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Dr Eliot L Rees

Senior Lecturer in Primary Care and Medical Education
Institute of Medical and Biomedical Allied Education
erees@citystgeorges.ac.uk
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Dr Eliot Rees is Deputy Head of Primary Care Education and Senior Lecturer in Medical Education at City St George’s, University of London. He also leads the ‘Patients, Populations and Society’ theme across the MBBS programme, coordinating a range of interdisciplinary subthemes including behavioural sciences, patient safety, health inequalities, and others. Eliot also works as a GP in South West London, bringing clinical insight to his leadership of undergraduate primary care education, curriculum development, and educational scholarship.

Eliot is an experienced medical education researcher, with particular interests in medical school selection and widening access, general practice education, and assessment. His PhD explored how applicants from different socioeconomic backgrounds choose which medical schools to apply to, drawing on theories of capital and decision-making. He holds several editorial roles: Associate Editor for Perspectives on Medical Education and Medical Education Online, member of the Editorial Board for Education for Primary Care, and Chair of the International Editorial Board of The Clinical Teacher. He edited the textbook Starting Research in Clinical Education.

Eliot is Treasurer on the Board of Directors of the Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME), having previously served as Interim Director of Communications and chaired both the Junior Association of the Study of Medical Education (JASME) and Trainees in the Association for the Study of Medical Education (TASME), ASME’s career groups. He was also a long-standing member of ASME’s Education Research Committee. He serves on the item writing group developing questions for the Applied Knowledge Test component of the UK Medical Licensing Assessment.

Beyond academia, Eliot is a dedicated long-distance runner and coach with London Frontrunners. He is currently halfway through completing the Abbott World Marathon Majors ⭐ ⭐ ⭐.

Books

  1. EL Rees, A Ledger & K Walker. Starting Research in Clinical Education. Wiley-Blackwell; 2023

Book chapters

  1. D Harrison, A Medisauskaite & E Rees. Mixing methods and data: exploring health and wellbeing on a social scale. In: R Locke & A Lees (Eds). Mixed Methods Research in Wellbeing and Health. Routledge; 2021
  2. BC O’Brien, E Rees & C Palermo. Quality in health professions education research. In: CE Rees, L Monrouxe, BC O’Brien, LJ Gordon & C Palmero (Eds). Foundations of Health Professions Education Research: Principles, Perspectives and Practices. Wiley-Blackwell; 2023: 58-82
  3. E Rees & S.A. Ahmed. Evidence based practice: Medical education research. In: V Wass & V Ng (Eds). Family medicine in the undergraduate curriculum: preparing medical students to work in evolving health care systems. CRC Press; 2023
  4. E Hothersall & E Rees. Generalism and assessment. In: S Park and K Leedham-Green (Eds). Generalism in Clinical Practice and Education. UCL Press; 2023
  5. S Curtis, C Owen & EL Rees. Contextual admissions in widening participation. In: L Alldridge (Ed). Pedagogies of Widening Participation to address Under-Representation in Medical Settings. Routledge; 2024

Journal articles

  1. A Sturrock, G Myers & EL Rees. Cheating 2.0: A reprofiling of the ten most wanted test cheaters in the digital age. Medical Education (in press)
  2. J Guckian, S Edwards, EL Rees & B Burford. Social media quality in undergraduate medical education: a reconceptualisation and taxonomy. The Clinical Teacher. 2024
  3. S Park, E Owen-Boukra, B Burford, T Cohen, C Duddy, H Dunn, V Fadia, C Goodman, C Henry, EI Lamb, M Ogden, T Rapley, E Rees, G Vance & G Wong. General practitioner workforce sustainability to maximise effective and equitable patient care: a realist review protocol. BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e075189.
  4. BD Chatterton, N Sharma, EL Rees, L Hadfield-Law, PJ Jermin, R Banerjee & NT Kiely. Twelve tips for optimising learning for postgraduate doctors in the operating theatre. Medical Teacher. 2023; 45 (9): 972-977
  5. EL Rees, K Mattick, D Harrison, A Rich & K Woolf. ‘I’d have to fight for my life there’: a multicentre qualitative interview study of how socioeconomic background influences medical school choice. Medical Education Online. 2022; 27: 2118121.
  6. D Harrison, IC McManus, EL Rees & K Woolf. Institutional choice among medical applicants: a profile paper for The United Kingdom Medical Applicant Cohort Study (UKMACS) prospective longitudinal cohort study. BMJ Open. 2022; 26: e060135.
  7. EL Rees, O Burton, A Asif & KW Eva. A method for the madness: an international survey of Health Professions Education scholars’ journal choice. Perspectives on Medical Education. 2022; 11: 165-172
  8. MJ Eastwood, BJG Davies & EL Rees. Students' experiences of peer observation of teaching: A qualitative interview study. Teaching and Learning in Medicine. 2023; 35 (1): 1-9
  9. J Guckian & EL Rees. When I say… Social. Medical Education. 2022; 56: 25-26
  10. C Grafton-Clarke, H Uraiby, M Gordon, N Clarke, E Rees, S Park, M Pammi, S Alston, D Khamees, W Peterson, J Stojan, C Pawlik, A Hider & M Daniel. Pivot to online learning for adapting or continuing workplace-based learning in medical education following the COVID-19 pandemic: A BEME systematic review. BEME Guide No 70. Medical Teacher. 2022; 44 (3): 227-243
  11. J Guckian, M Utukuri, O Burton, J Adeyoju, A Oumeziane, T Chu & EL Rees. Social media in undergraduate medical education: A systematic review. Medical Education. 2021; 55 (11) 1227-1241
  12. M Daniel, M Gordon, M Patricio, A Hider, C Pawlik, R Bhagdev, S Ahmad, S Alston, S Park, T Pawilkowska, EL Rees, AJ Doyle, M Pammi, S Thammasitboon, M Haas, W Peterson, M Lew, D Khamees, M Spadafore, N Clarke & J Stojan. An update on developments in medical education in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: A BEME scoping review. BEME Guide No. 64. Medical Teacher. 2021; 43 (3): 253-271
  13. EL Rees. Trainees are human too. Scottish Medical Journal. 2021; 66 (2): 98
  14. A Gondhalekar, E Rees, D Ntuiabane, O Janjua, G Choa, O Eboreime & A Sturrock. Levelling the playing field: students’ motivations to contribute to an amnesty of assessment material BMC Medical Education. 2020; 20: 450
  15. EL Rees, J Guckian & S Fleming. Fostering excellence in medical education career pathways. Education for Primary Care. 2021; 32 (2): 66-69
  16. M Gordon, M Patricio, L Horne, A Muston, S Alston, M Pammi, S Thammasitboon, S Park, T Pawilkowska, EL Rees, A Doyle & M Daniel. Developments in medical education in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: A rapid BEME systematic review: BEME Guide No. 63. Medical Teacher. 2020; 42 (11): 1202-1215
  17. E Rees & K Woolf. Selection in context: the importance of clarity, transparency and evidence in achieving widening participation goals. Medical Education. 2020; 54 (1): 8-10
  18. M Bartlett, EL Rees & RK McKinley. ‘Knowledge leech’ to ‘part of the team’: students’ learning in rural communities of practice. Education for Primary Care. 2017; 29 (1): 5-10
  19. EL Rees, SP Gay & RK McKinley. The epidemiology of teaching and training general practices in England. Education for Primary Care. 2016; 27 (6): 462-470
  20. EL Rees, Y Sinha, B Davies & PJ Quinn. WATCH Scrubs: a video observational study of workplace-based learning at Sacred Heart Hospital. Medical Education. 2016; 50 (12): 1195-1199
  21. EL Rees & B Davies. The feedback game: missed opportunities in workplace based learning. Medical Education. 2016; 50 (11): 1087-1088
  22. R Cullum & E Rees. How to revise for your clinical exams. BMJ. 2016; 353: i2285
  23. EL Rees, AW Hawarden, G Dent, R Hays, J Bates & AB Hassell. Evidence regarding the utility of Multiple Mini-Interview (MMI) for selection to undergraduate health programs: A BEME systematic review: BEME Guide No. 37. Medical Teacher. 2016; 38 (5): 443-455
  24. EL Rees, PJ Quinn, B Davies & V Fotheringham. How does peer teaching compare to faculty teaching? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Medical Teacher. 2016; 38 (8): 829-837
  25. HM Katali, WR Parry-Smith, EL Rees & F O’Mahony. A dedicated undergraduate gynaecology teaching clinic: The Keele experience. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 2016; 36 (2): 227-229
  26. EL Rees, B Davies & M Eastwood. Developing students’ teaching through peer observation and feedback. Perspectives on Medical Education. 2015; 4 (5): 268-271
  27. S Yardley, E Cottrell, E Rees & J Protheroe. Modelling successful primary care for multi morbidity: a realist synthesis of successes and failures in concurrent learning and healthcare delivery. BMC Family Practice. 2015; 16: 23.
  28. E Rees, Y Sinha, A Chitnis, J Archer, V Fotheringham & S Renwick. Peer-teaching of Evidence-Based Medicine. The Clinical Teacher. 2014; 11 (4): 259-263
  29. H Derbyshire, E Rees, SP Gay & RK McKinley. Undergraduate teaching in UK General Practice: A Geographical Snapshot. British Journal of General Practice. 2014; 64 (623): e336-e345

Published abstracts

  1. E Rees, K Alexander, K Mattic &, K Woolf. (2020) Contextual admission in UK medical schools. The Clinical Teacher. 17; s1: p130
  2. E Rees, A Gondhalekar, D Ntuiabane & A Sturrock. (2020) Levelling the playing field: an amnesty of assessment materials. The Clinical Teacher. 17; s1: p162-163
  3. E Rees, D Harrison, K Mattick & K Woolf. (2020) Social background and medical school choice in the UK: a national qualitative interview study. Canadian Medical Education Journal. 11; 2: e76
  4. E Rees, D Harrison, K Mattick & K Woolf. (2019) Does applicant speciality ambition influence medical school choice? British Journal of General Practice. 69 (suppl. 1): bjgp19X703685
  5. M Eastwood, E Rees, B Davies & D Blanchard. (2015) How do students use feedback on their teaching? Journal of Academic Development and Education 4; 106-107
  6. EL Rees, E Thomas & JC Hill. (2014) Practitioner empathy and musculoskeletal patient outcomes in primary care. 53: 79-80

Preprints

  1. E Owen-Boukra, B Burford, T Cohen, C Duddy, H Dunn, V Fadia, C Goodman, C Henry, E Lamb, M Ogden, T Rapley, EL Rees, E Royer-Gray, G Vance, G Wong & S Park. (2025) General practitioner workforce sustainability to maximise effective and equitable patient care: a realist review. medRxiv. doi.org/10.1101/2025.01.26.25321129

 

 

National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) School for Primary Care Research 2023. CONSULT ME: Patient and carer experiences of involvement in remote primary care CONSULTations for Medical Education: A mixed methods study. £184,075 (Co-I)

National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) School for Primary Care Research 2022. GP Workforce Sustainability to maximise effective and equitable patient care: what works, for whom, and in what circumstances? £186,226 (Co-I)

Association for the Study of Medical Education Board Award 2021. Advancing scholarship through effective and sustainable medical education research units: a realist evaluation. £19,989 (PI)

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