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Dr Rebecca Winter

Dr Rebecca Winter (MBBS, MRCP, MD, PGCME)

Associate Professor in Medical Education and Geriatric Medicine
E: r.winter2@bsms.ac.uk
Location: Southpoint (Royal Sussex County Hospital), 7 Paston Place, Kemptown, Brighton, BN2 1HA

Areas of expertise: Curriculum development and design, Embedding frailty in Medical Education.

Research areas: Frailty in Medical Education, Creative Research Methods, Qualitative Research.

Other relevant positions: Phase 2 Deputy Lead (years 3 and 4), Lead for Year 5 Elderly Medicine, Course co-lead for Masters in Health Professions Education.

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Biography

Rebecca shares her time between teaching and research for BSMS across undergraduate and postgraduate education, and the Royal Sussex County Hospital where she is an Honorary Consultant Geriatrician, working in Medicine for Older People.

Rebecca gained her medical degree from Newcastle University and completed postgraduate training across Sussex. She undertook her MD at BSMS where she explored what is frailty in medical education and curriculum design, utilising collage and poetry.

Rebecca holds positions at the Royal College of Physicians Geriatric Medicine Exam Board and British Geriatrics Society Education and Training committees as the undergraduate representative. She co-authored the update of the British Geriatrics Society’s recommended undergraduate curriculum. As the national trainee representative, she led on the UK postgraduate Geriatric Medicine curriculum for Higher Speciality Trainees, working closely with the JRCPTB in the design and educational support during the transition period.

Rebecca set up the UK Geriatric Medicine Educators Collaborative (GMEC) which holds conference streams and regular seminar programmes to bring together healthcare professionals with an interest in Geriatric Medicine education and research.

Rebecca won an award for the prestigious opportunity to be the UK representative to attend European Academy for Medicine for the Ageing (EAMA), a two-year course for geriatricians on a path to leadership to learn with international peers across Europe.

Research

Rebecca is a qualitative methodologist. Rebecca’s research interests focus on frailty, in particular frailty within undergraduate and postgraduate education. Rebecca is currently working on a series of projects looking at awarding gaps within Medical Education, specifically looking at the impact of disability on progression through the undergraduate medical programme and Learning Support Plans.

Rebecca currently supervises undergraduate student research projects, masters students and healthcare professionals who wish to undertake research projects.

Rebecca has set up and chairs the Medical Education Research Uncovered (MERU) group –of which aims to improve the quality of Medical Education research produced locally, and to provide opportunities to share best practice in teaching and learning. She runs informal postgraduate action learning set groups to support those completing their thesis in clinical education.

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Teaching

Rebecca is a Phase 2 Deputy for BSMS, responsible for the design and delivery of years 3 and 4 of the undergraduate medicine curriculum. She is the lead for Geriatric Medicine in year 5. Rebecca is co-lead for Masters in Health Professions Education. She teaches across undergraduate and postgraduate students on clinical and education topics.

Selected publications

Watson, A., Pearson, G.M.E., Winter, R., Blundell, A., Masud, T., Gordon, A.L. and Henderson, E.J., 2025. What are we teaching UK medical students about ageing and geriatric medicine? Results of the third British Geriatrics Society national curriculum and teaching survey. Age and Ageing, 54(8), p.afaf216.

Walker, E., Winter, R. and Hodgson, L.E., 2025. Frailty in older adults admitted to hospital: a six-year dual-centre retrospective study of over 53 000 clinical frailty scale assessments. Age and Ageing, 54(6), p.afaf137.

Densham, E., Youssef, E., Ferguson, O. and Winter, R., 2024. The effect of statins on falls and physical activity in people aged 65 and older: A systematic review. European journal of clinical pharmacology, 80(5), pp.657-668.

Winter, R., Pearson, G.M.E. Exploring the Challenges of Frailty in Medical Education. J Frailty Aging 12, 134–138 (2023). https://doi.org/10.14283/jfa.2023.12

PearsonG, Winter R, Henderson EJ. How can medical schools help in this crisis of care? The BMJ. 2023 Feb 16;380:p318. 380. doi: 10.1136/bmj.p318

Pearson G, Winter R, Blundell A, Masud T, Gough J, Gordon A, et al. Updating the British Geriatrics Society Recommended Undergraduate Curriculum in Geriatric Medicine: A curriculum mapping and nominal group technique study [In Press]. Age Ageing. 2022

Winter R, Al-Jawad M, Wright J, Shrewsbury D, Van Marwijk H, Johnson H, Levett T. What is meant by “frailty” in undergraduate medical education? A national survey of UK medical schools. European Geriatric Medicine. 2021 Mar 2:1-8.

McCarthy F, Winter R, Levett T. An exploration of medical student attitudes towards older persons and frailty during undergraduate training. European Geriatric Medicine. 2020 Nov 27:1-7.

Winter R, Al-Jawad M, Harris R, Wright J. Learning to communicate with people with dementia: Exploring the impact of a simulation session for medical students (Innovative practice). Dementia. 2020 Nov;19(8):2919-27.

Wells G, Youssef E, Winter R, Wright J, Llewellyn C. Medical student confidence in care of the dying and their family: a systematic review. BMJ supportive & palliative care. 2020 Jan 9.

Al-Jawad M, Winter R, Jones E. Communicating with Relatives. British Medical Journal, 2017: 359:j4527