Shirley Cupit

Biographical Details:
Shirley Cupit is Senior Co-ordinator: Community Orientated Medical Education. She has worked in the department since 1996, and has a lead role in the development and delivery of community orientated teaching in the medical undergraduate programme. Prior to this she worked for many years in the delivery of health and social care. Initially this was in the NHS as a hospital based State Registered Nurse and from the mid 1980's in Voluntary Sector homelessness and HIV/AIDS community services. Since 1985 she has also worked in a freelance capacity as a trainer/consultant with Voluntary Sector agencies, delivering training on a range of health and social care issues. In 1994 she obtained an Applied Social Sciences (Policy Studies) degree at the University of North London. She is currently studying an MA in Adult Learning and Professional Development at UCL.

Teaching in the MBBS
She is Chair of the Community Orientated Medicine component of the Professional Development Spine. This involves the organisation and support of community placements and community visitor sessions throughout Phase 1. She is also a first year Professional Development Spine Tutor. In addition she delivers community based Student Selected Modules (SSM) in the second and final years on the topics of Homelessness and Health, Alcohol and Drugs Misuse, Working with Vulnerable Individuals and Living with Long Term Conditions.

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