Laura Blackburn

Laura Blackburn serves as an Associate Tutor at Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, while also practicing as an Occupational Health Physician and running her coaching business, Transition Coaching Solutions Ltd. Her career integrates medical education, professional coaching, and occupational health to support healthcare practitioners and students.

Her academic qualifications include:

• Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, Norwich Medical School (awarded July 2011)

Blackburn's research centers on innovative medical education, especially virtual and experiential learning for communication skills. She develops e-learning packages, virtual workshops, and simulation-based training. Her work addresses the learner experience across medical student, postgraduate, and clinician levels. Key areas include coaching and mentoring for doctors, occupational health, and adapting curricula for remote delivery, as seen in her recent virtual consultation skills curriculum.

Her sole recent publication (2020) explores strategies for online communication skills teaching, reflecting her focus on practical virtual learning solutions in medical education. This work, developed during the shift to remote learning, emphasizes experiential methods and simulated sessions to maintain skill development despite physical constraints.

Scientific Awards:

• No scientific awards mentioned.

Blackburn has extensive experience in educational delivery, having developed curricula for first-year medical students, postgraduate programs, and senior clinicians. She has created e-learning packages, virtual workshops, and a comprehensive virtual consultation skills curriculum. Her advising role includes coaching professionals through career transitions and mentoring doctors via regional and national schemes. Specific grant funding is not detailed in the provided text.

She has been involved in regional coaching and mentoring initiatives through Health Education East of England and contributed to expanding a national mentoring scheme in gastroenterology. Additionally, she supervises others in the field of coaching.