Dr Grace Pearson
MBChB, BSc (Hons)
Expertise
Grace is a doctor in geriatric medicine (care of older people) and a clinical lecturer in ageing education. Her area of research is undergraduate geriatric medicine education.
Current positions
Clinical Lecturer
Bristol Medical School (THS)
Contact
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Research interests
Dr Grace Pearson is a Clinical Lecturer in Ageing Education at Bristol Medical School, and a Specialty Doctor in Geriatric Medicine at the Royal United Hospital Bath. Her research interests are in undergraduate medical education, specifically curriculum development and evaluation and geriatrics education. Grace graduated from Bristol Medical School with distinction in 2017 (MBChB), and also holds a first class BSc(Hons) in Pathology & Microbiology (University of Bristol, 2014). Grace has held multiple national positions, including within the British Geriatrics Society, with whom she is currently working to update their recommended undergraduate curriculum in geriatric medicine.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Undergraduate education in geriatric medicine
Principal Investigator
Description
This is a programme of research to determine the effectiveness of different educational strategies on the attitudes of medical students to older people, and the impact on their future career…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/07/2020 to 31/05/2023
Publications
Selected publications
24/05/2022Using a checklist within simulation improves trainees’ confidence on ward rounds
Future Healthcare Journal
Transforming undergraduate education in geriatric medicine
European Geriatric Medicine
Recent publications
15/04/2025Inspiring tomorrow’s geriatricians
Gerontology & Geriatrics Education
What are we teaching UK medical students about ageing? Results of the third BGS national curriculum survey
‘You learn by doing, and by falling over’
‘You learn by doing, and by falling over’: a simulation-based approach to frailty, falls and fractures.
A narrative overview of undergraduate geriatric medicine education worldwide
European Geriatric Medicine
Thesis
Transforming undergraduate education in geriatric medicine
Supervisors
Award date
10/12/2024
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Professor of Ageing and Movement Disorders
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