New paper on geographic patterns and deprivation
Our latest paper from the research has been published! Where do they come from and where do they go: Understanding the relationship between deprivation and the geographical journeys of trainee doctors in England is our analysis of an extract from the UKMED database, examining medical student and doctor distribution in order to contribute to understanding the […]
Mapping Doctors in the East Midlands
Cliff Shelton and Liz Brewster from the Mapping Doctors team presented a workshop at this week’s NHS England East Midlands Educators conference, sharing and discussing our MapDoc findings and again reflecting with medical students and educators on what it means to work in the edgelands. We had some fantastic chats about how working in smaller […]
Medical training in the ‘edgelands:’ what can we learn from experiences in underdoctored areas?
Cliff Shelton and Liz Brewster from the Mapping Doctors team went to Birmingham to the 6th Developing Excellence in Medical Education Conference. Our workshop, Medical training in the ‘edgelands:’ what can we learn from experiences in underdoctored areas? provided a fantastic opportunity for discussion of our research findings with key stakeholders, and together we created […]
MapDoc at the NW ASME Forum
Michael Lambert and Liz Brewster from the MapDoc team presented a workshop at the recent North West ASME Forum, sharing and discussing our MapDoc findings on ‘Changing notions of professionalism: thinking about widening participation and widening access.’ The workshop was fully attended by colleagues from Edge Hill, Lancaster, Lancashire, Liverpool and Manchester medical schools, and […]
Mapping Doctors: the Future of the Medical Workforce roundtable
Yesterday, Professor Jo Rycroft-Malone, with Cliff, Liz, Michael and Rebecca from the team, were delighted to welcome key stakeholders from the General Medical Council, Royal Colleges, Trainee Associations, and postgraduate deaneries to our roundtable event, where we discussed the future of the medical workforce. Discussion centred around three key questions, with a focus on sharing […]
Mapping Doctors – supporting the Medical Schools Council: Gateway and Foundation leads
Liz and Michael from the Mapping Doctors team were delighted to present at a recent Medical Schools Council Gateway and Foundation leads meeting. Our findings showed that widening access to medicine makes a significant contribution to improving the representativeness of the profession, so it was great to be able to share our learning with people […]
New paper on working in underdoctored areas
Our latest paper from the research has been published! Medical training pathways and underdoctored areas: a qualitative study of doctors working in areas that struggle to recruit and retain represents a real cross-disciplinary insight into how medical training pathways led doctors to work in underdoctored areas. We highlight how medical workforce recruitment is an ongoing […]
Come and see the Mapping Doctors team at DEMEC!
Cliff and Liz from the team will be at DEMEC, the 6th Developing Excellence in Medical Education Conference in December, presenting a workshop “Medical training in the edgelands – what can we learn from experiences in underdoctored areas?” and a short paper on “Future Medical Education & Workforce Strategy: The impact of medical training pathways […]
Mapping Doctors at AMEE in Barcelona
The Mapping Doctors team were delighted to join one of the biggest annual conferences in medical and health education, the International Association for Health Professions Education (AMEE) 2025 in Barcelona. The conference was a packed programme of workshops, plenaries, seminars and sessions showcasing innovative e-posters, a format used to share more than just a traditional […]
Sharing our findings: The 2030 workforce
We were delighted to be able to contribute a plenary session to the multidisciplinary HSR UK 2025 conference this week. The programme was packed with great sessions on workforce research, and Dr Liz Brewster, with Dr Laura Jefferson and Professor Gill Vance spent a good hour discussing “The 2030 workforce: how will innovative research deliver […]