Professor Peter McCrorie
Peter McCrorie is by profession a biochemist whose (academic) life began at 40 when he became interested in medical education. He co-ordinated the planning of the new curriculum at St Bartholomew's and The Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry from 1988 until he became Director of Medical and Dental Education in 1997. In 1999 he was appointed Director of the new 4-year MBBS Graduate Entry Programme at St George's Hospital Medical School and has from that time been involved in its design, organisation and implementation. He is now Head of the Centre for Medical and Healthcare Education.
He has published in the fields of curriculum development, student selection, graduate entry to medicine, community-oriented medical education and interprofessional education. Since 1997, he has been involved in the training of assessors for the General Medical Council Performance Procedures. He is also involved in the assessment of overseas doctors wishing to practise in the UK (member of PLA Board and PLAB OSCE Panel) and is a trainer for the National Clinical Assessment Service. In connection with his GMC work, he has published on the assessment of competence and performance
