Derek Hockaday interviews David Paterson, physiologist and Professor of Cardiovascular Physiology, 8 January 2019.
David Paterson
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Topics discussed include: (00:00:09) coming from Western Australia to Oxford for doctoral studies; (00:01:58) switching from breathing to the heart and focus on cardiac electrophysiology; (00:03:35) comparison of initially coming as a tutorial fellow to teaching now at Oxford; (00:07:51) administration and divisionalisation; (00:09:51) interactions between clinicians and pre-clinicians past and present; (00:12:24) how funding has changed (not just for Oxford but for Briitsh science); (00:14:13) changes in subjects and information being taught at Oxford; (00:15:00) teaching using HoloLens; (00:18:15) role as professor and head of department; (00:20:30) undergraduate medical students and funding; (00:23:34) admissions to Oxford medical school; (00:28:48) decisions on clinical placements; (00:31:06) work outside of Oxford including editor-in-chief of the Journal of Physiology; (00:33:40) moving from Otago to Western Australia; (00:40:22) comparing medical schools in the United States.
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The Recollecting Oxford Medicine oral history project originated when Peggy Frith, as President of Oxford Medical Alumni, recognised the potential of recorded interviews to capture stories, memories and voices from the Oxford Medical school and Oxford Hospitals. The interviewees were selected to cover, from an Oxford perspective over almost a century, the many changes in the practice of medicine and medical teaching, of both local and national importance. The material would supplement the...