Professor Rakesh Patel

Profile

Rakesh Patel is Professor of Medical Education, Head of MBBS, and Deputy Director of the Institute of Health Sciences Education, Queen Mary University of London. Rakesh is the first Head of MBBS at Barts and The London School of Medicine, with overall responsibility for providing leadership and day to day management of the MBBS curriculum, both the 5-year and graduate-entry programme.

Rakesh qualified in Medicine in 2002 at the University of Leicester and he completed his pre-registration and senior house officer training at the University of Leicester NHS Trust. After obtaining his MRCP (London) in 2005, he started higher specialist training in Nephrology and General Internal Medicine on the East Midlands South Rotation in 2006.

He completed a Masters in Medical Education at the University of Dundee in November 2011 and a professional doctorate (MD) in medical education at the University of Leicester in 2012, before undertaking an NIHR Academic Clinical Lectureship in Medical Education in 2012-2016. He was appointed Clinical Associate Professor in Medical Education to the University of Nottingham in 2016, where he was Director of the MMedSci in Medical Education and Academic Programme Director for Medical Education.

Rakesh was awarded the ASME New Researcher of the Year in 2011 and the ASME Educator Development Group Award in 2012.  He obtained Senior Fellow of Advance HE (formerly Higher Education Academy) in 2017.

Rakesh has also held education related roles in the Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME), Academy of Medical Educators (AoME), and currently is a member of the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) Technology-Enhanced Learning Committee. He held external examinerships at the University of Glasgow (Year 3 MBChB) and University of East Anglia (Masters in Clinical Education) and is currently an external examiner at the University of Oxford and Newcastle. He is also a General Medical Council Education Associate and member of the Undergraduate Medicine Accreditation Team.

Clinically, he works at the Royal London Hospital for Barts Health NHS Trust, and prior to that he worked at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust as Honorary Consultant Nephrologist.

Teaching

Rakesh is currently supporting the delivery of academic and pastoral support for MBBS students in Years 3,4 and 5 with a specific focus on exam readiness, preparation for summative assessment and remediation-based medical education. Rakesh is also a student advisor for Year 3 MBBS students in London. 

Research

Research Interests:

Rakesh has a track record of medical education research in the areas of underperformance and performance enhancement; remediation; technology-enhanced learning and virtual patient technologies; clinical decision-support; clinical reasoning; educational interventions for improving prescribing behaviour; and self-regulated learning.

Publications

Moraes, E., Sandars, J., Patel, R., Cecilio-Fernandes, D., Santos, T., (2024). Unravelling the differences between observation and active participation in simulation-based education. Medical Teacher https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159X.2024.2396381

Jay, R, Sandars, J, Patel, R, Leonardi-Bee, J, Ackbarally, Y, Bandyopadhyay, S, Faraj, D, O’Hanlon, M, Brown, J, Wilson, E. (2024). The Use of Virtual Patients to Provide Feedback On Clinical Reasoning – A Systematic Review. Academic Medicine https://doi.org/ 10.1097/ACM.0000000000005908

Heslop C., Rajpara M., Wood S., Patel T., Karelia S., Patel R (2024). Intravenous fluid therapy: an audit and discussion of improvements required for prescribers and administrators. Br J Nurs 33, 14, S16-24 http://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2024.0091

de Leng B, Mannil M, Patel R, Pawelka F, Seifarth H, Sundermann B. (2024) Case-Based Collaborative Learning in Undergraduate Radiology Teaching-Are Essential Conditions for Group Discussions Met? Acad Radiol. S1076-6332(24)00218-6. doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2024.03.043

Sandars, J., Cecilio-Fernandes, D., Patel, R. ‘Showing the best version of yourself’: the importance of dynamic assessment for trainees undergoing workplace-based assessments (WPBAs) in postgraduate training. Br J Hosp Med. (in press)

Jay, R, Davenport, C, Patel, R. (2024) Clinical reasoning—the essentials for teaching medical students, trainees and non-medical healthcare professionals. Br J Hosp Med. https://doi.org/10.12968/ hmed.2024.0052

Carleton-Boylan,G, Crossley, S, Siebert, P, Ajanaku, N, Iqbal, A, John, A, Sandhu, S, Williams, C, Leach, L, Patel, R, Buchanan, H, Taggar, J, Leonardi-Bee, J, Morling J, Qureshi, I, Hubber, L, Bethea, J, Wilson, E.E. (2024) Inclusivity and decolonisation of the post-graduate public health curriculum: Reflections from a student-led approach. Public Health in Practice.(7) 100507. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhip.2024.100507

Jay, R., Hagan, P., Madan, C. et al. A phenomenological exploration of the feedback experience of medical students after summative exam failure. BMC Med Educ 23, 930 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-023-04892-z

Cecilio-Fernandes D, Patel R, Sandars J. Using insights from cognitive science for the teaching of clinical skills: AMEE Guide No. 155. Med Teach. 2023 Jan 23:1-10. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2023.2168528.

Melvin A, Patel RS. Applying educational theory to medical education research. Clin Exp Dermatol. 2022 Dec;47(12):2085-2089. doi: 10.1111/ced.15287.

Ehilawa PI, Woodier N, Dinning A, O'Neil V, Poyner F, Yates L, Baxendale B, Madan C, Patel R. Using simulation-based interprofessional education to change attitudes towards collaboration among higher specialty trainee physicians and registered nurses: a mixed methods pilot study. J Interprof Care. 2022 Nov 14:1-10. doi: 10.1080/13561820.2022.2137481

Keenan HL, Duke SL, Wharrad HJ, Doody GA, Patel RS. Usability: An introduction to and literature review of usability testing for educational resources in radiation oncology. Tech Innov Patient Support Radiat Oncol. 2022 Sep 17;24:67-72. doi: 10.1016/j.tipsro.2022.09.001.

Bandyopadhyay S, Boylan CT, Baho YG, Casey A, Asif A, Khalil H, Badwi N, Patel R. Ethnicity-related stereotypes and their impacts on medical students: A critical narrative review of health professions education literature. Med Teach. 2022 Sep;44(9):986-996. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2022.2051464.

Scott NL, Mahran S, Patel R, Culshaw M. Perceptions of transition into clinical placement. Clin Teach. 2022 Apr;19(2):129-135. doi: 10.1111/tct.13465.

Walker I, Brierley E, Patel T, Jaffer R, Rajpara M, Heslop C, Patel R. Mental health among elite sportspeople: Lessons for medical education. Med Teach. 2022 Feb;44(2):214-216. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2021.1994134. Epub 2021 Oct 22

Saville RL, Bowman R, Patel R. Flexible portfolio training: a novel approach to future physician training. Future Healthc J. 2022 Mar;9(1):13-17. doi: 10.7861/fhj.2021-0143.

Sandars J, Jenkins L, Church H, Patel R, Rumbold J, Maden M, Patel M, Henshaw K, Brown J. Applying sport psychology in health professions education: A systematic review of performance mental skills training. Med Teach. 2022 Jan;44(1):71-78. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2021.1966403.

Thompson B, Madan CR, Patel R. Investigating cognitive factors and diagnostic error in a presentation of complicated multisystem disease. Diagnosis (Berl). 2021 Dec 1;9(2):199-206. doi: 10.1515/dx-2021-0072

Sandars J, Cecilio-Fernandes D, Patel R, Gandomkar R. Avoid 'running before we can walk' in medical education research: The importance of design and development research. Med Teach. 2021 Nov;43(11):1335-1336. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2020.1854452. Epub 2020 Dec 3

Higgins M, Madan CR, Patel R. Deliberate Practice in Simulation-Based Surgical Skills Training: A Scoping Review. J Surg Educ. 2021 Jul-Aug;78(4):1328-1339. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2020.11.008.

Baxter JA, Bhamber NS, Patel RS, Tennent D. The FAST Workstation Shows Construct Validity and Participant Endorsement. Arthrosc Sports Med Rehabil. 2021 Jun 18;3(4):e1133-e1140. doi: 10.1016/j.asmr.2021.04.004.

Higgins M, Madan C, Patel R. Development and decay of procedural skills in surgery: A systematic review of the effectiveness of simulation-based medical education interventions. Surgeon. 2021 Aug;19(4):e67-e77. doi: 10.1016/j.surge.2020.07.013. Epub 2020 Aug 28

Curtis-Lopez C, Robinson D, Shirke M, Dominic C, Patel R. Drivers and barriers to engaging with academia: a minority-ethnic medical student perspective. J R Soc Med. 2021 Oct;114(10):470-472. doi: 10.1177/01410768211029156

Winter R, Norman RI, Patel R. A qualitative exploration of the lived experience of GP trainees failing to progress in training. Educ Prim Care. 2021 Jan;32(1):10-18. doi: 10.1080/14739879.2020.1831970.

Sandars J, Cecilio-Fernandes D, Gandomkar R, Patel R. New directions for understanding collaborative learning: The importance of social regulation of learning. Med Teach. 2022 Jan;44(1):95-96. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2020.1868418

Sandars J, Cecilio-Fernandes D, Gandomkar R, Patel R. The challenge of understanding, evaluating and providing feedback on regulation during group learning. Scientia Medica. 2021 31(1), pp.e39294-e39294.

Cooper N, Cramp P, Forrest K, Patel RS. Essential Guide to Acute Care Wiley-Blackwell. 2020

Sandars J, Correia R, Dankbaar M, de Jong P, Goh PS, Hege I, Masters K, Oh SY, Patel RS, Premkumar K, Webb A. Twelve tips for rapidly migrating to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. MedEdPublish 2020. p.3068.

Curtis-Lopez C, Robinson D, Shirke M, Dominic C, Sharma S, Roy A, Daga S. and Patel R. Narrowing the gap in careers in clinical research and academia for healthcare professionals. 2020. Sushruta Journal of Health Policy & Opinion, 14(1), pp.1-18.

Daga S, Patel R, Howard D, Mistry K, Daga V. ‘Pass it on’ - New Organ Donation Law in England - What Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) Communities should do and Why? 2020 The Physician, 6(1).

Emerson T, Harrington L, Mullany L, Atkins S, Churchill D, Winter R, and Patel R.  Learning to manage rapport in GP trainee encounters: A discursive politeness approach. In:  Archer,D. Grainger,K., and Jagodziński,P. eds., Politeness in Professional Contexts John Benjamins. 2020: 25-54

Sandars J, Patel R. The challenge of online learning for medical education during the COVID-19 pandemic. Int J Med Educ. 2020 Aug 21;11:169-170. doi: 10.5116/ijme.5f20.55f2

Patel R, Green W, Shahzad MW, Church H, Sandars J. Using a self-regulated learning-enhanced video feedback educational intervention to improve junior doctor prescribing. Med Teach. 2020 Aug;42(8):886-895. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2020.1748183. Epub 2020 Apr 17.

Patel R, Green W, Shahzad MW, Church H, Sandars J. Response to letter titled, 'Video feedback in medical education: A student's perspective'. Med Teach. 2021 Feb;43(2):240-241. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2020.1808348. Epub 2020 Aug 17.

Richmond A, Cooper N, Gay S, Atiomo W, Patel R. The student is key: A realist review of educational interventions to develop analytical and non-analytical clinical reasoning ability. Med Educ. 2020 Aug;54(8):709-719. doi: 10.1111/medu.14137. Epub 2020 Apr 22.

Green W, Shahzad MW, Wood S, Martinez Martinez M, Baines A, Navid A, Jay R, Whysall Z, Sandars J, Patel R. Improving junior doctor medicine prescribing and patient safety: An intervention using personalised, structured, video-enhanced feedback and deliberate practice. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2020 Nov;86(11):2234-2246. doi: 10.1111/bcp.14325. Epub 2020 May 18

Duke S, Tan L, Eminowicz G, Park W, Wharrad H, Patel R, Doody G. Rapid Radiotherapy Contouring Practice: Pilot Study of a Novel Web-Based Tool Enabling Automated Individualized Feedback. International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics. 2019 105(1), E147.

Maley MAL, Patel RS, Lafferty NT, Steiner GZ, Chow JSF, Johnson DW, Boudville NC. A Theory-Driven, Evidence-Based Approach to Implementing the ISPD Syllabus-Patients as Learners. Perit Dial Int. 2019 Sep-Oct;39(5):409-413. doi: 10.3747/pdi.2019.00021

Sandars J, Patel R. Using personalized teaching and learning to improve clinical performance. Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 2018 Feb 2;79(2):102-105. doi: 10.12968/hmed.2018.79.2.102

Church H, Murdoch-Eaton D, Patel R, Sandars J. What can medical educators learn from the Rio 2016 Olympic Games? Med Teach. 2017 Jun;39(6):665-666. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2016.1270440. Epub 2017 Feb 28

Winter RI, Patel R, Norman RI. A Qualitative Exploration of the Help-Seeking Behaviours of Students Who Experience Psychological Distress Around Assessment at Medical School. Acad Psychiatry. 2017 Aug;41(4):477-485. doi: 10.1007/s40596-017-0701-9. Epub 2017 Mar 31

Patel K, Jay R, Shahzad MW, Green W, Patel R. A systematic review of approaches for calculating the cost of medication errors. Eur J Hosp Pharm. 2016 Sep;23(5):294-301. doi: 10.1136/ejhpharm-2016-000915. Epub 2016 Jun 8.

Patel R. When I say … aggregation of marginal gains. Med Educ. 2016 Jul;50(7):709-10. doi: 10.1111/medu.1297

Patel K, Weatherall L, Patel R, Nichols N. Common cases in cardiology: chest pain. BMJ. 2016 Jun 1;353:h4500. doi: 10.1136/sbmj.h4500

Weatherall L, Patel R. Common cases in cardiology: shortness of breath. BMJ. 2016 Jun 1;353:h4394. doi: 10.1136/sbmj. h4394

Patel K, Weatherall L, Patel R. Common cases in cardiology: atrial fibrillation. BMJ. 2016 Jun 2;353:h4480. doi: 10.1136/sbmj.h4480

Sandars J, Patel R. It's OK for you but maybe not for me: the challenge of putting medical education research findings and evidence into practice. Educ Prim Care. 2015 Sep;26(5):289-92. doi: 10.1080/14739879.2015.1079008

Patel R, Green W, Shahzad MW, Larkin C. Use of Mobile Clinical Decision Support Software by Junior Doctors at a UK Teaching Hospital: Identification and Evaluation of Barriers to Engagement. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2015 Aug 13;3(3):e80. doi: 10.2196/mhealth.4388

Patel RS, Green W, Martinez MM., Shahzad MW, Larkin C. A study of Foundation Year doctors’ prescribing in patients with kidney disease at a UK renal unit: a comparison with other prescribers regarding the frequency and type of errors. Eur J Hosp Pharm. 2015 22(5), 291-297

Sandars J, Patel R. Self-regulated learning: the challenge of learning in clinical settings. Med Educ. 2015 Jun;49(6):554-5. doi: 10.1111/medu.12695

Patel RS, Tarrant C, Bonas S, Shaw RL. Medical students' personal experience of high-stakes failure: case studies using interpretative phenomenological analysis. BMC Med Educ. 2015 May 12;15:86. doi: 10.1186/s12909-015-0371-9

Patel R, Tarrant C, Bonas S, Yates J, Sandars J. The struggling student: a thematic analysis from the self-regulated learning perspective. Med Educ. 2015 Apr;49(4):417-26. doi: 10.1111/medu.12651

Sandars J, Patel RS, Goh PS, Kokatailo PK, Lafferty N. The importance of educational theories for facilitating learning when using technology in medical education. Med Teach. 2015;37(11):1039-42. doi: 10.3109/0142159X.2015.1019438. Epub 2015 Mar 17

Patel R, Sandars J, Carr S. Clinical diagnostic decision-making in real life contexts: A trans-theoretical approach for teaching: AMEE Guide No. 95. Med Teach. 2015 Mar;37(3):211-27. doi: 10.3109/0142159X.2014.975195. Epub 2014 Nov 13.

Andrews H, Clarke A, Parmar S, Stoneley S, Messer C, Patel RS. You’ve been bleeped: the confused patient BMJ. 2015. 351: h3266

Serrelli F, Clarke A, Parmar S, Ehsan S, Patel R. You've been bleeped: the drop after the op. BMJ. 2015 May 18;350. doi: 10.1136/sbmj.h1884

Clarke A, Parmar S, Patel RS. You’ve been bleeped: found on the floor; BMJ 2015. 350:h838

Patel RS. You’ve been bleeped. BMJ 2015. 350:g7556

Clarke A, Parmar S, Patel RS. You’ve been bleeped: chest pain. BMJ 2014; 349:g7628

Sandars J, Patel R, Steele H, McAreavey M; Association for Medical Education Europe. Developmental student support in undergraduate medical education: AMEE Guide No. 92. Med Teach. 2014 Dec;36(12):1015-26. doi: 10.3109/0142159X.2014.917166. Epub 2014 Jul 29

Kitchen R, Patel RS, French G, Faull C. How do surgeons and anaesthetists make decisions about surgery for patients who are frail, and what factors influence these decisions? BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. 2014 4(Suppl 1), A37-A38.

Cleland J, Leggett H, Sandars J, Costa MJ, Patel R, Moffat M. The remediation challenge: theoretical and methodological insights from a systematic review. Med Educ. 2013 Mar;47(3):242-51. doi: 10.1111/medu.12052

Cleland J, Patel RS. In brief: Focus on underperformance, and how to address this. The Clinical Teacher. 2012: 9(1); 65-66

Kawar B, El Kossi M, Patel RS, Harris K, El Nahas M. Practical approaches to the diagnosis and management of common nephrological problems. In: El Nahas, M and Levin, A, eds., Chronic Kidney Disease: A practical guide to understanding and management Oxford University Press. 2009. 1-37

Patel RS. Fabry’s Disease. In: Barratt, J, Harris, K. and Topham, P., eds., Oxford Desk Reference Nephrology Oxford University Press. 2008. p620-623

Patel RS. Other metabolic storage disorders with renal involvement. In: Barratt, J, Harris, K. and Topham, P., eds., Oxford Desk Reference Nephrology Oxford University Press. 2008. 624-626

Costopoulos C, Patel RS, Mistry CD. Painful Horner's syndrome. Emerg Med J. 2008 May;25(5):295. doi: 10.1136/emj.2007.051953

Patel RS, Harman KE, Nichols C, Burd RM, Pavord S. Acquired haemophilia heralded by bleeding into the oral mucosa in a patient with bullous pemphigoid, rheumatoid arthritis, and vitiligo. Postgrad Med J. 2006 Jan;82(963):e3. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.2005.036483