Dave Pao

London, United Kingdom United Kingdom

Physician in Sexual Health & Design PhD Candidate at the Royal College of Art

Medical / Health Care / Pharmaceuticals

I am practising doctor in the field of sexual health and HIV medicine, with a clinical research MD from UCL. Alongside clinical work, I am undertaking a PhD in Innovation Design at the Royal College of Art in London. My research at the RCA acknowledges the critical influence of the medical record on the quality of the clinician-patient consultation. I am exploring the impact of the shift from paper to digital records, through the affordances inherent to these very different media. I begin with the premise that it is primarily the clinician - patient relationship where medicine is delivered, with the medical record being the key conduit through which this engagement occurs. Further, I ar...