Jacob Chizzo is a Lecturer in Clinical Communication, in the Institute of Clinical Sciences, Interactive Studies Unit (ISU), and teaches across MDS healthcare programmes: Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Dentistry. He has been actively involved as an educator in higher education settings worldwide for many years, specifically with students and clinicians of the health sciences.
Jacob regularly works also with students one-to-one in the Referred Students Programme, in highly individualised coaching sessions for the intervention, remediation and development of communication and interpersonal skills and professionalism. He participates in many other college-wide educational activities, groups and committees. Jacob is a Personal Academic Tutor and takes an active interest also in the well-being of MDS international students, often organising and leading social and cultural activities to enrich the international student experience.