Bio
Dr. Joanne Paul-Charles joined the medical faculty at Cave Hill Campus as a part-time tutor in 2009, then a year-4 MBBS clinical supervisor in 2012, and full-time faculty in 2014. She received her undergraduate medical training at Mona Campus and Cave Hill Campus and is a graduate of the Cave Hill Campus, UWI class of 1999. Post-internship she worked as Senior House Officer in Internal Medicine at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, then went on to pursue postgraduate training in Family Medicine and received a Doctor of Medicine degree in 2011.
As a Family Medicine Physician, Dr. Paul-Charles has many years of experience, working in general practice and primary care, both in the Ministry of Health community clinics and private practice. She is actively involved in teaching and clinical supervision, both at undergraduate and postgraduate level, and postgraduate research supervision.
Qualifications
- MBBS, MSc, DM Family Medicine, Cave Hill Campus, UWI
- Graduate Research Supervisors Course, 2022 Postgraduate Certificate in University Teaching & Learning, Cave Hill Campus, UWI 2016
- DM Family Medicine, UWI, 2011
- MSc Family Medicine, UWI, 2008
- Postgraduate Dip Family Medicine UWI, 2006
- MBBS, UWI, 1999
Research Areas
Research areas include aspects of chronic disease in primary care: Asthma, Obesity and weight perceptions, Diabetes prevention, and Medical Education
Teaching Areas
- Course coordinator and lecturer: Introduction to Medical Practice, pre-clinical MBBS
- Coordinator, lecturer and clinical supervisor Family Medicine, 4th year MBBS clinical rotation
- Lecturer, clinical supervisor and research supervisor in Postgraduate Diploma and DM Family Medicine programmes.
- Examiner at MBBS and Postgraduate Diploma and DM graduate levels
Publications
Nkemcho Ojeh, Heather Harewood, Natalie Greaves, Natasha Sobers, Koelle Boyce, Paula Michele Lashley, O Peter Adams, Joanne Paul-Charles, Md Anwarul Azim Majumder. A Phenomenological Exploration of Experiences Related to Learning Styles Among Undergraduate Medical Students in a Barbadian Medical School. Advances in Medical Education and Practice 2023:14 1105-1118. https://doi.org/10.2147/AMEP.S428012
Motilal S, Paul-Charles J, Asnani M, Khan R, Ricketts-Roomes T, Pinder-Butler S, Herbert J, Farquharson C, Conliffe C, Standard-Goldson A, Smith K, Morris E, Maharaj RG. 2020 family medicine postgraduate examinations at The University of the West Indies: successes and challenges in the time of COVID-19 pandemic. Postgrad Med J. 2021 May 26, postgradmedj-2021-140242. doi:10.1136/postgradmedj-2021-140242.
Hassan S, Sobers N, Paul-Charles J, Herbert J, Dharamraj K, Cruz E, Garcia E, Fredericks L, Desai MM, Roy S, Williams S, Linnander E, Crusto C, Horowitz CR, Arniella G, Cattamanchi A, Adams OP, Nunez-Smith M. Diabetes Prevention in the Caribbean using Lifestyle Intervention and Metformin Escalation (LIME): A Hybrid Type-1 Effectiveness Implementation Trial using a Quasi-Experimental Study Design. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications 2021 March 11; 22: 100750. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conctc.2021.100750
Adams OP, Mangera KAS, Hambleton I, Morris EH, Paul-Charles JL. Does peak expiratory flow measured sitting differ from that measured standing? A crossover study in primary care in Barbados. BJGP Open. June 2018 DOI:10.3399/bjgpopen18X101592
Rohan G. Maharaj, Aileen Standard-Goldson, Cherilyn Hanna-Mahase, Sonia Roache-Barker, Colette Cunningham-Myrie, M. Shastri Motilal, Carnille Farquharson, Euclid Morris, Joanne Paul-Charles, Pauline Williams-Green & O. Peter Adams. Family Medicine at the University of the West Indies: a model for the developing world, Education for Primary Care, 2016. DOI: 10.1080/14739879.2016.1218744
Additional Info
Diabetes Prevention with Lifestyle Intervention and Metformin Escalation (LIME study). This study was part of a collaboration between the Yale Transdisciplinary Collaborative Center for Health Disparities (Yale-TCC) and the Faculty of Medical Sciences(FMS), Cave Hill Campus, UWI. https://medicine.yale.edu/intmed/genmed/tcc/lime.aspx
Keywords
Joanne Paul-Charles; Family Medicine; Primary Care, Asthma, Obesity perception, Diabetes prevention, Medical education