John Cookson

John is an emeritus professor of medical education at the Hull York Medical School. Until 2010, he was a professor of medical education and undergraduate dean. For most of his career, he was a consultant physician in Leicester. He took an increasing interest in medical education and reorganised the clinical undergraduate course at Leicester Medical School following the publication of the first Tomorrow’s Doctors. He moved to Hull York as the foundation professor of medical education in 2002, responsible to the dean for the delivery of an innovative medical curriculum. He was a practising clinician in Zimbabwe throughout most of the ‘70s.