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MBBS, BSc (Hons), MRCGP
Co-Founder & GP Partner, Core Revision
David is an NHS GP Partner and a partner in Core Revision. He helps write the questions for the GP diploma banks and reviews questions across the wider content, drawing on the most up-to-date UK guidance and mapping to the RCGP curriculum, with a strong focus on clinical realism and exam relevance.
He particularly enjoys chronic disease management and brings experience from palliative care into how complex clinical decisions are framed and explained.
Favourite topics: Medical statistics · Palliative care · Evidence-based medicine
Outside of work: Gardening and baking.
Every Core Revision resource is written by a practising UK GP, peer-reviewed by another GP and reviewed for learning design. How we write our questions · About the Core Revision team
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