Rate My Professor Lucy Ambrose

Professor Lucy Ambrose is Associate Dean for Education in the Medicine faculty at the University of York through her role at Hull York Medical School, a partnership between the Universities of Hull and York. She oversees the MB BS programme, managing curriculum design, delivery, assessment, and quality assurance as part of the school leadership team. Her clinical background is in General Practice, where she maintains one day of clinical practice per week. Ambrose joined Hull York Medical School in 2021. Previously, she served as Director of the Clinical Medicine Course and Associate Professor at the University of Nottingham from October 2016, leading a clinical course curriculum review and co-chairing the curriculum committee. From 2009 to 2014, she was Director of Clinical Skills and Senior Lecturer in Medical Education at Keele University School of Medicine. Earlier roles include Clinical Lecturer in the Clinical Skills Centre at the University of Dundee from 2003 to 2008 and Assistant Professor in Patient Safety and Clinical Systems Improvement at Warwick Medical School in 2009. She holds an MD in Medical Education from the University of Dundee awarded in 2011.

Ambrose's main academic specialty is medical education, with research interests focused on patient safety, quality improvement, human factors, clinical skills, non-technical skills, and the role of reflection in patient safety learning. Her contributions include exploring self-assessment via video for procedural skills and real-time situation awareness in critical illness management. Key publications encompass 'Remote consulting: recognising the cognitive load' in the British Journal of General Practice (2020); the book chapter 'Responding to Medical Error Complaints' in Clinical Communication in Medicine edited by Jo Brown et al. (Wiley Blackwell, 2016); 'Levels of reflective thinking and patient safety: an investigation of the mechanisms that impact on student learning in a single cohort over a 5 year curriculum' in Advances in Health Sciences Education (2013); 'Real-time situation awareness assessment in critical illness management: adapting the situation present assessment method to clinical simulation' in BMJ Quality & Safety (2012); and 'Patient Safety' in InnovAiT (2011). She contributes to committees including the University of York Education Committee, Hull York Medical School Joint Senate Committee, and Health Professions Education Unit.