This is a recurring event: View all events in the series “Primary Care Seminar Series”
For this seminar, we will be joined by Dr Margaret McCartney as she discusses media misinformation and misrepresentation of information in healthcare, and the importance of evidence-based medicine.
Dr Margaret McCartney is a GP partner in addition to her academic role at the University of St Andrews, where she is Director of the Centre for Evidence and Values in healthcare. She is particularly interested in evidence-based medicine, conflicts of interest, screening, risk, bias, and public communication about healthcare.
She is also an award-winning writer and broadcaster, has written three books about evidence in healthcare for the lay public and has been a columnist for the FT and the BMJ.
She was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2023 and completed her PhD in 2024. She is also a Director of Beira's Place, Edinburgh. Her declarations of interest are at whopaysthisdoctor.org.
About the Primary Care Seminar Series: The Future of Primary Care
We are pleased to welcome back this year's Primary Care Seminar Series offering an innovative online educational experience for medical students and other clinical learners who are interested in issues affecting primary care. The seminars are open to all students and faculty at City St George’s as well as those from other national and international schools.
The seminar series will run every month aiming to cover hot topics driving the future of primary care, whilst inspiring interest and shedding light on diverse career paths, with a specific focus on academic opportunities in primary care.
Attendance at City St George's events is subject to our terms and conditions.