Samantha Regan de Bere

Profile summary

Academic Lead for Medical Humanities, Faculty of Health

Peninsula Medical School Lead for Patient and Public Involvement
University and College Union (UCU) Representative, University of Plymouth

Professional memberships

Association for Medical Humanities (Formerly Vice-President)
British Sociogical Association Medical Society (BSA MedSoc)
European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST)

Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME)

Supervised research degrees

Supervisions in last ten years:

PhD (Director of Studies) The Art and Science of Patient-centred Medicine. Williams, L. Successfully completed
PhD (2nd Supervisor) Exploring the Impacts of Technological Innovation in Education in Oman. Al Hajiri, A. Successfully completed
PhD (Director of Studies) Deconstructing, Contextualising and Assessing Management and Leadership Criteria. Hanks, S. Successfully completed PhD (Second Supervisor) Professional Identity Formation after Remediation: the implications for professional development and clinical practice. Read, J. Current PhD (Director of Studies) Patient and Public Involvement in Mental Health Revalidation: what's the diagnosis? Baines, R. Expired role.

Teaching interests

medical humanities; health inequalities, wellbeing and advocacy; patient, service user and community engagement; professionalism and identity; military sociology; medical history, ethics and metaphysics.

Academic Lead for Medical Humanities curriculum; Lead for Patient and Public Involvement; Co-Lead for Foundation Year EBL; Lead for Health Promotion Longitudinal SSU; Academic Consultant to Schwartz Rounds at Derriford Hospital.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):