Contact

• workEducation Centre
  Queen's Medical Centre
  Nottingham
  NG7 2UH
  UK
• n.a.cooper@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

I graduated from the University of Leeds in 1994 and have been a Consultant Physician since 2006, mainly working in the specialty of Acute Internal Medicine.

I am a Clinical Academic and the Course Director of postgraduate taught courses (PGCert, PGDip and Masters) in Medical Education.

Outside the University, I am mainly known for my work in clinical reasoning education. I am the inaugural chair of the UK Clinical Reasoning in Medical Education group (www.creme.org.uk), a not-for-profit organisation with links in the majority of medical schools. Our mission is to promote excellence in teaching clinical reasoning in medical education and provide high quality resources for teachers and learners. I consult with medical schools and postgraduate training programmes in the UK and abroad on their clinical reasoning curricula and staff development.

Expertise Summary

Main areas of expertise are:

• Clinical reasoning
• Diagnostic error
• How people learn
• Instructional design
• Patient safety / human factors
• Improvement science

Teaching Summary

PGCert/PGDip/MMedSci Medical Education

Course Director

Module Convenor

• MEDS4015: principles and practice of teaching & learning (20 credits)
• MEDS4016: teaching clinical reasoning using case-based learning (20 credits)
• MEDS4012: underperformance and performance enhancement (20 credits)
• MEDS4007: learning in complex and uncertain clinical environments (20 credits)

Tutor

• MEDS4011: coaching and mentoring skills in supervision (20 credits)
• MEDI4015: principles of leadership and management in education (20 credits)
• MEDS4017: research and dissertation (60 credits)

Other

With colleagues, I lead the School of Medicine's clinical educator development programme for NHS staff who teach our medical students.

I wrote and supervise a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) called Becoming an Expert Educator in the Healthcare Professions.

I am regularly asked to run workshops and deliver keynote lectures at universities and conferences around the UK and abroad.

Research Summary

Current projects:

The role of the supervisor in self-regulated learning in clinical environments

The self-regulated learning of international medical graduates new to the NHS

Cross-cultural differences in self-regulated learning

Exploring Foundation Programme trainees' experience of clinical reasoning teaching

Recent Publications

• YOOSOOF F, IHSAN FR, AGIUS S, COULSON N, FREEMAN K and COOPER N, 2024. The paradigmatic perspectives of research on the self-regulated learning of non-western learners in health professions education: a scoping review protocol JBI Evidence Synthesis. ():10.11124/JBIES-24-00144,
• COOPER N, RAHMAN L, CHURCH H and AGIUS S, 2024. The role of the supervisor in self-regulated learning in the clinical environment: BEME Guide No. 89 Medical Teacher.
• ANDREW BECKHAM and NICOLA COOPER, 2024. Wellbeing interventions for Emergency Department staff: ‘necessary’ but ‘inadequate’ – a phenomenographic study Emergency Medicine Journal. (In Press.)
• COOPER N and FRAIN J, eds., 2022. ABC of Clinical Reasoning. 2nd Edition. Wiley.

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Qualifications

MBChB MMedSci MRCP(UK) FAcadMEd FRCPE FRACP SFHEA

Royal College of Physicians

Secretary of the Acute Internal Medicine Specialty Certificate Exam Board 2016-2019

Member of the Acute Internal Medicine Specialty Certificate Exam Standards Setting Committee 2016-2019

Society for Acute Medicine

Chair of the Education Committee 2016-2019

Health Education East Midlands

Training Programme Director, Acute Internal Medicine 2016-2022

UK Clinical Reasoning in Medical Education group (CReME)

Chair 2017 - present

• YOOSOOF F, IHSAN FR, AGIUS S, COULSON N, FREEMAN K and COOPER N, 2024. The paradigmatic perspectives of research on the self-regulated learning of non-western learners in health professions education: a scoping review protocol JBI Evidence Synthesis. ():10.11124/JBIES-24-00144,
• COOPER N, RAHMAN L, CHURCH H and AGIUS S, 2024. The role of the supervisor in self-regulated learning in the clinical environment: BEME Guide No. 89 Medical Teacher.
• ANDREW BECKHAM and NICOLA COOPER, 2024. Wellbeing interventions for Emergency Department staff: ‘necessary’ but ‘inadequate’ – a phenomenographic study Emergency Medicine Journal. (In Press.)
• COOPER N and FRAIN J, eds., 2022. ABC of Clinical Reasoning. 2nd Edition. Wiley.
• NICOLA COOPER and ALISON CRACKNELL, 2022. Clinical decision making. In: WALKER BR, COLLEDGE NR and RALSTON SH ET AL, eds., Davidson's Principles and Practice of Medicine. 24th Edition. Elsevier.
• NICOLA COOPER and BARRY EVANS, 2021. Organisational kindness.. In: A FRAIN, S MURPHY and J FRAIN, eds., ABC of Clinical Resilience. Wiley-Blackwell.
• RICHMOND ANNA, COOPER NICOLA, GAY SIMON, ATIOMO WILLIAM and PATEL RAKESH, 2020. The student is key: a realist review of educational interventions to develop analytical and non-analytical clinical reasoning ability. Medical Education. 54(8), 709-719
• NICOLA COOPER, PAUL CRAMP, KIRSTY FORREST and RAKESH PATEL, 2020. Essential Guide to Acute Care 3rd Edition. Wiley Blackwell.
• COOPER N, BARTLETT M, GAY S, HAMMOND A, LILLICRAP M, MATTHAN J and SINGH M, 2020. Consensus statement on the content of clinical reasoning curricula in undergraduate medical education. Medical Teacher. 43(2), 152-159
• A BANERJEE, F NEUBERGER, P PAARUL and N COOPER, 2019. Acute Care Toolkit 15: Managing acute medical problems in pregnancy. Royal College of Physicians of London. Available at: <www.rcplondon.ac.uk/guidelines-policy>
• NICOLA COOPER, ANNA FRAIN and JOHN FRAIN, eds., 2018. ABC of Clinical Professionalism 1st Edition. Wiley Blackwell.
• NICOLA COOPER and JOHN FRAIN, eds., 2018. ABC of Clinical Communication 1st Edition. Wiley Blackwell.
• 2017. Teaching clinical reasoning.. In: KIRSTY FORREST and JUDY MCKIMM, eds., Medical Education at a Glance. Wiley-Blackwell.
• NICOLA COOPER, 2017. Blackout and collapse in older people. Medicine. 45(1), 34-40
• NICOLA COOPER and JOHN FRAIN, eds., 2016. ABC of Clinical Reasoning 1st Edition. Wiley Blackwell.
• NICOLA COOPER, 2016. Blackout and collapse in the acute setting. Medicine. 45(3), 144-149
• NICOLA COOPER, 2015. What is training? Acute Medicine. 14(1), 28-30
• NICOLA COOPER, 2013. Blackout and collapse. Medicine. 41(1), 29-33
• NICOLA COOPER, 2012. Acute Care Toolkit no 5: Teaching on the Acute Medical Unit. Royal College of Physicians of London. Available at: <https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/guidelines-policy>
• KENNEDY A and COOPER N, 2012. Problem based review: the patient with dizziness on the AMU. Acute Medicine. 11(4), 238-243
• NICOLA COOPER and ALISON CRACKNELL, 2011. Patient safety.. In: JUDY MCKIMM and KIRSTY FORREST, eds., Professional Practice for Foundation Doctors. Sage.
• NICOLA COOPER, 2011. Teaching on the AMU Ward Round. Acute Medicine. 10(3), 133-135
• NICOLA COOPER, 2011. Lumbar puncture. Acute Medicine. 10(4), 188-193
• S CONROY and N COOPER, 2010. British Geriatric Society Best Practice Guide: Acute Medical Care of Elderly People. British Geriatrics Society.
• HEAPS C, BOWEN E and COOPER N, 2010. A review of the clinical and legal issues surrounding refusal of treatment following overdose. Acute Medicine. 9(2), 66-69
• HEAPS T and COOPER N, 2009. A case of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome on the acute medical unit. Acute medicine. 8(1), 29-31
• NICOLA COOPER and KIRSTY FORREST, eds., 2009. Essential Guide to Educational Supervision: in postgraduate medical education 1st Edition. Wiley Blackwell.
• NICOLA COOPER, KIRSTY FORREST and GRAHAM MULLEY, eds., 2009. ABC of Geriatric Medicine 1st Edition. Wiley Blackwell.
• FEELY M and COOPER N, 2009. Seizures on the adult intensive care unit.. In: JOHN KNIGHTON and PAUL SADLER, eds., Competency based critical care. Springer-Verlag.
• NICOLA COOPER, 2009. Blackout and collapse. Medicine. 37(2), 65-69
• NICOLA COOPER, 2009. Top tips on being a medical educator. CME Geriatric Medicine. 11(3), 115-117
• ALTEMIMI H, COOPER N, BROWN J and HEATON R, 2009. Fire-breather’s pneumonia and Guillain-Barre syndrome. European Journal of Internal Medicine. 20(S1), S213-S214
• KUMAR S and COOPER N, 2008. Management after Intensive Care. BMJ. 16, 412-414
• NICOLA COOPER, 2007. The Foundation Curriculum – where to now?. In: SMITH F and WELFARE M, eds., Mongraph on the Foundation Programme. Association for the Study of Medical Education..
• COOPER N and FEELY M, 2007. Epilepsy: problems of diagnosis and recommended treatment. Prescriber. 18(5), 72-78
• 2007. COOPER N and FEELY M. Epilepsy in the Elderly: In: Falls and Bone Health. Royal College of Physicians / British Geriatric Society. Overstall P [Ed]. Kiss of Life Multimedia Ltd. 01/01/2007 00:00:00
• COOPER N and FORREST K, 2006. Competences for the foundation programme—part 5: leadership and teamwork. BMJ. 332, 46-47
• FORREST K, BELFIELD P and COOPER N, 2006. Introducing Foundation Programmes. The Clinical Teacher. 3, 238-241
• NICOLA COOPER, 2006. How to assess patients admitted with 'falls'. Acute Medicine. 5(3), 85-85
• NICOLA COOPER, 2005. Early warning scores for emergency admissions. Quality in Primary Care. 13(1), 9-11
• ELYAS S, COOPER N and MANDOUR O, 2005. Cellulitis or Charcot Neuropathy in Diabetes. Acute Medicine. 4(1), 28-29
• ALTEMIMI BJ, ALTEMIMI HA, COOPER NA and SLIWO EY, 2004. Minerva. BMJ. 328, 414
• NICOLA COOPER, 2004. Acute Care: Recognising Critical Illness. BMJ. 328, 040112
• NICOLA COOPER, 2004. Acute Care: Treatment with Oxygen. BMJ. 328, 040256
• NICOLA COOPER, 2004. Acute Care: Arterial Blood Gases. BMJ. 328, 0403105
• NICOLA COOPER, 2004. Acute Care: Volume Resuscitation. BMJ. 328, 0404114
• NICOLA COOPER, 2004. Acute Care: Circulatory Failure and the Use of Inotropes. BMJ. 328, 0405190
• NICOLA COOPER, 2004. Acute Care: Brain Failure. BMJ. 328, 0406228
• GARSIDE M, JAMES R and COOPER N, 2004. A diagnosis not to miss. Hospital Medicine. 65(10), 628-629
• NICOLA COOPER, 2004. Controversies in acute medicine: Oxygen therapy for exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Acute Medicine. 3(2), 69-72
• COOPER, N and BURR, W, 2003. The rise of trust doctors - Stop exploiting them and start rewarding their input: (Editorial) BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL. 327(7421), 943-944
• NICOLA COOPER and WILLIAM BURR, 2003. The employment, attitudes and aspirations of non-training grade doctors Hospital Medicine. 64(1), 43-45
• COOPER N and JACOB B, 2002. Positive pressure ventilation for cardiogenic pulmonary oedema. British Journal of Cardiology. 9(1), 38-41
• NICOLA COOPER, 2002. Oxygen therapy–myths and misconceptions. Care of the Critically Ill. 18(3), 74-77
• NICOLA COOPER, 2002. Tackling the growing problem of NTG doctors. Employing Doctors and Dentists. 48, 12-14
• NICOLA COOPER, 2002. Evidence-based lumbar puncture. Hospital Medicine. 63(10), 598-599
• NICOLA COOPER, 2001. Using diagnostic tests. BMJ. 322, 010219
• NICOLA COOPER, 2001. Patient at Risk! Clinical Medicine. 1, 309-311
• NICOLA COOPER, 1988. Junior doctors’ knowledge of the New Deal: a questionnaire survey. The Health Service Journal. 30-31
• NICOLA COOPER, Falls and syncope. In: R LEACH, D BELL and K MOORE, eds., Oxford Desk Reference: Acute Medicine OUP.