Staff Profile

I am a General Practitioner at Northumbria Primary Care and a National Institute for Health Research Doctoral Fellow within the School of Medicine from 2023-2029. I previously held an NIHR In Practice Fellowship from 2019-2022.

I am Council Representative and immediate past Chair of the North East England Faculty of the Royal College of GPs.

My research is in the field of medical education, specifically general practitioner workforce recruitment and retention. During my Doctoral Fellowship I am using realist methods to explore and harness the potential of role modelling in undergraduate medical education, in order to facilitate careers in general practice.

I teach Newcastle University MBBS year three students on a weekly basis during their clinical attachments to general practice. 

• Articles

  • Lamb L. Crossing the Rubicon: assisted dying in general practice. British Journal of General Practice 2025, 75(751), 78-79.
  • Lamb EI, Alberti H. Twelve tips for positive role modelling in medical education. Medical Teacher 2024, 46(7), 898-902.
  • 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).
  • Park S, Owen-Boukra E, Burford B, Cohen T, Duddy C, Dunn H, Fadia V, Goodman C, Henry C, Lamb EI, Ogden M, Rapley T, Rees E, Vance G, Wong G. General practitioner workforce sustainability to maximise effective and equitable patient care: a realist review protocol. BMJ Open 2024, 14(5), e075189.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Lamb L. The Changing Face of Medicine, a new era for women. The Digest 2021, 1(13), 60-61.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Lamb EI, Jenkins N, Male P, McFetrich J, Towart M, Sudlow M. Primary care emergencies: improved confidence in clinical and non-clinical members of the multidisciplinary team using a simulation programme. BMJ Simulation & Technology Enhanced Learning 2019, 5(4), 192-193.
  • Lamb CA, Lamb EIM, Mansfield JC, Sankar KN. Sexually transmitted infections manifesting as proctitis. Frontline Gastroenterology 2013, 4(1), 32-40.
  • Lamb CA, Parr J, Lamb EI, Warren MD. Adult malnutrition screening, prevalence and management in a United Kingdom hospital: Cross-sectional study. British Journal of Nutrition 2009, 102(4), 571-5.

• 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.
  • Owen E, Burford B, Cohen T, Duddy C, Dunn H, Fadia V, Goodman C, Henry C, Lamb E, Ogden M, Rapley T, Rees E, Vance G, Wong G, Park S. General practitioner workforce sustainability to maximise effective and equitable patient care: a realist review. 2024.
  • 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.
  • Lamb L, Alberti H. Role modelling: is it the key to shaping the future GP? Understanding the lived experience of a powerful educational phenomenon. In: Society of Academic Primary Care North conference. 2021, Virtual.
  • Lamb E, Burford B, Alberti H. Role modelling in general practice, what impact does this educational strategy have on the future workforce? A systematic review of the literature. In: Royal College of General Practitioners Annual Conference. 2021, Liverpool.
  • Lamb L. The Elephant in the room: Does giving students the opportunity to share their personal experience of an emotive clinical topic have an impact on the subsequent teaching session. In: Society of Academic Primary Care North conference. 2020, Online.
  • Lamb E, Alberti H. Raising the profile of academic General Practice to our medical students. In: Society of Academic Primary Care North Conference. 2018, Kendal.
  • Lamb E, Jenkins N, Towart M, Male P, McFetrich J, Sudlow M. Primary Care Emergencies: A Multidisciplinary Simulation Programme. In: Association for simulated practice in health care conference. 2018, Southport.
  • Lamb E, Hedgcock D. Northumbria Primary Care- improving both patient and GP experience. In: Royal College of General Practitioners annual conference. 2016, Harrogate.
  • Lamb EIM, Lamb CA, Sarma J, Welfare M. Patterns of mortality in the year after a diagnosis of Clostridium difficile - Implications for improving outcome. In: Gut: United European Gastroenterology Week. 2008.
  • Lamb CA, Lamb EIM, Sarma J, Welfare M. . The development of a scoring system for predicting mortality in Clostridium difficile associated diarrhoea. In: Gut: United European Gastroenterology Week. 2008.

• Letter

  • Alberti H, Lamb L. A personal comment, not an editorial. In response to The assisted dying debate: supporting GPs in a changing landscape. British Journal of General practice 2024. In Preparation.

• Online Publications

  • Lamb L. Crossing the Rubicon: Assisted Dying in General Practice. London: Royal College of General Practitioners, 2025. Available at: https://bjgplife.com/crossing-the-rubicon-assisted-dying-in-general-practice/.
  • Bell C, Hungin P, Lamb E. The Changing Face of Medicine: Shaping an Adaptable, Agile and Sustainable Future for Patient Care. Basel, Switzerland: Driving Insights to Action, 2022. Available at: https://globalforum.diaglobal.org/issue/october-2022/the-changing-face-of-medicine-shaping-an-adaptable-sustainable-future-for-patient-care/.

• Report

  • Hungin P, Lamb L, Bell C. Shaping a Vision for 2040, The Changing Face of Medicine. London: The Changing Face of Medicine Commission, 2022.