Dr Peter Carter

Dr Carter is an experienced educator in Mental Health and Medical Ethics. He leads the Medical Ethics and Law theme in the School of Medicine.

Email: [email protected]

Bluesky: padder1.bsky.social

Background

Dr Carter is a Senior Lecturer in Medical Ethics in Law at ARU. He works part time as a Consultant Psychiatrist working in NE London with a specialism in Early Psychosis.

He has previously worked in postgraduate education and was Director of Medical Education in an NHS trust. He used to lead on the mental health teaching for PAs at Queen Mary. He now leads in the Medical Ethics and Law curriculum at ARU. He is deputy lead for Wellbeing and has written and introduced a curriculum across all years of the medical school. He leads on the introduction of a Sustainability theme into the curriculum. He offers SSCs in ethics, sustainability and mental health.

Spoken Languages

• English
• French

Research interests

• Assessment of ethics education. Development and evaluation of an OSCE in professionalism and ethics.
• Ethics of euthanasia

Teaching

• Medical Ethics and Law curriculum lead in the School of Medicine
• Wellbeing Curriculum lead
• Sustainability lead

Qualifications

• BSc Pharmacology Queen Mary, University of London
• MBBS Queen Mary, University of London
• MSc Transcultural Psychiatry Queen Mary, University of London
• PGDip Health Profession Education, University College London
• MA Medical Ethics and Law, Keele University

Memberships, editorial boards

• Fellow, Royal College of Psychiatrists
• Institute of Medical Ethics

Selected recent publications

Howard N, Carter, P. ‘A Call for Justice Following a Call for Papers: A Book Review of Kehinde Andrews’ The Psychosis of Whiteness: Surviving the Insanity of a Racist World’. Education for Information 1 Jan. 2024: 1 – 6.

Birgi HK, Carter, P. Better Together – Organizing a PAN-London IMG and Educators Conference. BJPsych Open. 2024;10(S1): S97-S97. doi:10.1192/bjo.2024.282

Allam, Kuri, Ajaz, Ahmed, Carter, P. Korszun (2021) Critical Psychiatry Debates; a neglected tool in undergraduate medical education MedEdPublish 25/02/21

O'Driscoll C, Free K, Attard A, Carter, P. Mason J, Shaikh M. Transitioning to age inclusive early intervention for psychosis. Early Intervention in Psychiatry. 2019;1–7.

Singh K, Ghazi F, White R, Sarfo-Ado B, Carter, P. Improving access to Early Intervention in Psychosis BMJ Open Quality 2018;7(3). 1-7

Recent presentations and conferences

Conference organiser

2024 ‘Better Together’ A conference for International Medical Graduates and Educators.

2018 PsychTech - Conference to bring together industry and NHS working in teach as applied to mental health.

National Presentations

2016 Reporting on systems for the introduction of Access and Waiting time targets (NHS England)

2021 Invited panellist to the RCPsych National Clinical Audit on Psychosis presentations to England and Wales.

2021 RCPsych webinar on ‘Trauma Informed Care.’