Professor Jane Dacre

President

Royal College of Physicians

Jane Dacre was elected president of the Royal College of Physicians in April 2014.

She is an honorary consultant physician and rheumatologist at the Whittington hospital in North London, Professor of Medical Education and was Director of UCL Medical School in London before taking a secondment to become PRCP. Professor Dacre was also the medical director of MRCPUK until December 2013 and prior to that academic vice president of the RCP.

Professor Dacre was a GMC council member, and chaired the GMC education and training Committee (2008-2012) and leads a research programme in medical education focussing on assessment.

Professor Dacre was the clinical lead for the development of the first Clinical Skills Centre in the UK, and was a co-author of the GALS screen. She has been instrumental in the development, implementation and evaluation of assessment systems in medicine.

Professor Dacre won the medicine and healthcare category for the 2012 Women in the City Woman of Achievement Award, was named on the Health service journal’s inaugural list of 50 inspirational women in healthcare in 2013, was named in the science and medicine category for people of influence Debrett’s 500 in 2015 and was named on the Health service journal’s top 100 list in both 2014 and 2015.

Professor Dacre is married with three children.