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British rheumatologist and medical scholar
Dame Jane Elizabeth Dacre ,
DBE (born 11 November 1955) is a British
rheumatologist and medical scholar. She is
Professor of
Medical Education at
University College London , former director of
UCL Medical School , and past medical director of the
MRCP(UK) exam . In April 2014, she was elected to succeed
Sir Richard Thompson as President of the
Royal College of Physicians of London.
[1] She had previously served as Academic Vice President of the College.
[2] In 2018
Andrew Goddard was elected as her successor; she served as president until 26 September 2018.
[3]
Biography
Dacre was born on 1 November 1955.
[4] She studied medicine at the
University College Hospital Medical School , graduating with a
Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in 1977, and
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MB BS) degrees in 1980.
[4]
[5] She was awarded a
Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree in 1992.
[4]
She trained in
rheumatology at
St Bartholomew's Hospital and now practices at the
Whittington Hospital in North London. She has made contributions to the
physical examination of the
musculoskeletal system and developed an interest in medical education.
[5]
[6]
Her more recent work has included study of the performance of doctors at postgraduate exams, including the influence of gender
[7] and ethnic background.
[5]
[8] She was formerly a member of the
General Medical Council from 2009 to 2012.
[5]
Accolades and honours
She was reckoned by the
Health Service Journal to be the 46th most influential person in the English NHS in 2015.
[9] In May 2018, it was announced that Dacre would be leading a review into the
gender pay gap in medicine in the UK.
[10] In the
2018 Birthday Honours , Dacre was appointed a
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for services to medicine and medical education.
[11]
Personal life
She is married to media executive Nigel Dacre.
[12] He is the younger brother of journalist
Paul Dacre , former editor of
The Daily Mail .
[13]
References
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"Professor Jane Dacre is elected president of the Royal College of Physicians" (Press release). Royal College of Physicians. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2014 .
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"Perspective: Jane Dacre" . The Lancet . 371 (9631): 2165. 28 June 2008.
doi :
10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60941-1 .
S2CID
54367165 .
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"Dr Andrew Goddard wins RCP presidential election" . RCP London . 26 March 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2018 .
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"Dacre, Dame Jane (Elizabeth), (born 11 Nov. 1955), Professor of Medical Education, since 2001, Vice Dean, since 2005, and Director, UCL Medical School (formerly Division of Medical Education), since 2008, University College London; President: Royal College of Physicians, 2014–18; Medical Protection Society, since 2018" .
Who's Who 2023 . Oxford University Press. 1 December 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2023 .
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"Prof Jane Dacre profile" . University College London Institutional Research Information Service. Retrieved 27 April 2014 .
^ Dacre, Jane (2009).
"The Development of a New Method of Knowledge Assessment: Tailoring a Test to a Doctor's Area of Practice" . Academic Medicine . 84 (8): 1003–7.
doi :
10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181ace774 .
PMID
19638763 .
^ Unwin, Emily (2015).
"Sex differences in medico-legal action against doctors: a systematic review and meta-analysis" (PDF) . BMC Medicine . 13 (1): 172.
doi :
10.1186/s12916-015-0413-5 .
PMC
4535538 .
PMID
26268807 .
^ Woolf, K (2013). "The mediators of minority ethnic underperformance in final medical school examinations: A longitudinal study". British Journal of Educational Psychology . 83 (Pt 1): 135–159.
doi :
10.1111/j.2044-8279.2011.02060.x .
PMID
23369179 .
^
"HSJ100 2015" . Health Service Journal. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015 .
^ Anonymous (28 May 2018).
"Doctors' gender pay gap 'to be eliminated' " . BBC News . Retrieved 28 May 2018 .
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"No. 62310" .
The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 June 2018. p. B7.
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"Spotlight on Professor Jane Dacre" . University College London. 6 July 2011.
^ Deans, Jason (4 September 2002).
"Dacre quits ITN" . The Guardian .
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