I’m a Paediatric Registrar in South-East Scotland, UK. Since August 2023 I’ve been working as a Clinical Fellow in Medical Education with a focus on Simulation-Based teaching at the University of Edinburgh (as and Out of Programme Experience). I am interested in neonatal medicine, family-integrated care and trauma-informed lens in paediatrics and neonatology as well as simulation in medical education.

Research

Simulation

I’m interested in research in simulation-based medical education. My interest areas include empathetic communication, application of large language models to medical education research as well as growth mindset theory and its application in simulation. If you have a project you’d like to collaborate on - feel free to get in touch on mfrej@ed.ac.uk

For students

If you’re a student at the University of Edinburgh and are thinking about a project in medical education, simulation or communication skills, feel free to reach out and I may be able to help or supervise your project. You can get in touch on my email mfrej@ed.ac.uk or by dropping in to the Clinical Skills Centre in Chancellor’s Building.

Selection of past projects

  • Bringing Joy to Neonatal Unit - One Door Sign at a Time

    A creative project I undertook in COVID pandemic while working in SImpson’s Centre for Reproductive Health in Edinburgh. I created 30 door signs for the neonatal unit and gatehred feedback on the impact of artwork on staff and families. The project won the best poster presentation at BAPM Conference in 2022.

    View and download all NICU Door Signs

  • Golden Drops QI Project

    A collaborative QI project aiming to increase the percentage of premature infants receiving maternal breastmilk in the first 24 hrs of their lives.

    Explore and Download all Golden Drops Resources

  • GCS at 40

    A website I designed in collaboration with Prof Graham Teasdale and his team to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Glasgow Coma Scale.

    Glasgow Coma Scale at 40

  • “We elicit from the world what we project into the world; but what you project is based upon what happened to you as a child.”

    Bruce D. Perry

  • “Being able to feel safe with other people is probably the single most important aspect of mental health; safe connections are fundamental to meaningful and satisfying lives.”

    Bessel A. van der Kolk

  • "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

    Maya Angelou

  • "For human beings, life is meaningful because it is a story. A story has a sense of a whole, and its arc is determined by the significant moments, the ones where something happens."

    Athul Gawande