Dr John AG Buchanan
Background
Hons BSc MSc (Med Ed) FDS (OM) RCPS Glasg FDS RCS Eng FRCP Lond John is a dentally and medically qualified Reader in Oral Medicine and Clinical Education / Honorary Consultant Oral Physician. He is employed as a clinical academic by Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) / Barts Health NHS Trust in the vibrant and culturally diverse East End of London. He was born in Ipoh, Malaysia and undertook early schooling in the Carribean and the UK. Following completion of undergraduate dental and medical studies at UMDS and preregistration house officer posts, he undertook general and specialty medicine hospital posts in a number of London teaching hospitals. He achieved MRCP before commencing Oral Medicine training at the Eastman Dental Hospital (UCLH) with additional dermatology experience in London and Oxford. His clinical interests include mucocutaneous and immunobullous conditions and nonodontogenic orofacial pain. He undertook an MSc in Medical Education with the Royal College of Physicians/UCL. He is a passionate clinical teacher. He has undertaken a number of senior academic roles and recently completed a term as Director of Taught Programmes in the Institute of Dentistry, QMUL. Prior to this, he was Lead for Quality Assurance (QA) and worked in various senior QA roles for the Royal College of Surgeons of England. His educational interests encompass both dentistry and medicine and include peer observation of teaching, curriculum design, assessment, clinical academic and specialty training, and fitness to practice/remediation. He is currently undertaking educational research exploring attainment gaps, differential attainment and relational aspects of learning in undergraduate clinical learning.
Research Interests
His clinical research interests include the aetiology, epidemiology and management of immune-mediated mucocutaneous diseases and burning mouth syndrome. With regards to teaching, learning and assessment in medical and dental education, he is actively involved in research projects relating to peer observation of teaching, strategies for developing the teaching skills of part-time clinical educators, clinical curriculum development and delivery and diversification, quality assurance of high stakes clinical examinations, gender inequalities in clinical academic careers, barriers to career progression for clinical academics in medicine and dentistry and fitness to practice.