After a four decade career working both as a doctor and an educationalist, the Jersey-native is closing in on a well-deserved retirement. The Foundation Dean of the School of Medicine at Magee, however, won’t be setting aside her stethoscope and mortarboard just yet. Advertisement Advertisement Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to Derry Journal, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you.
First, she intends skippering the inaugural cohort of doctors through to graduation from the School of Medicine next July. Upon which, she will be up for fresh challenges, she tells us. "You know what, I actually want to go on a good sailing trip.
That's one of my ambitions. I haven't done a long sailing trip for a lot of years and I'd quite like that. "I can’t see myself just sitting down and reading books.
I think if people come to me with projects...
I'm very open to projects and challenges.” Advertisement Advertisement Professor Dubras was speaking to the ‘Journal’ after confirming she will be retiring after the graduation ceremony and valedictories in 2025. “It's still 11 months away but it's really important to take some time to do the succession planning.
It's marking the milestone of the final year of the first group that started so it's come at a good time to be doing that.” Dr. Dubras moved to Derry in June 2018 after being appointed Foundation Dean of the new Medical School.
Previously she had worked as Deputy Dean of Medical Education at.