Ben Amies

Overview

I work as Academic Clinical Fellow in General Practice at the University of Manchester. I share my time equally between a practice in South Manchester and undertaking research at the University, which is based at the Centre for Primary Care and the Centre for Health Economics. 

Biography

I completed my undergraduate Medical Degree at The University of Manchester. As an undergraduate, I also completed a Master’s by Research in Medical Sciences, focussing on qualitative Medical Education Research. This developed a broad range of research skills and methodological understanding. My research explored how medical undergraduates'' understanding of the pedagogies used impacted their experience of the course. This contributed to the contemporaneous medical curriculum review, helping to reshape teaching and learning at Manchester Medical School. 

I chose to complete my Foundation Training at University Hospital of South Manchester, a large academic clinical centre. During my Foundation Training I became involved in committees at the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, giving me my first experiences working in national health policy. These inspiring experiences led me to complete a further Master’s Degree alongside my clinical commitments, this time in Health Policy at Imperial College London.