Career Pathways to Academic Primary Care 2026
Tuesday, 17 November 2026, 1.30pm to 8.30pm
An event for Undergraduate students to explore careers in primary care research and showcases the work of the world-leading Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences.
All students are invited to join us at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care annual Career Pathways to Academic Primary Care event on Tuesday 17th November 2026 at 1:30pm at St Hilda’s College.
The event will showcase the value and impact of primary care research globally and across the UK. It will enable you to explore careers in primary care research and will showcase the work of the world-leading Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences. During the afternoon, there will be talks highlighting the range of opportunities to engage with academic primary care throughout your university studies and beyond.
There will be a series of engaging, interactive discussions with current students, Professors with international expertise, Academic Clinical Fellows, Advanced Clinical Practitioners and GPs currently studying for a PhD (DPhil). View the full agenda here.
There will also be a complimentary drinks reception at 5:50pm and a dinner at 6:30pm at St Hilda’s Riverside Pavilion. There will be plenty of opportunities to speak to senior and early career academic GPs at this event.
Please hold the date in your diaries for now and look out for more information at the start of Michaelmas Term. Please feel free to contact Kathy Shaw at kathleen.shaw@phc.ox.ac.uk if you have any questions.
Meet the event speakers (speaker lineup updated regularly, check back for updates)
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I am a GP and Professor of Primary Care and Clinical Education in the Nuffield Dept of Primary Care Health Sciences, where I am and Deputy Head of Department (Undergraduate Education), Director of UG Primary Care studies and lead the Primary Care Workforce and Learning Research Group. I am Chair of the RCGP Scientific Foundation Board which supports and oversees RCGP research funding and awards. I co-lead the NIHR Clinical Education Research Incubator for Clinical Education Research, and lead the Society of Academic Primary Care Education Research group. My research uses qualitive and evidence synthesis approaches to examine delivery and organisation of primary care clinical care and learning systems. My most recent book is called ‘Generalism in Clinical Practice and Education’. |
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I studied medicine at Cambridge/Imperial and started academic GP training in 2018, alongside which I also completed a Masters in Medical Education and worked in the primary care education team at UCL. Following completion of GP training, I have worked in primary care education at Imperial and City St George's, and am now working at QMUL (as a senior clinical lecturer) and here at Oxford. I am a GP at Beaumont Elms Practice. My research interests span across topics in medical education, such as generalism, belongingness and innovative educational approaches. |
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I am a medical educator with teaching and leadership roles across the medical school and Pembroke college. Since 2019, I have contributed to several areas of the medical programme, including the Graduate Entry course, Clinical Communication Skills, and the organisation and delivery of Primary Care teaching. Alongside my curriculum roles, I am actively involved in widening participation initiatives both within the University and through external outreach programmes, supporting students from diverse backgrounds in accessing and succeeding in medical education. My research interests span medical education, with a particular focus the human dimensions of education. I am interested in how learners and educators experience, perceive, and conceptualise medical education, and in using qualitative methods to explore the social, relational, and conceptual aspects of teaching, learning, and assessment. |
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I am a Professor of Primary Care Health Sciences and Fellow of Green Templeton College at the University of Oxford. I studied Medical, Social and Political Sciences at Cambridge and Clinical Medicine at Oxford before training first as a diabetologist and later as an academic general practitioner. I have a doctorate in diabetes care and an MBA in Higher Education Management. My research sits at the interface between the social sciences and medicine. My work seeks to celebrate and retain the traditional and the humanistic aspects of medicine and healthcare while also embracing the exceptional opportunities of contemporary science and technology to improve health outcomes and relieve suffering. I am currently developing novel synthesis methods for complex evidence, based on hermeneutic principles and supported by AI. |
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I am deputy lead for the Year 5 Community Based Medicine (CBM) course. I also lead on Patient and Public Involvement across the Primary Care Undergraduate Teaching Group. I work as a GP at a practice in Oxford and for the Oxfordshire Out of Hours service. I am also one of the Curators of the University Parks. |
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I am a GP in South Yorkshire and a DPhil student at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences. I completed a Masters in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education at the University of Sheffield during an NHS England Leadership Fellowship. Following this I applied to an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowship where I undertook research alongside my GP training. Subsequently I was appointed to an NIHR In Practice Fellowship where I worked jointly in clinical and academic roles whilst preparing a DPhil application. My research interest is medical education, more specifically equality and diversity within postgraduate general practice training. |
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I am a Senior Researcher and Educator in Evidence-Based Health Care at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences. I am the Director of the MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care Teaching and Education. My research interests include lifestyle medicine, research methods/meta-epidemiology, bias and risk communication and medical education. |
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Euan Warner |
I completed my Final Honours School (FHS) research project last year at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences under the supervision of Professor Sophie Park and Dr Eleanor Hoverd. My project examined how “winter pressures” are characterised in UK general practice, the responses proposed to address them, and their potential effects on health inequalities. Following on from my FHS project, I recently began an intercalated PhD in Cancer Science, which I will complete before resuming my medical studies at the University of Oxford. |
