Dr. Reginald Odbert
MSc. MB.ChB (1976 Sheffield),
FRCGP, FIMC RCS(Ed), DRCOG, DAvMed, MRAeS, MSc.

I trained in Sheffield and after a few years working in the city's hospitals I joined the Royal Air Force where I enjoyed the benefit of tremendous opportunities to combine my interests in travel, medicine, flying and emergency medicine with the RAF Search and Rescue helicopters. I studied for a while at the RAF Institute of Aviation Medicine in Farnborough, and became fascinated by the ability of the human body to cope with extreme environments.
After working in Germany, the UK, Cyprus, Central America and detachments throughout Europe, I was fortunate to join the Practice in Highcliffe in 1990 where I became a partner. This enabled my three sons to attend St Marks School in the village before going on to Bournemouth, and University.
My clinical interests are fairly broad and these include general medicine, diabetes, Child health, Eye diseases, trauma and immediate medical care. I set up the Highcliffe eye clinic 5 years ago and I have been actively involved as a voluntary doctor with BASICS ( British Association for Immediate Care) in the provision of immediate (emergency) care for the last 10 years, and I qualified as a Fellow in Immediate Medical Care of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2002.
Highcliffe Medical Centre has been a teaching practice for many years, and I have been involved in teaching medical students and young doctors, who are registrars in general practice, since 1985.
I have recently been away studying Medical Education at the University of Wales College of Medicine and my research dissertation studied the learning experiences of new doctors in General Practice. In July 2005 I emerged from Cardiff with an MSc in postgraduate medical education. I hope that I will be able to share the benefits of my experience with our patients, all members of the Practice, and all the students and young doctors who come to train at Highcliffe Medical Centre.