Peter Hersey, Consultant, Integrated Critical Care Unit, Sunderland Royal Hospital, UK,Laura O’Connor, Consultant, Integrated Critical Care Unit, Sunderland Royal Hospital, UK,Thomas E Sams, Consultant, Anaesthesia/ICM, The Cumberland Infirmary and West Cumberland Hospital, UK,Jon Sturman, Consultant, Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, The Cumberland Infirmary, North Cumbria University Hospital NHS Trust, UK

Pete Hersey is the clinical lead for critical care at South Tyneside and Sunderland NHSFT and a previous FICM Faculty Tutor. He undertakes both local and national roles in medical education. After taking up his consultant post he was awarded a postgraduate masters in medical education, and was the founding director for a course preparing candidates for the final FFICM OSCE.

Laura O’Connor is a consultant and FICM Faculty Tutor in Sunderland Royal Hospital where she also leads an active simulation programme. She has experience of working in New Zealand and holds the FFICM by examination.

Tom Sams trained in Sheffield and Newcastle before taking up his consultant post in North Cumbria NHSFT. He is a FICM Faculty Tutor and has organised several successful revision courses. He was one of the first candidates to sit the final FFICM examination.

Jon Sturman takes an active role in multiprofessional training both within the UK and abroad and has an interest in developing remote and rural intensive care. After training which included a fellowship in paediatric retrieval, he took a consultant post in North Cumbria NHSFT, where he has been clinical director since 2012.