I’m Rachel Lindley, a Senior Lecturer (teaching focused), lead for the MBChB Community Team at the University of Manchester and a General Practitioner in the area.
I’ve always been passionate about combining learning with medicine. I started out in education before I qualified as a doctor by setting up and establishing Medsin (now Students for Global Health). This is a student network and registered charity tackling global and local health inequalities through education, advocacy and community action. My first project was training medical students to deliver peer-led teaching to students in local schools which helped me to understand the value of a good mentor.
I have continued my teaching career with work on clinical communication, evaluation, feedback, raising concerns, professional identity formation and teaching skills. I currently am the Co-lead for Service Learning in the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health at the University of Manchester. I have had a long involvement in supporting new careers in education, curriculum development and placement management.
I have a research interests in professional identity formation, raising concerns and clinical reasoning. My Medical Education dissertation used a narrative approach to investigate what students learn in the community.
I hope to bring my listening skills and experience developed through work as a GP and educator to help support my mentees in whichever direction they wish to excel.
Information about our Service Learning is here.