Sian Powell

Sian is a GP in West London and Deputy Director for Undergraduate Primary Care Education within the Department of Primary Care and Public Health at Imperial College London. Sian gained her master’s degree in clinical education with Distinction at the Institute of Education in London. Her dissertation involved creating a novel clinical reasoning framework that can be used in clinical or teaching contexts to reflect on and improve clinical reasoning. The 'Stop and Think' Framework has been used for the past 10 years at Imperial to help students develop their reflective reasoning ability and has been adopted in other UK healthcare educational settings. In 2023 Sian received the President's Medal for Excellence in Teaching recognising her contributions to the Department of Primary Care and Public Health. Sian is also an EMCC accredited Foundation Level Coach and holds Senior Fellowship of Advance HE.