Dr Trefor Roscoe MB ChB
Medical IT Consultant
Originally
from the Wirral in Merseyside, I graduated from Sheffield University in 1982 and
was appointed a full time principal in General Practice in 1987 after completing
my self organised vocational training scheme. After over 15 years in the
practice, I am now the part time senior partner of a nine doctor Primary Care
Team in South East Sheffield serving 10,000 patients. My clinical interests are
in paediatrics and asthma.
An honorary clinical teacher of medical students since 1989, I am also a CME tutor in Informatics for North Trent and an Honorary Lecturer at Sheffield University where I teach in the Department of General Practice and on the MSc in medical informatics in the Department of Information Studies.
I have had letters and
articles (on clinical topics and information management) published in a wide
range of publications including the BMJ and the BJGP. I write regular clinical
reviews and technical articles for Pulse, GP and Doctor magazines and their
associated monthly publications.
I have been interested
in all aspects of information technology since I built my own PC in 1990. I have
been LMC representative on committees advising Sheffield Health on IT matters
for 10 years and was active in the Microdoc user group eventually becoming
chair. I am a founder member of the British Healthcare Internet Association, a
member of the Society for the Internet in Medicine and of the GP Writers
Association. In 2000 I took a one-year sabbatical with Doctors.net.uk as a
visiting Fellow In Knowledge Architecture, providing information for GP’s
through their internet services.
I have spoken at
and chaired a wide range of conferences and meetings mainly in the field of
information management all over the UK and I have spoken at international
conferences in the UK, Germany, Belgium and Ireland. I compiled several add
on spellcheck dictionary for word processors and am medical director of a
company providing internet services and this software. I undertake medical internet
consultancy for a number of organisations including my local Strategic Health Authority
and PCT, PharMed, The TransScript Consortium, DataTrial Ltd, Arthur D Little
Associates and Sheffield University.
I
have experience of appearing on television and in video taped presentations and
also have spoken over live video links to distant audiences. I have a
substantial technical understanding of small to medium sized networks, of the
internet and the commonly used software packages in use in the NHS.
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