Founder of Upskill.Health, an early-stage start-up committed to scaling on-the-job training to improve maternal and neonatal care, everywhere 🌍I'm an NHS doctor working in Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pre-hospital medicine. My expertise in medical education and personal experience of the difficulties delivering the on-the-job training that healthcare workers need, led to the creation of Upskill in 2024. We know that lack of access to quality, on-the-job training is contributing to poor maternal outcomes in the NHS and low-middle income countries. We also know what training works, but it's expensive and too hard to scale. That's why - together with virtual reality (VR) developers, medical educators and other clinicians - we're combining mobile, AI and VR technologies to build a platform specifically designed to deploy cost-effectively, at scale 🚀Please reach out if you're interested to know more 👋*****Biography: I am a Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine, Anaesthetics & Intensive Care Medicine Registrar in Oxford, with a passion for medical education and innovation.I studied medicine at Imperial College London before moving to Oxford in 2014 to pursue an Academic Foundation Programme. I undertook a Graduate Research Fellowship in South East Asia, that sparked my interest in healthcare delivery in low-resource settings. I have continued to pursue this alongside further clinical training; gaining experience in disaster response methodology, expedition medicine and aeromedical retrieval in remote environments.I have always been drawn to medical education and returned to Imperial as a Senior Teaching Fellow in 2019 in order to launch a new, innovative BSc in 'Remote Medicine'. This 1-year, full-time course explored the challenges of healthcare delivery in remote, low-resource environments and offered students the opportunity to take part in a high altitude, research expedition (Mt Toubkal, Morocco (4100m)).In 2023, I was appointed as one of NHS England's 'Clinical Entrepreneurs' and have been supported to develop 'Upskill.Health' - see: www.upskill.health for more information.
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FounderUpskill.HealthMarlow, Gb -
Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine (Phem) RegistrarThames Valley Air Ambulance Aug 2023 - PresentRaf Benson, Oxfordshire -
FounderUpskill.Health May 2024 - PresentLondon, England, United Kingdom -
Nhs Clinical EntrepreneurNhs Clinical Entrepreneur Programme Jan 2023 - PresentLondon, England, United Kingdom -
Nhs Anaesthetics & Intensive Care RegistrarOxford University Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust Aug 2020 - Sep 2023Health Education Thames Valley -
Course Director - ‘Remote Medicine’ BscImperial College London Jul 2019 - Jul 2022Faculty Of Medicine, National Heart & Lung InstituteDesigned, launched and lead an innovative intercalated BSc. for medical students, focused on developing research skills by exploring the delivery of healthcare in isolated, extreme & austere environments. Notable successes include:- Delivery of a successful high altitude research expedition to The Atlas Mountains, Morocco (video below)- Delivery of innovative, Extended Reality (XR)-enhanced clinical simulation training -
Senior Teaching FellowImperial College London Jul 2019 - Jul 2022Faculty Of Medicine, National Heart & Lung InstituteAppointed as Senior Teaching Fellow and invited to develop an innovative, intercalated BSc programme -
Varied Clinical Roles In Low-Resource EnvironmentsFreelance Sep 2016 - Dec 2020Asia / Africa / Central AmericaAnaesthetics & Critical Care:- 2019 - Nepal - Volunteer Anaesthetist for UK-Nepal surgical camp (BRINOS) - 2019 - Kenya - Air Ambulance Doctor providing critical care retrieval across Africa (African Flying Doctors) Expedition Medicine:- 2020 - Antarctica - Lead Ship Doctor for Expedition Cruise (Oceanwide Expeditions)- 2019 - Indonesia - Lead Doctor for SCUBA/Marine Conservation Expedition (Operation Wallacea)- 2018 - South Africa - Lead Doctor for SCUBA/Marine Conservation Expedition (Operation Wallacea) - 2017 - Cuba - Lead Doctor for SCUBA/Marine Conservation Expedition (Operation Wallacea) - 2016 - Sri Lanka - Lead Doctor for Charity Trekking Challenge (World Expeditions)
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Nhs Acute Care Common Stem (Accs) ProgrammeNorth Bristol Nhs Trust 2016 - 2019 -
Nhs - Academic Foundation Programme With Oxford UniversityUniversity Of Oxford 2014 - 2016Oxford, England, United Kingdom- Foundation Year 1 - Medicine / Surgery / Psychiatry- Foundation Year 2 - Emergency Medicine / Intensive Care Medicine / Academic (Academic Interest: Disaster Medicine & Preparedness) -
Hong Kong/Myanmar - Graduate Research Fellowship With CcoucUniversity Of Oxford Aug 2015 - Dec 2015Hong Kong / MyanmarGraduate Research Fellowship with The Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Humanitarian Response (CCOUC).
Dr Andrew Darby-Smith Education Details
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Higher Education/Higher Education Administration -
The Worshipful Society Of The ApothecariesMedicine -
'Distinction In Clinical Practice' & Awarded: ‘Faculty Of Medicine’ Prize -
1St Class With Honours
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Dr Andrew Darby-Smith attended Imperial College London, The Worshipful Society Of The Apothecaries, Imperial College London, Imperial College London.
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