Dr Vidhi Taylor-Jones MBChB FRCA FFCARCSI

Personal Statement

Vidhi graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 2002. She became a Fellow of both the Royal College of Anaesthetists, London and the College of Anaesthetists of Ireland in 2009. She did a Clinical Lecturer post and a Fellowship in Simulation Education at Cardiff University Hospital in 2010, and came back to her home town of Liverpool in 2013 when she was appointed as a Consultant Anaesthetist at Aintree University NHS Foundation Trust. Her clinical interests include perioperative medicine and anaesthesia for head and neck and ophthalmic surgery.

She was appointed to the School of Medicine in 2014 to create a curriculum in simulation-based education. She has created a network of NHS Trusts across the region for delivery of high-fidelity simulation training. Her team won the national Education Innovation Award from the Association for the Study of Medical Education in 2018 and went on to create a preparation for practice event for final-year students, using simulation and immersive video – LivDocSim week. In 2019, she led the concept and design of the School's first simulation suite in Cedar House. She has presented her research and experiences several times at ASME, AMEE, ASPiH and SESAM.

She created a formal attachment in Anaesthesia in Sept 2016 for Liverpool's MBChB, creating a learning path in perioperative medicine in association with E-Learning for Health and the Royal College of Anaesthetists. She is a chairperson of the Royal College of Anaesthetists Undergraduate Education Advisory Group.

Vidhi is a passionate advocate of cross-discipline collaboration, disruptive thinking and positive, values-based leadership.