It is with sadness that The Society reports the death of John Patterson on 25 February 2018. John was an Honorary Senior Lecturer in Medical Education (formerly Associate Dean, Undergraduate Medical Studies) at Barts and the Royal London, Queen Mary University (1978-2009). John taught physiology for 30 years and was three times elected ‘best preclinical teacher’. In his role as associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical Studies, he oversaw a revision of assessment structures across the programmes and as Head of Assessment he had oversight of the design, delivery and analysis of all MBBS examinations. More recently John was appointed as psychometrician and then, additionally, as Vice-Chairman of the Examinations Board, at the Society of Apothecaries of London.