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Contact

• workEducation Centre
  Queen's Medical Centre
  Nottingham
  NG7 2UH
  UK
• N.A.cooper@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

I graduated from the University of Leeds in 1994 and have been a Consultant Physician since 2006, mainly working in the specialty of Acute Internal Medicine.

I am a Clinical Academic and the Director of Postgraduate Taught Courses in Medical Education (PGCert, PGDip and Masters).

Outside the University, I am mainly known for my work in clinical reasoning education. I am the inaugural chair of the UK Clinical Reasoning in Medical Education group (), a not-for-profit organisation with links in the majority of medical schools. Our mission is to promote excellence in teaching clinical reasoning in medical education and provide high quality resources for teachers and learners. I consult with medical schools and postgraduate training programmes in the UK and abroad on their clinical reasoning curricula and staff development.

Expertise Summary

Main areas of expertise are:

• Clinical reasoning
• Diagnostic error
• How people learn
• Instructional design
• Patient safety / human factors
• Improvement science

Teaching Summary

PGCert/PGDip/MMedSci Medical Education

Course Director

Module Convenor

• MEDS4015: principles and practice of teaching & learning (20 credits)
• MEDS4016: teaching clinical reasoning using case-based learning (20 credits)
• MEDS4012: underperformance and performance enhancement (20 credits)
• MEDS4007: learning in complex and uncertain clinical environments (20 credits)

Tutor

• MEDS4018: principles and practice of assessment and remediation (20 credits)
• MEDI4015: principles of leadership and management in medical education (20 credits)
• MEDS4017: medical education research and dissertation (60 credits)

Other

With colleagues, I lead the School of Medicine's clinical educator development programme for NHS staff who teach our medical students.

I am regularly asked to run workshops and deliver keynote lectures at universities and conferences around the UK and abroad.

Research Summary

My research interests include learning in clinical environments, self-regulated learning, clinical reasoning / diagnosis / clinical performance, and systematic reviews (rapid reviews, scoping… read more

Selected Publications

• COOPER N, AGIUS S, FREEMAN K, CHURCH H, YOOSOOF F, FRAIN A, FRAIN J, MCCONNELL R, WILSON E and LEONARDI-BEE J, 2025. BMJ. 390, e086358
• COOPER N, RAHMAN L, CHURCH H and AGIUS S, 2024. Medical Teacher.
• ANDREW BECKHAM and NICOLA COOPER, 2024. Emergency Medicine Journal.
• YOOSOOF F, IHSAN FR, AGIUS S, COULSON N, FREEMAN K and COOPER N, 2024. JBI Evidence Synthesis. ():10.11124/JBIES-24-00144,

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Qualifications

MBChB MMedSci MRCP(UK) FAcadMEd FRCPE FRACP SFHEA

Royal College of Physicians

Secretary of the Acute Internal Medicine Specialty Certificate Exam Board 2016-2019

Member of the Acute Internal Medicine Specialty Certificate Exam Standards Setting Committee 2016-2019

Society for Acute Medicine

Chair of the Education Committee 2016-2019

Health Education East Midlands

Training Programme Director, Acute Internal Medicine 2016-2022

UK Clinical Reasoning in Medical Education group (CReME)

Chair 2017 - present

Current Research

My research interests include learning in clinical environments, self-regulated learning, clinical reasoning / diagnosis / clinical performance, and systematic reviews (rapid reviews, scoping reviews, qualitative systematic reviews).

• RAJIN LE BLANC and COOPER, N, 2026. The Clinical Teacher. 23(1), e70315
• COOPER N, AGIUS S, FREEMAN K, CHURCH H, YOOSOOF F, FRAIN A, FRAIN J, MCCONNELL R, WILSON E and LEONARDI-BEE J, 2025. BMJ. 390, e086358
• COOPER, N, 2025. BMJ. 390, r1958
• COOPER, N, AGIUS S, YOOSOOF, F, FREEMAN, K, FRAIN, J and WILSON, E, 2025. MedEd Publish. 15(282),
• YOOSOOF F, IHSAN FR, AGIUS S, COULSON N, FREEMAN K and COOPER N, 2024. JBI Evidence Synthesis. ():10.11124/JBIES-24-00144,
• COOPER N, RAHMAN L, CHURCH H and AGIUS S, 2024. Medical Teacher.
• ANDREW BECKHAM and NICOLA COOPER, 2024. Emergency Medicine Journal.
• COOPER N and FRAIN J, eds., 2022. 2nd Edition. Wiley.
• NICOLA COOPER and ALISON CRACKNELL, 2022. Clinical decision making. In: WALKER BR, COLLEDGE NR and RALSTON SH ET AL, eds., Davidson's Principles and Practice of Medicine. 24th Edition. Elsevier.
• NICOLA COOPER and BARRY EVANS, 2021. Organisational kindness.. In: A FRAIN, S MURPHY and J FRAIN, eds., ABC of Clinical Resilience. Wiley-Blackwell.
• RICHMOND ANNA, COOPER NICOLA, GAY SIMON, ATIOMO WILLIAM and PATEL RAKESH, 2020. Medical Education. 54(8), 709-719
• NICOLA COOPER, PAUL CRAMP, KIRSTY FORREST and RAKESH PATEL, 2020. Essential Guide to Acute Care 3rd Edition. Wiley Blackwell.
• COOPER N, BARTLETT M, GAY S, HAMMOND A, LILLICRAP M, MATTHAN J and SINGH M, 2020. Medical Teacher. 43(2), 152-159
• A BANERJEE, F NEUBERGER, P PAARUL and N COOPER, 2019. Acute Care Toolkit 15: Managing acute medical problems in pregnancy. Royal College of Physicians of London. Available at: <www.rcplondon.ac.uk/guidelines-policy>
• NICOLA COOPER, ANNA FRAIN and JOHN FRAIN, eds., 2018. ABC of Clinical Professionalism 1st Edition. Wiley Blackwell.
• NICOLA COOPER and JOHN FRAIN, eds., 2018. ABC of Clinical Communication 1st Edition. Wiley Blackwell.
• 2017. Teaching clinical reasoning.. In: KIRSTY FORREST and JUDY MCKIMM, eds., Medical Education at a Glance. Wiley-Blackwell.
• NICOLA COOPER, 2017. Medicine. 45(1), 34-40
• NICOLA COOPER and JOHN FRAIN, eds., 2016. ABC of Clinical Reasoning 1st Edition. Wiley Blackwell.
• NICOLA COOPER, 2016. Medicine. 45(3), 144-149
• NICOLA COOPER, 2015. Acute Medicine. 14(1), 28-30
• NICOLA COOPER, 2013. Medicine. 41(1), 29-33
• NICOLA COOPER, 2012. Royal College of Physicians of London. Available at: <https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/guidelines-policy>
• KENNEDY A and COOPER N, 2012. Acute Medicine. 11(4), 238-243
• NICOLA COOPER and ALISON CRACKNELL, 2011. Patient safety.. In: JUDY MCKIMM and KIRSTY FORREST, eds., Professional Practice for Foundation Doctors. Sage.
• NICOLA COOPER, 2011. Acute Medicine. 10(3), 133-135
• NICOLA COOPER, 2011. Acute Medicine. 10(4), 188-193
• S CONROY and N COOPER, 2010. British Geriatric Society Best Practice Guide: Acute Medical Care of Elderly People. British Geriatrics Society.
• HEAPS C, BOWEN E and COOPER N, 2010. Acute Medicine. 9(2), 66-69
• HEAPS T and COOPER N, 2009. Acute medicine. 8(1), 29-31
• NICOLA COOPER and KIRSTY FORREST, eds., 2009. Essential Guide to Educational Supervision: in postgraduate medical education 1st Edition. Wiley Blackwell.
• NICOLA COOPER, KIRSTY FORREST and GRAHAM MULLEY, eds., 2009. ABC of Geriatric Medicine 1st Edition. Wiley Blackwell.
• FEELY M and COOPER N, 2009. Seizures on the adult intensive care unit.. In: JOHN KNIGHTON and PAUL SADLER, eds., Competency based critical care. Springer-Verlag.
• NICOLA COOPER, 2009. Medicine. 37(2), 65-69
• NICOLA COOPER, 2009. Top tips on being a medical educator. CME Geriatric Medicine. 11(3), 115-117
• ALTEMIMI H, COOPER N, BROWN J and HEATON R, 2009. European Journal of Internal Medicine. 20(S1), S213-S214
• KUMAR S and COOPER N, 2008. BMJ. 16, 412-414
• NICOLA COOPER, 2007. The Foundation Curriculum – where to now?. In: SMITH F and WELFARE M, eds., Mongraph on the Foundation Programme. Association for the ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ of Medical Education..
• COOPER N and FEELY M, 2007. Prescriber. 18(5), 72-78
• 2007. COOPER N and FEELY M. Epilepsy in the Elderly: In: Falls and Bone Health. Royal College of Physicians / British Geriatric Society. Overstall P [Ed]. Kiss of Life Multimedia Ltd. 01/01/2007 00:00:00
• COOPER N and FORREST K, 2006. BMJ. 332, 46-47
• FORREST K, BELFIELD P and COOPER N, 2006. The Clinical Teacher. 3, 238-241
• NICOLA COOPER, 2006. Acute Medicine. 5(3), 85-85
• NICOLA COOPER, 2005. Quality in Primary Care. 13(1), 9-11
• ELYAS S, COOPER N and MANDOUR O, 2005. Acute Medicine. 4(1), 28-29
• ALTEMIMI BJ, ALTEMIMI HA, COOPER NA and SLIWO EY, 2004. BMJ. 328, 414
• NICOLA COOPER, 2004. BMJ. 328, 040112
• NICOLA COOPER, 2004. BMJ. 328, 040256
• NICOLA COOPER, 2004. BMJ. 328, 0403105
• NICOLA COOPER, 2004. BMJ. 328, 0404114
• NICOLA COOPER, 2004. BMJ. 328, 0405190
• NICOLA COOPER, 2004. BMJ. 328, 0406228
• GARSIDE M, JAMES R and COOPER N, 2004. Hospital Medicine. 65(10), 628-629
• NICOLA COOPER, 2004. Acute Medicine. 3(2), 69-72
• COOPER, N and BURR, W, 2003. BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL. 327(7421), 943-944
• NICOLA COOPER and WILLIAM BURR, 2003. The employment, attitudes and aspirations of non-training grade doctors Hospital Medicine. 64(1), 43-45
• COOPER N and JACOB B, 2002. Positive pressure ventilation for cardiogenic pulmonary oedema. British Journal of Cardiology. 9(1), 38-41
• NICOLA COOPER, 2002. Oxygen therapy–myths and misconceptions. Care of the Critically Ill. 18(3), 74-77
• NICOLA COOPER, 2002. Tackling the growing problem of NTG doctors. Employing Doctors and Dentists. 48, 12-14
• NICOLA COOPER, 2002. Evidence-based lumbar puncture. Hospital Medicine. 63(10), 598-599
• NICOLA COOPER, 2001. BMJ. 322, 010219
• NICOLA COOPER, 2001. Patient at Risk! Clinical Medicine. 1, 309-311
• NICOLA COOPER, 1988. Junior doctors’ knowledge of the New Deal: a questionnaire survey. The Health Service Journal. 30-31
• NICOLA COOPER, Falls and syncope. In: R LEACH, D BELL and K MOORE, eds., Oxford Desk Reference: Acute Medicine OUP.