How we started
Horizon Medical Education, a social enterprise, is an online clinical education provider. Created by doctors with years of clinical and teaching experience both in the UK and internationally.
Whilst working with Primary Care Clinicians in Zambia and Malawi we saw their ambition and appetite for professional development but a gap in accessible provision.
Established in 2019, Horizon Medical Education was founded to fill this gap.
We produce free high quality evidence-based medical education for healthcare professionals aimed at low resource settings. All our lessons are updated, evidence based and downloadable so learning can happen offline.
We want to be sure that the courses are relevant so we talk to our users regularly, matching our content to their clinical priorities and, this way, we're creating a community of learners. That's how we met Margaret, here, a keen learner who gives us truly constructive feedback.
Our courses are designed for easy access with downloadable content, are accredited and cover a diverse set of topics with primary healthcare at the heart. We have learners in over 90 countries. Our core learners are Clinical Officers, (also known as Physician associates and Community Health Officers) but we have many health professionals using our courses and all are welcome, from nurses and midwives to physiotherapists and doctors.
Access to quality education for Primary Care Clinicians benefits everyone. Online lessons reach the remotest clinicians and most underserved communities. It's a simple idea really.
Meet the Team
Dr Fran Fieldhouse
General Practitioner and Director
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I qualified as a doctor in 1998 and currently work as a GP Partner in Oxfordshire, UK. Over my career I've worked in varied locations; from capital cities to refugee camps, from Latin America to Africa. One overriding passion has remained: to share up to date clinical knowledge and skills with Clinicians worldwide.
As a qualified clinical educator I train Doctors to become General Practitioners and have taught UK medical students over the past 14 years.
Qualifications:
2017 Post-graduate Certificate in Clinical Education PGCCE (merit)
2006 Membership of Royal College of GP's MRCGP (merit)
2004 Diploma in Family Planning DFFP
2001 Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene Liverpool DTM&H
2000 Diploma in Obstetrics & Gynaecology DRCOG
1998 Bachelor of Medicine MBChB University of Manchester
Dr Minnie Lacamp
Director and Doctor
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I qualified as a doctor in 1996 and became a member of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health following my postgraduate exams in 2000. I worked and trained in paediatrics in the North East of England and have also worked in Zimbabwe. I have been involved in teaching medical students, nurses, doctors and midwives and it remains a great passion of mine. I love the opportunity technology has given us to share both education and knowledge which in turn helps to improve healthcare for all globally.
I presented neonatal medical research to the neonatal society in Tours, France and NorCAS (northern region abnormality survey) in the UK and Norway. More recently I have written medical articles and blogs for an international telemedicine organisation.
During the coronavirus pandemic we have been working hard to produce regular updates as new information becomes available and will continue to do so whilst the pandemic continues. Since December 2020, I have been working along side colleagues in our local Covid-19 vaccination centre, vaccinating our local population.
My qualifications:
2002 Neonatal life support instructor
2000 Member of Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (MRCPH)
1996 MBBS University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Nicola McCahill
Director
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I’m the admin person at Horizon, dealing with enquiries and accreditation. When you contact us you'll probably speak to me.
I started life as a barrister specialising in crime, have a law degree and an MA. More recently I’ve worked for children's charities and as a volunteer operations manager at a telemedicine charity where I met the other members of the Horizon team. We enjoyed working together and immediately saw the potential for online medical education. We're a small but dedicated team, passionate about sharing skills and knowledge and levelling up access to quality education. Do get in touch, we love to discuss our work with like-minded individuals.
Global Digital Health Forum 2023
Ending the year on a high, we were delighted to present a lightning talk at the Global Digital Health Forum 2023 hosted in Washington. You can see our lightning talk video about the Horizon in Sierra Leone project and featuring Dr. Tejan by clicking on the link to take you to our YouTube channel.
We're grateful for the support of SLACHO and the hard-working community health officers of Sierra Leone who were the best partners we could wish for.
