Rate My Professor Simon Watmough

Professor Simon Watmough is Professor and Head of Division in Chester Medical School at the University of Chester, serving on the MBChB Senior Leadership Team. He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and has undertaken a variety of roles in medical education since April 2000. His teaching covers evidence-based practice, levels of evidence, research methods, leadership, regulation, and the structure and governance of the NHS. Watmough holds a PhD in medical education from the University of Liverpool, where he previously worked in the School of Medical Education. Prior appointments include Senior Lecturer and MBChB Programme Leader at Edge Hill University.

His research specializations include medical and clinical education, medical careers, medical simulation, and prescribing errors. Watmough has published widely in these fields, with 37 publications and over 590 citations noted on his ResearchGate profile. Key contributions encompass editing the book Succeeding in Your Medical Degree (Becoming Tomorrow's Doctors) (SAGE, 2011), which aligns with General Medical Council guidelines for medical students. Prominent peer-reviewed papers are 'Graduates from a reformed undergraduate medical curriculum based on Tomorrow's Doctor evaluate the effectiveness of their curriculum 6 years after graduation through interviews' (BMC Medical Education, 2009, cited 101 times), 'Can unexpected medical simulation scenarios help prepare final year medical students for the Senior House Officer role?' (BMC Medical Education, 2016, cited 37 times), 'Does a new integrated PBL curriculum with specific time management organise all students to the same learning pace?' (Medical Teacher, 2006, cited 31 times), 'Using questionnaires to determine whether medical graduates' careers are in keeping with their career intentions three years post-graduation' (Medical Teacher, 2007, cited 48 times), and 'An evaluation of the impact of an increase in community based undergraduate medical education in a UK medical school' (Education for Primary Care, 2012). His PhD thesis evaluated the reform of the Liverpool Medical Curriculum (2000). These works have advanced knowledge on curriculum impacts, graduate outcomes, and training efficacy in medical education.