HWA Board - Professor Simon Willcock

Professor Willcock is a general practitioner who has worked in both rural and urban New South Wales. He is Discipline Head of General Practice at the University of Sydney, and Associate Dean for Postgraduate Medical Education and Training in the Sydney Medical Program. His educational and research interests include musculoskeletal medicine, the health workforce and generational change in the medical workforce, and the health of doctors. Professor Willcock is a past Director of the NSW Institute of Medical Education and Training, and is currently Deputy Chair of the Confederation of Postgraduate Medical Education Councils. In addition, he is the Chair of General Practice Education and Training Board, which is a Commonwealth company that oversees general practice vocational training around Australia. Professor Willcock was appointed as an independent member of the HWA Board in February 2010.