Jan Radford

Local medical practitioner, Dr Jan Radford, will be guest speaker for the next lecture in the Royal Society of Tasmania Northern Branchs 2005 Lecture Series next Monday 4 July 2005 at the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery at Inveresk.

Dr Radford will speak on the Launceston Clinical School: an update on current University of Tasmania medical education.

Members of the public are welcome to attend this free lecture, which starts at 7.30 pm.Seating can be guaranteed by phoning the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery on 6323 3777 by Friday, 1 July.

Background information

Dr Jan Radford received her medical degree from the University of Tasmania in 1981.After spending time at the Royal Canberra Hospital and the Bundaberg Base Hospital, she joined the Riverside, Trevallyn and Legana Medical Group as a General Practitioner/Partner in 1986.

In 1992 Dr Radford was awarded a Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) and has worked with the College in education ever since.As a Senior Lecturer with RACGP she has delivered vocational training to registrars in General Practice, and since 2002 has held the same position with the University of Tasmanias School of Medicine at the Launceston Clinical School.

Dr Radford gained a Masters of Psychological Medicine in 2001 and has a clinical and educational interest in encouraging whole patient care and the prevention of mental illness.

Associate Professor Jan Radford Jan is Associate Professor of general practice at the University of Tasmania based at the Launceston Clinical School. Her research interest is in medical education. She has been involved in RACGP committees for 15 years, being censor for Tasmania in 2001 - 2006. She became RACGP Censor in Chief in October 2006. She chairs the RACGP Board of Censors, Board of Assessment and the Research and Development subcommittee of the Board of Assessment. Jan sits on the RACGP National Standing Committee - Education and is a member of the RACGP Membership Committee. She has been a partner in her clinical practice for 23 years and has a clinical interest in mental health care.

Who: Dr Jan Radford, Launceston GP, Censor-in- Chief Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and Associate Professor in General Practice, University of Tasmania. - Published Sat, Jan 06, 2007 07:44:25 AM EST