The Postgraduate Education Centre provides the infrastructure and support to facilitate the education, training and continuing development of postgraduate professionals in hospital medicine, general practice and dentistry. The PGEC also has an active role in planning education and encouraging multidisciplinary learning and teaching across the hospital. Much of the centre's work is to support medical education and this includes all Foundation Year teaching programmes for the new resident doctors. Teaching programmes are also in place for the MRCP curriculum and general medical meetings. The centre also hosts numerous Specialist Registrar regional teaching meetings for various specialties. Many specialties within the Trust use the facilities for departmental teaching.
We are responsible for:
- Undergraduates: Imperial College London, St Georges, Brighton and Sussex, and University of Surrey
- Foundation Training Programme
- General Practice Training Programme
- Core and Higher Specialty Training
- Provision of Education Faculty Development
- Administration of Study Leave for Consultants, Locally Employed Doctors, Doctors and Dentists in Training.
We deliver a wide range of teaching programme as well as Regional Training Days to ensure that Doctors and Dentists are equipped with the skills to deliver excellent patient care.
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Director of Medical Education/Chief of Education Dr Sarah Rafferty |
| Deputy Director of Medical Education Dr Sarita Sochart |
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| Deputy Director of Medical Education Dr Lola Akingbade |
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Strategic Medical Education Manager Louise Iliaşi |
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Deputy Medical Education Manager and Academic Registrar Maria Jaques |
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Operations and Quality Manager Graham Booth |
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Senior Medical Education Officer: Undergraduate and Dental Claire Parsonage |
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Senior Medical Education Officer: Foundation Pip Sedgwick |
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Senior Medical Education Officer: Specialty, Core and Higher Training Jenny Cawthrone |
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Senior Medical Education Officer: General Practice Angela Dias |
| Project Support Officer Sachin Jethwa |
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Project Support Officer Chris Bellinger |
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Project Support Officer Nicola Bird |
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Simulation Support Officer Valentina Parvulescu |
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Study Leave Co-Ordinator Lynsay Norris |
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Medical Education Administrator Darren Iriajen |
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Medical Education Events Co-Ordinator Clare Leonard |
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Education Clinical Fellow Dr Meron Yalew |
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Education Clinical Fellow Dr Alice Murphy |
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Education Clinical Fellow Dr Ashmal Qamar |
















