Professional statement
Dr Chris Kowalski is a consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist in Winchester, who specialises in autism and ADHD alongside general child and adolescent mental health issues. He practices privately at Re:Cognition Health Winchester, while his NHS base is Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust. Here, he is simulation lead alongside his role as a consultant.
Dr Kowalski trained at Cambridge University and University College London, completing his psychiatric specialisation in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Tavistock Clinic.
Since 2021, he has been part of an NHS specialist neurodevelopmental service - assessing and treating children and young people with autism and ADHD. He completed a Clinical Fellowship at the University of Toronto in 2017 where he worked in youth urgent care at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). During this period, he received the award for Most Accomplished Clinical Fellow at the Department of Psychiatry awards, University of Toronto.
Dr Kowalski maintains a longstanding interest in clinical education. He is an examiner on the MSc in Medical Education at the University of Oxford as well as the deputy undergraduate lead in the Department of Psychiatry. His research explores the use of simulation-based education in mental health and debriefing theory. Dr Kowalski was shortlisted for Psychiatric Educator of the Year at the Royal College of Psychiatrists Awards in 2023.
Clinics
Staple House, Staple Gardens, Winchester SO23 8SR, UK, WinchesterMedical insurances accepted
Credentials
Professional experience
- Consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist, Re:Cognition Health Winchester
- Consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist and Simulation lead, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
Education
- MB BS, University of London (2008)
Teaching posts
- Senior associate tutor of Medical Education, Department of Education, University of Oxford
- Deputy Undergraduate Lead of Psychiatry, University of Oxford
Positions in organisations
- Contributor to the development of a simulation module on racism and mental health, Collaboration with Oxford Brookes University and Oxford Health NHS Trust Psychiatry
Publications and conferences
- Book chapters Kowalski, C., Attoe, C. (2020). Contemporary context and future directions in mental health education. In: Nestel D, Reedy G, McKenna L, Gough S (eds). Clinical Education for the Health Professions: Theory and Practice. Springer.
- Peer-reviewed articles Naismith, L.M., Kowalski, C., Soklaridis, S., Kelly, A., Walsh, C.M. (2019). Participant perspectives on the contributions of physical, psychological, and sociological fidelity to learning in interprofessional mental health simulation. Simulation in Healthcare, 15(3):141–146.
Prizes and awards
- Clinical Fellowship, University of Toronto (2017)
- University of Toronto Department of Psychiatry award, Most Accomplished Clinical Fellow
Languages spoken
- English