Dr Sarah Johnson

Profile

I am the Communication Skills Lead for the School of Medicine and a clinical skills educator. My clinical background is in general practice. I have over 10 years of experience working as a salaried and sessional GP in the Leeds and Bradford Area alongside educating undergraduate and postgraduate doctors. I have a Postgraduate Certificate in Education in Primary care and have worked as an educator in the primary care, IDEALS and clinical skills strands of the MBChB at University of Leeds. I have also previously been a GP trainer and taught medical students on primary care clinical placements. As well as medical education, I have an interest in health coaching to support patients in making lifestyle changes to improve their health and wellbeing, completing an EMCC and Personalised Care Institute Accredited Skills in Health Coaching Programme in 2021. I also believe it is important that medical staff are supported in their wellbeing and have developed and facilitate a wellbeing course for an LMC organisation called GPM Plus that delivers wellbeing education and mentoring support to primary care staff in Yorkshire. 

Roles at the School of Medicine, University of Leeds:

Visiting Lecturer at University of Leeds AUPC LIHS facilitating small group sessions on consultation skills while completing GP training 2012-2013

Academic Teaching Fellow at University of Leeds AUPC LIHS 2014-2015 including work on the myPAL project

Visiting Lecturer at University of Leeds AUPC LIHS facilitating small group sessions in the 3rd year primary care module ad hoc from 2013 - 2021

IDEALS year one and year three facilitator at University of Leeds LIME 2016 - 2021

Clinical Skills Educator at University of Leeds LIME 2024- present

Communication Skills Team Lead of School of Medicine at University of Leeds LIME March 2025- present

Qualifications

• MBBS (with merit) University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2004
• MRCGP 2013
• PGCert in Education in Primary Care (with merit) University of Leeds 2015
• DFSRH 2013

Research groups and institutes

• Leeds Institute of Medical Education