Dr Peter Cartledge

About

Peter is a Community Paediatrician and the Clinician Lead for Clinical and Professional Skills vertical theme at KMMS. He provides clinical leadership in the development and implementation of the campus-based Skills for Clinical Practice Modules in years 1 and 2 and the further acquisition and consolidation of clinical skills throughout years 3 to 5.

Research interests

Peter has undertaken and supervised a range of research work in medical education in both the UK and Rwandan employing both quantitative and qualitative methods.

Teaching

Peter is originally from Yorkshire, having completed his medical training at the University of Leeds in 2004 and then paediatric specialist training at the Yorkshire School of Paediatrics in 2013. He has worked as both an acute general paediatrician and community paediatrician. In 2016 he moved, with his family, to Rwanda to work with the Human Resources for Health programme until 2019, training Rwanda paediatric residents.

Professional

1. Peer-teaching at the University of Rwanda. A qualitative study based on Self-Determination Theory. BMC medical Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-020-02142-0

2. Measuring change in knowledge acquisition of Rwandan residents: Using the American Board of Pediatrics International In-Training Examination (I-ITE) as an independent tool to monitor individual and departmental improvements during the Human Resources for Health program: an observational study. BMC Medical Education. 19 (217) https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-019-1617-8 3.

3. The use of social-networking sites in medical education: a systematic review. Medical teacher. 35 (10). https://doi.org/10.3109/0142159X.2013.804909