This course has been developed and is taught by practising professionals and industry experts. In addition to a series of online lectures from academics, you’ll gain invaluable insight from guest speakers and develop communication skills in interactive seminars and lively group discussions.
Professor Tim Harris is a Professor of Emergency Medicine and Programme Director for the Emergency and Resuscitation Medicine programme at the Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London. He has trained extensively overseas, training in Emergency Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine in Australia, and in pre-hospital Medicine in Australia and the UK. He has also undertaken volunteer work in Africa, India and Samoa. He has worked at Barts Health NHS Trust for more than 15 years and was appointed Professor of Emergency Medicine at Queen Mary in 2012. In 2018 he moved to Hamad General Hospital, Doha. He divides his academic time between teaching and research. His main interests are focused on ultrasound, resuscitation, point of care diagnosis, medical education and procedural sedation. He supervises academic trainees and students in their research programmes, and provides clinical governance to East Anglia Air Ambulance.
Dr Libby Thomas is a Senior Clinical Lecturer on the Emergency and Resuscitation Medicine programme at Queen Mary University of London. She is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at King's College Hospital, having worked at the Trust since 2004. She has a PhD in Medical Education and Simulation.
Dr Paul Rees a Senior Lecturer for the Emergency and Resusciation Medicine programmes is the lead for tactical and acute medicine at Queen Mary University of London. He is an interventional cardioloist and prehospital resuscitation physician at Barts Heart Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust. He has a strong background in the military hospital and health care industry, with a special interest in circulatory support and resuscitation. He is also a HEMS consultant, flying for East Anglian Air Ambulance. As a Surgeon Commander in the Royal Navy, he is their Consultant Advisor in Medicine. Paul’s military background includes active service with submarines, combat deployment with Commando forces, being the airborne MERT consultant in Afghanistan and numerous humanitarian and disaster relief missions including work in an Ebola treatment unit in Africa.
Dr Tessa Davis is a Paediatric Emergency Medicine Consultant at The Royal London Hospital and Senior Lecturer on the Emergency and Resuscitation Medicine programme at the Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London. Tessa has had a long and varied training pathway including four years in Sydney Children’s Hospital during her time living in Australia. Tessa is now based in the UK and has recently qualified as a Paediatric Emergency Consultant. She is also a co-founder of Don’t Forget The Bubbles (DFTB), a paediatric educational resource and conference, where paediatric healthcare professionals from across the world can share knowledge with their peers.
Dr Chet Trivedy is a Senior Lecturer in Emergency Medicine and Resuscitation Care at the Blizard Institute at Queen Mary University of London. He is also a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Brighton and Sussex University Hospital. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons as well as the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (FRCEM) and the lead crowd doctor for the Kia Oval cricket ground in London. He founded the Boundaries for Life initiative that has been delivering free health checks at cricket grounds across England and Wales since 2010. He holds the position of the Chief Medical Officer at the Wildlife Conservation Trust based in Mumbai. He founded the Tulsi Foundation which is a non-profit initiative to look at the impact of One Health on conservation. One Health is a collaborative, multisectoral, and transdisciplinary approach with the goal of achieving optimal health outcomes recognising the interconnection between people, animals, plants, and their shared environment. He has been involved in developing health interventions for tiger reserves across India. His interest in One Health is primarily around developing an evidence-based approach to health inequalities in relation to non-communicable diseases, neglected tropical disease and psychological health.
Dr Darryl Wood is a Senior Lecturer and module lead on the Emergency and Resuscitation Medicine programme at the Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London. He is an Emergency Medicine Specialist at Queens Hospital, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust. He is also the London North Thames research specialty lead for the NIHR:CRN Trauma and Emergency Care research portfolio. His current research interests are point of care ultrasound, triage and AI, snakebite and resuscitation.
Dr Ben Bloom is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at The Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, and Senior Lecturer in Emergency Medicine at Queen Mary University of London.