Medical Education

Jonathan is the Professor of Practice in Clinical Education, based at St. George's, University of London. He is a National Teaching Fellow. He is passionate about medical education, and how it can be used in developing the next generation of doctors to be better than his own generation. He has roles in the Medical School and the Hospital, and has been heavily involved in postgraduate medical education since 2011.

At St George's, University of London, he is responsible for the design and delivery of the Paediatric courses for both the school leaver and graduate streams. He is fortunate to lead a dedicated and talented team who run the course. More recently he has taken on the Patient Safety theme in the medical course, aligning with his academic interest in Medical Error.

In postgraduate education and training, he initially took on the role of Trainee Programme Director for South Thames, leading the IT and communications group for the London School of Paediatrics. This group is behind the very successful  MRCPCH part 2 clinical website, and the Paediatric FOAM site amongst other projects.

In 2016 he was appointed at Director of Medical Education, overseeing the training of the 550 trainees at the St George's Hospital site across many specialities. In 2019 he became the Head of School, initially in secondment to Health Education England, later NHS E. He led the the education and training programmes of the 1200 paediatricians preparing to be consultants in London.

Much of his research and academic output is in the area of medical education and this is evident in some of the publications section.