Rate My Professor Hugh Alberti

Professor Hugh Alberti serves as Professor of general practice education and Head of primary care teaching in the School of Medicine at Newcastle University, within the Medicine faculty. He leads the team of GP lecturers across the regional medical school, responsible for recruiting, training, and supporting general practitioners in teaching medical students in primary care settings. Alberti also oversees a team of academic GP trainees and supervises masters and doctoral students focusing on primary care education and influences on career choices in general practice. As a practicing general practitioner at Linthorpe Surgery in Middlesbrough, he provides clinical teaching opportunities for medical students from stage one through to stage five. His academic background includes a Bachelor of Medicine from Southampton University in 1991, Diploma in Child Health from London in 1994, Diploma of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in 1996, Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners with distinction in 1996, Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene with distinction in 1997, MD with commendation from Newcastle University in 2007, Masters in Clinical Education with merit from Newcastle University in 2013, Fellowship of the Royal College of General Practitioners in 2014, and Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Educators in 2018. Previously, he served as Sub Dean for Primary and Community Care in the School of Medical Education.

Alberti's research specializations encompass undergraduate teaching in general practice and the factors shaping medical students' decisions to pursue careers in general practice. He supervises doctoral candidates on topics including primary care teaching efficacy and barriers to GP career entry. His scholarly output includes over 80 research works, with more than 837 citations noted on ResearchGate. Key publications feature 'Exposure of undergraduates to authentic GP teaching and subsequent entry to GP training: a quantitative study of UK medical schools' (2017, 135 citations), 'Just a GP: a mixed method study of undermining of general practice as a career choice in the UK' (2017, 81 citations), 'Twelve tips for positive role modelling in medical education' (2024), 'Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships, empathy and patient centredness: a prospective cohort study' (2024), and earlier contributions to primary care diabetes management such as 'The metabolic syndrome in an Arab population: a first look at the new International Diabetes Federation criteria' (2006, 155 citations) and 'The global diabetes pandemic: the Tunisian experience' (2007, 152 citations). These works have influenced medical education practices, particularly in enhancing GP recruitment and role modeling within the field.