Simon is currently a research fellow in medical education at the University of Liverpool. He has spent the last 10 years researching the content and influence of undergraduate medical curricula from the perspective of students, junior doctors and senior doctors. He has researched the impact of Tomorrow’s Doctors on UK medical education and has a PhD in medical education. He also teaches medical students on student selected components from years 1 – 4, has been a problem-based learning convener, an examiner at objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs) and sits on the special study module moderating board.