Nancy Redfern FRCA, BSc

Nancy Redfern is Immediate past Honorary Membership Secretary of the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain & Ireland. Clinically she works in Newcastle upon Tyne, with interests in obstetric and neuro anesthesia. Her interests include mentorship, education, doctors’ health, and wellbeing, and appraisal. She is currently working on ways of mitigating fatigue and the impact of aging on performance at work.

She led the establishment of mentoring at the AAGBI, and the team of mentors now offers the opportunity to take an hour out of a conference to think about a current dilemma or opportunity. She leads mentor development programs for Royal Colleges and Deaneries, and, as well as using mentoring for herself, has a wide experience of mentoring others, from trainees to Medical Directors and Deans.

Her 15 years of Deanery experience included managing flexible training, being Dean Director for Specialty training, with responsibility for 56 specialty programs, and briefly Lead Dean for two specialties. From this, she has experience in curriculum development and delivery, workforce planning, recruitment, and assessment. She has a Diploma in Education.