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St George's, University of London
Faculty Member, Centre for medical and healthcare education
Reader in Medical Education and Head of Assessment
St George's, University of London
About
Katharine Boursicot is a Reader in Medical Education and Head of Assessment at St George's, University of London (SGUL).
She graduated with a degree in Medicine from the Medical College of St Bartholomew's Hospital and a BSc in Anatomy from King's College, London, and then spent 18 years as an Obstetrician Gynaecologist. After completing a Masters in Education at the Institute of Education in London, she moved full-time into medical education.
Prior to moving to SGUL, she held the post of Senior Lecturer in Medical Education and was Head of Assessment at Barts and the London, QMUL. She also spent 3 years as Associate Dean for Assessment at the University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine.
She is the ASME Treasurer and the Chair of the Board of Management of ASME’s journals, Medical Education and The Clinical Teacher. She is a member of the ASME Education Research Group. She has facilitated a number of OSCE Masterclasses on behalf of ASME and organises an annual Researching Medical Education conference together with the IOE's Researching Learning in Medical Practice Network.
She is the Convenor for two Assessment Courses at SGUL, a Fundamentals and an Advanced Course, which are well-recognised nationally and internationally. She also leads on an assessment course (ESMEA) at the annual AMEE conference.
She is a consultant to the General Medical Council on the development of tests of competence for Fitness to Practise Procedures and the PLAB Part 2 examination.
She is a Specialist Advisor to the Higher Education Academy’s Subject Centre for Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine (MEDEV) and has recently been appointed as their Learning and Teaching Consultant for External Examining.
Her main research interests are in standard setting, the assessment of clinical competence and professionalism and she has published on standard setting, OSCEs and equity and diversity issues in medicine.
