Tutor profiles

Ben Turney

Course Director

MA (Cantab), MB BChir (Cantab), MSc (Oxon), DPhil (Oxon), FRCS (Urol), PGDipLATHE

I am a Senior Clinical Researcher at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford. Since 2007, I have led the Oxford Stone Group which has examined many aspects of stone disease and its management. I have lead collaborations with multiple departments in Oxford University.

I have a clinical interest in endourology: particularly the treatment and prevention of kidney stones and benign prostate enlargement (BPE). I am an elected member of the British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS) Section of Endourology Committee. I am managing partner of Oxford Urology Associates.

Current interests include:

  • Design and evaluation of new endourological surgical technology.
  • Evaluation of shock wave lithotripsy outcomes and patient experiences.
  • Metabolic profiling of patients with kidney stones.
  • Epidemiology and genetics of kidney stone disease

 

Tom Revington

Module lead: Quality Improvement Science and Systems Analysis

Mr Tom Revington read Biochemistry at Oxford University and carried out research into the T cell response to Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) at Oxford's Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine.

An interest in travel and international affairs led him to enter the diplomatic service of the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office for a role encompassing policy development, conflict resolution and inter-governmental negotiations.  After an overseas posting as deputy head of political office in Istanbul he returned to London to lead a team producing financial, economic and political analysis of EU countries responding to needs of senior officials and ministers at the UK Treasury, Bank of England, Financial Services Authority and the Prime Minister’s Office.  He was responsible for the Prime Minister’s briefing service at quarterly European Council meetings of EU leaders and the Chancellor’s briefing service at monthly meetings of European Finance ministers.  During this time he studied for a Postgraduate Certificate in Economics at Birkbeck College, University of London.

Between 2004-2012 he worked at McKinsey & Company, mainly on improvement programmes at healthcare providers.  His focus was increasingly on developing the leadership and improvement capabilities of those organisations.  After returning to the classroom 2012-2014 to obtain an MSc in psychology, Tom set up an educational consultancy to design and run programmes building the leadership and improvement capabilities of clients.  In 2016 he began teaching on the Surgical Science and Practice courses at Oxford University.  He is now the Course Director for the MSc in Surgical Science and Practice and the PGCert in Patient Safety and Quality Improvement, as well as the Module Lead for the Quality Improvement Science and Systems Analysis module.

Matt Gardiner

Module lead: Healthcare Innovation and Technology

Matt Gardiner is an academic plastic and hand surgeon. His research interests include wearable sensors and device innovation for the treatment of common hand conditions. He co-founded the Reconstructive Surgery Trials Network and is the RCS Surgical Specialty Lead for Plastic and Hand Surgery trials. He sits on the steering committee for The COHESIVE study: Core Outcomes for early pHasE Surgical Innovation and deVicEs.

Jeremy Noble

Module lead: Becoming a Clinical Educator 

Jeremy Noble is a Consultant Urological Surgeon to Oxford University Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust, an Honorary Clinical Lecturer to the University of Oxford and Associate Dean.  He trained in urology in London and Reading and now forms part of a consultant team sub-specialising in lower urinary tract dysfunction, reconstructive and female urology and stone disease.

His research interests include the overactive bladder and benign prostate disease and he has a particular interest in the medical management of bladder dysfunction and benign prostatic hyperplasia.

He is heavily involved in medical training.  He has been Head of the Oxford School of Surgery and regional training programme director for core surgery and urology for HEE Thames Valley.  He has been a member of the SAC in Urology, a member of the Core Surgery Training Forum at The Royal College of Surgeons, intercollegiate examiner for the FRCS Urol examination and latterly a panel assessor for the Intercollegiate Examination Board.  Jeremy is currently Associate Dean for HEE TV with an interest in workforce planning and transformation.

Helen Higham

Module Lead: Human Factors, Teamwork and Communication

Dr Helen Higham is a Consultant Anaesthetist at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.  She is an Associate Professor in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences and Director of the Oxford Simulation, Teaching and Research Centre (OxSTaR) which opened in 2008She is a founding member and past president of the Association for Simulated Practice in Healthcare, a UK organisation promoting simulation for use in training and healthcare systems analysis

She has always had a keen interest in medical education and has been the Director of Undergraduate Teaching in the Nuffield Division of Anaesthetics since she took up her post in 2001. In 2015 she co-founded the Patient Safety Academy (with Professor Peter McCulloch) with the primary aim of providing courses on human factors and quality improvement for healthcare professionals across Thames Valley and beyond.

Helen is also active as a researcher and in 2018 completed her DPhil investigating the significance and impact of situation awareness in medical practice. She heads an active research group including four DPhil students, two post-doctoral researchers and four simulation fellows, with specific interests in patient safety, clinical education and teamwork in healthcare.