Innovation and Pedagogy Strategic Policy Group
The Innovation and Pedagogy SPG seeks to foster innovation and new technologies to increase the quality and quantity of future healthcare professionals with a particular focus on simulated learning and digital approaches to pedagogy and improved ways of teaching.
Group priorities
In 2025 the SPG will focus on developing principles of generative AI in healthcare education, and also environmental sustainability in healthcare education.
Regularity of meeting: Quarterly
Group Chair

Dr Ruth Paterson
Edinburgh Napier University
Professor and Head of Nursing
Chair of Innovation and Pedagogy Strategic Policy Group
Group contact

Josie Turner
Policy Officer
Josie joined the Council as a Policy Officer in November 2024, having previously led Mental Health and Learning Disability Workforce Transformation Programmes at Health Education England, and worked with London’s Strategic Health Authority, the South East London Workforce Development Federation, and Camden Council. She holds a BA in English Language and Literature from the University of Oxford.

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