Charlotte O’Callaghan
Senior Lecturer in Medical Education
Medical School
Profile
Biography
Dr Charlotte O’Callaghan is a Senior Lecturer in Medical Education at Edge Hill University. She has an interest in supporting students to develop independent learning and clinical reasoning skills. Charlotte completed her undergraduate medical training in Liverpool before undertaking specialty training in Psychiatry in the Mersey Region. She has been on the Specialist Register for Old Age Psychiatry since 2009 and has worked as an NHS consultant leading liaison, community and inpatient services for older adults with mental illness. She is currently a Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry, leading the Liverpool Young Onset Dementia Service.
Teaching
Charlotte is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Educators. She leads on three aspects of the MBChB programme: Case- and Team-Based Learning, Clinical Reasoning and the Sociology Theme. She provides teaching on a broad range of clinical, ethical and legal topics, and is an OSCE examiner for the MBChB and Physician Associate Programmes. She has previously led on the Public Health theme for the Foundation Year for Medicine Programme at Edge Hill University. Charlotte has previously been an honorary lecturer on the University of Liverpool MBChB programme. She has extensive experience of organising and providing post-graduate healthcare teaching to medical and non-medical clinicians in both university and clinical environments.
University Responsibilities
Charlotte has chaired the admissions and assessments data sub-group of Edge Hill University Undergraduate Medical School Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Working Group, of which she was also a member.
External Engagement
Charlotte has worked as an examiner for the Royal College of Psychiatrists CASC examinations. She is also a member of the BeSST (Behavioural and Social Sciences Teaching in Medicine) network.
Research Interests
Charlotte’s PhD utilised social network analysis and social capital theory to develop a new means of assessing the value of educational interventions for healthcare professions educators. She is a former member of the Medical School Research Advisory Group.