Current NHS consultant posts held
Watford General Hospital
Research interests
He completed an MSc in Clinical Paediatrics in 2003. He was appointed as Clinical Lecturer at University College London, contributing to research into the molecular genetics of infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis. He is widely published on aspects of clinical paediatrics and education. In 2008 he published an article about the inappropriate use of flat cola in children with gastroenteritis (diarrhoea and vomiting). The paper received world-wide press and media attention.
Personal interests
Ashley lives in Pinner where he is very involved with his local community.
Awards received
In 2009 Dr Reece was awarded an Excellence in Medical Education award from UCL. He holds an Honorary Senior Lecturer post in the General and Adolescent Paediatric Unit at the Institute of Child Health, University College London. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He has an interest in education and training. In 2017 he completed a Masters in Medical Education graduating with distinction.
Publications
Reece A. Paediatric “virtual wards†were reducing admissions well before the pandemic British Medical Journal 2022; 378 :o1856. (‘Letter of the Week’).
Reece A. Continuing professional development (CPD) points do not always make prizes British Medical Journal 2021; 374 :n1764. (Raid Response letter)
Sixty seconds on . . . the druggle. BMJ 2020; 369 (Published 22 May 2020). Cite this as: BMJ 2020;369:m2075.
Reece A and Foard L (2020) START – evaluating a novel assessment of consultant readiness in paediatrics: The entry not the exit, Medical Teacher, 42:9, 1027-1036.
Reece A and Foard L. START – introducing a novel assessment of consultant readiness in Paediatrics: the entry not the exit [version 2]. MedEdPublish 2021, 9:95
Sinitsky, L. & Reece, A. 2016, "Question 2: Can paediatric early warning systems predict serious clinical deterioration in paediatric inpatients?", Archives of Disease in Childhood, vol. 101, no. 1, pp. 109-113
Clinical Cases in Paediatrics: A Trainee handbook. Ashley Reece & Anthony Cohn (Editors). JP Medical Publishers, London. February 2014.
Reece A, Burridge R. Images in paediatrics: an unusual reaction to topical amethocaine (Ametop) local anaesthetic gel. Arch Dis Child. 2012 Oct;97(10):906. Epub 2012 Jun 9.
Reece A, Klaber R. Maximising learning on ward rounds. Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed. 2012 Apr;97(2):61-7. doi: 10.1136/edpract-2011-301593. Epub 2012 Feb 17.
Reece A, Cohn A. Safety of power driven devices for intraosseous access in infants. BMJ. 2011 Jul 12;343:d4362. doi: 10.1136/bmj.d4362.
Reece A, Cohn A, Heckmatt J. A suggested update for coma guideline. Arch Dis Child. 2010 Jul;95(7):570-1. doi: 10.1136/adc.2009.174029. Epub 2010 Jun 3.
Everett KV, Chioza BA, Georgoula C, Reece A, Gardiner RM, Chung EM. Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis: evaluation of three positional candidate genes, TRPC1, TRPC5 and TRPC6, by association analysis and re-sequencing. Hum Genet. 2009 Dec;126(6):819-31.
Jacobs M, Reece A. Does drinking "flat" cola prevent dehydration in children with acute gastroenteritis? Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed. 2008 Aug;93(4):129-31. doi: 10.1136/adc.2008.142521. No abstract available. Erratum in: Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed. 2010 Dec;95(12):1071.
Reece A, Chung EM, Gardiner RM, Williams SE. Competency domains in an undergraduate Objective Structured Clinical Examination: their impact on compensatory standard setting. Med Educ. 2008 Jun;42(6):600-6.
Courses offered to GPs
Ashley very happy to teach GPs in training sessions.
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