Rachel Allan

Rachel is lead for the senior GP placement which takes place in Y5/GE3, also known as the community based medicine placement. Rachel is also lead for student assessment, teaching quality and tutor training. Rachel is lead for quality assurance of our GP practices, ensuring that all our students experience excellent teaching and supervision within our clinical placements. She has a keen interest in assessment and the use of technology in learning and assessment. Rachel's research considers how we can better assess students in managing the uncertainty and complexity of medical practice. 

Rachel is an Associate Director for Clinical Studies, assessment lead for Y4 and Y6 in the central medical school. She develops and coordinates all the assessments associated with these year groups. She is an examiner for a number of medical schools. 

She is a Medical Education Fellow for the Msc in Medical Education in Oxford, lecturing and supervising students as part of the programme. She has been a Principal GP since 2009.