Andrew Papanikitas Author & Editor

Andrew Papanikitas

Dr Andrew Papanikitas qualified as a general practitioner in 2008. His PhD in medical education was awarded in June 2014 and is entitled, "From the classroom to the clinic: ethics education and general practice." Dr Papanikitas is part of an informal network of academics, educators, and clinicians with an interest in the study of ethics in, of, and for primary healthcare. He welcomes conversations on this topic, especially via the 'Primary Care Ethics' LinkedIn Group which is has an international and influential membership.

Dr Papanikitas is also Director of the Society of Apothercaries Course in Ethics and Philosophy of Healthcare. He has taught medical ethics and law as well as inter-professional and clinical communication skills at King's College London (KCL). He has co-led a postgraduate medical ethics course at KCL and an online Bioethics course at the University of Oxford. Dr Papanikitas holds degrees the History of Medicine, and Medical Law & Ethics, as well as postgraduate diplomas in history, philosophy and child health. Most recently he was awarded a diploma in teaching and learning in higher education by the University of Oxford, and has become a Senior fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

He is one of the founding members of the Royal Society of Medicine Student Members' Group and has served on the Trainees Section and is currently also on the council the GP and Primary Healthcare Section. He was President of the RSM Open Section from 2012-15.

John Spicer

Dr Spicer is Head of Primary Care Education and Development at Health Education England - South London, and a GP in Croydon, South London. In 2017 he marked 40 years of clinical practice in the UK National Health Service and overseas.

Having previously been a Senior Lecturer at St George's University of London for 10 years, he now has particular interests in the medical humanities and the nature of personal responsibility in health.

Over the last 15 years he has written widely on primary care, clinical ethics and associated educational issues. He is an editor for the London Journal of Primary Care and a Board member of the London Arts in Health Forum.