Professor Chantal Simon
- u_csimon at bournemouth dot ac dot uk
- Professor and Programme Leader in Physicians Associate Studies
Biography
Chantal is a working GP at the Urgent Treatment Centre at Lymington Hospital and a Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners. She has formal academic training with an MSc from Southampton University in Research in Health and a PhD exploring the effects of community support on the psychological health of informal carers. She has been involved with education since 1999 when she became the lead author and founder editor of the Oxford Handbook of General Practice, which is now in its sixth edition. In 2007 she founded the Royal College of General Practitioner's (RCGP's) educational journal, InnovAiT, which she edited until 2017. She was awarded a Special Commendation of the RCGP in 2013 for outstanding contributions to general practice and the George Abercrombie Medal for outstanding contributions to medical literature in 2015. From 2008-2010 she was a Section Editor for the Department of Health's award winning e-GP e-learning resource and also National Carers Lead for the RCGP, running workshops and producing educational resources for GPs across the UK... In 2012 she was the lead author for the RCGP's bid to extend GP training and from 2012-2019 she was Clinical Lead and then Medical Director for Professional Development at the RCGP. She joined Bournemouth University as a Programme Director for the GP School in 2016 and became Programme Lead for the Physician's Associate School in 2018. She gained Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy in 2018. Chantal was also a Visiting Professor at the University of Westminster Centre for Resilience involved in research and educational activities promoting the wellbeing of healthcare professionals from 2017-2023. She currently sits on the Physician Associate Schools Council for Bournemouth University. Since 2022, Chantal has led the Professional Development Sub-committee of the national PA Schools Council and sits on the PASC Executive in that capacity.
moreFavourites
- Cheshire, A., Ridge, D., Hughes, J., Peters, D., Panagioti, M., Simon, C., Lewith, G., 2017. Influences on GP coping and resilience: a qualitative study in primary care. Br J Gen Pract, 67 (659), e428-e436.
Journal Articles
- Simon, C., Kirk, M., 2024. Bridging the gap between health care and no care: the homelessness crisis. British Journal of General Practice, 74 (749), 534-535.
- Simon, C., 2018. Debate & Analysis What is the root cause of the GP workforce crisis? British Journal of General Practice, 68 (677), 589-590.
- Cheshire, A., Hughes, J., Lewith, G., Panagioti, M., Peters, D., Simon, C., Ridge, D., 2017. GPs' perceptions of resilience training: a qualitative study. Br J Gen Pract, 67 (663), e709-e715.
- Cheshire, A., Ridge, D., Hughes, J., Peters, D., Panagioti, M., Simon, C., Lewith, G., 2017. Influences on GP coping and resilience: a qualitative study in primary care. Br J Gen Pract, 67 (659), e428-e436.
- Modi, N., Simon, C., 2016. Child health care: adequate training for all UK GPs is long overdue. The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 66 (646), 228-229.
- Cocksedge, K., Shankar, R., Simon, C.. Depression and pain: the need for a new screening tool. PROGRESS IN NEUROLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY, 20 (1).
- Simon, C., Lown, M., Lewith, G., Peters, D., 2015. Resilience: what is it, why do we need it, and can it help us? British Journal of General Practice, 65 (639).
- Cocksedge, K.A., Simon, C., Shankar, R., 2014. A difficult combination: chronic physical illness, depression, and pain. Br J Gen Pract, 64 (626), 440-441.
- Simon, C., Kumar, S., Kendrick, T., 2009. Cohort study of informal carers of first-time stroke survivors: profile of health and social changes in the first year of caregiving. Soc Sci Med, 69 (3), 404-410.
Books
- Simon, C., Everitt, H., Dorp, F.V., Burke, M.. Oxford Handbook of General Practice. Oxford University Press.
- Davies, R., Everitt, H., Simon, C.. Musculoskeletal Problems. Oxford University Press, USA.
Conferences
- Simon, C., 2025. Domestic violence day: A 'whole Faculty' story-telling approach to teaching. In: Annual Physician Associate Educators' Conference 22/05/2025 University of Ulster Londonderry.
- Simon, C., Mills, T., 2025. Total immersion: Student experience of teaching using an immersion suite. In: Annual Physician Associate Eucators' Conference 22/05/2025 University of Ulster Londonderry.
- Simon, C., Balderstone, C., 2024. How do the negative opinions of Physician Associates affect the current cohorts of Physician Associate students? In: National Physician Associate Educators' Conference 23/05/2024 Sheffield.
- Simon, C., Balderstone, C., 2024. How do the negative opinions of Physician Associates affect the current cohorts of Physician Associate students? In: National Physician Associate Educators' Conference 23/05/2024 Sheffield.
- Simon, C., Heffernan, C., 2024. AI on the line. In: National Physician Associate Educators' Conference 23/05/2024 Sheffield.
- Simon, C., Heffernan, C., 2024. AI on the line. In: National Physician Associate Educators' Conference 23/05/2024 Sheffield.
- Simon, C., Heffernan, C., Balderstone, C., 2023. Virtual reality for PA teaching. In: National Physician Associate Educators' Conference 11/05/2023 Queen Mary College University of London.
Posters
- Heffernan, C., Smith-Vidal, A., Simon, C., 2020. Remote Simulation: Training in the Covid era. In: 14th International scientific conference of the Society of Acute Medicine: Glasgow.
Grants
- Chronic disease management for homeless people: What would this look like from the user perspective? (Wessex Health Partnership, 01 Apr 2025). In Progress
- Chronic disease management for homeless people: What would this look like from the user perspective? (Wessex Health Partnership, 01 Apr 2025). In Progress