Staff Profile

Qualifications

MB ChB
FRCGP

Previous Positions

Sub Dean for Primary and Community Care

Senior Lecturer in Primary Health Care

Senior Tutor for Professional Development

Lecturer in Family Medicine

• Rothwell C, Burford B, Morrison J, Morrow G, Allen M, Davies C, Baldauf B, Spencer J, Johnson N, Peile E, Illing J. Junior doctors prescribing: enhancing their learning in practice. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 2012, 73(2), 194-202.
• Morrow G, Johnson N, Burford B, Rothwell C, Spencer J, Peile E, Davies C, Allen M, Baldauf B, Morrison J, Illing J. Preparedness for practice: The perceptions of medical graduates and clinical teams. Medical Teacher 2012, 34(2), 123-135.
• Spencer J. Breaking bad news and handling emotion. In: McKImm, J., Forrest, K, ed. Professional Practice for Foundation Doctors. Exeter: Learning Matters, 2011, pp.108-117.
• Spencer J, Godolphin W, Karpenko N, Towle A. Can patients be teachers? Involving patients and service users in healthcare professional's education. London: Health Foundation, 2011. Involving patients and service users in healthcare professionals' education.
• Spencer J. Learning and teaching in different clinical environments. In: Salerno-Kennedy, R., O'Flynn, S, ed. Medical Education: The State of the Art. New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc, 2011, pp.31-45.
• Spencer J. Relationship building with patients and carers. In: McKimm, J., Forrest, K, ed. Professional Practice for Foundation Doctors. Exeter: Learning Matters, 2011, pp.92-107.
• Spencer J. Learning and teaching in the clinical environment. In: Cantillon, P., Wood, D, ed. ABC of Learning and Teaching in Medicine. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, pp.25-28.
• Dornan T, Mann K, Scherpbier A, Spencer J, ed. Medical Education: Theory and Practice. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 2010.
• Spencer J, McKimm J. Patient involvement in medical education. In: Swanwick, T, ed. Understanding Medical Education: Evidence, Theory and Practice. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, pp.181-194.
• Robinson L, Bamford C, Briel R, Spencer J, Whitty P. Improving patient-centred care for people with dementia in medical encounters: an educational intervention for old age psychiatrists. International Psychogeriatrics 2010, 22(1), 129-138.
• Tullo E, Spencer J, Allan L. Systematic review: Helping the young to understand the old. Teaching interventions in geriatrics to improve the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of undergraduate medical students. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2010, 58(10), 1987-1993.
• Dennick R, Spencer J. Teaching and learning in small groups. In: Dornan, T., Mann, K., Scherpbier, A., Spencer, J, ed. Medical Education: Theory and Practice. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 2010, pp.131-156.
• Spencer JA, Pearson JR. Cost-effective face-to-face learning. In: Keiran Walsh, ed. Cost effectiveness in Medical Education. Oxford, UK: Radcliffe Publishing Ltd, 2010, pp.48-60.
• Yardley S, Littlewood S, Margolis S, Scherpbier A, Spencer J, Ypinazar V, Dornan T. What has changed in the evidence for early experience update of a BEME systematic review. Medical Teacher 2010, 32(9), 740-746.
• Spencer J. Patients in health professional education: So much known, so much yet to understand. Medical Education 2010, 44(1), 9-11.
• Spencer J. Let them learn. The Clinical Teacher 2009, 6(3), 141-142.
• Illing J, Morrow G, Kergon C, Burford B, Spencer J, Peile E, Davies C, Baldauf B, Allen M, Johnson N, Morrison J, Donaldson M, Whitelaw M, Field M. How prepared are medical graduates to being practice? A comparions of three diverse medical schools. Final report to the GMC Education Committee. Newcastle upon Tyne: Newcastle, Warwick and Glasgow Universities, 2008.
• Spencer J. In brief. The Clinical Teacher 2008, 5(3), 185.
• Spencer J. Patients as teachers. The Clinical Teacher 2008, 5(3), 131-132.
• Thistlethwaite J, Spencer J. Professionalism in medicine. Oxford: Radcliffe Publishing Ltd, 2008.
• Sprake C, Cantillon P, Metcalf J, Spencer J. Teaching in an ambulatory care setting. British Medical Journal 2008, 337(3), 690-692.
• Spencer J. Generalism is dead. Long live generalism!. In: Welfare, M, ed. Monograph on the Foundation Programme. Edinburgh: Association for the Study of Medical Education, 2007, pp.17-20.
• Spencer J. In brief. The Clinical Teacher 2007, 4(3), 182.
• Spencer J. In brief. The Clinical Teacher 2005, 2(1), 64.
• Spencer J. Introduction to the Christmas stocking. Medical Education 2001, 35(12), 1134.
• Stacy R, Spencer J. Assessing the evidence in qualitative medical education research. Medical Education 2000, 34(7), 498-500.
• Spencer J. Heartlift. Medical Education 2000, 34(12), 1045.
• Prideaux D, Spencer J. On theory in medical education. Medical Education 2000, 34(11), 888-889.
• Stewart J, O'Halloran C, Harrigan P, Spencer JA, Barton JR, Singleton SJ. Identifying appropriate tasks for the preregistration year: modified Delphi technique. British Medical Journal 1999, 319(7204), 224-229.
• Spencer JA, Jordan RK. Learner centred approaches in medical education. British Medical Journal 1999, 318(7193), 1280-1283.
• Siddheshwar RK, Jordan RK, Macphail S, Taylor R, Spencer JA, Snashall PD, Grevesen G, Kanu FCS, Welfare MR, Barton JR. Teaching clinical skills in a regional medical school: satisfaction and outcome. In: AMEE Meeting. 1998, Prague, Czech Republic.
• Burford B, Morrow G, Morrison J, Baldauf B, Spencer J, Johnson N, Rothwell C, Peile E, Davies C, Allen M, Illing J. Newly qualified doctors' perceptions of informal learning from nurses: implications for interprofessional education and practice. Journal of Interprofessional Care 2013, 27(5), 394-400.
• Illing JC, Morrow GM, Rothwell CR, Burford BC, Baldauf BK, Davies CL, Peile EB, Spencer JA, Johnson N, Allen M, Morrison J. Perceptions of UK medical graduates' preparedness for practice: A multi-centre qualitative study reflecting the importance of learning on the job. BMC Medical Education 2013, 13(1), 34.
• Steinert Y, Mann K, Anderson B, Barnett BM, Centeno A, Naismith L, Prideaux D, Spencer J, Tullo E, Viggiano T, Ward H, Dolmans D. A systematic review of faculty development initiatives designed to enhance teaching effectiveness: A 10-year update: BEME Guide No. 40. Medical Teacher 2016, 38(8), 769-786.