Professor Karen Mattick is an internationally recognised expert in the education of health professionals and associated research into the healthcare workforce.  Professor Mattick leads the Health Professions Education & Wellbeing research group at Exeter, which exists to support the local and national implementation of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, with its three priority areas “Train, Retain and Reform”.  

Professor Mattick is also President of the Association for the Study of Medical Education, Deputy Editor for the journal Medical Education, and Member of the NIHR Health and Social Care Delivery Research (HSDR) Funding Committee. Her work has been recognised through various awards, such as ASME President's Medal winner 2022, Honorary Fellow of the Academy of Medical Educators, and Principal Fellow and National Teaching Fellow for Advance HE.

Research specialisms

• The work and wellbeing of health professionals in their first five years of practice
• The potential for workplace-based feedback (especially about prescribing antimicrobials) to change organisational culture
• Wide ranging methodologies including realist reviews and evaluations