Prof. Lionel Green-Thompson

A/Prof Lionel Green-Thompson serves as Dean: Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, since March 2020. Previously as Dean: School of Medicine at Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University (2018 – 2020) and Assistant Dean: Teaching, Learning and Undergraduate Affairs (2014 – 2018) at Wits University. He is co-author of the ASSAf Consensus Report: Reconceptualising health professions education in South Africa.  He is a specialist anaesthesiologist and completed a PhD in 2014 entitled: The nature of social accountability in South African medical education and practice. Lionel served as the Chairperson of the SA Committee of Medical Deans (SACOMD:2022 -2023). Currently he is co-chairing a National Steering Committee with the College of Medicine of South Africa (CMSA) on development of workplace-based assessments for specialist medical education. He is interested in assessment of clinical competency, professional identity formation, transformative education and social accountability.

A long time councillor, he was national co-chairperson of SAAHE for the 2010 to 2013 triennium and co-chaired the national conference held at Wits in 2010 titled “Making Education Matter”.

Other affiliations include serving on the board of the Rural Health Advocacy Project (RHAP) and Towards Unity for Health (TUFH). He is currently the Vice Secretary General for TUFH in the term 2023 – 2027. He is a member of AMEE and serves on the AMEE Research Committee, currently chairing the Network for Medical Education in Resource Constrained Environments (MERCS). Co-chairs the International Social Accountability Accreditation Steering Committee (ISAAC) which explores accreditation using a lens of social accountabilty.