Dr Timothy Young

Dr. Tim Young is currently a lecturer, commencing as associate Professor (teaching) from October 2021, at the Queen Square Institute of Neurology (IoN), University College London (UCL). He is course co-director for the Queen Square IoN Clinical Neurology by distance learning MSc/Diploma/PG Certificate. 

 

With a prior BSc in Biomedical Science, he qualified as a medical doctor with triple distinction in 1997 and was Proxime accessit to the London University Gold Medal.

Tim obtained his PhD in Neuroscience from Imperial College London in 2009 and has worked as a consultant neurologist in London since then. 

 

Since 2017 Tim has focussed on medical education, employing novel methods to promote medical education for his own course, nationally and internationally. He has presented at education conferences and has published educational work in both journal and book chapter forms.  His particular passion is to improve online medical education for developing nations. Tim has just completed his Postgraduate Certificate in medical education at the University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education.

 

Tim has fellowships both in clinical work (FRCP) and education (SFHEA). He led his course to a Royal College of Physicians international education award in 2019, and in July 2021 he was awarded the UCL Provost Education Award, "Education For All", in recognition of his work.