Medical Education

We offer placements for both undergraduate and postgraduate medical students, providing a dedicated setting where specialist skills can be acquired.

Postgraduate medical educationOpen

  • Director of Education - Dr Richard Cowan
  • Postgraduate tutor - Dr Jac Livsey
  • Royal College tutor - Dr Mike Braun
  • Associate Royal College tutor - Dr Rob Metcalf
  • Associate postgraduate tutor - Dr Sin Lau
  • Medical education manager - Diane Byrne
  • Medical Education Coordinator - Jon Burton
  • Tel: 0161 446 8227
  • Fax: 0161 446 8293

Please contact for advice and guidance on the following:

  • study leave application forms
  • annual leave application forms
  • expense claim forms
  • medical induction programmes

Information on:

  • MRCP part 1 and 2 courses
  • PACES courses
  • communication skills courses
  • education programmes for doctors in training

Please feel free to call in, telephone or e-mail for guidance on any postgraduate issues.

Undergraduate educationOpen

  • Undergraduate Tutor - Dr Richard Berman

For advice and guidance please contact:

 The majority of our medical students are accepted through Manchester Medical Schools and Manchester University although we do consider direct applications from students who, in the first instance, should contact either Dr Cowan or Diane Byrne with a brief description of their medical interests and dates they wish to have a placement with us.


We accommodate third year basic skills students, SSCs, project options and electives in all specialities.

Additional information about postgraduate education is held on the Paterson Institute for Cancer Research website.

Suggested Reading

A list of reading material for placement students at The Chrisite.

Education Centre

Follow the link below for information on the Education Centre room layouts.