Professor Lindsey Pope

Professor of Medical Education, Dean of Internationalisation (General Practice & Primary Care)

School of Health and Wellbeing, Clarice Pears Building, Rm 313, Gilmorehill Campus, Glasgow, G12

Biography

Professor Lindsey Pope is a GP, Professor of Medical Education and Dean of Internationalisation (MVLS).

She is the Director of Community Based Medical Education at the Undergraduate Medical School and a member of the University of Glasgow Senate.

She is Director of the Scottish School of Primary Care and the Specialty Adviser for General Practice to the CMO for Scotland. She is an elected member of the Medical Schools Council ED&I Alliance Board .

She is a GMC Education Associate with involvement in regional and school reviews, new school approvals and most recently as a Team Leader for the CPSA component of the new national MLA (Medical Licensing Assessment).

She is an Examiner for the Royal College of GPs and has been appointed as the Deputy Future Module Development Lead for the MRCGP. She is an approved GP trainer and has been involved in teaching and training across the continuum of medical education. She contributes to teaching and assessment in the undergraduate medical school as well as the Health Professions Education programme.

She has a Doctorate in Health Professions Education and is a member of the Scottish Medical Education Research Consortium (SMERC) Project Board. She is a member of the Scottish Doctors' Wellbeing Study group and sits on the Editorial Board of Virtual Primary Care. She supervises Masters and Doctoral students in Medical Education.

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Research interests

Utilisation of Activity Theory to understand teaching and learning in general practice.
GP careers, recruitment and retention
Doctors’ wellbeing
Professional identity development
Assessment of professionalism

Publications

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Number of items: 55.

2025

Bezzina, C. , McQuade, R., Lowe, W., Mair, F. and Pope, L. (2025) Shattering the shield: embracing complexity in undergraduate medical education. Clinical Teacher, 22(1), e70018. (doi: 10.1111/tct.70018) (PMID:39832492) (PMCID:PMC11745563)

2024

Macdougall, C. F., Allsop, S., Douglass, C., Pope, L. , Park, S. and McKinley, R. K. (2024) Education is essential for implementing the NHS workforce plan. BMJ, 387, e078143. (doi: 10.1136/bmj-2023-078143) (PMID:39622531)

Gupta, S., Howden, S., Moffat, M., Pope, L. and Kennedy, C. (2024) Girls in scrubs: An ethnographic exploration of the clinical learning environment. Medical Education, 58(10), pp. 1224-1234. (doi: 10.1111/medu.15379) (PMID:38581403)

Noonan, Z. , Brown, K. and Pope, L. (2024) The Glasgow experience: a model for GP out-of-hours teaching for year 3 medical students. Education for Primary Care, (doi: 10.1080/14739879.2024.2373389) (Early Online Publication)

Pope, L. , Reid, H., Hart, N., Leedham-Green, K., Owen, E. and Park, S. (2024) Researching generalism. In: Park, Sophie and Leedham-Green, Kay (eds.) Generalism in Clinical Practice and Education. UCL Press, pp. 67-85. ISBN 9781800085428

Scanlan, G. M., Gordon, L., Walker, K. and Pope, L. (2024) Enabling and inhibiting doctors transitions: introducing the social identity resource and belonginess model (SIRB). Advances in Health Sciences Education, (doi: 10.1007/s10459-024-10360-0) (PMID:39046672) (Early Online Publication)

Gupta, S., Howden, S., Moffat, M., Pope, L. and Kennedy, C. (2024) Placement or displacement: an ethnographic study of space in the clinical learning environment. Medical Teacher, 46(5), pp. 672-681. (doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2023.2273783) (PMID:37910032)

Loveridge, C. J., Docherty, F. , Honeychurch, S. , Tasler, N. , Soler, L. , Pope, L. , Price, V. E. and Dickson, B. (2024) What brought us together to form a community for scholarship. International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 18(1), 3. (doi: 10.20429/ijsotl.2024.180103)

Gambhir, N., Gangadharan, A. and Pope, L. (2024) Knowing me, Knowing you: Evaluation of the impact of trainer involvement at an enhanced induction programme for International Medical Graduates (IMGs). Education for Primary Care, (doi: 10.1080/14739879.2023.2297670) (PMID:38217441) (Early Online Publication)

2023

Ramanathan, A., Clarke, N., Foster, M., Pope, L. , Hart, N., Cheung, S., Kelly, M. and Park, S. (2023) Operationalising generalism in medical education: a narrative review of international policy and mission documents. Education for Primary Care, (doi: 10.1080/14739879.2023.2275262) (PMID:38115599) (Early Online Publication)

Gupta, S., Howden, S., Moffat, M., Pope, L. and Kennedy, C. (2023) Connecting the complex chemistry of space in medical education. Medical Education, 57(12), pp. 1187-1190. (doi: 10.1111/medu.15153) (PMID:37300515)

Banner, K., Alberti, H., Khan, S. A., Jones, M. M. and Pope, L. M. (2023) ‘They say’: medical students’ perceptions of General Practice, experiences informing these perceptions, and their impact on career intention—a qualitative study among medical students in England. BMJ Open, 13(11), e073429. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-073429) (PMID:37949618) (PMCID:PMC10649761)

Chew, C., Taylor, E., Pope, L. , Nazir, F., Paton, C., Colquhoun, K., Hunter, I., Lydon, E., Young, D. and O'Dwyer, P. (2023) Empowering future leaders: the value of simulation in active bystander training for medical students. BMJ Leader, 7(S2), e000778. (doi: 10.1136/leader-2023-000778)

Armstrong, S. et al. (2023) Students’ and tutors’ experiences of remote ‘student–patient’ consultations. Medical Teacher, 45(9), pp. 1038-1046. (doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2023.2170777) (PMID:36745733)

Bushell, S. H. et al. (2023) Prostate cancer screening: well intentioned initiatives may use up resources but not improve health outcomes. British Medical Journal, 381, p. 1389. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.p1389) (PMID:37343958)

Allsop, S., McKinley, R. K., Douglass, C., Pope, L. and Macdougall, C. (2023) Every doctor an educator? Medical Teacher, 45(6), pp. 559-564. (doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2022.2158069)

Lamb, E. I., Alberti, H., McKechnie, D. G.J., Park, S., Pope, L. and Thampy, H. (2023) Developing a career as a GP educationalist: contemporary challenges and workforce solutions. Education for Primary Care, 34(3), pp. 113-118. (doi: 10.1080/14739879.2023.2204294) (PMID:37159550)

Dickson, B. , Docherty, F. , Honeychurch, S. , Loveridge, C., Pope, L. , Price, V. , Soler, L. and Tasler, N. (2023) SoTL Information Session. 16th Annual University of Glasgow Learning and Teaching Conference, 29 March and 13 April 2023.

Siriwardena, A. N., Botan, V., Williams, N., Emerson, K., Kameen, F., Pope, L. , Freeman, A. and Law, G. (2023) Academic performance of ethnic minority versus White doctors in the MRCGP assessment 2016-2021: cross sectional study. British Journal of General Practice, 73(729), e284-e293. (doi: 10.3399/BJGP.2022.0474)

Noonan, Z. , Brown, K. and Pope, L. (2023) Expanding and Evolving: the GP Curriculum at Glasgow. National Poster Presentation: NADEGS Annual Conference 2023 (Departments of General Practice in Scotland (Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow & St Andrews) joined by NHS, Education for Scotland (NES), Carnoustie, 19-20 January 2023.

Noonan, Z. and Pope, L. (2023) Embrace and Innovate! Using GP Teaching Capacity Flexibly and Sustainably. ADEGS Conference, Carnoustie, Scotland, 19th-20th Jan 2023.

Bezzina, C. and Pope, L. (2023) Multimorbidity and the need to rethink Medical Education. Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity, 13, pp. 1-2. (doi: 10.1177/26335565231207811) (PMID:37849712) (PMCID:PMC10578062)

2022

Politis, M., Brown, M. E.L., Huser, C. A.M. , Crawford, L. and Pope, L. (2022) “I wouldn’t know what to do with the breasts”: the impact of patient gender on medical student confidence and comfort in clinical skills. Education for Primary Care, 33(6), pp. 316-326. (doi: 10.1080/14739879.2022.2129460) (PMID:36443928)

Noonan, Z. , Brown, K. and Pope, L. (2022) Evolving the Curriculum - Virtual Learning in the MBChB Curriculum at Glasgow. National Poster Presentation: Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME), Aberdeen, 6-8 July 2022.

Forrest, D., George, S., Stewart, V., Dutta, N., McConville, K., Pope, L. and Kumar, S. (2022) Cultural diversity and inclusion in UK medical schools. Clinical Teacher, 19(3), pp. 213-220. (doi: 10.1111/tct.13472) (PMID:35243769)

Hubbard, G., Grist, F., Pope, L. M. , Cunningham, S., Maxwell, M., Bennie, M., Guthrie, B. and Mercer, S. W. (2022) Survey to identify research priorities for primary care in Scotland during and following the COVID-19 pandemic. BMJ Open, 12(5), e056817. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056817) (PMID:35504637) (PMCID:PMC9066088)

Gordon, L. et al. (2022) Heard, valued, supported? Doctors' wellbeing during transitions triggered by COVID‐19. Medical Education, 56(5), pp. 516-526. (doi: 10.1111/medu.14698) (PMID:34796541) (PMCID:PMC8662221)

Noonan, Z. , Pope, L. and Traynor, J. (2022) Reflections on the integration of virtual GP tutorials to the medical undergraduate curriculum at Glasgow. Education for Primary Care, 33(3), pp. 180-184. (doi: 10.1080/14739879.2021.2021810) (PMID:35067218)

Dickson, B. , Docherty, F. , Honeychurch, S. , Loveridge, C., Pope, L. , Price, V. , Soler, L. and Tasler, N. (2022) Getting Started with SoTL. 15th Annual University of Glasgow Learning & Teaching Conference Pre-Conference Workshop, 21 Mar 2022.

Gibson Smith, K. et al. (2022) Supporting doctors' well‐being and resilience during COVID‐19: a framework for rapid and rigorous intervention development. Applied Psychology: Health and Well‐Being, 14(1), pp. 236-251. (doi: 10.1111/aphw.12300) (PMID:34414681) (PMCID:PMC8444870)

McKechnie, D. G. J., Parmar, N., Armstrong, S., Pratt, L., Pope, L. , Alberti, H. and Park, S. (2022) General practice and the Medical Licensing Assessment. British Journal of General Practice, 72(723), pp. 497-498. (doi: 10.3399/bjgp22X720905)

2021

Honeychurch, S. , Soler, L. , Price, V. , Loveridge, C., Docherty, F. , Tasler, N. , Dickson, B. and Pope, L. (2021) The Power of Collaborative SoTL. [Website]

Banner, K., Alberti, H., Pope, L. and Stewart, J. (2021) Medical Student's Perceptions of General Practice. ASME Annual Scholarship Meeting 2021, 8-9 July 2021. (doi: 10.1111/tct.13424)

Forrest, D., George, S., Stewart, V., Dutta, N., McConville, K., Pope, L. and Kumar, S. (2021) Perspectives of UK GP Heads of Teaching on Cultural Diversity and Inclusion in Undergraduate Primary Care: A Qualitative Study. ASME Annual Scholarship Meeting 2021, 8-9 July 2021. (doi: 10.1111/tct.13424)

Tooman, T. R., Laidlaw, A., Pope, L. , Scanlan, G., Wakeling, J. and Walker, K. A. (2021) Professionalism Disrupted. ASME Annual Scholarship Meeting 2021, 8-9 July 2021. (doi: 10.1111/tct.13424)

Cairns, P. et al. (2021) Interventions for the well-being of healthcare workers during a pandemic or other crisis: scoping review. BMJ Open, 11(8), e047498. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-047498) (PMID:34404701) (PMCID:PMC8375449)

Dickson, B. , Docherty, F., Honeychurch, S. , Jamieson, S. , Loveridge, C., Pope, L. , Price, V. , Soler, L. and Tasler, N. (2021) SoTL 'Unconference'. 14th Annual Learning & Teaching Conference: Transforming Teaching & Taking Stock, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, 18 June 2021. (Unpublished)

Johnston, P. W. et al. (2021) What is being done to look after doctors during covid-19 and beyond? [Website]

Corr, L., Crawford, L. , Pope, L. , McCoy, A. and Goh, J. (2021) A creative case study: Enhancing student engagement with professionalism through graphic Medicine. In: Tasler, Nathalie, O'Brien, Rachelle and Spiers, Alex (eds.) Being Creative in the Face of Adversity - Annual #creativeHE Collection 2021. Creativity for Learning in Higher Education community (#creativeHE), pp. 82-86.

2020

Alberti, H., Cottrell, E., Rosenthal, J., Pope, L. and Thompson, T. (2020) Revealing the reality of undergraduate GP teaching in UK medical curricula. British Journal of General Practice, 70(699), p. 485. (doi: 10.3399/bjgp20X712721) (PMID:33004360) (PMCID:PMC7518909)

Cottrell, E., Alberti, H., Rosenthal, J., Pope, L. and Thompson, T. (2020) Revealing the reality of undergraduate GP teaching in UK medical curricula: a cross-sectional questionnaire study. British Journal of General Practice, 70(698), e744-e650. (doi: 10.3399/bjgp20X712325) (PMID:32784219) (PMCID:PMC7425203)

Grom, I., Crawford, L. and Pope, L. (2020) Truth Told in Jest? Professional Value Confessions at the End of a Medical Curriculum. 13th Annual University of Glasgow Learning and Teaching Conference, 25 Aug 2020.

Gillies, J., Bartlett, M., Dowell, J., Fairhurst, K., Lawton, K., Pope, L. and Walmsley, R. (2020) The Wass report: moving forward 3 years on. British Journal of General Practice, 70(694), p. 228. (doi: 10.3399/bjgp20X709493) (PMID:32354806)

Noonan, Z. , Boyle, J. G., Pope, L. , Ditchfield, C. , Leach, J. P. and McDowall, S. (2020) Quarantining the OSCE: reflections on the Glasgow experience. Clinical Teacher, 17(1), pp. 94-97. (doi: 10.1111/tct.12993) (PMID:30592158)

Alberti, H., Cottrell, E., Cullen, J., Rosenthal, J., Pope, L. and Thompson, T. (2020) Promoting general practice in medical schools. Where are we now? Education for Primary Care, 31(3), pp. 162-168. (doi: 10.1080/14739879.2020.1744192) (PMID:32213128)

Pope, L. and Dubras, L. (2020) Delivering medical education for future healthcare needs: a community-focused challenge. Education for Primary Care, 31(5), pp. 266-269. (doi: 10.1080/14739879.2020.1767513) (PMID:32713265)

2019

Grom, I., Crawford, L. and Pope, L. (2019) First Year Medical Students' Understanding of Professionalism. 9th National Scottish Medical Education Conference, Edinburgh, UK, 09-10 May 2019.

2018

Smith, S. E., Tallentire, V. R., Pope, L. M. , Laidlaw, A. H. and Morrison, J. (2018) Foundation Year 2 doctors’ reasons for leaving UK medicine: an in-depth analysis of decision-making using semistructured interviews. BMJ Open, 8(3), e019456. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019456) (PMID:29500208)

McLoughlin, K., Pope, L. , Walsh, E., Jennings, A. and Foley, T. (2018) The MRCGP clinical skills assessment: an integrative review of evidence. Education for Primary Care, 29(3), pp. 132-137. (doi: 10.1080/14739879.2018.1427510) (PMID:29366383)

2015

Ambrose, L. and Pope, L. (2015) Responding to medical error and complaints. In: Brown, Jo, Noble, Lorraine M., Papageorgiou, Alexia and Kidd, Jane (eds.) Clinical Communication in Medicine. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.: Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Ames, Iowa, USA, pp. 108-114. ISBN 9781118728246 (doi: 10.1002/9781118728130.ch17)

2014

Pope, L. , Hawkridge, A. and Simpson, R. (2014) Performance in the MRCGP CSA by candidates’ gender: differences according to curriculum area. Education for Primary Care, 25(4), pp. 186-193. (doi: 10.1080/14739879.2014.11494276) (PMID:25198712)

Linklater, G. T., Bowden, J., Pope, L. , Mcfatter, F., Hutchison, S. M. W., Carragher, P. J., Walley, J., Fallon, M. and Murray, S. A. (2014) Developing learning outcomes for medical students and foundation doctors in palliative care: a national consensus-seeking initiative in Scotland. Medical Teacher, 36(5), pp. 441-446. (doi: 10.3109/0142159X.2014.889289)

2012

Curnock, E., Bowie, P., Pope, L. and McKay, J. (2012) Barriers and attitudes influencing non-engagement in a peer feedback model to inform evidence for GP appraisal. BMC Medical Education, 12(1), p. 15. (doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-12-15)

2009

Mckay, J., Pope, L., Bowie, P. and Lough, M. (2009) External feedback in general practice: a focus group study of trained peer reviewers of significant event analyses. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 15(1), pp. 142-147. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2008.00969.x)

2008

Bowie, P., Pope, L. and Lough, M. (2008) A review of the current evidence base for significant event analysis. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 14(4), pp. 520-536. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2007.00908.x)

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