Tim Sanders - Academic Staff

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.

Dr Tim Sanders

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