Dr Tim Sanders
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Dr Tim Sanders is a GP in the rural Eden Valley in North East Cumbria. Alongside his clinical role, he is a Clinical Lecturer in Rural Medicine and Urgent Care here. He also co-ordinates the clinical teaching programme for Cumbria Health on Call. He is a GP appraiser and Mental Health Act Section 12 approved GP. He volunteers as a team doctor for Penrith Mountain Rescue Team. When he is not working, he can be found climbing, walking and running in the mountains, sailing on Ullswater and enjoying family adventures in his campervan.
As a Senior Clinical Lecturer at the National Centre for Remote and Rural Medicine at our Westlakes Campus in Whitehaven, Tim leads the MSc Mountain Medicine, MSc Urgent Care and MSc Remote and Rural Medicine programmes.
Tim has a background in Medical Education, having worked as a GP Training Programme Director on the North Cumbria GP Training Programme for 10 years before he started working for us.
- MBBCh, University of Wales College of Medicine, 2003
- PG Certificate in Medical Education, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2006
- Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 2008
- Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy, 2022
- General Practice
- Remote and Rural Medicine
- Urgent Care
- Mountain Medicine
- Mental Health
- Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners
- Member of RCGP Rural Forum Steering Group
- Member of RCGP Cumbria Faculty Board
- Member of Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Faculty of Remote, Rural and Humanitarian Healthcare
Telephone:01946 517200
Email: Email:Dr Tim Sanders