Dr Marc A. Crutchley BSc MSc MBChB

I am currently working as a doctor in the West Midlands deanery

Education:

2010 - MSc in Sports Medicine at Nottingham University

2006 - MBChB in Medicine from the University of Sheffield

2001 - BSc 1st class with honours in Astrophysics from the University of Birmingham

 I have always been very interested in teaching. In my spare time whilst studying Astrophysics I taught science at a local high school and I taught future physicists during the University's summer school. I carried this interest over when I began studying Medicine but soon got disheartened when faced with the extensive amounts of information us medics need to assimilate. At the start of every exam revision period I would head off to the local book store to buy anything I could get my hands on. I realised one night whilst ploughing through the mountain of books around me that I had only highlighted about one fact per page. It was then that I had the idea to focus my teaching on only the essential facts and cut out anything that was not required.

Since graduating as a doctor I have become very involved in teaching others the skills and knowledge I learnt as a student. I really enjoy finding ways to make teaching more fun, more efficient, and more effective. I have done research into what students want from teaching sessions and read many books around the subject. I believe my approach to be a mixture of modern teaching techniques and my own unique style.

Because I recently went through what you are experiencing now, I believe I have a unique view on what students want, what they need, and more importantly what they do not need to pass medical examinations. I put this insight to work last year and began running my own lecture course at Hope Hospital, Manchester. For the first few lectures about ten students turned up, which I thought was great. I was really enjoying the sessions and the small amount of students seemed to be interested in what I had to say. Over the next few weeks the amount of students attending the lectures soared, so much so that we had to move to a bigger lecture theatre. The feedback I received was amazing, students really seem to like my approach, i.e. cut out all the waffle and focus only on what is needed.

Many of the students I taught via lecture or small group enquired if they could get copies of my work. I decided to go one step further and converted them into a book and set up this website.

Co-Authors

For the second edition of 'Medicine for Medical Students' I decided to do something new, different, and exciting, something that would result in a much more comprehensive educational textbook for the reader. I had the idea to ask my friends and colleagues to co-author those chapters in areas within which they specialise, making this book an amalgamation of knowledge and experience. I would like to take this opportunity to thank them all for their help in creating such a unique book.

Miss Aimee Dempsey (Nursing) Aimee is a nurse currently working at New Cross Hospital's prestigious Heart & Lung centre. She has been in nursing for almost 10 years and has worked mainly in the field of acute medicine and A&E. She is dedicated, intelligent, and keen on passing on her knowledge to nursing and medical students. For these reasons her contributions to this book have been invaluable.
Reed Gudgin (Social care) Working within the social sector Reed dedicates his life to insuring both children and adults with learning difficulties receive the best medical and social care available within the primary sector. I'd like to thank him for his invaluable input to this book within the aforementioned areas.