Clinical Director, Clinical Improvement, BMJ; England

Dr Kieran Walsh is Clinical Director of Clinical Improvement at BMJ. He is the editorial lead of the medical education, quality improvement and evidence-based medicine products at BMJ. He has a vast amount of experience in online medical education, face to face delivery of medical education, and both summative and formative assessment. He has published over 100 papers in the biomedical literature and has published three books: the first and only book on cost effectiveness in medical education; a dictionary of quotations in medical education; and the Oxford Textbook of Medical Education. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland and a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Educators. In the past, he has worked as a hospital doctor specialising in General Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine.