School of Medicine

Dr Max Cooper

  • Clinical University Teacher (Medical Undergraduate School)

telephone: 01413308365
email: Max.Cooper@glasgow.ac.uk


Max Cooper studied psychology (BSc 1996) and medicine (BM 1997) at the University of Southampton and trained as a general practitioner in Portsmouth (MRCGP 2002). He worked as a locum in Edinburgh and became a Higher Professional Fellow in General Practice at the University of Glasgow (2002 to 2004). 

In 2004, Max completed the University of Glasgow Master of Primary Care (2004), which included research into barriers to screening for sexually transmitted infections. From 2004 to 2007 he was a Vocational Studies tutor.

His current roles includes being Deputy Director of Vocational Studies and chairman of the Vocational Studies Working Group, and he is responsible for the VS tutor forum. He is a member of the Faculty of Medicine Communication Skills Working Group and Evaluation Working Group. Within the section, he is a member of the Education Management Group.

Max has been jointly responsible for the introduction of Volunteer Patients (VPs) to the Glasgow medical curriculum, including interviews, training and the establishment of their online forum. 

In 2004, he established and now co-organises the part time Glasgow Course in Tropical Health which is recognised by the Royal College of Physicians (London) for the Diploma in Tropical Medicine. In 2007, he set up the Student Selected Component in International Primary Care and Tropical Health which runs twice a year.

He is a member of the Advisory Group to the Medical Foundation for the Victims of Torture (Scotland)

Clinical/research interests include

  • The provision of healthcare to refugees and asylum seekers, having worked in GP surgeries with this group of patients for over five years. 
  • Health beliefs of Africans.
  • The medical examination of torture victims. 

Outside of the university, Max is Associate General Practitioner for the Primary Care Division of the Greater Glasgow & Clyde NHS Health Board.

Jump to: 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2007
Number of items: 6.

2011

Cooper, M., and Cotton, P. (2011) Torture documentation inside detention centres. Torture, 21 (3). pp. 195-196. ISSN 1018-8185

Cooper, M.J.F. (2011) Near-death experience and out of body phenomenon during torture: a case report. Torture, 21 (3). pp. 178-181. ISSN 1018-8185

2010

Cooper, M., van der Loeff, M.S., McConkey, S., Cooper, S., Vincent, T., and Whittle, H. (2010) Cause of death among people with retroviral infection in rural Guinea-Bissau. Tropical Doctor, 40 (3). pp. 181-183. ISSN 0049-4755 (doi:10.1258/td.2010.090460)

Cooper, M.J.F. (2010) Letter to the editor [The use of reptiles in torture in Africa]. Torture, 20 (1). pp. 53-54. ISSN 1018-8185

2009

Cooper, S., Schim van der Loeff, M., McConkey, S., Cooper, M. , Sarge-Njie, R., Kaye, S., and Whittle, H. (2009) Neurological morbidity among human T-lymphotropic-virus-type-1-infected individuals in a rural West African population. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 80 . pp. 66-68. ISSN 0022-3050 (doi:10.1136/jnnp.2008.152819)

2007

Cooper, M. (2007) Swahili Medical Dictionary and Phrasebook. Lulu. ISBN 9781847535900

This list was generated on Sat May 26 00:43:56 2012 BST.
  • Exploring the impact of discordant beliefs and expectations in General Practice Consultations with Africans
    Royal College of General Practitioners
    2011 - 2013