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Staff Profile

Alexander Phillips

Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer

  • Email: alexander.phillips@ncl.ac.uk
  • Address: Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
    Royal Victoria Infirmary
    Depart of Surgery
    Newcastle upon Tyne
    Queen Victoria Road
    NE1 4LP
Background

Current Positions

Consultant Oesophagogastric Surgeon at the Northern Oesophagogastric Unit, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Director of Undergraduate Surgical Placements, Newcastle University

Course Director Medicine, Acute Care and Surgery (MACS)

Director of the Faculty of Surgical Trainers, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Regional Surgical Advisor, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Newcastle Hospitals Lead for Final Year Surgical Assistantships



Member

Board of Medical Studies

Research Management Group


Qualifications

MBBS, BSc, PGCTLCP, MA, MD, FRCSEd (Gen.Surg), FFSTEd, SFHEA





Research

Research Interests are twofold:


Clinical research in oesophagogastric cancer. Particularly "prehabilitation", survivorship and prognostication.


Educational Research: MD thesis was by publication entitlted "Exploring surgical and clinical skills learning in postgraduates and undergraduates".  My interest is both qualitative and quantitative research in improving technical (non technical) skills learning, particularly with the use of feedback, simulation and assessment..

Teaching

Undergraduate lead for surgical placements.

I am involved mainly in teaching in clinical years, particularly Foundation of Clinical Practice and Hospital Based Practice. In addition educational supverisor to both 3rd and 5th year students and have regular SSC and elective students undertaking placement at the Northern Oesophagogastric Unit, RVI.

Publications