Staff Profile

I am Professor of general practice education and head of primary care teaching and lead the team of GP lecturers across the regional medical school. We recruit, train and support GPs to teach medical students in primary care. I also lead a team of academic GP trainees and supervise masters and doctorate students.

I am a GP at the Linthorpe Surgery in Middlesbrough where we teach students from stage one through to stage five.

QUALIFICATIONS

B.M. (Southampton University) 1991

D.C.H. (London) 1994

D.R.C.O.G. 1996

M.R.C.G.P. (Distinction) 1996

D.T.M. & H. (Distinction) 1997

M.D. with Commendation (Newcastle University) 2007

Masters in Clinical Education with merit (Newcastle University) 2013

F.R.C.G.P. 2014

F. A. of M. E. 2018

I lead our educational academic GP team and our reseach is along the themes of undergraduate teaching in General Practice and career influences of medical students.  I currently supervise two GPs and five GP trainees doing doctorates in the areas of primary care, undergraduate teaching and influences on GP career choice of students.The team includes ACLs, ACFs, SFPs and academic trainees.

My previous publications are predominantly in the area of diabetes management in primary care.

• Articles

  • White P, Alberti H, Rowlands G, Tang E, Gagnon D, Dubé È. Vaccine hesitancy educational interventions for medical students: A systematic narrative review in western countries. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics 2024, 20(1), 2397875.
  • Lamb EI, Alberti H. Twelve tips for positive role modelling in medical education. Medical Teacher 2024, 46(7), 898-902.
  • Chambers J, Alberti H, Harrison M, Mulgrew N. Sustainable quality improvement: An essential ingredient for sustainability in modern medical curricula?. The Clinical Teacher 2024, 21(5), e13776.
  • Lamb EI, Burford B, Exley C, Vance G, Wass V, Alberti H. Role modelling to support careers in General Practice: A realist review protocol. BJGP Open 2024, 80(4).
  • Dodsworth A, Alberti H, Hirsh DA, Paes P, Illing J. Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships, empathy and patient centredness: A prospective cohort study. Medical Teacher 2024, E-pub ahead of print.
  • Da Silva A, Bussey S, Macdougall C, Alberti H, Lett AM, Samuriwo R. How to … grow a team in clinical education research. The Clinical Teacher 2024, 21(4), e13718.
  • Holdsworth R, Alberti H, Burford B, Farrington E, Vance G. 'Death on an industrial scale' - general practice trainees' perceptions and experiences of dying and death during COVID-19: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. BMC Medical Education 2024, 24, 1520.
  • Banner K, Alberti H, Khan SA, Jones MM, Pope LM. 'They say': medical students' perceptions of General Practice, experiences informing these perceptions, and their impact on career intention-a qualitative study among medical students in England. BMJ Open 2023, 13(11), e073429.
  • Armstrong S, Alberti H, Bhattacharya A, Dhokia B, Hall L, Lawes-Wickwar S, Lovat E, Pandya S, Park S, Pope L, Sajid M, Wilson P, Younie L. Students' and tutors' experiences of remote 'student–patient' consultations. Medical Teacher 2023, 45(9), 1038-1046.
  • Dodsworth A, Munro K, Alberti H, Hirsh DA, Paes P, Illing J. Patient outcomes in a Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship: A systematic literature review. Medical Education 2023, 57(9), 820-832.
  • Harrison M, Hall L, Alberti H. How will the Covid-19 pandemic shape the future of primary care undergraduate teaching? Understanding modifications and developments deployed by academic units of primary care, and their implications for the future. BMC Medical Education 2023, 23, 746.
  • Lamb EI, Alberti H, McKechnie DGJ, Park S, Pope L, Thampy H. Developing a career as a GP educationalist: contemporary challenges and workforce solutions. Education for Primary Care 2023, 34(3), 113-118.
  • Dodsworth A, Hirsh DA, Alberti H, Paes P, Illing J. A remedy for discontinuity? Advocating for patient advocacy in undergraduate medical education. Medical Education 2023, 57(7), 600-603.
  • Lamb E, Burford B, Alberti H. The impact of role modelling on the future general practitioner workforce: a systematic review. Education for Primary Care 2022, 33(5), 265-279.
  • Harrison M, Alberti H. Hoes does the introduction of a new year three GP curriculum affect future commitment to teach? An evaluation using a realist approach. Education for Primary Care 2022, 33(2), 92-101.
  • Alao A, Burford B, Alberti H, Barton R, Moloney S, Vance G. Real-time patients' perspectives about participating in teaching consultations in primary care: A questionnaire study. Medical Teacher 2021, 43(6), 669-676.
  • Lamb EI, Alberti H. Focus on medical education research in primary care: an undergraduate medical education faculty’s journey. Education for Primary Care 2021, 32(2), 70-72.
  • Sahota K, Goeres P, Kelly M, Tang E, Hofmeister M, Alberti H. Intellectual stimulation in family medicine: An international qualitative study of student perceptions. BJGP Open 2020, 4(3), bjgpopen20X101045.
  • Lamb EI, Alberti H. Raising the profile of academic general practice to our medical students. British Journal of General Practice 2019, 69(683), 309-310.
  • Alberti H, Rosenthal J, Kirtchuk L, Thampy T, Harrison M. Near peer teaching in General Practice: option or expectation?. Education for Primary Care 2019, 30(6), 342-346.
  • Barber JRG, Park SE, Jensen K, Marshall H, McDonald P, McKinley RK, Randles H, Alberti H. Facilitators and barriers to teaching undergraduate medical students in general practice. Medical Education 2019, 53(8), 778-787.
  • Harrison M, Alberti H, Thampy H. Barriers to involving GP Speciality Trainees in the teaching of medical students in primary care: the GP trainer perspective. Education for Primary Care 2019, 30(6), 347-354.
  • Alberti H, Atkinson J. Twelve tips for the recruitment and retention of general practitioners as teachers of medical students. Medical Teacher 2018, 40(3), 227-230.
  • Coulthard T, Alberti H. The epidemiology of teaching and training practices in North-East England. Education for Primary Care 2018, 29(4), 192-198.
  • Alberti H, Delgaty L. Transferring a medical curriculum to Malaysia. Southeast Asia Journal of Medical Education 2017, 11(1), 54–61.
  • Alberti H, Banner K, Collingwood H, Merritt K. 'Just a GP': a mixed method study of undermining of general practice as a career choice in the UK. BMJ Open 2017, 7, e018520.
  • Alberti H, Randles HL, Harding A, McKinley RK. Exposure of undergraduates to authentic GP teaching and subsequent entry to GP training: A quantitative study of UK medical schools. British Journal of General Practice 2017, 67(657), e248-e252.
  • Bouguerra R, Alberti H, Smida H, Salem LB, Rayana CB, El Atti J, Achour A, Gaigi S, Slama CB, Zouari B, Alberti KGMM. Waist circumference cut-off points for identification of abdominal obesity among the tunisian adult population. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism 2007, 9(6), 859-868.
  • Bouguerra R, Alberti H, Salem LB, Rayana CB, Atti JE, Gaigi S, Slama CB, Zouari B, Alberti K. The global diabetes pandemic: The Tunisian experience. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2007, 61(2), 160-165.
  • Alberti H, Boudriga N, Nabli M. Primary care management of diabetes in a low/middle income country: A multi-method, qualitative study of barriers and facilitators to care. BMC Family Practice 2007, 8(63).
  • Alberti H, Boudriga N, Nabli M. Improvements in quality of care of patients with diabetes in primary care in Tunisia. Practical Diabetes International 2007, 24(3), 152-157.
  • Harzallah F, Alberti H, Ben Khalifa F. The metabolic syndrome in an Arab population: A first look at the new International Diabetes Federation criteria. Diabetic Medicine 2006, 23(4), 441-444.
  • Bouguerra R, Ben Salem L, Alberti H, Ben Rayana C, El Atti J, Blouza S, Gaigi S, Achour A, Ben Slama C, Zouari B. Prevalence of metabolic abnormalities in the Tunisian adults: A population based study. Diabetes and Metabolism 2006, 32(3), 215-221.
  • Harzallah F, Ncibi N, Alberti H, Ben Brahim A, Smadhi H, Kanoun F, Slimane H. Clinical and metabolic characteristics of newly diagnosed diabetes patients: Experience of a university hospital in Tunis. Diabetes and Metabolism 2006, 32(6), 632-635.
  • Harzallah F, Alberti H, Kanoun F, Elhouch F, Slimane H. Quality of care of patients with type 2 diabetes in a Tunisian university hospital. Diabetes and Metabolism 2004, 30(6), 523-526.

• Book Chapter

  • Lamb E, Al-Maherzi A, Alberti H. Family medicine placements: Apprenticeship learning. In: Val Wass and Victor Ng, ed. Family Medicine in the Undergraduate Curriculum. CRC Press, 2023.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • Lamb E, Burford B, Exley C, Vance G, Wass V, Alberti H. Supporting medical students towards careers in general practice through maximising the potential of role modelling, what works, for whom and in what circumstances: A realist review. In: Population Health Sciences Institute Spring research event. 2024, Newcastle upon Tyne.
  • Lamb E, Burford B, Vance G, Alberti H. Role modelling to facilitate careers in general practice: what works, for whom and in what circumstances?. In: Association for the Study of Medical Education Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM2024). 2024, Warwick, UK: Association for the Study of Medical Education.
  • Pass E, Mackie E, Graham S, Tan D, Alberti H, Fisher J. Early, remote clinical experience in general practice: exploring the educational value of different video formats. In: Association for the Study of Medical Education Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM2024). 2024, Warwick, UK: Association for the Study of Medical Education.
  • Lamb E, Alberti H, Vance G, Burford B. Supporting medical students towards careers in general practice through maximising the potential of role modelling, what works, for whom and in what circumstances: a realist review protocol. In: NIHR Academy Conference. 2023, Leeds.
  • Alao A, Burford B, Hrisos S, Alberti H, Kennedy D, Barton R, Vance G. Active participation of ‘real-time’ patients in undergraduate medical education: a qualitative study. In: British Journal of General Practice Research Conference. 2019, London: British Journal of General Practice.
  • Burford B, Alberti H, Kennedy DJ. Experience and role models: How medical students describe influences on specialty preference. In: Association for the Study of Medical Education Annual Scientific Meeting. 2018, Gateshead, UK: Association for the Study of Medical Education.
  • Finnamore H, Alao A, Alberti H, Kennedy DJ, Burford B, Hrisos S, Vance G. Empowerment and Opportunity in Primary Care: Enhancing the Real-time Patients’ Journey through Undergraduate Medical Education. In: Association for the Study of Medical Education Annual Scientific Meeting. 2018, Gateshead, UK: Association for the Study of Medical Education.
  • Alao A, Burford B, Alberti H, Hrisos S, Kennedy D, Vance G. Active participation of 'real-time' patients in undergraduate medical education. In: Association for the Study of Medical Education Annual Scientific Meeting. 2017, Exeter, UK: Association for the Study of Medical Education.

• Editorial

  • McDonald P, Jackson B, Alberti H, Rosenthal J. How can medical schools encourage students to choose general practice as a career?. British Journal of General Practice 2016, 66(647), 292-293.

• Letters

  • Harrison M, Agarwal A, Alberti H. Letter, in response to: 'Nurse-doctor co-teaching: A path towards inter-professional collaboration'. The Clinical Teacher 2024, 21(3), e13700.
  • Alberti H, Dodsworth A. LICs in the UK: why do we need our own definition?. Education for Primary Care 2023, 34(1), 48-48.
  • Ford C, Harrison M, Alberti H. Response to: Factors associated with medical students' speaking-up about medical errors. Medical Teacher 2022, 45(2), 235-236.
  • Clarke AJ, Alberti H. Patients' acceptance of physician associates. British Journal of General Practice 2018, 68(667), 70-70.
  • Alberti H, Carlin E, Harrison M. What factors influence intention towards a career in General Practice?. British Journal of General Practice 2017, 67(659), 253.
  • Burford B, Alberti H, Kennedy D. Early career intentions of medical students: are we selecting the graduates we need for the 21st century?. Education for Primary Care 2017, 28(6), 354-355.
  • Abbott J, Alberti H. NHS Direct. British Journal of General Practice 2001, 51(468), 580-581.

• Note

  • Park SE, Alberti H, Barber JRG. Transforming existing norms for payment and legitimacy of ‘teaching work’ in medical education. Medical Education 2021, 55(5), 550-552.

• Review

  • Flodgren G, Deane K, Dickinson HO, Kirk S, Alberti H, Beyer FR, Brown JG, Penney TL, Summerbell CD, Eccles MP. Interventions to change the behaviour of health professionals and the organisation of care to promote weight reduction in overweight and obese people. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2010, 2010(3), CD000984.