Editorial Team

John McLachlan , Editor

John McLachlan is Professor of Medical Education and Director of Undergraduate Medicine at the Queen s Campus of Durham University, Stockton, UK, and was formerly Director of Phase 1 at Peninsula Medical School.

Previously he was a member of the Scottish Medical Deans Curriculum Group, which developed The Scottish Doctor curriculum. His special interests lie in assessment, anatomy teaching, and medical arts and humanities. He has been teaching undergraduate medical students since 1975, and isn t fed up with it yet. In 2003 he was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship for his work in medical education. He currently serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of Pregnancy and Birth and advises the General Medical Council on assessment and revalidation.

He has an unusual background, covering both quantitative research in human embryology and qualitative research in education and arts. His work with the artist Helen Storey resulted in a major exhibition ( Mental ), at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London.

Julie Brice, Managing Editor

Sue Symons, Senior Editorial Assistant

Karen Eccles, Editorial Secretary