Derek Hockaday interviews Godfrey Fowler, general practitioner and medical scientist, 7 Mar 2014
Godfrey Fowler
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Topics discussed include: (00:00:09) admissions procedure to Oxford Medical School; (00:02:21) choosing to come to Oxford, early experiences at University College; (00:07:31) University College Hospital, London, for clinical training and then the return to Oxford as General Practitioner; (00:12:00) students in general practice; (00:14:54) role as a college doctor in Oxford; (00:23:23) case for a general practice post at Oxford University; (00:29:30) clinical students being sent out to general practices routinely; (00:31:12) research during readership post; (00:34:20) Bent Juel-Jensen and other colleagues; (00:40:57) publications; (00:42:49) successors to Fowler's chair of General Practice since 1996; (00:45:59) remaining a GP in Oxford throughout career; (00:47:12) Oxford hospitals and Oxford University as an institution; (00:49:12) involvement in national committees; (00:54:02) teaching small groups of clinical students; (00:56:05) health centres in central Oxford. Note the following sections of audio are redacted: 00:25:39-00:25:51; 00:38:12-00:38:38; 00:43:26-00:43:39; 00:53:05-00:53:09.
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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...