Dr Alex Harding

About me:

Alex has worked as a GP in Exeter for the last twenty years as a partner in a city centre practice. He is involved at the Medical School as a Sub-Dean, making sure the community part of the medical school programme (about 25%) runs smoothly. He is also involved in curriculum development and innovation and is course director of the Masters in Clinical Education: https://www.exeter.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/medicine/clinicaledcert/

and also Principles of Primary Care International.

http://medicine.exeter.ac.uk/cpd/primarycare/

Research

His research interests are two-fold:

1. Using qualitative approaches to investigate clinical learning in both community and hospital settings. Alex's work focusses on the use of socio-material theories.

2. Educational policy. Alex is chair of the Society for Academic Primary Care SAPC UK Heads of Teachers Group and is involved with formulating national and international policies regarding undergraduate curriculum content and a more equitable way of funding of medical student education in community settings

Interests:

• Clinical learning
• Curriculum innovation
• Curriculum design
• Policy development

Qualifications:

• MBBS
• BSc (Neurobiology)
• MEd
• DEd
• FRCGP
• PFHEA
• DRCOG
• DFFP
• DCH