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As Theme Lead for Medicine in Clinical Practice, Helen has oversight º£½ÇÊÓƵ case-based learning and specialist clinical teaching. This is within years 3 and 4 of our MBBS programme. She also leads the clinical reasoning curriculum. Helen is interested in clinical reasoning, technology-enhanced learning, and person-centred care.

Helen has previously taught communications skills, held a role as a community clinical tutor, facilitated small groups and been a regular OSCE examiner.

Helen Joined us in 2017. She led the development º£½ÇÊÓƵ new Evidence Informed Practice of Medicine Theme in Phase 2 º£½ÇÊÓƵ MBBS programme. She established an innovative module, “Health and Society”, a collaboration with third-sector organisations providing placements for third-year medical students.

In 2019, Helen was appointed as Theme Lead for Medicine in Clinical Practice. She took responsibility for specialist clinical teaching within years three and four º£½ÇÊÓƵ MBBS. Working closely with our clinical module leads, she leads our case-based learning and expert half-day programmes. She has also collaboratively developed the clinical reasoning programme in years 3 and 4. She continues to lead in this area. Helen has helped establish, in partnership with the Interprofessional Education (IPE) team and eight other courses, a recurrent Frailty IPE event involving simulated multidisciplinary team working.

Since 2017, Helen has led a team of campus day facilitators and clinical teachers to deliver core teaching at our Burnley campus. She continues to be responsible for the ongoing training and development of this team.