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Andrew Elder
Andrew Elder is a consultant physician in acute medicine for older people, and former medical director of MRCP(UK). He is the current President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. Biography Andrew Elder qualified in medicine (MBChB) in 1982 from the University of Edinburgh. He was medical director of MRCP(UK) from 2013 - 2018 and before this the Chair of the Clinical Examining Board for MRCP(UK), responsible for the international PACES examination. He is recognised as an expert in the teaching and assessment of the core clinical bedside skills of observation, communication, history taking and physical examination. Two other medical directors of MRCP(UK), Dame Jane Dacre and Dr Neil Dewhurst, have become college presidents, the former for the Royal College of Physicians of London, and the latter for the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. He led the UK Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AOMRC) Assessment Committee from 2015-2018, and promoted common pra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal College Of Physicians Of Edinburgh
The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE) is a medical royal college in Scotland. It is one of three organisations that sets the specialty training standards for physicians in the United Kingdom. It was established by Royal charter in 1681. The college claims to have 12,000 fellows and members worldwide. History The RCPE was formed by a royal charter, granted in 1681, with Sir Robert Sibbald recognised as playing a key part in the negotiations. Three applications preceded this and had been unsuccessful. There were 21 original Fellows, eleven of whom were graduates or students of the University of Leiden. The Universities (Scotland) Act 1858 resulted in several items from the College's Charter becoming obsolete, and they obtained a further charter on 31 October 1861. In 1920 the College enacted changes that allowed women to be admitted on the same terms as men. The charter was amended on 7 May 2005. Edinburgh Pharmacopoeia In 1699 The College first published a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Of Medical Royal Colleges
The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AoMRC) is the coordinating body for the United Kingdom and Ireland's 23 Medical Royal Colleges and Faculties. It ensures that patients are safely and properly cared for by setting standards for the way doctors are educated, trained and monitored throughout their careers. The presidents of these organisations meeting regularly to agree direction. Established in 1974 as the Conference of medical Royal Colleges and their Faculties, it was renamed the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges in 1996. It has established one Faculty of its own - The Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management (FMLM), which is jointly administered by the Royal Colleges of Physicians and of General Practitioners. List of chairs of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges The Chair is the elected head of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges. Their term of officer is up to three years. * Dame Fiona Caldicott 1996 * Professor Narendra Babubhai Patel 1997 * Professor Rode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Angela Thomas
Angela Eleine Thomas is a consultant paediatric haematologist and former director of the haemophilia centre, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. Biography Angela Thomas qualified in medicine in 1980 from Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry. She trained in adult haematology, subsequently specialising in paediatric haematology. She is on the National Emergency Stockpile Quality Panel She is vice-chair of the Commission on Human Medicines and chairs the Clinical Trials, Biologicals & Vaccines Expert Advisory Group. She is a Scientific Committee Member and expert with the European Medicines Agency. She was awarded an OBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ... for services to the regulation of public health in the 2018 New Years Honours. She was appoint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Presidents Of The Royal College Of Physicians Of Edinburgh
This is an incomplete list of the presidents of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, which was granted its royal charter, Royal Charter by Charles II in 1681. List of presidents Source (1681–1867): Historical Sketch and Laws of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, published by RCPE, 1867 See also * List of presidents of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh References * {{Cite book, title= Charter and regulations of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, publisher=RCPE, year= 1789, page=97 Presidents of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Lists of presidents of organizations, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Lists of physicians, Presidents of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Lists of office-holders in Scotland, Presidents of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Bell (physician)
Derek Bell is Professor of Acute Medicine at Imperial College London. Bell is the director of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) CLAHRC for Northwest London. He was President (2014 - 2020) of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, elected in November 2013 he took office on 1 March 2014 succeeding Neil Dewhurst. He was re-elected for a second term on 24 November 2016. He was awarded an OBE in the 2018 New Year Honours for services to Unscheduled Care and Quality Improvement. He studied at the University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh ( sco, University o Edinburgh, gd, Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in post-nominals) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Granted a royal charter by King James VI in 15 ... graduating in 1980, and was the UK's first Professor of Acute Medicine. He was elected as the inaugural President of the Society for Acute Medicine (SAM) in 2000, in 2013 he was awarded an Honora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Presidents Of The Royal College Of Physicians Of Edinburgh
This is an incomplete list of the presidents of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, which was granted its royal charter, Royal Charter by Charles II in 1681. List of presidents Source (1681–1867): Historical Sketch and Laws of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, published by RCPE, 1867 See also * List of presidents of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh References * {{Cite book, title= Charter and regulations of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, publisher=RCPE, year= 1789, page=97 Presidents of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Lists of presidents of organizations, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Lists of physicians, Presidents of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Lists of office-holders in Scotland, Presidents of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanford University
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is considered among the most prestigious universities in the world. Stanford was founded in 1885 by Leland and Jane Stanford in memory of their only child, Leland Stanford Jr., who had died of typhoid fever at age 15 the previous year. Leland Stanford was a U.S. senator and former governor of California who made his fortune as a railroad tycoon. The school admitted its first students on October 1, 1891, as a coeducational and non-denominational institution. Stanford University struggled financially after the death of Leland Stanford in 1893 and again after much of the campus was damaged by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Following World War II, provost of Stanford Frederick Terman inspired and supported faculty and graduates' entrepreneu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Center For Advanced Study In The Behavioral Sciences
The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) is an interdisciplinary research lab at Stanford University that offers a residential postdoctoral fellowship program for scientists and scholars studying "the five core social and behavioral disciplines of anthropology, economics, political science, psychology, and sociology". It is one of the (currently ten) members of Some Institutes for Advanced Study (SIAS). Its campus is with ample space for hosting groups of researchers. It has 54 studies, meeting rooms, a conference hall, a kitchen, and dining room with a private chef. Political scientist Margaret Levi is the director of the center. History The center was founded in 1954 by the Ford Foundation. The American educator Ralph W. Tyler served as the center's first director from 1954 to 1966. The CASBS buildings were designed by William Wurster, a local architect. Earlier, fellow selection was a closed process; new fellows were nominated by former fellows ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanford University Medical School
Stanford University School of Medicine is the medical school of Stanford University and is located in Stanford, California. It traces its roots to the Medical Department of the University of the Pacific, founded in San Francisco in 1858. This medical institution, then called Cooper Medical College, was acquired by Stanford in 1908. The medical school moved to the Stanford campus near Palo Alto, California, in 1959. The School of Medicine, along with Stanford Health Care and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, is part of Stanford Medicine. Stanford Health Care was ranked the fourth best hospital in California (behind UCLA Medical Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and UCSF Medical Center, respectively). History In 1855, Illinois physician Elias Samuel Cooper moved to San Francisco in the wake of the California Gold Rush. In cooperation with the University of the Pacific (also known as California Wesleyan College), Cooper established the Medical Department of the Universi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Visiting Scholar
In academia, a visiting scholar, visiting researcher, visiting fellow, visiting lecturer, or visiting professor is a scholar from an institution who visits a host university to teach, lecture, or perform research on a topic for which the visitor is valued. In many cases the position is not salaried because visitor is salaried by their home institution (or partially salaried, as in some cases of sabbatical leave from US universities). Some visiting positions are salaried. Typically, a visiting scholar may stay for a couple of months or even a year,UT"Visiting Scholar". The University of Texas at Austin. though the stay can be extended. Typically, a visiting scholar is invited by the host institution, and it is not unusual for them to provide accommodation. Such an invitation is often regarded as recognizing the scholar's prominence in the field. Attracting prominent visiting scholars often allows the permanent faculty and graduate students to cooperate with prominent academic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Dacre
Dame Jane Elizabeth Dacre, is a British rheumatologist and medical scholar. She is Professor of Medical Education at University College London, former director of UCL Medical School, and past medical director of the MRCP(UK) exam. In April 2014, she was elected to succeed Sir Richard Thompson as President of the Royal College of Physicians of London. She had previously served as Academic Vice President of the College. In 2018 Andrew Goddard was elected as her successor; she served as president until 26 September 2018. Biography Dacre studied at the University College Hospital Medical School, graduating with a medical degree in 1980. She trained in rheumatology at St Bartholomew's Hospital and now practices at the Whittington Hospital in North London. She has made contributions to the physical examination of the musculoskeletal system and developed an interest in medical education. Her more recent work has included study of the performance of doctors at postgraduate exams, inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
