Episode 2 - Standing Up, Guidelines for Guidelines and Loving Medicine; Professor Dame Jane Dacre
Today's guest is one of the most influential doctors in British healthcare. She’s the ex-director of UCL Medical school, co-authored the GALS Screen, conducted a plethora of work into the effects of gender and ethnicity on careers and is the ex-director of UCL Medical School. You probably know her best though, as recently having finished her term as the President of the Royal College of Physicians - only the 3rd female president in its 500 year history. This is all on top of continuing to practice and teach Rheumatology at the Whittington Hospital - I’ve actually been taught by her myself. This episode was recorded in May 2018, toward the end of her term. She kindly invited us to her beautiful office at the RCP for this interview. We discuss standing up to seniors, the overuse of guidelines, a time when she considered leaving medicine altogether, and much much more. I think you’ll enjoy it.