Cambridge University Medical Education Group

About Cambridge University Medical Education Group

How can we ensure our doctors are fit for the future? How will technological advances impact the teaching of medicine? How has the pandemic transformed the way we teach? Join Cheryl France, head of Cambridge University Medical Education Group (CUMEG), as we interview world-leading doctors, scientists, and academics from the University of Cambridge Clinical School and others working in close partnership with the clinical school. Focusing on contemporary issues in medicine, episodes will explore topics such as teaching palliative care, ethics and law in medicine, clinician and student support systems, and the student elective modules. The views expressed in this podcast are not necessarily those of the presenters and the University of Cambridge.

Publisher

CUMEG

Category

business · education · science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

21 Jun 2022

Latest episode

29 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

26 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   29 Jun 2026

   Clinical Academic

   Do you know what it means to be a clinical academic? How do universities teach students to recognise the importance of trusted clinical academic papers and how to engage students to consider clinical academia as a career pathway. In this episode, we are joined by Dr Nicolas Evans, lead for the Student Selected Component and …

2. 

   11 Jun 2026

   Student Electives

   In our latest episode, we will be speaking to Dr Isobel Fitzgerald O’Connor, a consultant ENT Surgeon at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. In addition, she is the Electives Lead & Specialty Lead ENT Surgery at the University of Cambridge. We will be chatting about her role and the student elective programme

3. 

   21 May 2026

   Medical Education Administration

   Our host, Cheryl France chats with Alison Martin, Head of Undergraduate Medical Education Section at the University of Cambridge, School of Clinical Medicine. Alison discusses the operational role and how her and the team keep a medical school running efficiently,

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