Dr Sarah L Fawcett

Degrees, Awards and Prizes

BA, BM, BCh (Oxford), MRCS, PhD, PGCert (HE)

Research Themes

I completed my PhD in molecular imaging in 2013. The focus was developing methods to predict the success of chemotherapy for cancer after a single dose. My current research interests include ultrasound and imaging in medical education and anatomy. We are currently developing a spiral ultrasound curriculum that starts in the first year of the medical course at Cambridge.

Responsibilities

As the Cambridge University Clinical Anatomist, I am responsible for the anatomy education of all Cambridge medical students with prime responsibility for the first year pre-clinical course (body anatomy) and the clinical years (4-6). I am especially interested in multi-modal learning, clinical integration and a spiral curriculum. I also have particular interests in EDI and Specific Learning Difficulties.

Other

I did my six years of medical training in Oxford. After my (as they were know then) house jobs, I arrived in Cambridge and haven’t left. I did my surgical training here before commencing specialist training in Radiology. In 2008, I was awarded a BRC Clinical Training Fellowship to undertake my PhD in molecular imaging. I later completed a PGCert (teaching and learning in higher education). I took up my current position as the Cambridge University Clinical Anatomist in 2022. It is a job that brings my background in surgery, radiology, research and education into one space.

I have been involved with Girton College since my arrival in Cambridge in 2000 when I first started supervising undergraduate medics. I became a (mature) student at Girton when I had to formally select a college to undertake my PhD. Girton was the obvious choice as I already felt comfortably at home!