Amar Rughani is a Senior partner Chapelgreen practice Sheffield (30 years), Former Associate postgraduate Dean Yorkshire & the Humber GP School, Provost RCGP South Yorkshire North Trent faculty, Former examiner and curriculum developer RCGP, Honorary lecturer at Sheffield University.
In his educational career, he has developed personal development plans and written books for doctors and dentists on the subject. He has also written a book ’Becoming a GP’ to help GP trainees preparing for the MRCGP and has contributed to a number of other GP books a co-author. He was blueprinting clinical lead for the RCGP and helped to develop the licensing examination(MRCGP) and the first GP curriculum. he has been developing leadership training in Yorkshire & Humber deanery for the past four years and it is this experience that informs this new book.
Dr Joanna Bircher is a GP in Greater Manchester. She is Clinical Director to the RCGP/Greater Manchester GP Excellence Programme, Clinical lead for Quality Improvement at Tameside and Glossop CCG, a Generation Q Fellow of the Health Foundation and a board member of AQuA (Advancing Quality Alliance). She has a Masters degree in Leadership for Quality Improvement from Ashridge Business School and is co-author of the RCGP Guide to Quality Improvement. Her particular interest is in making established QI methodology relevant and accessible for Primary Care.