Dr John AG Buchanan Hons BSc MSc (Med Ed) FDS (OM) RCPS Glasg FDS RCS Eng FRCP Lond
John is a dentally and medically qualified Reader in Oral Medicine and Clinical Education / Honorary Consultant Oral Physician. He is employed as a clinical academic by Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) / Barts Health NHS Trust in the vibrant and culturally diverse East End of London.
Following completion of undergraduate studies at UMDS and preregistration house officer posts, he undertook general and specialty medicine hospital posts in a number of London teaching hospitals and achieved MRCP before commencing Oral Medicine training at the Eastman Dental Hospital (UCLH) with additional dermatology experience in London and Oxford. On completion of specialist training, he initially undertook a locum NHS consultant post, divided between the Eastman (UCLH) and John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford before taking up a substantive post with QMUL/Barts Health. His clinical interests include mucocutaneous and immunobullous conditions and nonodontogenic orofacial pain.
He has recently completed his term as Director of Taught Programmes in the Institute of Dentistry, QMUL. Prior to this, he was Lead for Quality Assurance (QA) and worked in various senior QA roles for the Royal College of Surgeons of England. He undertook an MSc in Medical Education with the Royal College of Physicians/UCL. He is a passionate clinical teacher. His educational interests encompass both dentistry and medicine and include peer observation of teaching, curriculum design, assessment, clinical academic and specialty training, and fitness to practice/remediation. His research project explores attainment gaps, differential attainment and relational aspects of learning in undergraduate clinical learning.
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