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Who's who

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Dr Jon Clark
Director of Medical Education
The department is headed up by Jon Clark, Director of Medical Education. He is a Consultant in Anaesthesia and Critical Care and has been involved in education and training for over 10 years. He has previously been the Royal College Tutor and TPD for Anaesthetics in South Yorkshire.

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Mr Stuart Richards
Director of Medical Undergraduate Teaching
Stuart has been working in Undergraduate and Postgraduate Education throughout his career. He has organised undergraduate and postgraduate lectures and meetings,  run practical teaching sessions for Phase 3B and was Phase 3B specialties lead for 3 years.
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Dr Simon McCormick
Postgraduate Education Facilitator & Undergraduate Tutor in EM
Dr McCormick has been a consultant in the Emergency Department since 2003 but since going part time there in 2016 spends two days a week working in the Medical Education team.  He has both undergraduate and postgraduate roles, teaching in workshops, tutorials and simulation scenarios.  He can also support trainees and clinical teams with completing portfolio assessments.
Simon also works outside the Trust at sports events so can provide information and opportunities if this side of medicine interests you.


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Debbie Harrison
Medical Education Manager
t: 01709 424186; e: debbie.harrison10@nhs.net
Debbie manages the Education Department  and provides support to Dr Clark. She works closely with Health Education Yorkshire & the Humber to ensure that the trust meets their educational obligations.  Debbie is the point of contact for clinical attachments and 6th form work experience. 

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Lynne Hush
Education Centre Administrator

01709 424541
Lynne manages the Reception office and is responsible for the day to day running of the Medical Education Centre, runs the room booking service for the Trust and maintains/hires out IT equipment. Lynne also supports our Clinical Education Team and Programme Co-ordinators.  

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Amanda Pugh
​Education Centre Administrator
01709 427523


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Poppy Turner
Medical Undergraduate Manager
01709 424122
​Poppy is responsible for all Medical Students on attachment at the Trust including the F1 Student Assistantship programme. She is available in the Undergraduate Office Monday – Friday.


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Sarah Hicks
Medical Undergraduate Co-ordinator
01709 427186
Sarah co-ordinates the Phase 3A, 3B & Phase 4 SSC medical student attachments and Physician Associate Student attachments. She is available in the Undergraduate Office Monday – Friday.

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Grace Falding
Medical Undergraduate Administrator
01709 424633
Grace supports Poppy and Sarah within the Undergraduate Office. She is available in the Undergraduate Office Monday – Friday.
 

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S. Shah
Lead Pharmacist – Education & Training


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Sue Rodgers
Appraisal and Revalidation Support Manager
01709 424145

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Catherine Smith
South Yorkshire Regional CMT Programme Coordinator/E-Portfolio Administrator
01709 424543
Cath provides support to all the  CMT Doctors across the South Yorkshire Region. She also assists the Training Programme Director, Dr Solomon Muzulu in his duties along with the Deputy TPD's and all RCP Tutors in each of the regional hospitals.
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Karen Shaw
Clinical Skills Facilitator
01709 427215
Karen is a senior nurse with many years experience in ward based nursing and clinical skills. She is responsible for the delivery of clinical skills training at Rotherham for undergraduate students as well as doctors and other staff. In addition to her role in clinical skills she has an interest in medical education as a whole and has a MMedSci(Clin,Ed).

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Jonathan Kyffin
Clinical Educator

01709 428032
Jonathan is the simulation facilitator in the PGME where he works with colleagues to develop, deliver and support innovative training programmes using simulation. He is particularly interesting in using high fidelity simulation to train people about the importance of managing human factors as well as supporting faculty in developing good debriefing skills. He is also keen to promote the wider use of simulation to ensure patient safety.  Jon has worked in the NHS as a registered nurse for over 20 years in a variety of areas including Accident & Emergency and Cardiology.​

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Laura Myers
Future Leader 

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Mary Dougan
Learning & Development Practitioner

01709 428033
My name is Mary Dougan and I am part of the Office of the Chief Nurse, based alongside medical education staff in the Clinical Education Centre. I am a registered nurse, having experience in areas such as rehabilitation, haematology, rheumatology and oncology. Before qualifying I worked with people of any age with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour in a residential setting.

My role is very varied but primarily includes production and facilitation of nursing preceptorship programmes, healthcare support worker inductions, overseas nurse induction programmes. Additional role activities include simulation, 1:1 support, NQN recruitment fairs at Sheffield Hallam University. I love meeting new people so if you see me always stop me and introduce yourself!


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Rachel Quinn
Assistant Workforce Development Practitioner
01709 424029
My name is Rachel Quinn and I am part of the Office of the Chief Nurse, based alongside medical education staff in the Clinical Education Centre.  I am a registered nurse having worked for the trust 9 years in the Orthopaedics department.  Before qualifying I worked for the Blood Transfusion Service.  I worked on the mobile blood collection unit where we collected units of blood for transfusions.    
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My role now is working alongside Mary Dougan helping with newly qualified nurses on Preceptorship, Compass nurses, and International nurses.  I will be working with the Health Care Support workers and helping them to obtain the Care Certificate.  Additional role activities include simulation, 1:1 support, NQN recruitment fairs at Sheffield Hallam University and recruitment for the trust.  

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Helen Barlow
Library & Knowledge Service Manager (job share)
​01709 424766
Responsible for the Library and Knowledge Service.  We provide a full range of services to staff and students to support evidence-based practice including books and journals, databases, training in evidence searching and critical appraisal skills, support for journal clubs, a literature search service and feeds and bulletins on the latest developments in health care.  The team also develops and edits the Medical Education website.


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​Dr Ali Alwail - Phase 3b Lead: Cardiology
Dr Ahmed Arefin
AMU Lead
RHEUMATOLOGY 3B Lead: Dr Fiona Fawthrop
Dr Lisa Fitzgerald, Specialty Doctor. Undergraduate Lead for Dermatology
Dr Kathryn Goddard: Phase 2&4 Medicine Undergraduate Lead & Phase 3B Lead: Haematology
Phase 3a Specialty Undergraduate Lead for Child Health: 
Dr Sundhar Kanagasabapathy, Consultant in Child Heath
Dr Simon McCormick
Undergraduate Tutor & Phase 3B Lead in Emergency Medicine

Phase 3a Specialty Undergraduate Lead for Women's Health: 
​Dr Hannah Mistry
SURGICAL TUTOR      
Mr Chitakattil Oommen
PHASE 3B LEAD: UROLOGY   
Mr Bo Parys
Mr Stuart Richards: Phase 3b Lead for ENT Surgery
Mr Mohamed Shahin: Phase 3b Undergraduate Lead: Ophthalmology
Omar Tawfiq: Surgical Tutor
PHASE 3B LEAD: ANAESTHETICS 
Dr George Thomas-Kattappurathu
PHASE 3B LEAD: ORTHOPAEDICS   
Mr Kevin Wembridge
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