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Dr James Fisher

Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer

  • Email: james.fisher@ncl.ac.uk
  • Address: School of Medicine
    The Medical School
    Framlington Place
    缅北禁地 upon Tyne
    NE2 4HH
    U.K.
Background

Summary

I’m an Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer in the School of Medicine.

I'm the Course Director for MBBS Years 1 and 2 - Early Transitions and Essentials of Clinical Practice.

I'm a Consultant Geriatrician working at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, where I'm head of the Parkinson's service.

I sit on ASME's Educator Development Committee as Deputy Chair.

I’m an Honorary Associate Fellow in the Faculty of Medical Sciences Graduate School (available to supervise MD / PhDs)

I co-founded the Association for Elderly Medicine Education.

I'm a Level 1 qualified Football Association coach.

 

Qualifications

MBBS (Distinction), 缅北禁地. 2006.

MRCP, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. 2010.

Masters of Clinical Research, 缅北禁地. 2012. 

MD, 缅北禁地. 2014.

Masters of Clinical Education, 缅北禁地. 2020.

Senior Fellow Advance HE (SFHEA). 2022.

FRCP, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. 2024.

Fellow of the Academy of Medical Educators, 2026.

 

Awards

Winner of the Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Staff Award for Improving Patient Safety. 2025

Winner of the ASME Research Paper Award. 2025

Winner of the Bright Ideas in Health Awards (Demonstrating an Impact upon Patient Safety). 2024 

Winner of the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) Clinical Audit Hero Award for Patient Safety. 2024

Nominated for The Education Awards (TEAs), 缅北禁地. 2024.

ASME Institutional ‘Commitment to Scholarship’ Award. 2021 [led on application process]

Top Cited Article, The Clinical Teacher, “Medical education, simulation and uncertainty”. 2021

TEL Highly Commended Poster, ASME Annual Scientific Meeting, Gateshead. 2018.

Poster prize winner. 7th National Scottish Medical Education Conference. 2017.

Best poster. British Geriatrics Society Spring Scientific Meeting. 2017.

Special Commendation (in the John Munro Medal for Excellence in Teaching prize). Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. 2015.

Winner of the Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME) Educator Development Group 'Educator Innovator Award'. 2015.

1st place/ British Geriatrics Society Movement Disorders Section Poster Travel Bursary Competition. 2014.

Winner of the Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME) Teaching Innovation and Excellence (TIE) prize. 2013. 

Best poster. 缅北禁地 Medical School's Clinical Teaching Forum. 2013.

Shortlisted (final six) for the Public Lecture Prize: INSIGHTS Public Lecture Series. 缅北禁地 Faculty of Medical Sciences. 2013.

Best Poster Presentation. Association for Simulated Practice in Healthcare (ASPiH) Annual Conference. 2012.



Teaching

I’m Course Director for MBBS Years 1 and 2 - Early Transitions and Essentials of Clinical Practice.

I'm responsible for the following modules:

  • Early Clinical and Community Experience (Years 1 & 2)
  • Transition to Clinically Based Learning (Year 2)
  • Essentials of Clinical Practice (Year 3)

I supervise the team of clinical teaching fellows working at 缅北禁地 Medical School.

I contribute to teaching and assessment for medical students across all stages of the 缅北禁地 MBBS programme.

I contribute to admissions interviews for applicants to the 缅北禁地 MBBS programme.

I regularly deliver faculty development sessions and was previously staff development lead for Northumbria’s undergraduate education department.

I also teach resident doctors and allied health professionals working in our geriatric medicine department.

Research

My research interests include faculty development, early clinical experience, peer coaching, narrative medicine (and other strategies for teaching about underserved groups), as well as ageing and Parkinson's disease.

My MD thesis explored the use of body-worn sensors as an objective measurement tool in Parkinson's Disease (https://theses.ncl.ac.uk/jspui/handle/10443/2725).

I have reviewed articles for the following journals: Age and Ageing, BMC Medical Education, Clinical Teacher, Medical Teacher, Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, Telemedicine and e-Health., Delirium.

I am a member of the Editorial Advisory Group for The Clinical Teacher.

I am an associate editor for BMC Medical Education.


Grants

  • Catherine Cookson Foundation (2026) - awarded £3,282.40 for ‘Wey-Aye Care: Celebrating the diversity of dialect in the North-East and exploring its impact on healthcare interactions’
  • 缅北禁地 FMS Educational Research, Development & Practice Grant (2025) - awarded £650
  • Medical Research Council Gap Fund (2025) – awarded £189,553 for ‘Validation of the Specificity of the Bells Test for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy’.
  • 缅北禁地 FMS Educational Research, Development & Practice Grant (2024) - awarded £1,850
  • 缅北禁地 Education Enhancement Fund (2024) - awarded £6,619.30
  • 缅北禁地 Research Culture Fund (2024) - awarded £2,470 for the ‘Enhancing T&S Pedagogic Research Culture in the School of Medicine' project.
  • Parkinson's UK Excellence Network Small Project Grant (Dec 2022) - awarded £7,170 for the 'Redeveloping PDMedCalc' project


Publications

  • Articles

    • Hartley A, Fisher J. . The Clinical Teacher 2026, 23(1), e70297.
    • Fisher J, Scott C. . BMJ Open Quality 2026, 15, e003715.
    • Fisher J, Bennett J, Atkinson A, Errington L. . The Clinical Teacher 2025, 22(1), e13826.
    • Mackie E, Pass E, Graham S, Alberti H, Fisher J. . Education for Primary Care 2025, Epub ahead of print.
    • Robinson M, Corrigan KP, Fisher J. . The Clinical Teacher 2025, 22(3), e70084.
    • Fisher J, Foggin J, Davies P, Paes P. . The Clinical Teacher 2025, 22(3), 070090.
    • Fisher J, Ainsworth A, Thomson R, Matthan J, Nadarajah VDV, Steinert Y. . The Clinical Teacher 2025, 22(2), e70051.
    • Robinson L, Andrew I, Kenny L, Garrad S, Thomson R, Fisher J. . The Clinical Teacher 2024, 21(1), e13627.
    • Fisher J, Leahy D, Lim JJ, Astles E, Salvatore J, Thomson R. . BMC Medical Education 2024, 24, 569.
    • Fisher J, Foggin J, Paes P. . Education for Primary Care 2024, 35(6), 211-219.
    • Lee PHA, Fisher J, Vaideanu-Collins D. . BMJ 2024, 384, q682.
    • Stelling H, Ueda M, Tilby-Jones F, Brown M, Burford B, Fisher J, Vance G, Bain R. . The Clinical Teacher 2024, 21(6), e13804.
    • Fisher J, Mordi N, Thomson R. . The Clinical Teacher 2024, 21(4), e13761.
    • Perri G, French C, Agostinis-Sobrinho C, Anand A, Antarianto RD, Arai Y, Baur JA, Cauli O, Clivaz-Duc M, Colloca G, Demetriades C, de Lucia C, Di Gessa G, Diniz BS, Dotchin CL, Eaglestone G, Elliott BT, Espeland MA, Ferrucci L, Fisher J, Grammatopoulos DK, Hardiany NS, Hassan-Smith Z, Hastings WJ, Jain S, Joshi PK, Katsila T, Kemp GJ, Khaiyat OA, Lamming DW, Lara Gallegos J, Madeo F, Maier AB, Martin-Ruiz C, Martins IJ, Mathers JC, Mattin LR, Merchant RA, Moskalev A, Neytchev O, Ni Lochlainn M, Owen CM, Phillips SM, Pratt J, Prokopidis K, Rattray NJW, Rúa-Alonso M, Schomburg L, Scott D, Shyam S, Sillanpää E, Tan MMC, Teh R, Tobin SW, Vila-Chã CJ, Vorluni L, Weber D, Welch A, Wilson D, Wilson T, Zhao T, Philippou E, Korochuk VI, Shannon OM. . The Journals of Gerontology: Series A 2024, 80(5), glae297.
    • Fisher JM. . The Clinical Teacher 2023, 20(6), e13610.
    • Thomson R, Fisher J, Steinert Y. . Medical Teacher 2022, 44(5), 494-499.
    • Fisher J, Rothwell C. . Clinical Teacher 2022, 19(2), 92-99.
    • Osborne F, Harrison M, Fisher J, Bateman B. . BMC Medical Education 2021, 21, 15.
    • Sebastian R, Gray WK, Foley A, Trendall L, Oh D, Hand A, Dodds S, McClenaghan E, Santos VD, Oates LL, Fisher J, Walker RW. . Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology 2020, 33(2), 103-108.
    • Scott A, Sudlow M, Shaw E, Fisher J. Medical education, simulation and uncertainty. Clinical Teacher 2020, 17(5), 497-502.
    • Song YL, Fisher J, Wand APF, Milisen K, Detroyer E, Sockalingam S, Agar M, Hosie A, Teodorczuk A. . European Geriatric Medicine 2020, 11, 1-32.
    • Woodford H, Fisher J. New Horizons in deprescribing for older people. Age and Ageing 2019, 48(6), 768-775.
    • Brock P, Fisher JM, Hand A, Walker RW. . Age and Ageing 2019, 48(3), 323-326.
    • Pickard K, Fisher J. . Transfusion Medicine 2019, 29(4), 284-286.
    • Garside MJ, Fisher JM, Blundell AG, Gordon AL. . Gerontology & Geriatrics 2018, 39(2), 132-143.
    • Fisher JM, Tullo E, Stewart J. . Educational Gerontology 2018, 44(9), 551-561.
    • Copeland C, Fisher J, Teodorczuk A. . Age and Ageing 2018, 47(1), 131-137.
    • Fisher JM, Garside MJ, Brock P, Gibson V, Hunt K, Briggs S, Gordon AL. . Age and Ageing 2017, 46(4), 672-677.
    • Fisher JM, Tullo E, Chan K, Teodorczuk A. . Medical Teacher 2017, 39(5), 452-457.
    • Fisher JM, Bates C, Banerjee J. . Age and Ageing 2017, 46(5), 709-12.
    • Delgaty L, Fisher J, Thompson R. . MedEdPublish 2017, 6(2), 19.
    • Fisher J, Teodorczuk A. . The British Journal of Psychiatry 2017, 210(2), 91-93.
    • Brock P, Gibson V, Garside M, Hunt K, Fisher J. . Clinical Teacher 2017, 14(4), 289-91.
    • Fisher JM, Masud T, Holm EA, Roller-Wirnsberger RE, Stuck AE, Gordon A, Blain H, Knight P, Frühwald T, Petermans J, Nuotio MS, Ihle-Hansen HB, Blundell A, Bakó G, Burns E, Davidovic MM, Jónsdóttir AB, Kolk H, Krulder JWM, Lambert M, Maggi S, Martinez-Velilla N, Pinter GF, Singler K, Thompson S, Van Den Noortgate NJ, Vassallo MA, Veninšek G. . European Geriatric Medicine 2017, 8(5-6), 467-473.
    • Smith S, Fisher J, Goff I. . Clinical Teacher 2017, 14(4), 273-278.
    • Fisher JM, Hand A, Jamieson D, Wood B, Walker RW. . Future Hospital Journal 2017, 4(1), 27-29.
    • Fisher J, Garside M, Brock P, Gibson V, Hunt K, Wyrko Z, Gordon AL. . Journal of the Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh 2017, 47(1), 70-75.
    • Fisher J, Brock P, Saxton N, Garside M. . MedEdPublish 2017, 6(3), 29.
    • Fisher JM, Hammerla NY, Ploetz T, Andras P, Rochester L, Walker RW. . Parkinsonism and Related Disorders 2016, 33, 44-50.
    • Fisher JM, Rudd MP, Walker RW, Stewart J. . The Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) 2016, 64(1), 168-173.
    • Richardson SJ, Fisher JM, Teodorczuk A. . Future Hospital Journal 2016, 3(3), 178-181.
    • Fisher J, George J. . Future Hospital Journal 2016, 3(2), 103-105.
    • Fisher JM. . Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2016, 64(10), 2160-2160.
    • Fisher J, Smith S. . Clinical Teacher 2016, 13(2), 147-149.
    • Fisher JM, Hammerla NY, Rochester L, Andras P, Walker RW. . Telemedicine and e-Health 2016, 22(1), 63-69.
    • Fisher J. . Clinical Teacher 2015, 12(3), 210-211.
    • Fisher JM, Harrison JK. . Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh 2015, 45(2), 154-5.
    • Fisher J, Norris L, Keddie S, Thomson R, Grogan E. . Clinical Teacher 2015, 12(2), 103-8.
    • Fisher JM. . Age and Ageing 2015, 45(1), 11-13.
    • Mohamed-Ahmed R, Daniels A, Goodall J, O'Kelly E, Fisher J. . Clinical Teacher 2015, 13(1), 18-22.
    • Fisher J, Gordon A, MacLullich A, Tullo E, Davis D, Blundell A, Field R, Teodorczuk A. . Age and Ageing 2014.
    • Fisher J, Martin R, Tate D. . Clinical Teacher 2014, 11(6), 425-428.
    • Fisher JM, Hunt K, Garside MJ. . Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh 2014, 44(2), 106-110.
    • Fisher JM, Garside M, Hunt K, Lo N. . Clinical Medicine 2014, 14(2), 102-106.
    • Fisher JM, Walker RW. . Age and Ageing 2014, 43(3), 424-428.
    • Muniraju TM, Lillicrap MH, Horrocks JL, Fisher JM, Clark RMW, Kanagasundaram NS. . Clinical Medicine 2012, 12(3), 216-221.

  • Book Chapter

    • George J, Woodford H, Fisher JM. Improving Quality of Care for Older People in England. In: Howard M. Fillit, Kenneth Rockwood, John B Young, ed. Brocklehurst's Textbook of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology. 2016.

  • Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

    • Mahwood J, Mackie E, Merritt K, Donkin J, Fisher J. . In: Association for the Study of Medical Education Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM2024). 2024, Warwick, UK: Association for the Study of Medical Education.
    • Scholes A, Chaka A, Spowart E, Oliphant T, Meggitt S, Chawla H, Fisher J. . In: Association for the Study of Medical Education Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM2024). 2024, Warwick, UK: Association for the Study of Medical Education.
    • Pass E, Mackie E, Graham S, Tan D, Alberti H, Fisher J. . In: Association for the Study of Medical Education Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM2024). 2024, Warwick, UK: Association for the Study of Medical Education.
    • Fisher JM, Leahy D. . In: Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME) Annual Scientific Meeting. 2023, Birmingham, UK: Association for the Study of Medical Education.
    • Fisher JM, Mordi N, Thomson R. . In: Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME) Annual Scientific Meeting. 2023, Birmingham, UK: Association for the Study of Medical Education.
    • Fisher J, Tullo E, Stewart J. It’s only words…? Exploring the terms used by Tomorrow’s Doctors in relation to Older People. In: Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME), Annual Scientific Meeting, 2018, Gateshead. UK. 2018.
    • Lillicrap M, Fisher J, Thomson R. Grow your own faculty – supporting trainees to facilitate undergraduate education. In: Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME), Annual Scientific Meeting, 2018, Gateshead. UK. 2018.
    • Munjal I, Thomson R, Goff I, Fisher J, Stewart J. . In: Diversity in Medical Education: about people, for people, by people. 2017, Exeter University, UK: Association for the Study of Medical Education.
    • Fisher J, Brock P, Gibson V. Beyond Core Curriculum: Tales from Trainees from across the pond. In: Canadian Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting, 2016, Vancouver, Canada. 2016.
    • Hammerla N, Fisher J, Andras P, Rochester L, Walker R, Ploetz T. . In: Twenty-ninth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-2015). 2015, Austin, Texas: Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence.
    • Fisher JM, Gordon AL, Pattinson J, Brock P. . In: 11th International Congress of the European Union Geriatric Medicine Society. 2015, Oslo, Norway: Elsevier.
    • Fisher JM, Rudd MP, Walker RW, Stewart J. . In: ASME's Annual Scientific Meeting. 2015, Edinburgh: Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME).
    • Fisher J, Copeland C. Developing a consensus statement on undergraduate medical curricula. In: European Delirium Association Annual Meeting, 2015, London. UK. 2015.
    • Davison J, Dodds S, Hetherington V, Fisher J, Walker R. Maximising recruitment to pharmaceutical studies in Parkinson’s disease: Recent Northumbria experience. In: 16th International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders, 2012, Dublin. Ireland. 2012.

  • Online Publication

    • Thomson R, Loveland A, Stewart J, Fisher J. . BMJ Group, 2016. Available at: .

  • Reviews

    • Teodorczuk A, Abdool PS, Yap CX, Fisher JM. . Age and Ageing 2024, 53(5), afae050.
    • McDonald C, Gordon G, Hand A, Walker RW, Fisher JM. . Age and Ageing 2018, 47(2), 209-214.