, admiring my bees, traveling- (unlikely now!)
Dr Daniel Mitchell
Academic Lead for Pharmacology, Prescribing & Therapeutics Theme
What does your role involve?
As Academic Lead for the PPT Theme, I oversee all of the Pharmacology, Prescribing and Therapeutics material in the MBChB, including the PPT component of the MBChB Assessments. Within Phase I, I deliver material in Learning Medicine Week (“Introduction to Pharmacology”) and also material covering the Pharmacology of Airway Disease and Cardiovascular Disease as part of the Blood, Lungs and Heart teaching within Block 2. Also, for each Phase of the MBChB course, I compile the Drugs Lists, which are designed to guide students through the common and important drugs that are encountered during the course and medicine at large.
I am also involved in the Practical Prescribing programme within the Phase III, which involves a team of Pharmacists & Consultants at UHCW and across the regional NHS Trusts. This is delivered during the Phase III Academic Days and is integrated with other learning resources to help students prepare for life as a doctor administering important drugs safely and also the Final Year Prescribing Exams.
What should students contact you about?
Please get in touch with queries about Pharmacology content within the MBChB curriculum, including the Drugs Lists. I can also answer questions about the Final Year Prescribing Exams, which are the Warwick Prescribing Assessment (WPA) and national Prescribing Safety Assessment (PSA).
How can students contact you?
I am always available via email at D.Mitchell@warwick.ac.uk
In addition, I am available for one-to-one or small group slots via Microsoft Teams. Please contact me via email or Teams chat to set up a meeting.
Dr Nahid Ahmad
Associate Professor & Lead for Personal and Professional Development theme
What does your role involve?
I’m the academic lead for the Personal and Professional Development (PPD) theme and oversee the PPD content throughout the MBChB course. I oversee the teaching and learning that will help you to develop a set of core values, behaviours, and relationships that underpin the trust the public has in doctors. This includes developing your understanding and skills in professionalism; personal wellbeing; teamwork; reflective practice; managing uncertainty; thinking errors; and trauma-informed care.
I am also responsible for the running of Schwartz Rounds at the Medical School. Over 220 health, care, and education organisations run Schwartz Rounds. At Warwick, these Rounds are embedded into the MBChB curriculum as a method of reflection. They allow medical students to explore within a safe space, the emotional aspects of their work. Research has shown positive impacts of participating in Rounds, for individuals, teams, patient outcomes and organisational culture.
What should students contact you about?
Get in touch with me if you have any queries about the PPD content within the MBChB curriculum, or taking part in a Schwartz Round.
How can students contact you?
I work Monday - Wednesdays, and the quickest way to reach me is via email – nahid.ahmad@warwick.ac.uk
If you would like to meet me in person, either face-to-face or online, please email me to arrange an appointment.
Dr Lindsay Muscroft
Deputy Academic Lead for Clinical Skills
Find me: Room 022, Medical Teaching Centre
What does your role involve?
I am the Deputy Academic Lead for Clinical Skills. I also organise the WMS community group: a group of patients keen to get involved in teaching and I am the co-chair of MERC (the Medical Education Research Community).
What should students contact you about?
I'm also a GP and work at Myton Hospice. I'm interested in palliative care, medical education research and patient involvement in medical education. I did the academic foundation programme and an academic clinical fellowship in medical education, and I also went to Warwick Medical School so happy to chat about any of this!
How can students contact you?
Email: L.Muscroft.1@warwick.ac.uk
Phone: X28933
When I'm not at work you can find me...?
Baking or having a family disco with my 7 year old daughter and 2 year old son!
Saran Shantikumar
Co-Theme Lead for Social and Population Perspectives (SocPop) - the Population 'Pop' theme
Find me:
What does your role involve?
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What should students contact you about?
Any Pop related queries.
How can students contact you?
When I'm not at work you can find me...
Dr Beck Taylor
Co-Theme Lead for Social and Population Perspective (SocPop) - the 'Soc' of the Theme
Find me: Room A101 at WMS when on Campus (office days vary)
What does your role involve?
Social and Population Perspectives: SocPop, is one of the seven themes that run throughout the 4 years of the MBChB, and my role involves coordinating, facilitating, delivering and assessing the SOC teaching and learning elements of the SocPop theme.
Answering any student questions on Soc.
What should students contact you about?
Tell me what we could do better!
Any questions, queries or help re: SOC that you don’t want to post on Moodle.
How can students contact you?
Email: beck.taylor@warwick.ac.uk
When I'm not at work you can find me...
Getting out into green spaces, cooking/eating something delicious (preferably at the same time).
Dr Greg Moorlock
Academic Lead for Values, Law & Ethics
Find me: A006, Medical School Building
What does your role involve?
I spend most of my time teaching VLE, thinking about teaching VLE, or talking about teaching VLE. I'm also a personal tutor for Phase 1 students. I do some research too, primarily in relation to organ donation and transplantation.
What should students contact you about?
Anything related to the VLE theme, especially issues relating to Phase 1 of VLE;
Mind-blowingly intellectual ethical discussion;
I particularly welcome anyone willing to give me Maltesers.
How can students contact you?
Email: g.moorlock@warwick.ac.uk
Phone: 024 76151592
When I'm not at work you can find me...
You can't. I'll be hiding from you and I'm very good at hiding.
Dr Louise Davis
Academic Lead for CBL
Chair of Course Progress Group
Find me: Room 017 Medical Teaching Centre
What does your role involve?
Leading on all aspects of CBL and more! The Course Progress Group is there to support students to stay on track to complete their course and consider any mitigation submitted for exams.
What should students contact you about?
Always happy to have a chat with students on anything CBL or generally course related, or not!
How can students contact you?
Knock on the door! or on Teams (using the chat) or Email L.Davis.3@warwick.ac.ukLink opens in a new window.
When I'm not at work you can find me...
On Wednesdays (usually) I work as an assessing GP for the British Association of Performing Arts Medicine or as a bank GP for a community hospital.
Usually outside…watching wildlife -some of my favourites might appear in slides! Otherwise I am rehearsing or performing with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus or spending time with my family.
Dr Kerry Brown
Communication and Lived Experience Co-Lead
What does your role involve?
Plan the teaching of, and teach communication skills throughout the course
What should students contact you about?
Issues around communication skills.
How can students contact you?
Email: K.L.Brown@warwick.ac.uk
Drop in (CEF office Room 113 MTC)
Michele Gutteridge
Communication and Lived Experience Co-Lead
What does your role involve?
Selecting training and maintaining our simulator team .Working with our CommUnity group to bring their health experiences into all aspects of my work .Developing Virtual Reality resources to enhance communication training Working closely with Kerry on Communication elements across the curriculum.
What should students contact you about?
Any Communication and or simulation questions / experiences
How can students contact you?
Email M.R.Gutteridge@warwick.ac.uk
When I'm not at work you can find me...
In the garden digging ,watching and or directing theatre , singing or playing with my grandson.
Dr Nicholas Hopcroft
Director of Undergraduate Studies and Academic Lead for Cell & Tissue Biomedicine
Find me: A136 (MSB)
What does your role involve?
I have overall responsibility for the BSc Health and Medical Sciences and MSci Integrated Natural Sciences undergraduate degrees in Warwick Medical School. I am also responsible for teaching and assessment across the range of disciplines within the Cell and Tissue Biomedicine theme of the graduate-entry medical degree. This involves leading a small team of core teaching staff and working with clinicians and researchers who act as occasional lecturers. At postgraduate level, I supervise education research projects carried out by MMedEd students for their Professional Project.
What should students contact you about?
MBChB students should contact me with queries about Cell and Tissue Biomedicine content and support for education research projects.
How can students contact you?
Email N.Hopcroft@warwick.ac.uk
When I'm not at work you can find me...
I like watching Formula 1 motor racing, old comedies or sci-fi films, whilst drinking lots of tea or cider, depending on the time of day.
Dr Jackie Shanley
Academic Lead for Community Learning
What does your role involve?
I’m the academic lead for the Community Learning Theme and oversee community placements during Phase I and Phase II of the MBChB course. I work closely with our community tutors to ensure that students’ learning in the community aligns well to university learning and is both valuable and relevant, encompassing a broad range of clinical experiences.
I also lead one of the SSC1 Block Options: Exploring Inequalities in Health and Wellbeing for Underserved Communities. This option offers students a unique opportunity to volunteer in the community, supporting people from marginalised groups.
What should students contact you about?
Get in touch with me if you have any queries about community learning.
How can students contact you?
I work Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and you can find me in my office in the Medical School Building - A0.06
The quickest way to reach me is via email – Jackie.Shanley@warwick.ac.uk
When I'm not at work you can find me....
Pottering in my garden or walking in the countryside – I’m a fan of the outdoors and a great advocate for its therapeutic value.