Associate Professor Tim Shaw

Associate Professor
Workforce Education & Development Group (WEDG), Sydney Medical School

K01 - Mackie Building
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia

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Curriculum vitae

Biographical details

Tim Shaw is Director of the Workforce Education and Development Group in the Faculty of Medicine at The University of Sydney. He has managed a number of substantial Health workforce educational research and development projects in Australia including: the development of the Australian National Patient Safety Education Framework; Basic Surgical training online for the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons; the development of the Cancer Learning Knowledge portal for the Commonwealth Government; the development of the ISQUA Knowledge Portal for the International Society for Quality in Healthcare; and the use of new technologies to improve event reporting amongst junior doctors at Brigham and Mass General Hospitals in Boston. He was a contributor to the WHO Patient Safety Curriculum Framework for Medical Schools and the Patient Safety Education Project (PSEP) in the United States. [More...]

He was a visiting Professor at Harvard Medical School for 12 months in 2008/9 during which time he developed new methodologies for the dissemination of evidence based medicine through online learning. He has also acted as an advisor and consultant to the Institute for Healthcare Improvement Open School Project, Partners Harvard Medical International and the Joint Commission in the United States. His research focuses on knowledge dissemination and transfer and flexible learning. He currently directs educational research on a number of grants including the Sydney West and Sydney Catalyst Translational Research Centres.

He sits on a number of significant national and international committees including: Academic Oversight Committee of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement Open School; International Medical Graduates Competent Authority Accreditation Committee for the Australian Medical Council; Expert Advisory Committee into Patient Safety Education in Medical Schools for the World Health Organisation; and the Hospital Skills Program State Training Council for the Institute for Medical Education and Training. [Hide detail]

Research interests

Use of education in the translation of evidence-based knowledge into practice change and improved patient outcomes.

Impact of governance and environment on professional health education

Teaching areas

Tim teaches in Medical Education and Quality Improvement.

He also is responsible for directing education research across Catalyst and Sydney West translational Cancer Research Centres

Keywords

Medical education

International links

United States. (Mass General and Brigham and Women''s Hospital, Partners Health care Network, Boston, USA) Collaborative Research Project delivering online education in Safety and Quality to Junior Doctors.
United States. (Professor Sanjiv Chopra Department of Continuing Medical Education Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA) Collaborative research around behaviour change associated with continuing professional development programs.

Publications

2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007

2012

Pernar, L., Shaw, T., Pozner, C., Vogelgesang, K., Lacroix, S., Gandhi, T., Peyre, S. (2012), Using an Objective Structured Clinical Examination to test adherence to Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goal--associated behaviors. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. 38(9), 414-418. [Abstract]
Shaw, T., Pernar, L., Peyre, S., Helfrick, J., Vogelgesang, K., Graydon-Baker, E., Chretien, Y., Brown, E., Nicholson, J., Heit, J., Co, J., Gandhi, T. (2012), Impact of online education on intern behaviour around joint commission national patient safety goals: a randomised trial. BMJ Quality & Safety. 21(10), 819-825. [Abstract]
Jiwa, M., Meng, X., Sriram, D., Hughes, J., Colagiuri, S., Twigg, S., Skinner, T., Shaw, T. (2012), The management of Type 2 diabetes: A survey of Australian general practitioners. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 95(3), 326-332. [Abstract]

2011

Pernar, L., Shaw, T., Pozner, C., Vogelgesang, K., Peyre, S. (2011), A Checklist for a Central Venous Line-Based Simulation Scenario to Measure Behavioral Compliance With Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals. Simulation in Healthcare. 6(2), 117-120. [Abstract]
Jiwa, M., Chan, W., Ross, J., Shaw, T., Magin, P. (2011), Communities of practice - quality improvement or research in general practice. Australian Family Physician. 40(1-2), 72-75. [Abstract]
Shaw, T., Long, A., Chopra, S., Kerfoot, B. (2011), Impact on clinical behavior of face-to-face continuing medical education blended with online spaced education: A randomized controlled trial. The Journal of continuing education in the health professions. 31(2), 103-8. [Abstract]

2010

Iedema, R., Brownhill, S., Haines, M., Lancashire, B., Shaw, T., Street, J. (2010), 'Hands on, Hands off': a model of clinical supervision that recognises trainees' need for support and independence. Australian Health Review. 34(3), 286-291. [Abstract]
Long, A., Kerfoot, B., Chopra, S., Shaw, T. (2010), Online spaced education to supplement live courses. Medical Education. 44(5), 519-520. [Abstract]

2009

Jiwa, M., Deas, K., Ross, J., Shaw, T., Wilcox, H., Spilsbury, K. (2009), An inclusive approach to raising standards in general practice: working with a 'community of practice' in Western Australia. BMC medical research methodology. 9, 13. [Abstract]

2008

Thistlethwaite, J., Kidd, M., Leeder, S., Shaw, T., Corcoran, K. (2008), Enhancing the choice of general practice as a career. Australian Family Physician. 37(11), 964-968. [Abstract]
Thistlethwaite, J., Leeder, S., Kidd, M., Shaw, T. (2008), Addressing general practice workforce shortages: policy options. The Medical journal of Australia. 189(2), 118-121. [Abstract]
Emanuel, L., Walton, M., Hatlie, M., Lau, D., Shaw, T., Shalowitz, J., Combes, J. (2008), The Patient Safety Education Project: An International Collaboration. In: Advances in Patient Safety: New Directions and Alternative Approaches. (pp.1-15).United States: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

2007

Ryan, G., Lyon, P., Kumar, K., Bell, J., Barnet, S., Shaw, T. (2007), Online CME: an effective alternative to face-to-face delivery. Medical Teacher. 29(8), 251-257. [Abstract]
McGreevy, P., Shaw, T., Burn, D., Miller, N. (2007), OLIVER: an online library of images for veterinary education and research. Journal of veterinary medical education. 34(4), 510-516. [Abstract]

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