Dr. Eliot Rees is Deputy Head of Primary Care Education and Senior Lecturer in Medical Education at City St. George’s, University of London. He also leads the ‘Patients, Populations and Society’ theme across the MBBS programme, coordinating a range of interdisciplinary subthemes including behavioural sciences, patient safety, health inequalities, and others. Eliot also works as a GP in South West London, bringing clinical insight to his leadership of undergraduate primary care education, curriculum development, and educational scholarship.

Eliot is an experienced medical education researcher, with particular interests in medical school selection and widening access, general practice education, and assessment. His PhD explored how applicants from different socioeconomic backgrounds choose which medical schools to apply to, drawing on theories of capital and decision-making. He holds several editorial roles: Associate Editor for Perspectives on Medical Education and Medical Education Online, member of the Editorial Board for Education for Primary Care, and Chair of the International Editorial Board of The Clinical Teacher. He edited the textbook Starting Research in Clinical Education.

Eliot is Treasurer on the Board of Directors of the Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME), having previously served as Interim Director of Communications and chaired both the Junior Association of the Study of Medical Education (JASME) and Trainees in the Association for the Study of Medical Education (TASME), ASME’s career groups. He was also a long-standing member of ASME’s Education Research Committee. He serves on the item writing group developing questions for the Applied Knowledge Test component of the UK Medical Licensing Assessment.

Beyond academia, Eliot is a dedicated long-distance runner and coach with London Frontrunners. He is currently halfway through completing the Abbott World Marathon Majors.