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Harpreet Kaur Bassi serves as an Honorary Associate Professor at Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, and Senior Teaching Pharmacist at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital. She holds a 0.6 whole-time equivalent academic appointment while maintaining clinical responsibilities, specializing in medical education and neurology/MFE wards. As Prescribing Theme Lead for the MBBS program, she integrates pharmacology and prescribing education across the curriculum to prepare students for the Prescribing Skills Assessment (PSA).
Her academic qualifications include a Master in Pharmacy (MPharm) from Aston University (2004), Post Graduate Clinical Diploma from Keele University (2007), Non-Medical Prescribing certification (2011), and a Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education Practice from UEA (2014). Professional certifications encompass Registered Pharmacist (GPhC, 2005), Independent Prescribing Pharmacist (2011), and Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA, 2015).
Bassi's research centers on medication safety through inter-professional education and technology-enhanced learning, with particular focus on gamification in medical training. She pioneered the 'MathaMedic' drug calculations app for medical students (2015) and co-founded the 'Foundation Academic Training Programme Innovation Group' to integrate technology-based learning (SCRIPT Project). Her secondary research strand explores yoga and mindfulness for healthcare professional resilience, evidenced by her role as a Kundalini Yoga instructor and representative for the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Indian Traditional Sciences.
Analysis of her 15 most recent publications (2013-2016) reveals consistent emphasis on educational interventions to reduce prescribing errors among medical students and junior doctors. Her work frequently involves pharmacist-physician-nurse collaboration, with recurring themes of insulin administration accuracy, anticoagulation safety, and e-learning module development for site-specific prescribing (eye, skin, ear).
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA, 2015)
- Thrombus Innovation Award (3rd place, 2011) for VTE safety initiatives at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
As a Student Selected Study Tutor and Personal Advisor for MBBS students, Bassi mentors medical trainees in clinical pharmacology while leading curriculum development for prescribing education. Her inter-professional initiatives include co-developing joint medical-pharmacy OSCEs and the SCRIPT Project for computerized prescribing revalidation. She serves as Prescribing Skills Assessment Lead for NANIME, supporting Foundation Year doctors and non-UK medical graduates.
Bassi co-founded the Foundation Academic Training Programme Innovation Group and directs the SCRIPT Project for prescribing safety. She actively participates in the Technology Enhanced Learning specialist group (ASME) and represents yoga in healthcare through the UK Yoga Research Group and All-Party Parliamentary Group on Indian Traditional Sciences.
