Dr Grace Pearson

Grace is a qualified doctor who graduated from Bristol Medical School with distinction in 2017, and is currently working as a Specialty Doctor (SAS) in geriatric medicine at the Royal United Hospital, Bath. Grace’s doctoral research was innovating and evaluating undergraduate education in geriatric medicine in the UK, supervised by Prof Emily Henderson and Prof Yoav Ben-Shlomo in the Ageing and Movement Research Group. Since completing her PhD, Grace has been working as a Clinical Lecturer in the Global Health and Ageing Research Unit with Prof Celia Gregson, and Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe, co-developing a case and lecture teaching series in geriatrics for African medical schools and hospitals. She also co-founded a postgraduate teaching and mentorship network for early-career clinicians with an interest in geriatric medicine in Africa (Zimbabwe Geriatrics Network), and a network of UK educators to share examples of best practice in undergraduate geriatric medicine education (Geriatric Medicine Educators Collaborative). Grace continues her work with the British Geriatrics Society as an Education and Training Representative and remains Lead for the ‘Complex Medicine in Older People’ clerkship at Bristol Medical School. Her educational research achievements have been recognised with Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy and Membership of the Academy of Medical Educators.

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