Professor Graham Easton
Professor of Clinical Communication Skills and Lead for Team Based Learning
Email: g.easton@qmul.ac.uk
Twitter: @@drgrahameaston
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Graham is an academic GP with extensive experience in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education, including leadership roles for QMUL [Professor of Clinical Communication Skills], UCL Medical School [Co-Lead for Diploma in Medical Education Programme UCL/RCP], Imperial College Medical School [Acting Head of Undergraduate GP Teaching and a Programme Director for GP Specialty Training], King’s College [International Fellow], the RCGP [Curriculum Editor] and the London Deanery [Course Lead for Introduction to Teaching in Primary Care]. He has particular expertise in clinical communication skills (internationally and in UK), with a strong track record in faculty development, education research and medical journalism.
Graham worked as a senior Producer for the BBC Science Unit for many years, and presented Case Notes, Radio 4’s flagship medical programme for 5 years. He is a regular guest and occasional presenter of BBC Health Check, the BBC’s global health radio programme. He has a particular interest in the use of narratives in medical education which he studied at the Institute of Education. Current collaborative projects include a new module on Realist Acting and the Doctor-Patient Encounter with the School of Drama, and an AHRC funded research project “Communicating Through Covid” with the arts company Performing Medicine.