About

Professor of Nephrology Emeritus, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh.

Key current activities:

Academic
- Alport Syndrome research – co-PI for Alport Hub funded by Stoneygate Trust via Kidney Research UK, with physical centre in Manchester (with Prof Rachel Lennon and Prof Danny Gale)
- Open access resources for Medicine and Nephrology: e.g. medcal/renal
- Innovative teaching projects nationally and internationally
- Technical aids to learning: DiagnosisView
Nephrology
- Alport Syndrome, scientific and clinical and human aspects; other genetic, glomerular, or rare conditions
- Info provision and education for patients and public. PatientView online live results and info (see below)
- Editing Oxford Textbook of Clinical Nephrology, 4.3/5
- Editing Information section of edren, at edren.org/info
Medical humanities, History of Nephrology and of Medical Education, more as below. @neilturn

Everything

Broad nephrology and transplantation, with particular interests in

Genetic conditions. Particular involvement in Alport Syndrome and related conditions
Glomerular diseases and proteinuria, progression of disease
Transition from paediatric to adult services
Renal disease in pregnancy
Management of rare diseases
Democratisation of information for patients and professionals
Supporting and learning from nephrology in developing countries. Work in Malawi and visits elsewhere, and with the Renal Association and International Society of Nephrology.

Dean of Undergraduate Learning and Teaching for the University of Edinburgh’s College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine (CMVM) 2016-21.
OREA report on adapting to online assessment, 2020; How to put your exams online guide, 2021.
Established HCP-Med, a streamlined route for existing healthcare practitioners (HCPs) to gain a full medical degree. Commenced 2020. This was the first medical programme in the UK to be part-time, or remote (for first 3 years), or bespoke for HCPs. In fourth year from July 2023, pioneer cohort graduates July 2025.
Established online MSc in Internal Medicine in collaboration with Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, rcpe.ac.uk (commenced 2011)
Much of our open-access Renal teaching is moved to MedCal, and indexed from edren.org/education
Particular educational interests
- Supporting international and open learning
- Medical education in low-resource settings
- Opportunities digital education can provide more widely
- Medical Humanities, and its integration with other teaching

Founder of edren.org (2000).
PatientView co-founder, patientview.org – online results and info for renal and some other patients in the UK 2005-2023.
Member of group founding RaDaR, the renal rare diseases registry. After a decade this is now showing its power.
Editor of Oxford Textbook of Clinical Nephrology, 4th edition and regular e-updates: bit.ly/otcn4
Scottish Medical Humanities project, scottishmedicalhumanities.org (2017)
DiagnosisView app launched 2020
MedCal – open-access teaching platform launched 2020. In beta, and only much developed yet for Renal, but now looking for other systems, specialties.

Deputy Director of Education (online) for the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE)
Trustee, Alport UK
Trustee, South East Scotland Quaker Meeting (SESAM)

Publications (Google Scholar)
Publications (Orcid; less complete but includes some different entries) https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4547-873X

History of Nephrology. History of Nephrology Blog
Medical education history in Edinburgh. EdMed Timeline
Medical humanites. Member of Scottish Medical Humanities group and editor of scottishmedicalhumanities.org
Scottish hills, islands, coast. Industrial archaeology. Northumberland.
Art. Historical fashion. World music. International cinema.

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