Clinical Communication and Learning Skills Unit

Welcome to the Clinical and Communication Skills Unit

The Unit supports clinical and communication skills education in healthcare settings and in skills centre laboratories using state of the art and evidence-based learning and assessment methods. To achieve this involves providing students and staff with access to a wide range of high quality learning activities and resources. The Unit also runs staff development courses in the use of simulation as a teaching method and has developed a bank of trained simulated patients.

Our goal is to prepare students for practice and ensure they graduate with the very best clinical and communication skills and are able to work collaboratively in healthcare teams to provide safe and effective care to patients now and in the future.

Barts and The London was one of the first UK schools to establish a Clinical Skills Centre and to introduce a skills-based qualifying examination. These innovations led to commendations from the GMC and the QAA. 

Academic Staff

Harvey Wells
Head of the Skills Unit
Reader in Medical Education
h.wells@qmul.ac.uk

Amiirah Nuckchady
Senior Clinical Lecturer in Clinical Skills
a.nuckchady@qmul.ac.uk

Aqeel Safdar
Senior Clinical Lecturer in Clinical Skills
a.safdar@qmul.ac.uk

Bharat Pahilwani
Senior Clinical Lecturer in Clinical Skills
b.pahilwani@qmul.ac.uk

Devina Raval
Senior Clinical Lecturer in Clinical Skills
d.raval@qmul.ac.uk

Maaya Modha-Patel
Senior Lecturer in Clinical Communication
m.modha-patel@qmul.ac.uk

Anna Schmid
Clinical Lecturer in Clinical Skills
a.schmid@qmul.ac.uk

Anna Moore
Chadburn Lecturer in Clinical Skills
a.moore@qmul.ac.uk

Cherry Buckwell
Lecturer in Clinical Communication
cherry.buckwell@qmul.ac.uk

Christine Naganathan
Clinical Lecturer in Clinical Communication
c.naganathan@qmul.ac.uk

Elizabeth Wright
Lecturer in Clinical Communication
elizabeth.wright@qmul.ac.uk

Esther Lee
Clinical Teaching Fellow in Clinical Skills
esther.lee@qmul.ac.uk

Lola Olakunbi
Chadburn Lecturer in Clinical Skills
l.olakunbi@qmul.ac.uk

Sophie Checkley
Chadburn Lecturer in Clinical Skills
s.checkley@qmul.ac.uk

Thiago Santos
Clinical Lecturer in Point of Care Ultrasound
t.santos@qmul.ac.uk

Venkat Thiagarajan
Clinical Lecturer in Clinical Skills
v.thiagarajan@qmul.ac.uk

Professional services and technical staff

Yvonne Clay
Clinical Skills Centre Manager
y.clay@qmul.ac.uk

Mark Zarasate
Clinical Skills Centre Technician
m.zarasate@qmul.ac.uk

Ade Folarin
Clinical Skills Centre Technician
a.folarin@qmul.ac.uk

Michael Giles
Clinical Skills Centre Technician
m.giles@qmul.ac.uk