The Changing Roles of Doctors

Dr Penelope Cavenagh, PhD, MSc, BSc, DMS, Dip CSLT, C Psychol Director of Research and Enterprise and Head of The Graduate School at University Campus Suffolk Dr Cavanagh is Visiting Professor at the University of East Anglia and an honorary Professor at Essex University. She is an experienced health service researcher and has published extensively in the area of doctors moving into management roles. Her PhD is in the area of medical management and medical education. Professor Sam J Leinster, BSc, MD, FRCS (Edin & Eng), SFHEA, FAcadMEd Emeritus Professor of Medical Education and former Dean, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia Professor Leinster has been a leading breast surgeon who helped to found the University of East Anglia's innovative undergraduate medical curriculum. He was previously Director of Medical Studies and Professor of Surgery at the University of Liverpool, where he established the Breast Unit - one of the leaders in the United Kingdom - at The Royal Liverpool Hospital. Dr Susan Miles, BA(Hons), PhD, MBPsS, CSci Research Associate in Medical Education, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia Dr Miles is a research psychologist and chartered scientist who actively researches and publishes in medical education.

Foreword. About the editors. List of contributors. Drivers for change in the medical profession. The changing working environment: work patterns. Changes in postgraduate medical education and training. The shifting sands of professional power. Doctors in management. Accountability, performance and targets. The 'expert patient' and the internet. Regulation and revalidation. Interprofessional practice and rank dynamics: evolving effective team collaboration through emotional, social, occupational, and spiritual intelligences. Changing demographics of the medical profession. Doctors as educators. Personal perspectives. Index.