Speaker, Advisor, MD
Dr Rosalind O'Shaughnessy
Dr Rosalind O'Shaughnessy is an emergency medicine physician with over twenty-five years' experience. Throughout her career she has combined clinical practice with a passion for the humanities, exploring medicine on screen, literature, and practical ethics. She has completed a Master's degree in Health Humanities and is pursuing further research in the philosophy of ethics and aesthetics. A distinguished speaker, she has also advised on numerous media projects, including over 70 episodes of the BBC's Casualty and Downton Abbey.
Worked with
How Rosalind works
Speaking, advising and appraisal
Talks & workshops
Keynotes, seminars and half-day workshops on medical humanities, narrative medicine and practical ethics, with learning outcomes written to support CPD.
See the talks →Medical advising for screen
Script consultancy, storyline development and on-set guidance. Ten years on Casualty, as well as Downton Abbey, Holby City and Criminal Justice.
Advisory work →Narrative practice
The Emergency Department writing group
Rosalind leads the creative writing group she established in the Emergency Department at Chelsea & Westminster, where participants report a benefit to their wellbeing.
The figure and the basis for it are set out in full on the Talks page rather than quoted here, since a claim about outcomes should be one a reader can check.
Screen & page
Selected advisory credits
Medical advising across television, film and publishing.
Casualty
BBC One · 70+ episodes · Medical advisor, 10 years
Downton Abbey
ITV / Carnival Films · Medical advisor
Holby City
BBC One · Medical advisor
Criminal Justice
BBC · Medical advisor
Five Days
BBC / HBO · Medical advisor
A Colder War
Charles Cumming · Medical advisor
Secrecy
Rupert Thomson · Medical advisor
Workshop participants
From previous sessions
“This was my highlight of the conference!”Workshop participant
“Brilliant session, great facilitator!”Workshop participant
“Couldn't recommend more highly.”Workshop participant
Testimonials are held on file and available on request.
Affiliations
- A&E Consultant, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Fellow of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine
- Medical Director, Resuscitation Council Advanced Life Support courses (former)
- Trust Tutor for non-training-grade doctors
- B.A. Somerville College, Oxford · M.D. UCLA · M.A. Health Humanities, UCL
Roles held, not endorsements.