PhD Medical Education

University of Manchester

The Health Workforce Group of the Division of Medical Education conducts high quality research with the key strategic goals of: Developing next-generation interventions through researching behavioural insights for workforce change. Reducing global health inequalities by our focus on equitable health workforce for low-, middle- and high-income countries. Supporting high quality pedagogic, medical education and health professional education research and demonstrating excellence in health professional education and training. Key areas of activity: Leadership in behavioural research and psychological workforce development: NHS England initiative to train health psychologists to work on health workforce behaviour change within Integrated Care Systems. Improving health workforce: Medical, health professional and pedagogic research in the groups niche of using behavioural insights to improve health workforce practice. Capacity building: Including the Change Exchange (supporting international health partnerships to use behavioural insights) and development of capacity of health professional educators through international education partnerships. Delivering impact: Working on the edge of translational research so that research is embedded in activities that aim to improve health, as well as researching change, specifically with international health partnerships, including World Health Organisation and the Tropical Health and Education Trust.