Dr Deborah Clark

MBChB FRCA MEd FHEA

Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health

Senior Univerity Teacher

d.j.clark@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 6137

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Dr Deborah Clark
Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health
Clinical Skills Centre, Sam Fox House
Northern General Hospital
Herries Road
Sheffield
S5 7AU
Profile

Having qualified in 1989 I followed a career in Anaesthesia becoming a Consultant at Barts Hospital Trust in 1999 and this was followed by the additional responsibility of being Deputy Medical Director of The London Hyperbaric Medicine Centre in 2000.

In 2014, having decided on a career direction change, I became a Clinical Skills Educator at The University of Sheffield and developed an academic medical education role with a focus on clinical skills and simulation. I completed the PGCert in Medical Education in 2016 and an MEd in 2019.

Within the University of Sheffield I have helped develop simulation teaching and presented work at ASME and The Yorkshire & Humber Clinical Skills network. I have represented Sheffield Medical School at The UK Clinical Skills Council and represented the Council on the working party of the GMC to develop the clinical skills list released in 2019.

Research interests
  • Preparedness for practice
  • Professional identity formation
  • Simulation
  • Clinical skills teaching

Current projects

  • Development of simulation resources to enhance the transition from preclinical to clinical based learning.
Publications

Journal articles

Conference proceedings papers

  • Clark D, Hague M, Burney A, Graham A, Strachan A & Eaton DM (2018) PP04 Wise – a practical approach to preparedness for F1. Poster Presentations RIS download Bibtex download
  • Clark D, Bryan E, Pelham E, Hague M, Burney A, Graham A & Strachan A () Wise – a practical approach to preparedness for F1. Association for the Study of Medical Education, Annual Scientific Meeting 2018. Medical Education with a Global Perspective (pp 198-198). Edinburgh, 11 July 2018 - 13 July 2018. RIS download Bibtex download
Teaching interests

Clinical Skills and simulation

Professional activities and memberships
  • Lead for simulation in clinical skills teaching
  • Lead for Foundation Clinical Skills course in Phase 2b
  • Lead for WISE (Ward Intensive Simulated Environment) in Phase 4
  • Member of University of Sheffield disciplinary committee
  • PLAB examiner at GMC ( 2017-2019)
  • External Examiner