Cambridge University Medical Education Group

Year Group Lead

Cambridge University Medical Education Group

Show Notes

CUMEG welcomes a discussion with Dr Nicola Jones, Consultant in Cardiothoracic Intensive Care & Clinical Lead for Intensive Care at the Royal Papworth Hospital which is a specialist Heart and lung hospital located on the Biomedical Campus in Cambridge. Nicola chats to CUMEG about her roles with the Clinical School in particular the Clinical Teaching …

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