Dr Clara Forrest

Dr Clara Forrest graduated from University College Cork in 2021 and was awarded an Academic Track Internship at Cork University Hospital. Her interdisciplinary research project evaluated the current medicolegal landscape in Ireland as well as exploring patients’ and doctors’ experiences and opinions of medical error and litigation during breast cancer care, and led to the awarding of an MRes in Medical Sciences at University College Cork.

Peer reviewed publications from her work include “Current Irish medicolegal landscape: an unsustainable trajectory” which was published in BMJ Open Quality in August 2023 and “Learning From Medical Litigation” which featured in JCO Oncology Practice in April 2023. She is currently completing Basic Specialist Training in the South Hub and aims to pursue a career in Medical Oncology.