Oxford Assess and Progress: Psychiatry
Edited by Gil Myers and Melissa Gardner
Katharine Boursicot and David Sales
Author Information
Edited by Gil Myers, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and Honorary Clinical Teaching Fellow in Medical Education, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, University College London Medical School, UK, and Melissa Gardner, General Practitioner, Killick Street Health Centre
Katharine Boursicot, Reader in Medical Education and Deputy Head of the Centre of Medical and Healthcare Education, St Georges', University of London, UK, and
David Sales, Consultant in Medical Assessment, UK
Gil Myers is a child and adolescent psychiatrist working in North London. He trained at the Royal Free and the Maudsley Hospitals before completing a secondment at UCL medical school. This involved developing fitness to practise assessments for the General Medical Council and undergraduate assessment of psychiatry and curricului development. He currently balances his clinical practice with continued work within the medical school, completing a masters in medical education at the Institute of Education and caring for his young daughter.
Melissa Gardner is a salaried GP in King's Cross, London and a clinical teaching fellow at UCL Medical School. She graduated from UCL medical school in 2006, and completed the Whittington VTS scheme in 2011. She is enjoying combining her interest in medical education with her clinical work and has particular interests in community based teaching, medical ethics and law and widening participation issues.
Katharine Boursicot is a reader in Medical Education and Deputy Head of the Centre for Medical and Healthcare Education at St Georges', University of London. Previously she was Head of Assessment at Barts and The London, and Associate Dean for Assessment for Cambridge University School of Medicine. She is consultant on assessment to several UK medical schools, Royal Colleges, and international institutions as well as General Medical Council PLAB Part 2 Panel and Fitness to Practise clinical skills testing.
David Sales is a general practitioner by training who has been involved in medical assessment for over 20 years, having previously been convenor of the MRCGP knowledge test. He has run item writing workshops for a number of undergraduate medical schools, medical Royal Colleges, and internationally. For the General Medical Council he currently chairs the Professional and Linguistic Assessment Boards Part 1 panel and is their consultant on fitness to practise knowledge testing.
Contributors:
Dr Joan Bell, Speciality Trainee in General Adult Psychiatry, Northern Ireland
Dr Mark Broadhurst, Consultant Psychiatrist, Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Dr Esra Caglar, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and Specialty Trainee in Medical Psychotherapy, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust UK
Ms Kelly Clarke, MB PhD student with a special interest in global mental health, UCL Centre for International Health and Development Institute of Child Health, UK
Tim Exworthy, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist and Clinical Directior Men's Service, St Andrew's Healthcare, Northampton , UK
Dr Susanna Fairweather, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Dr Amber Fossey, Specialty Trainee in Forensic Psychiatry, West London Mental Health Trust, UK
Dr Holly Greer, Specialty Registrar in Learning Disability Psychiatry, Belfast Trust, Northern Ireland, UK
Professor Jonathan Hill, Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Manchester, UK
Dr Andrew Horton, Specialty Trainee in Psychiatry, Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Dr Kazuya Iwata, Honorary Clinical Lecturer, Academic Centre for Medical Education, UCLMS, and Consultant Psychiatrist, Southeast Newham Sector, London, UK
Dr Greg Lydall, Consultant Psychiatrist in Adult Psychiatry, Castel Hospital, Guernsey, UK
Dr Maggie McGurgan, Specialty Trainee in Learning Disability Psychiatry, Belfast Trust, Northern Ireland
Dr Louise Morganstein, Specialty Trainee in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Dr Paula Murphy, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, St Andrews's Healthcare, Northampton, UK
Dr Peter Sloan, Locum Consultant in Unscheduled Care Team Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Northern Ireland
Dr Julian Summerfield, Locum Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry, Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Dr Clare Wadlow, Clinical Treaching Fellow in Old Age Psychiatry, Academic Centre for Medical Education, University College, London, UK
Dr Andrew Watson, Consultant Psychiatrist and Honorary Senior Lecturer, Edinburgh University, UK
Dr Michael Yousif, Consultant in Psychological Medicine, Oxford University NHS Hospital Trust, UK
