[1] Her teaching focus was on developing education for medical students and graduates to improve neurology patient care in the community.

[3] The course combined social science and medical care, and led her to publish books on evidence-based practice.

[4][5] Later, Ridsdale was accredited as a Neurologist in the UK, and appointed Director of medical student teaching in neurology at King's College London.

[9][10][11] Linking neurology and general practice, Ridsdale and colleagues described the commonness of patients presenting with headache in general practice,[12] why they were referred to neurologists,[13] whether this might be reduced by GP direct access to MRI,[14] and the potential contribution of GPs with Special Interest[15] and CBT.

[16][17] Ridsdale described the commonness and unmet needs for education among people with epilepsy, testing interventions by specially trained nurses in three trials.