Ron Grimley Undergraduate Centre for Medical Studies - RGUC

Ron Grimley Undergraduate Centre for Medical Studies - RGUC The Ron Grimley Undergraduate Centre (RGUC) is a clinical teaching academy, based at The Dudley Group.

We support hospital placements for University of Birmingham, Aston University and Three Counties Worcester. The Ron Grimley Centre for Undergraduate Medical Studies was first opened to our medical students in August 2005, providing them with a specialised centre here at the Trust. On March 14th 2006, the centre was officially opened by Professor William Doe (Dean of The Birmingham Medical School). The new centre was named in honour of the late Ron Grimley as a tribute to his work and commitment to medical education.

27/11/2025

Tell us something good.

medical students and our academy staff stepped up to the mic to tell us about something that made them happy or feel good recently.

We take wellbeing seriously at RGUC, and we hold monthly wellbeing sessions and events for all medical students attending placement with us.

Thank you to everyone who took the time to share your stories with us.

DID ANYTHING GOOD HAPPEN TO YOU RECENTLY? Let us know in the comments.

19/11/2025

Psychological safety is a shared belief within a team or organization that members can speak up, experiment, and make mistakes without fear of punishment, humiliation, or negative social or professional consequences.

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Dudley Improvement Practice

17/11/2025

Listening with fascination - such an important skill that is one of the leadership qualities that Peter advocates.

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Dudley Improvement Practice

15/11/2025

The process of improvement practice is less about classroom-based learning and more about diagnosing problems, planning and testing changes, implementing successful changes, and sustaining the improvements over time.

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Dudley Improvement Practice

13/11/2025

Peter outlines, at a basic level, the process behind supporting individuals and teams to make improvements, however daunting or complex they may seem.

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Dudley Improvement Practice

Our BBC Children in Need bake sale is on now. Come down to the Undergraduate Centre in North Wing and bring loose change...
12/11/2025

Our BBC Children in Need bake sale is on now. Come down to the Undergraduate Centre in North Wing and bring loose change. 😀

11/11/2025

Everyone has a role to play in improvement capability, and with around 14,000 staff across both and , Peter believes only a very small fraction of the overall workforce are benefitting from some form of improvement practice training.

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Dudley Improvement Practice

09/11/2025

Keeping patients active for a long as possible during a hospital stay will help improve their outcomes when they are discharged.

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07/11/2025

Paul describes a positive example of how his involvement helped to streamline a hospital visit for a plus size end-of-life patient.

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05/11/2025

Paul talks about the different hands-off methods available when moving and handling patients in the clinical environment.

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30/10/2025

Paul Featherby-Davis and Jasprit discuss the importance of language and communication when treating plus size patients.

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22/10/2025

The majority of medical treatment at Bewal International Hospital is free to those who need it, in addition to annual operation camps that take place there.

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Address

Pensnett Road
Dudley
DY12HQ

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday 8:30am - 4pm

Telephone

+441384244305

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The Ron Grimley Centre Undergraduate (RGUC) is a clinical teaching academy based at the Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, UK.

RGUC was first opened to University of Birmingham medical students in August 2005, providing them with a specialised clinical teaching academy at Russells Hall Hospital. In March 2006, the centre was officially opened by Professor William Doe, Dean of the University of Birmingham medical school. The Undergraduate Centre is named in honour of the late Ron Grimley. Ron worked tirelessly to gain teaching status for the Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust. He was an enthusiastic educationalist and inspiring mentor, with a special dedication for teaching undergraduate medical students.

For more information about us, please take a look at our website - www.rguc.co.uk