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Details for Professor Karen Forbes
| Personal details | |
| Name | Professor Karen Forbes |
| Job title | Professorial Teaching Fellow in Palliative Medicine |
| Department | Bristol Medical School (PHS) University of Bristol |
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| Qualifications | M.B.,Ch.B.(Birm.), F.R.C.P. |
| Professional details | |
| Membership of professional bodies | Member Standing Advisory Committee, Palliative Medicine, Royal College of Physicians Specialty lead, Specialty Certificate Exam in Palliative Medicine, Royal College of Physicians Member, Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Member, Association for Palliative Medicine Member, Royal Society of Medicine, Palliative Care Forum Editor, 'Palliative Medicine' Member, Editorial Board, Clinical Oncology |
| Keywords | palliative care end-of-life care medical education undergraduate medical education postgraduate medical education |
| Areas of expertise | I am a consultant in Palliative Medicine. Half of my sessions are clinical and half are devoted to teaching and research. I am lead for the fifth year medical undergraduate course, run the medical undergraduate teaching in Oncology and Palliative Medicine and ran the University’s Masters programme in Palliative Medicine until 2013. I am an honorary lecturer at the University’s Centre for Ethics in Medicine, a member of the Specialist Advisory Committee on Palliative Medicine for the Joint Royal Colleges Physicians’ Training Board and the specialty lead for the Specialty Certificate Examination in Palliative Medicine. I am involved in research around the influence of care of the dying pathways on patient care, whether attitudes about end-of-life care can be assessed and taught using e-learning and how medical students learn to care for patients who are very ill and will die. |