| Lecturer profile | Richard Canter is currently visiting Professor of Surgical Education at the University of Oxford (2007 to date) and honorary consultant at Oxford University Hospitals since 2014. He was formerly Associate Dean and Head of the Severn School of Postgraduate Surgery in Severn from 2007-Jan 2014 and Chair of the Heads of Schools of Postgraduate Surgery for the United Kingdom (2010-2012).
After appointment as a consultant surgeon in Bath in 1987 he had roles as educational supervisor (1995-1999) and programme director (1999-2001) whilst completing a PhD in Management at the University of Bath (1998). This led to appointments on the Intercollegiate Surgical Curriculum Project reforming surgical education and Deputy Director (curriculum development) of Surgical Education at the Royal College of Surgeons of England (2001-2006). He has undertaken reviews of surgical training in the UK for the Royal College of Surgeons (2005) and Kosovo (for the European Agency for Reconstruction after the Balkan War (2003) and made recommendations for organisational and resources improvement, both of which were adopted.
An interest in professionalism and leadership led to a research grant of £550K from the South West Strategic Health Authority and the National Clinical Leadership Fellowship (2011) to examine ways of improving clinician/management engagement. He is Lead Tutor for the Introduction to Surgical Management and Leadership module of the Master’s in Surgical Science and Practice at Oxford University (2011) and responsible for the leadership component of the Cochrane Courses on Critical Appraisal for ACFs and ACL at Oxford (2013 to present).
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