ABSTRACT
Robert Harvard Davis worked as a house officer, first in Farnborough and then back home in North Wales. His interest in academic medicine was catalysed during his role as a junior Resident Medical Officer in the North Wales sanatorium when he was encouraged to investigate the role of a novel drug, streptomycin, in the treatment of tuberculous sinuses. In 1952, Queen College was founded with Davis as an inaugural member. He was selected to become the secretary of the research committee of the Welsh Faculty of the College. Davis was appointed, in 1967, as the senior lecturer and director of the General Practice Unit at the University of Wales College of Medicine with the remit of establishing general practice teaching and research. Around the time of Davis’ appointment, the Royal Commission on Medical Education published a report into undergraduate training which recommended that dedicated teaching time in general practice with specifically appointed senior staff should be given to medical students.
