School of Medicine

Prof Philip Cotton

  • Professor (Medical Undergraduate School)

telephone: 01413308330
email: Philip.Cotton@glasgow.ac.uk


Professor Phil Cotton is based in General Practice and Primary Care. He is academic director of Vocational Studies in the undergraduate curriculum. He convenes the General Practice and Primary Care Education Management Group, and is coordinator of the undergraduate curriculum in general practice and student selected components in primary care. He also represents the School of Medicine on the Academic Standards Committee and Academic Regulations Working Group.

His contribution to postgraduate education/CPD within General Practice and Primary Care includes delivering the Master of Primary Care course "Achieving clinical effectiveness", and contributing to other courses. He also supervises MPC research projects.

Phil's research interests are accountability in primary care, medical education, professionalism, refugee health, asthma/COPD and communication skills.

He is a GP in Springburn, and volunteer doctor for the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture.

Esteem factors

  • Member of ASME council (Association for the Study of Medical Education).
  • External examiner at Keele University Medical School.
  • Referee for British Journal of General Practice, Medical Education, Medical Teacher, Family Practice, Scottish Medical Journal, BMC Medical Education, Medical Humanities (Journal of Medical Ethics).
  • Member of the Scottish Council of the RCGP.
  • Chair of the West of Scotland Faculty of the RCGP.
  • Member of the Scottish Forum for Professional Ethics.
  • Co-chair of Society of Academic Primary Care UK Working Group on Standards for Teaching in Primary Care.
    Mentor to Christine Borland, NESTA (National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts).
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2012

Bucknall, C.E., Miller, G., Lloyd, S.M., Cleland, J., McCluskey, S., Cotton, M. , Stevenson, R.D. , Cotton, P. , and McConnachie, A. (2012) Glasgow supported self-management trial (GSuST) for patients with moderate to severe COPD: randomised controlled trial. BMJ, 344 (mar06 ). e1060-e1060. ISSN 0959-8138 (doi:10.1136/bmj.e1060)

Lohfeld, L., Norman, G., Goldie, J. , Schwartz, L., Eva, K., Cotton, P. , Morrison, J. , Kulmakan, K., and Wood, T. (2012) Testing the reliability and validity of a scenario-based questionnaire to assess the ethical sensitivity of undergraduate medical students. Medical Teacher . ISSN 0142-159X (In Press)

2011

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

2010

Mullen, K., Nicolson, M. , and Cotton, P. (2010) Improving medical students' attitudes towards the chronic sick: a role for social science research. BMC Medical Education, 10 (84). ISSN 1472-6920 (doi:10.1186/1472-6920-10-84)

2009

Smith, P, Cotton, P. , and O'Neill, A. (2009) 'Can you take a student this morning?' Maximising effective teaching by practice nurses. Medical Education, 43 (5). pp. 426-433. ISSN 0308-0110 (doi:10.1111/j.1365-2923.2009.03308.x)

Morrison, J.M., Dowie, A. , Cotton, P. , and Goldie, J.G. (2009) A medical education view on sociological perspectives on professionalism. Medical Education, 43 (9). pp. 824-825. ISSN 0308-0110 (doi:10.1111/j.1365-2923.2009.03444.x)

2008

Goldie, J.G., Cotton, P. , McConnachie, A. , and Morrison, J.M. (2008) Can medical students' pre-curriculum performance on the Ethics in Health Care Instrument (EHCI) be used as a predictor of future academic performance? A pilot study. Medical Teacher, 30 (3). pp. 334-335.

2007

Goldie, J.G., Dowie, A. , Cotton, P. , and Morrison, J.M. (2007) Teaching professionalism in the early years of a medical curriculum: a qualitative study. Medical Education, 41 . pp. 610-617. (doi:10.1111/j.1365-2923.2007.02772.x)

2006

Cotton, P (2006) U-learning. Education For Primary Care, 17 (3). pp. 275-276.

2005

Cotton, P, Benson, J, Laue, B, Sharp, D, Howe, A, and Hibble, A (2005) U-learning: standards for practices and tutors in primary care. Education For Primary Care, 16 . pp. 499-500.

2004

Cotton, P, and Morrison, J (2004) What the educators are saying. British Medical Journal, 328 (7455). p. 1547. ISSN 0959-535X

2003

Campbell, M., Cotton, P. , Everden, P., Gerarda, C., Gruffydd-Jones, K., Neary, J., Ryan, D., Wagstaff, B., and Williams, S. (2003) General practitioners with a special interest in respiratory medicine. Primary Care Respiratory Journal, 12 (2). pp. 38-41. ISSN 1471-4418

2002

Cotton, P, Smith, P, and Lait, M (2002) The ethics of teamwork in an interprofessional undergraduate setting. Medical Education, 36 (11). pp. 1096-1097.

2001

Hill, WY, Fraser, IAM, and Cotton, P (2001) On patients' interests and accountability: reflecting on some dilemmas in social audit in primary health care. Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 12 . pp. 453-469.

This list was generated on Sat May 26 11:46:57 2012 BST.
  • Strategic Funding for Employability (SFC)
    Scottish Funding Council
    2007 - 2011
     
  • Glasgow supported self-management randomised controlled trial for patients with moderate/severe COPD-GSuST
    Scottish Executive Health Department
    2007 - 2010