Saira Ghafur graduated from the University of Dundee Medical School. She has a dual CCT in respiratory and general internal medicine and has a particular interest in community respiratory medicine. She is currently a post-CCT Harkness Fellow in Health Care and Policy at the Commonwealth Fund in New York City, New York.
Parminder K Judge graduated from the University of Birmingham Medical School. She is a nephrology registrar on the Oxford rotation. She recently took time out of clinical training to undertake research in clinical trials and epidemiology at the University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Richard Kitchen graduated from the University of Leicester Medical School. He has a CCT in palliative medicine (obtained on the West Midlands rotation) and has a particular interest in medical education, having completed a master’ s degree in this area. He has recently been appointed as a consultant in palliative medicine at Ardgowan Hospice and Inverclyde Royal Hospital, Greenock, United Kingdom.
Samuel Blows graduated from the University of Leicester Medical School. He trained in geriatrics and general internal medicine in London with a sabbatical at Bankstown Hospital, Sydney, Australia. He has an interest in medical education and has recently been appointed as a consultant in complex care/interface geriatrics at Ipswich Hospital, Ipswich, United Kingdom.
The authors all worked together at the University Hospitals of Leicester as junior doctors, during which time they all passed the PACES examination and developed their interest in medical education and evidenced-based medicine.