(World Health Organization) Currently expert member of WHO Patient safety Leadership group ( 2013). Previously lead writer and editor for the WHO Patient Safety Curriculum Guide for Medical Schools (254 pages) and the WHO Multi professional Patient Safety Curriculum Guide (275 pages) The Curriculum Guide was launched in 2011. Professor Walton is assisting WHO member countries to integrate patient safety learning into their curriculum. The curricula were based on the National Patient Safety Education framework designed and developed by Professor Walton in collaboration with the University of Sydney and the Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care July 2005.

United States

(Bueler Centre for Aging and Welfare, Northwestern University Chicago.) Visiting Professor and affiliate.

Vietnam

(Hanoi Medical School) Assisting curriculum development in professionalism and patient safety and building capacity of faculty staff to teach in these areas.

Selected publications

National Patient Safety Education Framework

(Commonwealth Government of Australia, 2012)

WHO Patient Safety Curriculum Guide: Multi-professional Edition

(World Health Organisation, 2012)

Safety And Ethics In Healthcare: A Guide To Getting It Right

(Ashgate, 2007)

Well Being; How To Get The Best Treatment From Your Doctor

(Pluto Press, 2002)

Publications

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Books

Walton, M. (2012). National Patient Safety Education Framework. Canberra, Australia: Commonwealth Government of Australia.
Barraclough, B., Ellis, B., Leotsakos, A., Walton, M. (2012). WHO Patient Safety Curriculum Guide: Multi-professional Edition. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organisation.
Runciman, B., Merry, A., Walton, M. (2007). Safety And Ethics In Healthcare: A Guide To Getting It Right. Aldershot, England ; Burlington, Vermont: Ashgate.
Walton, M. (2002). Well Being; How To Get The Best Treatment From Your Doctor. Australia: Pluto Press.

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Book Chapters

Walton, M., Guest, D., Vinning, G., Hill-Cawthorne, G., Black, K., Betitis, T., Totavun, C., Butubu, J., Hall, J., Saul-Maora, J. (2019). Case study 1: Improving the livelihood of farmers in Bougainville. In Merrilyn Walton (Eds.), One Planet, One Health, (pp. 127-141). Sydney: Sydney University Press. [More Information]
Walton, M., Guest, D., McMahon, P., Nuryartono, N., Vinning, G., Toribio, J., Phan-Thien, K., Nasir, S., Arundhana, A., Arsyad, D. (2019). Case study 2: Sustainability and profitability of cocoa-based farming systems in Indonesia. In Merrilyn Walton (Eds.), One Planet, One Health, (pp. 141-151). Sydney: Sydney University Press.
Walton, M. (2011). Responding to Patient Harm: Patient Safety Initiatives in Australia. In John Tingle and Pippa Bark (Eds.), Patient Safety, Law Policy and Practice, (pp. 225-238). Abingdon: Routledge imprint of Taylor & Francis. [More Information]
Walton, M., Vincent, C., Schyve, P., Reason, J., Leape, L., Hatlie, M., Combes, J., Conway, J., Berwick, D., Emanuel, L. (2009). What Exactly is Patient Safety? In K. Henriksen, J. Battles, M. Battles and M. Grady (Eds.), Advances in Patient Safety: New Directions and Alternative Approaches, (pp. 1-18). United States: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Emanuel, L., Berwick, D., Conway, J., Combes, J., Hatlie, M., Leape, L., Reason, J., Schyve, P., Vincent, C., Walton, M. (2008). Advances in Patient Safety: New Directions and Alternative Approaches. In K. Henriksen, J. Battles, M. Battles and M. Grady (Eds.), Advances in Patient Safety: New Directions and Alternative Approaches, (pp. 1-18). United States: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Walton, M., Shaw, T., Combes, J., Shalowitz, J., Lau, D., Hatlie, M., Emanuel, L. (2008). The Patient Safety Education Project: An International Collaboration. In K. Henriksen, J. Battles, M. Battles and M. Grady (Eds.), Advances in Patient Safety: New Directions and Alternative Approaches, (pp. 1-15). United States: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Burnand, J., Walton, M. (2007). Medico-legal and related matters. In Jo Burnand (Eds.), Becoming a doctor: surviving and thriving in the early postgraduate years, (pp. 133-146). Sydney: Elsevier.
Walton, M., Burnand, J. (2007). Medicolegal and related matters. In Jo Burnand (Eds.), Becoming a doctor: surviving and thriving in the early postgraduate years, (pp. 133-146). Sydney: Elsevier.
Walton, M. (2007). Patient safety and satisfaction: dealing with mistakes and complaints. In Jo Burnand (Eds.), Becoming a doctor: surviving and thriving in the early postgraduate years, (pp. 147-162). Sydney: Elsevier.
Walton, M. (2007). Public reports: putting patients in the picture requires a new relationship between doctors and patients. In Steve Clarke and Justin Oakley (Eds.), Informed Consent and Clinician Accountability: the ethics of report cards on surgeon performance, (pp. 65-75). United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]
Walton, M. (2003). Commentary on: "On Trust" by Miles Little. In Kerridge, Jordens, Sayers (Eds.), A Miles Little Reader - Restoring humane values to medicine, (pp. 193-195). Sydney: Desert Pea Press.
Walton, M. (2003). Using patient complaints to improve care. In Coldicott, Y., Baxter, C., Brennan, Mark (Eds.), The Practical Guide to Medical Ethics and Law for Junior Doctors and Medical Students, (pp. 8-19). PasTest Limited.

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Journals

Ong, N., Boulton, K., Milne, J., Tomsic, G., Guastella, A., Silove, N., Weise, J., Long, J., Walton, M., Burgess, A. (2025). Identifying Patient Safety Competencies for Healthcare Staff Treating Children and Young People With Intellectual Disability in Hospitals: A Delphi Study. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 38(1), e13329. [More Information]
Ong, N., Lucien, A., Long, J., Weise, J., Burgess, A., Walton, M. (2024). What do parents think about the quality and safety of care provided by hospitals to children and young people with an intellectual disability? A qualitative study using thematic analysis. Health Expectations, 27(1), e13925. [More Information]
Clarke, A., Burgess, A., van Diggele, C., Bloomfield, J., Schneider, C., Kalman, E., Walton, M. (2023). Improving Patient Safety: Engaging Students in Interprofessional Team-Based Learning (TBL). Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice, 5(2), 1-17. [More Information]
Guest, D., Butubu, J., Van Ogtrop, F., Hall, J., Vinning, G., Walton, M. (2023). Poverty, education and family health limit disease management and yields on smallholder cocoa farms in Bougainville. CABI One Health, 2(1), 1-13. [More Information]
Ong, N., Lucien, A., Long, J., Weise, J., Walton, M., Burgess, A. (2023). What do healthcare staff think about the quality and safety of care provided to children and young people with an intellectual disability? A qualitative study using the framework method of analysis. BMJ Open, 13(7). [More Information]
Joseph, K., Newman, B., Manias, E., Walpola, R., Seale, H., Walton, M., Chauhan, A., Li, J., Harrison, R. (2022). Engaging with ethnic minority consumers to improve safety in cancer services: A national stakeholder analysis. Patient Education and Counseling, 105(8), 2778-2784. [More Information]
Ong, N., Mimmo, L., Barnett, D., Long, J., Weise, J., Walton, M. (2022). Reported clinical incidents of children with intellectual disability: A qualitative analysis. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 64(11), 1359-1365. [More Information]
Ong, N., Long, J., Weise, J., Walton, M. (2022). Responding to safe care: Healthcare staff experiences caring for a child with intellectual disability in hospital. Implications for practice and training. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 35(3), 675-690. [More Information]
Harrison, R., Walton, M., Manias, E., Wilson, C., Girgis, A., Chin, M., Leone, D., Seale, H., Smith, A., Chauhan, A. (2021). Codesigning consumer engagement strategies with ethnic minority consumers in Australian cancer services: the CanEngage Project protocol. BMJ Open, 11(8), e048389. [More Information]
Newman, B., Joseph, K., Chauhan, A., Seale, H., Li, J., Manias, E., Walton, M., Mears, S., Jones, B., Harrison, R. (2021). Do patient engagement interventions work for all patients? A systematic review and realist synthesis of interventions to enhance patient safety. Health Expectations, 24(6), 1905-1923. [More Information]
Chauhan, A., Walpola, R., Manias, E., Seale, H., Walton, M., Wilson, C., Smith, A., Li, J., Harrison, R. (2021). How do health services engage culturally and linguistically diverse consumers? An analysis of consumer engagement frameworks in Australia. Health Expectations, 24(5), 1747-1762. [More Information]
Walton, M., Arsyad, D., Alimuddin, S., Arundhana, A., Guest, D., McMahon, P., Doel, R., Nasir, S. (2021). Implementing a One Health village volunteer programme in West Sulawesi, Indonesia: A pilot study. Global Public Health, 16(11), 1741-1756. [More Information]
Walton, M., Guest, D., Raynes-Greenow, C. (2021). One Planet One Health: What About the Kids? Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 57(11), 1741-1744. [More Information]
Case, J., Walton, M., Harrison, R., Manias, E., Iedema, R., Smith-Merry, J. (2021). What drives patients' Complaints about adverse events in their hospital care? A data linkage study of Australian adults 45 years and older. Journal of Patient Safety, 17(8), E1622-E1632. [More Information]
Walton, M., Hall, J., Guest, D., Butubu, J., Vinning, G., Black, K., Beardsley, J. (2020). Applying one health methods to improve cocoa production in Bougainville: A case study. One Health, 10, 100143. [More Information]
Harrison, R., Walton, M., Chitkara, U., Manias, E., Chauhan, A., Latanik, M., Leone, D. (2020). Beyond translation: Engaging with culturally and linguistically diverse consumers. Health Expectations, 23(1), 159-168. [More Information]
Hall, J., Walton, M., Van Ogtrop, F., Guest, D., Black, K., Beardsley, J. (2020). Factors influencing undernutrition among children under 5 years from cocoa-growing communities in Bougainville. BMJ Global Health, 5(8), 1-10. [More Information]
Walton, M., Kelly, P., Chiarella, M., Carney, T. (2020). Management and outcomes of health practitioner complaints in Australia: a comparison of the national and New South Wales systems. Australian Health Review, 44(2), 180-189. [More Information]
Walton, M., Kelly, P., Chiarella, M., Carney, T., Bennett, B., Nagy, M., Pierce, S. (2020). Profile of the most common complaints for five health professions in Australia. Australian Health Review, 44, 15-23. [More Information]
Walton, M., Hall, J., Van Ogtrop, F., Guest, D., Black, K., Beardsley, J., Totavun, C., Hill-Cawthorne, G. (2020). The extent to which the domestic conditions of cocoa farmers in Bougainville impede livelihoods. One Health, 10, 100142. [More Information]
Chauhan, A., Walton, M., Manias, E., Walpola, R., Seale, H., Latanik, M., Leone, D., Mears, S., Harrison, R. (2020). The safety of health care for ethnic minority patients: A systematic review. International Journal for Equity in Health, 19(1), 118. [More Information]
Arsyad, D., Nasir, S., Arundhana, A., Phan-Thien, K., Toribio, J., McMahon, P., Guest, D., Walton, M. (2019). A one health exploration of the reasons for low cocoa productivity in West Sulawesi. One Health, 8, 1-11. [More Information]
Walton, M., Harrison, R., Smith-Merry, J., Kelly, P., Manias, E., Jorm, C., Iedema, R. (2019). Disclosure of adverse events: a data linkage study reporting patient experiences among Australian adults aged >= 45 years. Australian Health Review, 43(3), 268-275. [More Information]
Harrison, R., Walton, M., Smith-Merry, J., Manias, E., Iedema, R. (2019). Open disclosure of adverse events: exploring the implications of service and policy structures on practice. Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 12, 5-12. [More Information]
Harrison, R., Sharma, A., Walton, M., Esguerra, E., Onobrakpor, S., Nghia, B., Chinh, N. (2019). Responding to adverse patient safety events in Viet Nam. BMC Health Services Research, 19(1), 1-8. [More Information]
Harrison, R., Walton, M., Chauhan, A., Manias, E., Chitkara, U., Latanik, M., Leone, D. (2019). What is the role of cultural competence in ethnic minority consumer engagement? An analysis in community healthcare. International Journal for Equity in Health, 18(1), 1-9. [More Information]
Bennett, B., Carney, T., Chiarella, M., Walton, M., Kelly, P., Satchell, C., Beaupert, F. (2018). Australia's National Registration and Accreditation Scheme for Health Practitioners: A National Approach to Polycentric Regulation? Sydney Law Review, 40(2), 159-181.
Nagy, M., Chiarella, M., Bennett, B., Walton, M., Carney, T. (2018). Health care complaint journeys for system comparison. International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 31(8), 878-887. [More Information]
Harrison, R., Walton, M., Kelly, P., Manias, E., Jorm, C., Smith-Merry, J., Iedema, R., Luxford, K., Dyda, A. (2018). Hospitalization from the patient perspective: a data linkage study of adults in Australia. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 30(5), 358-365. [More Information]
Walton, M., Harrison, R., Chevalier, A., Esguerra, E., Chinh, N., Haian, H., Van Duong, D., Giang, H. (2018). Improving hospital death certification in Vietnam: results of a pilot study of injury-related fatalities. Injury Prevention, 24(5), 324-331. [More Information]
Chiarella, M., Nagy, M., Satchell, C., Walton, M., Carney, T., Bennett, B., Pierce, S., Kelly, P. (2018). National Registration of Health Practitioners: A Comparative Study of the Complaints and Notification System Under the National System and in New South Wales - Decision Makers who Handle Complaints/Notifications About Regulated Health Practitioners in Australia. Australian Journal of Public Administration, 77(4), 624-643. [More Information]
Toribio, J., Markham, R., Carter, L., Law, A., Alders, R., Dibley, M., Walton, M., Shuttleworth, L., Guest, D. (2018). Research for development to improve health outcomes from agriculture for rural communities: what is needed? Food Security, 10(3), 661-675. [More Information]
Chiarella, M., Satchell, C., Nagy, M., Carney, T., Walton, M., Bennett, B., Kelly, P. (2018). Survey of quasi-judicial decision-makers in NSW and the national registration scheme for health practitioners. Journal of Law and Medicine, 25(2), 357-379.
Carney, T., Walton, M., Chiarella, M., Kelly, P. (2017). Health complaints and practitioner regulation: justice, protection or prevention? Griffith Law Review, 26(1), 65-88. [More Information]
Harrison, R., Walton, M., Manias, E., Mears, S., Plumb, J. (2017). Patients' experiences in Australian hospitals: a systematic review of evidence. Australian Health Review, 41(4), 419-435. [More Information]
Walton, M., Harrison, R., Kelly, P., Smith-Merry, J., Manias, E., Jorm, C., Iedema, R. (2017). Patients' reports of adverse events: a data linkage study of Australian adults aged 45 years and over. BMJ Quality and Safety, 26(9), 743-750. [More Information]
Smith-Merry, J., Walton, M., Healey, J., Hobbs, C. (2017). Responses by hospital complaints managers to recommendations for systemic reforms by health complaints commissions. Australian Health Review, 41(5), 527-532. [More Information]
Satchell, C., Walton, M., Kelly, P., Chiarella, M., Pierce, S., Nagy, M., Bennett, B., Carney, T. (2016). Approaches to management of complaints and notifications about health practitioners in Australia. Australian Health Review, 40(3), 311-318. [More Information]
Carney, T., Beaupert, F., Chiarella, M., Bennett, B., Walton, M., Kelly, P., Satchell, C. (2016). Health complaints and regulatory reform: Implications for vulnerable populations? Journal of Law and Medicine, 23(3), 650-661.
Healy, J., Walton, M. (2016). Health Ombudsmen in Polycentric Regulatory Fields: England, New Zealand, and Australia. Australian Journal of Public Administration, 75(4), 492-505. [More Information]
Walton, M., Harrison, R., Chevalier, A., Esguerra, E., Van Duong, D., Chinh, N., Giang, H. (2016). Improving hospital death certification in Viet Nam: results of a pilot study implementing an adapted WHO hospital death report form in two national hospitals. BMJ Global Health, 1(1), 1-10. [More Information]
Harrison, R., Walton, M., Healy, J., Smith-Merry, J., Hobbs, C. (2016). Patient complaints about hospital services:applying a complaint taxonomy to analyse and respond to complaints. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 28(2), 240-245. [More Information]
Harrison, R., Cohen, A., Walton, M. (2015). Patient safety and quality of care in developing countries in Southeast Asia: A systematic literature review. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 27(4), 240-254. [More Information]
Gunasingam, N., Burns, K., Edwards, J., Dinh, M., Walton, M. (2015). Reducing stress and burnout in junior doctors: The impact of debriefing sessions. Postgraduate Medical Journal, 91(1074), 182-187. [More Information]
Walton, M. (2015). Sexual equality, discrimination and harassment in medicine: It's time to act: More enlightened teaching would go a long way towards solving these problems. Medical Journal of Australia, 203(4), 167-169.e1. [More Information]
Harrison, R., Walton, M., Manias, E., Smith-Merry, J., Kelly, P., Iedema, R., Robinson, L. (2015). The missing evidence: a systematic review of patients' experiences of adverse events in health care. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 27(6), 424-442. [More Information]
Walton, M., Harrison, R., Burgess, A., Foster, K. (2015). Workplace training for senior trainees: A systematic review and narrative synthesis of current approaches to promote patient safety. Postgraduate Medical Journal, 91(1080), 579-587. [More Information]
Walton, M., Kerridge, I. (2014). Do no harm: Is it time to rethink the Hippocratic Oath? Medical Education, 48(1), 17-27. [More Information]
Leotsakos, A., Ardolino, A., Cheung, R., Zheng, H., Barraclough, B., Walton, M. (2014). Educating future leaders in patient safety. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 7, 381-388. [More Information]
Beaupert, F., Carney, T., Chiarella, M., Satchell, C., Walton, M., Bennett, B., Kelly, P. (2014). Regulating healthcare complaints: a literature review. International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 27(6), 505-518. [More Information]
Smith-Merry, J., Walton, M. (2014). Research governance as a facilitator for ethical and timely research? Learning from the experience of a large government-funded multisite research project. Australian Health Review, 38(3), 295-300. [More Information]
Walton, M., Jorm, C., Smith-Merry, J., Harrison, R., Manias, E., Iedema, R., Kelly, P. (2014). Using patients' experiences of adverse events to improve health service delivery and practice: protocol of a data linkage study of Australian adults age 45 and above. BMJ Open, 4, 1-7. [More Information]
Walton, M., Barraclough, B. (2013). Clinical supervisors: are they the key to making care safer? BMJ Quality and Safety, 22(8), 609-612. [More Information]
Walton, M. (2013). Deep sleep therapy and Chelmsford Private Hospital: have we learnt anything? Australasian Psychiatry, 21(3), 206-212. [More Information]
Walton, M., Jeffery, H., Van Staalduinen, S., Klein (nee Kehoe), L., Rothnie, I. (2013). When should students learn about ethics, professionalism and patient safety? The Clinical Teacher, 10(4), 224-229. [More Information]
Walton, M., Smith-Merry, J., Healy, J., McDonald, F. (2012). Health Complaint Commissions in Australia: Time for a national approach to data collection. Australian Review of Public Affairs, 11(1), 1-18.
Walton, M., Woodward, H., Van Staalduinen, S., Lemer, C., Greaves, F., Noble, D., Ellis, B., Donaldson, L., Barraclough, B. (2011). Republished paper: The WHO patient safety curriculum guide for medical schools. BMJ, 342, d237-d237. [More Information]
Nash, L., Daly, M., Kelly, P., van Ekert, E., Walter, G., Walton, M., Willcock, S., Tennant, C. (2010). Factors associated with psychiatric morbidity and hazardous alcohol use in Australian doctors. Medical Journal of Australia, 193(3), 161-166. [More Information]
Lander, J., Reid, S., Walton, M., Rubin, G. (2010). Learning About Quality and Safety in an On-line Learning Environment. Focus on Health Professional Education: A multi-disciplinary journal, 12(1), 31-38. [More Information]
Nash, L., Walton, M., Daly, M., Kelly, P., Walter, G., van Ekert, E., Willcock, S., Tennant, C. (2010). Perceived practice change in Australian doctors as a result of medicolegal concerns. Medical Journal of Australia, 193(10), 579-583. [More Information]
Walton, M., Woodward, H., Van Staalduinen, S., Lemer, C., Greaves, F., Noble, D., Ellis, B., Donaldson, L., Barraclough, B. (2010). The WHO patient safety curriculum guide for medical schools. Quality & Safety in Health Care, 19(6), 542-546. [More Information]
Walton, M., Barraclough, B., Van Staalduinen, S., Elliott, S. (2009). An educational approach to improving healthcare safety and quality. Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2(3), 136-142. [More Information]
Nash, L., Kelly, P., Daly, M., Walter, G., van Ekert, E., Walton, M., Willcock, S., Tennant, C. (2009). Australian doctors' involvement in medicolegal matters: a cross-sectional self-report study. Medical Journal of Australia, 191(8), 436-440. [More Information]
Kumar, K., Roberts, C., Rothnie, I., Du Fresne, C., Walton, M. (2009). Experiences of the multiple mini-interview: a qualitative analysis. Medical Education, 43(4), 360-367. [More Information]
Nash, L., Walton, M., Daly, M., Johnson, M., Walter, G., van Ekert, E., Willcock, S., Tennant, C. (2009). GPs' concerns about medicolegal issues. How it affects their practice. Australian Family Physician, 38(1-2), 66-70. [More Information]
Walton, M. (2009). Patient safety--a view from down under. BMJ Quality and Safety, 18(6), 422-423. [More Information]
Roberts, C., Walton, M., Rothnie, I., Crossley, J., Lyon, P., Kumar, K., Tiller, D. (2008). Factors affecting the utility of the multiple mini-interview in selecting candidates for graduate-entry medical school. Medical Education, 42(4), 396-404. [More Information]
Nash, L., Daly, M., Johnson, M., Coulston, C., Tennant, C., van Ekert, E., Walter, G., Willcock, S., Walton, M. (2008). Personality, gender and medico-legal matters in medical practice. Australasian Psychiatry, 17(1), 19-24. [More Information]
Graham, I., Gleason, A., Keogh, G., Paltridge, D., McGrath, B., Rogers, I., Walton, M. (2007). Australian Curriculum Framework for Junior Doctors. Medical Journal of Australia, 186(7), S14-S19. [More Information]
Nash, L., Daly, M., Johnson, M., Walter, G., Walton, M., Willcock, S., Coulston, C., van Ekert, E., Tennant, C. (2007). Psychological morbidity in Australian doctors who have and have not experienced a medico-legal matter: A cross sectional survey. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 41(11), 917-925. [More Information]
Walton, M. (2007). Teaching patient safety to clinicians and medical students. The Clinical Teacher, 4(4), 224-231. [More Information]
Walton, M., Shaw, T., Barnet, S., Ross, J. (2006). Developing a national patient safety education framework for Australia. BMJ Quality and Safety, 15(6), 437-442. [More Information]
Walton, M. (2006). Hierarchies: the Berlin Wall of Patient Safety. BMJ Quality and Safety, 15(4), 229-230. [More Information]
Walton, M., Elliot, S. (2006). Improving safety and quality: how can education help? Medical Journal of Australia, 184(Supplement 10), S60-S64. [More Information]
Nash, L., Curtis, B., Walton, M., Willcock, S., Tennant, C. (2006). The response of doctors to a formal complaint. Australasian Psychiatry, 14(3), 246-250. [More Information]
Walton, M. (2005). It takes a team to choose the most dignified death. Australian Nursing Journal, 13(2), 12-12. [More Information]
Walton, M. (2004). Creating a "No Blame" culture: Have we got the balance right? BMJ Quality and Safety, 13(3), 163-164. [More Information]
Walton, M. (2004). Junior Doctors and mistakes: A health care system perfectly designed for mistakes by junior doctors. Harvard Health Policy Review, 5(1), 96-105.
Nash, L., Tennant, C., Walton, M. (2004). The Psychological Impact Of Complaints And Negligence Suits On Doctors. Australasian Psychiatry, 12(3), 278-281. [More Information]
Walton, M. (2003). Do the Right Thing: A New Way to Manage Mistakes. Australian Anaesthesia, 11, 41-49.
Walton, M. (2002). Guest editorial - Patients' Autonomy: Does Doctor Know Best? Medicine Today, 3(6), 107-109.
McNeill, P., Walton, M. (2002). Medical Harm and the consequences of error for doctors. Medical Journal of Australia, 176(5), 222-225.
Walton, M. (2002). Sex and the practitioner:the predator. Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 34(1), 7-16. [More Information]
Walton, M., Braunack-Mayer, A., Gillam,, L., Vance, E., Gillett,, G., Kerridge, I., McPhee,, J., Saul, P., Smith, D., Wellsmore, H., et al (2001). An ethics core curriculum for Australasian medical schools. Medical Journal of Australia, 175, 205-210.
Walton, M. (2001). Guest Editor and editorial for The Australian Health Consumer Journal for the Health Consumers Forum. Australian Health Consumer, November 2001(3).
Walton, M., McNeill, P. (2001). Medical harm and the consequences of error for doctors. Medical Journal of Australia, 176, 222-225.
Walton, M. (2001). Out of the Shadows commentary. Medical Journal of Australia, 175, 331-332.
Walton, M. (2001). Why Complaining is good for Medicine. Internal Medicine Journal, 31(2), 75-76. [More Information]

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Conferences

Walton, M. (2006). Australian College of Physicians Annual Report. National AFRM Conference College of Physicians, Australia: Royal Australasian College of Physicians.
Walton, M. (2006). Living a professional life ethically. PMCV MEDICAL EDUCATION SYMPOSIUM, Victoria: Postgraduate Medical Council of Victoria.
Walton, M. (2006). Professionalism and patient safety. ACHSE 2006 Joint National Conference, Australia.
Walton, M., Barraclough, B. (2006). Safety is everybody's business. 11th European Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care 2006, United Kingdom: BMJ Publishing Group.
Walton, M. (2006). The role of informatics in delivering safe health care (Keynote Presentation). HIC 2006 - Bridging the Digital Divide: Clinician, consumer, computer. HINZ 2006 - Primary Care & Beyond: Building the e-Bridge to Integrated Care, Brunswick East, Victoria: Health Informatics Society of Australia (HISA).
Walton, M. (2006). Understanding how effective teams operate. National AFRM Conference College of Physicians, Australia: Royal Australasian College of Physicians.
Walton, M. (2005). Educating for safety: safe health care is everybody's business. 3 rd Australasian Conference on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Australia.
Walton, M. (2004). Education and Training Initiatives: National Framework Patient Safety Education. 2nd Australasian Conference on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Australia.
Walton, M. (2004). Patient perspectives, trust, and surgeon-patient relationships. Centre for Human Bioethics, Monash University, Australia.
Walton, M. (2002). Medical regulation Continuity of Ethics. 2nd International Conference Ethics Education in Medical Schools.
Walton, M. (2002). Working with patients when things go wrong. Asia Pacific Forum on Safety and Quality, Australia.

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Magazine / Newspaper Articles

Walton, M. (2006). Scientific progress demands tighter scrutiny. Sydney Morning Herald.
Walton, M. (2006). Slow Sunrise but we are catching on. Sydney Morning Herald.
Walton, M. (2006). Slow Sunrise but we are catching on. Sydney Morning Herald.
Walton, M. (2005). It takes a team to choose the most dignified death. Sydney Morning Herald.
Walton, M. (2005). Qualified by only a belief in themselves. Sydney Morning Herald.
Walton, M. (2004). Junior Doctors. Sydney Morning Herald.
Walton, M. (2004). Junior Doctors. Sydney Morning Herald.
Walton, M. (2003). The doctor's crisis. The Australian.
Walton, M. (2001). Indemnity problem may be a case of poor prognosis. Sydney Morning Herald.
Walton, M. (2001). What do patients want Part 1. Royal Australian College Physicians.
Walton, M. (2001). What do patients want? Part 2. Royal Australian College Physicians.

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Report

Coyne, B., Creighton, B., D'Espaignet, E., Stern, E., McDonald, F., McLeay, F., Patmore, G., Denton, J., Burns, K., Crock, M., Walton, M., Cowdery, N., et al (2018). World Justice Project: Rule of Law Index 2017 - Australia. [More Information]
Walton, M. (2006). National Patient Safety Education Framework Australian Council on Safety and Quality in Healthcare Commonwealth Department of Health 2006.
Walton, M., Shaw, T., Barnet, S., Ross, J. (2005). The National Patient Safety Education Framework.
Walton, M. (2001). Open Disclosure to patients or families after an adverse event: A literature review, Australia Council on Safety and Quality in Health Care.

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2025

Ong, N., Boulton, K., Milne, J., Tomsic, G., Guastella, A., Silove, N., Weise, J., Long, J., Walton, M., Burgess, A. (2025). Identifying Patient Safety Competencies for Healthcare Staff Treating Children and Young People With Intellectual Disability in Hospitals: A Delphi Study. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 38(1), e13329. [More Information]

2024

Ong, N., Lucien, A., Long, J., Weise, J., Burgess, A., Walton, M. (2024). What do parents think about the quality and safety of care provided by hospitals to children and young people with an intellectual disability? A qualitative study using thematic analysis. Health Expectations, 27(1), e13925. [More Information]

2023

Clarke, A., Burgess, A., van Diggele, C., Bloomfield, J., Schneider, C., Kalman, E., Walton, M. (2023). Improving Patient Safety: Engaging Students in Interprofessional Team-Based Learning (TBL). Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice, 5(2), 1-17. [More Information]
Guest, D., Butubu, J., Van Ogtrop, F., Hall, J., Vinning, G., Walton, M. (2023). Poverty, education and family health limit disease management and yields on smallholder cocoa farms in Bougainville. CABI One Health, 2(1), 1-13. [More Information]
Ong, N., Lucien, A., Long, J., Weise, J., Walton, M., Burgess, A. (2023). What do healthcare staff think about the quality and safety of care provided to children and young people with an intellectual disability? A qualitative study using the framework method of analysis. BMJ Open, 13(7). [More Information]

2022

Joseph, K., Newman, B., Manias, E., Walpola, R., Seale, H., Walton, M., Chauhan, A., Li, J., Harrison, R. (2022). Engaging with ethnic minority consumers to improve safety in cancer services: A national stakeholder analysis. Patient Education and Counseling, 105(8), 2778-2784. [More Information]
Ong, N., Mimmo, L., Barnett, D., Long, J., Weise, J., Walton, M. (2022). Reported clinical incidents of children with intellectual disability: A qualitative analysis. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 64(11), 1359-1365. [More Information]
Ong, N., Long, J., Weise, J., Walton, M. (2022). Responding to safe care: Healthcare staff experiences caring for a child with intellectual disability in hospital. Implications for practice and training. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 35(3), 675-690. [More Information]

2021

Harrison, R., Walton, M., Manias, E., Wilson, C., Girgis, A., Chin, M., Leone, D., Seale, H., Smith, A., Chauhan, A. (2021). Codesigning consumer engagement strategies with ethnic minority consumers in Australian cancer services: the CanEngage Project protocol. BMJ Open, 11(8), e048389. [More Information]
Newman, B., Joseph, K., Chauhan, A., Seale, H., Li, J., Manias, E., Walton, M., Mears, S., Jones, B., Harrison, R. (2021). Do patient engagement interventions work for all patients? A systematic review and realist synthesis of interventions to enhance patient safety. Health Expectations, 24(6), 1905-1923. [More Information]
Chauhan, A., Walpola, R., Manias, E., Seale, H., Walton, M., Wilson, C., Smith, A., Li, J., Harrison, R. (2021). How do health services engage culturally and linguistically diverse consumers? An analysis of consumer engagement frameworks in Australia. Health Expectations, 24(5), 1747-1762. [More Information]
Walton, M., Arsyad, D., Alimuddin, S., Arundhana, A., Guest, D., McMahon, P., Doel, R., Nasir, S. (2021). Implementing a One Health village volunteer programme in West Sulawesi, Indonesia: A pilot study. Global Public Health, 16(11), 1741-1756. [More Information]
Walton, M., Guest, D., Raynes-Greenow, C. (2021). One Planet One Health: What About the Kids? Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 57(11), 1741-1744. [More Information]
Case, J., Walton, M., Harrison, R., Manias, E., Iedema, R., Smith-Merry, J. (2021). What drives patients' Complaints about adverse events in their hospital care? A data linkage study of Australian adults 45 years and older. Journal of Patient Safety, 17(8), E1622-E1632. [More Information]

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2020

Walton, M., Hall, J., Guest, D., Butubu, J., Vinning, G., Black, K., Beardsley, J. (2020). Applying one health methods to improve cocoa production in Bougainville: A case study. One Health, 10, 100143. [More Information]
Harrison, R., Walton, M., Chitkara, U., Manias, E., Chauhan, A., Latanik, M., Leone, D. (2020). Beyond translation: Engaging with culturally and linguistically diverse consumers. Health Expectations, 23(1), 159-168. [More Information]
Hall, J., Walton, M., Van Ogtrop, F., Guest, D., Black, K., Beardsley, J. (2020). Factors influencing undernutrition among children under 5 years from cocoa-growing communities in Bougainville. BMJ Global Health, 5(8), 1-10. [More Information]
Walton, M., Kelly, P., Chiarella, M., Carney, T. (2020). Management and outcomes of health practitioner complaints in Australia: a comparison of the national and New South Wales systems. Australian Health Review, 44(2), 180-189. [More Information]
Walton, M., Kelly, P., Chiarella, M., Carney, T., Bennett, B., Nagy, M., Pierce, S. (2020). Profile of the most common complaints for five health professions in Australia. Australian Health Review, 44, 15-23. [More Information]
Walton, M., Hall, J., Van Ogtrop, F., Guest, D., Black, K., Beardsley, J., Totavun, C., Hill-Cawthorne, G. (2020). The extent to which the domestic conditions of cocoa farmers in Bougainville impede livelihoods. One Health, 10, 100142. [More Information]
Chauhan, A., Walton, M., Manias, E., Walpola, R., Seale, H., Latanik, M., Leone, D., Mears, S., Harrison, R. (2020). The safety of health care for ethnic minority patients: A systematic review. International Journal for Equity in Health, 19(1), 118. [More Information]

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2019

Arsyad, D., Nasir, S., Arundhana, A., Phan-Thien, K., Toribio, J., McMahon, P., Guest, D., Walton, M. (2019). A one health exploration of the reasons for low cocoa productivity in West Sulawesi. One Health, 8, 1-11. [More Information]
Walton, M., Guest, D., Vinning, G., Hill-Cawthorne, G., Black, K., Betitis, T., Totavun, C., Butubu, J., Hall, J., Saul-Maora, J. (2019). Case study 1: Improving the livelihood of farmers in Bougainville. In Merrilyn Walton (Eds.), One Planet, One Health, (pp. 127-141). Sydney: Sydney University Press. [More Information]
Walton, M., Guest, D., McMahon, P., Nuryartono, N., Vinning, G., Toribio, J., Phan-Thien, K., Nasir, S., Arundhana, A., Arsyad, D. (2019). Case study 2: Sustainability and profitability of cocoa-based farming systems in Indonesia. In Merrilyn Walton (Eds.), One Planet, One Health, (pp. 141-151). Sydney: Sydney University Press.
Walton, M., Harrison, R., Smith-Merry, J., Kelly, P., Manias, E., Jorm, C., Iedema, R. (2019). Disclosure of adverse events: a data linkage study reporting patient experiences among Australian adults aged >= 45 years. Australian Health Review, 43(3), 268-275. [More Information]
Harrison, R., Walton, M., Smith-Merry, J., Manias, E., Iedema, R. (2019). Open disclosure of adverse events: exploring the implications of service and policy structures on practice. Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 12, 5-12. [More Information]
Harrison, R., Sharma, A., Walton, M., Esguerra, E., Onobrakpor, S., Nghia, B., Chinh, N. (2019). Responding to adverse patient safety events in Viet Nam. BMC Health Services Research, 19(1), 1-8. [More Information]
Harrison, R., Walton, M., Chauhan, A., Manias, E., Chitkara, U., Latanik, M., Leone, D. (2019). What is the role of cultural competence in ethnic minority consumer engagement? An analysis in community healthcare. International Journal for Equity in Health, 18(1), 1-9. [More Information]

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2018

Bennett, B., Carney, T., Chiarella, M., Walton, M., Kelly, P., Satchell, C., Beaupert, F. (2018). Australia's National Registration and Accreditation Scheme for Health Practitioners: A National Approach to Polycentric Regulation? Sydney Law Review, 40(2), 159-181.
Nagy, M., Chiarella, M., Bennett, B., Walton, M., Carney, T. (2018). Health care complaint journeys for system comparison. International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 31(8), 878-887. [More Information]
Harrison, R., Walton, M., Kelly, P., Manias, E., Jorm, C., Smith-Merry, J., Iedema, R., Luxford, K., Dyda, A. (2018). Hospitalization from the patient perspective: a data linkage study of adults in Australia. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 30(5), 358-365. [More Information]
Walton, M., Harrison, R., Chevalier, A., Esguerra, E., Chinh, N., Haian, H., Van Duong, D., Giang, H. (2018). Improving hospital death certification in Vietnam: results of a pilot study of injury-related fatalities. Injury Prevention, 24(5), 324-331. [More Information]
Chiarella, M., Nagy, M., Satchell, C., Walton, M., Carney, T., Bennett, B., Pierce, S., Kelly, P. (2018). National Registration of Health Practitioners: A Comparative Study of the Complaints and Notification System Under the National System and in New South Wales - Decision Makers who Handle Complaints/Notifications About Regulated Health Practitioners in Australia. Australian Journal of Public Administration, 77(4), 624-643. [More Information]
Toribio, J., Markham, R., Carter, L., Law, A., Alders, R., Dibley, M., Walton, M., Shuttleworth, L., Guest, D. (2018). Research for development to improve health outcomes from agriculture for rural communities: what is needed? Food Security, 10(3), 661-675. [More Information]
Chiarella, M., Satchell, C., Nagy, M., Carney, T., Walton, M., Bennett, B., Kelly, P. (2018). Survey of quasi-judicial decision-makers in NSW and the national registration scheme for health practitioners. Journal of Law and Medicine, 25(2), 357-379.
Coyne, B., Creighton, B., D'Espaignet, E., Stern, E., McDonald, F., McLeay, F., Patmore, G., Denton, J., Burns, K., Crock, M., Walton, M., Cowdery, N., et al (2018). World Justice Project: Rule of Law Index 2017 - Australia. [More Information]

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2017

Carney, T., Walton, M., Chiarella, M., Kelly, P. (2017). Health complaints and practitioner regulation: justice, protection or prevention? Griffith Law Review, 26(1), 65-88. [More Information]
Harrison, R., Walton, M., Manias, E., Mears, S., Plumb, J. (2017). Patients' experiences in Australian hospitals: a systematic review of evidence. Australian Health Review, 41(4), 419-435. [More Information]
Walton, M., Harrison, R., Kelly, P., Smith-Merry, J., Manias, E., Jorm, C., Iedema, R. (2017). Patients' reports of adverse events: a data linkage study of Australian adults aged 45 years and over. BMJ Quality and Safety, 26(9), 743-750. [More Information]
Smith-Merry, J., Walton, M., Healey, J., Hobbs, C. (2017). Responses by hospital complaints managers to recommendations for systemic reforms by health complaints commissions. Australian Health Review, 41(5), 527-532. [More Information]

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2016

Satchell, C., Walton, M., Kelly, P., Chiarella, M., Pierce, S., Nagy, M., Bennett, B., Carney, T. (2016). Approaches to management of complaints and notifications about health practitioners in Australia. Australian Health Review, 40(3), 311-318. [More Information]
Carney, T., Beaupert, F., Chiarella, M., Bennett, B., Walton, M., Kelly, P., Satchell, C. (2016). Health complaints and regulatory reform: Implications for vulnerable populations? Journal of Law and Medicine, 23(3), 650-661.
Healy, J., Walton, M. (2016). Health Ombudsmen in Polycentric Regulatory Fields: England, New Zealand, and Australia. Australian Journal of Public Administration, 75(4), 492-505. [More Information]
Walton, M., Harrison, R., Chevalier, A., Esguerra, E., Van Duong, D., Chinh, N., Giang, H. (2016). Improving hospital death certification in Viet Nam: results of a pilot study implementing an adapted WHO hospital death report form in two national hospitals. BMJ Global Health, 1(1), 1-10. [More Information]
Harrison, R., Walton, M., Healy, J., Smith-Merry, J., Hobbs, C. (2016). Patient complaints about hospital services:applying a complaint taxonomy to analyse and respond to complaints. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 28(2), 240-245. [More Information]

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2015

Harrison, R., Cohen, A., Walton, M. (2015). Patient safety and quality of care in developing countries in Southeast Asia: A systematic literature review. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 27(4), 240-254. [More Information]
Gunasingam, N., Burns, K., Edwards, J., Dinh, M., Walton, M. (2015). Reducing stress and burnout in junior doctors: The impact of debriefing sessions. Postgraduate Medical Journal, 91(1074), 182-187. [More Information]
Walton, M. (2015). Sexual equality, discrimination and harassment in medicine: It's time to act: More enlightened teaching would go a long way towards solving these problems. Medical Journal of Australia, 203(4), 167-169.e1. [More Information]
Harrison, R., Walton, M., Manias, E., Smith-Merry, J., Kelly, P., Iedema, R., Robinson, L. (2015). The missing evidence: a systematic review of patients' experiences of adverse events in health care. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 27(6), 424-442. [More Information]
Walton, M., Harrison, R., Burgess, A., Foster, K. (2015). Workplace training for senior trainees: A systematic review and narrative synthesis of current approaches to promote patient safety. Postgraduate Medical Journal, 91(1080), 579-587. [More Information]

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2014

Walton, M., Kerridge, I. (2014). Do no harm: Is it time to rethink the Hippocratic Oath? Medical Education, 48(1), 17-27. [More Information]
Leotsakos, A., Ardolino, A., Cheung, R., Zheng, H., Barraclough, B., Walton, M. (2014). Educating future leaders in patient safety. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 7, 381-388. [More Information]
Beaupert, F., Carney, T., Chiarella, M., Satchell, C., Walton, M., Bennett, B., Kelly, P. (2014). Regulating healthcare complaints: a literature review. International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 27(6), 505-518. [More Information]
Smith-Merry, J., Walton, M. (2014). Research governance as a facilitator for ethical and timely research? Learning from the experience of a large government-funded multisite research project. Australian Health Review, 38(3), 295-300. [More Information]
Walton, M., Jorm, C., Smith-Merry, J., Harrison, R., Manias, E., Iedema, R., Kelly, P. (2014). Using patients' experiences of adverse events to improve health service delivery and practice: protocol of a data linkage study of Australian adults age 45 and above. BMJ Open, 4, 1-7. [More Information]

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2013

Walton, M., Barraclough, B. (2013). Clinical supervisors: are they the key to making care safer? BMJ Quality and Safety, 22(8), 609-612. [More Information]
Walton, M. (2013). Deep sleep therapy and Chelmsford Private Hospital: have we learnt anything? Australasian Psychiatry, 21(3), 206-212. [More Information]
Walton, M., Jeffery, H., Van Staalduinen, S., Klein (nee Kehoe), L., Rothnie, I. (2013). When should students learn about ethics, professionalism and patient safety? The Clinical Teacher, 10(4), 224-229. [More Information]

2012

Walton, M., Smith-Merry, J., Healy, J., McDonald, F. (2012). Health Complaint Commissions in Australia: Time for a national approach to data collection. Australian Review of Public Affairs, 11(1), 1-18.
Walton, M. (2012). National Patient Safety Education Framework. Canberra, Australia: Commonwealth Government of Australia.
Barraclough, B., Ellis, B., Leotsakos, A., Walton, M. (2012). WHO Patient Safety Curriculum Guide: Multi-professional Edition. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organisation.

2011

Walton, M., Woodward, H., Van Staalduinen, S., Lemer, C., Greaves, F., Noble, D., Ellis, B., Donaldson, L., Barraclough, B. (2011). Republished paper: The WHO patient safety curriculum guide for medical schools. BMJ, 342, d237-d237. [More Information]
Walton, M. (2011). Responding to Patient Harm: Patient Safety Initiatives in Australia. In John Tingle and Pippa Bark (Eds.), Patient Safety, Law Policy and Practice, (pp. 225-238). Abingdon: Routledge imprint of Taylor & Francis. [More Information]

2010

Nash, L., Daly, M., Kelly, P., van Ekert, E., Walter, G., Walton, M., Willcock, S., Tennant, C. (2010). Factors associated with psychiatric morbidity and hazardous alcohol use in Australian doctors. Medical Journal of Australia, 193(3), 161-166. [More Information]
Lander, J., Reid, S., Walton, M., Rubin, G. (2010). Learning About Quality and Safety in an On-line Learning Environment. Focus on Health Professional Education: A multi-disciplinary journal, 12(1), 31-38. [More Information]
Nash, L., Walton, M., Daly, M., Kelly, P., Walter, G., van Ekert, E., Willcock, S., Tennant, C. (2010). Perceived practice change in Australian doctors as a result of medicolegal concerns. Medical Journal of Australia, 193(10), 579-583. [More Information]
Walton, M., Woodward, H., Van Staalduinen, S., Lemer, C., Greaves, F., Noble, D., Ellis, B., Donaldson, L., Barraclough, B. (2010). The WHO patient safety curriculum guide for medical schools. Quality & Safety in Health Care, 19(6), 542-546. [More Information]

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2009

Walton, M., Barraclough, B., Van Staalduinen, S., Elliott, S. (2009). An educational approach to improving healthcare safety and quality. Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2(3), 136-142. [More Information]
Nash, L., Kelly, P., Daly, M., Walter, G., van Ekert, E., Walton, M., Willcock, S., Tennant, C. (2009). Australian doctors' involvement in medicolegal matters: a cross-sectional self-report study. Medical Journal of Australia, 191(8), 436-440. [More Information]
Kumar, K., Roberts, C., Rothnie, I., Du Fresne, C., Walton, M. (2009). Experiences of the multiple mini-interview: a qualitative analysis. Medical Education, 43(4), 360-367. [More Information]
Nash, L., Walton, M., Daly, M., Johnson, M., Walter, G., van Ekert, E., Willcock, S., Tennant, C. (2009). GPs' concerns about medicolegal issues. How it affects their practice. Australian Family Physician, 38(1-2), 66-70. [More Information]
Walton, M. (2009). Patient safety--a view from down under. BMJ Quality and Safety, 18(6), 422-423. [More Information]
Walton, M., Vincent, C., Schyve, P., Reason, J., Leape, L., Hatlie, M., Combes, J., Conway, J., Berwick, D., Emanuel, L. (2009). What Exactly is Patient Safety? In K. Henriksen, J. Battles, M. Battles and M. Grady (Eds.), Advances in Patient Safety: New Directions and Alternative Approaches, (pp. 1-18). United States: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

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2008

Emanuel, L., Berwick, D., Conway, J., Combes, J., Hatlie, M., Leape, L., Reason, J., Schyve, P., Vincent, C., Walton, M. (2008). Advances in Patient Safety: New Directions and Alternative Approaches. In K. Henriksen, J. Battles, M. Battles and M. Grady (Eds.), Advances in Patient Safety: New Directions and Alternative Approaches, (pp. 1-18). United States: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Roberts, C., Walton, M., Rothnie, I., Crossley, J., Lyon, P., Kumar, K., Tiller, D. (2008). Factors affecting the utility of the multiple mini-interview in selecting candidates for graduate-entry medical school. Medical Education, 42(4), 396-404. [More Information]
Nash, L., Daly, M., Johnson, M., Coulston, C., Tennant, C., van Ekert, E., Walter, G., Willcock, S., Walton, M. (2008). Personality, gender and medico-legal matters in medical practice. Australasian Psychiatry, 17(1), 19-24. [More Information]
Walton, M., Shaw, T., Combes, J., Shalowitz, J., Lau, D., Hatlie, M., Emanuel, L. (2008). The Patient Safety Education Project: An International Collaboration. In K. Henriksen, J. Battles, M. Battles and M. Grady (Eds.), Advances in Patient Safety: New Directions and Alternative Approaches, (pp. 1-15). United States: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

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2007

Graham, I., Gleason, A., Keogh, G., Paltridge, D., McGrath, B., Rogers, I., Walton, M. (2007). Australian Curriculum Framework for Junior Doctors. Medical Journal of Australia, 186(7), S14-S19. [More Information]
Burnand, J., Walton, M. (2007). Medico-legal and related matters. In Jo Burnand (Eds.), Becoming a doctor: surviving and thriving in the early postgraduate years, (pp. 133-146). Sydney: Elsevier.
Walton, M., Burnand, J. (2007). Medicolegal and related matters. In Jo Burnand (Eds.), Becoming a doctor: surviving and thriving in the early postgraduate years, (pp. 133-146). Sydney: Elsevier.
Walton, M. (2007). Patient safety and satisfaction: dealing with mistakes and complaints. In Jo Burnand (Eds.), Becoming a doctor: surviving and thriving in the early postgraduate years, (pp. 147-162). Sydney: Elsevier.
Nash, L., Daly, M., Johnson, M., Walter, G., Walton, M., Willcock, S., Coulston, C., van Ekert, E., Tennant, C. (2007). Psychological morbidity in Australian doctors who have and have not experienced a medico-legal matter: A cross sectional survey. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 41(11), 917-925. [More Information]
Walton, M. (2007). Public reports: putting patients in the picture requires a new relationship between doctors and patients. In Steve Clarke and Justin Oakley (Eds.), Informed Consent and Clinician Accountability: the ethics of report cards on surgeon performance, (pp. 65-75). United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]
Runciman, B., Merry, A., Walton, M. (2007). Safety And Ethics In Healthcare: A Guide To Getting It Right. Aldershot, England ; Burlington, Vermont: Ashgate.
Walton, M. (2007). Teaching patient safety to clinicians and medical students. The Clinical Teacher, 4(4), 224-231. [More Information]

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2006

Walton, M. (2006). Australian College of Physicians Annual Report. National AFRM Conference College of Physicians, Australia: Royal Australasian College of Physicians.
Walton, M., Shaw, T., Barnet, S., Ross, J. (2006). Developing a national patient safety education framework for Australia. BMJ Quality and Safety, 15(6), 437-442. [More Information]
Walton, M. (2006). Hierarchies: the Berlin Wall of Patient Safety. BMJ Quality and Safety, 15(4), 229-230. [More Information]
Walton, M., Elliot, S. (2006). Improving safety and quality: how can education help? Medical Journal of Australia, 184(Supplement 10), S60-S64. [More Information]
Walton, M. (2006). Living a professional life ethically. PMCV MEDICAL EDUCATION SYMPOSIUM, Victoria: Postgraduate Medical Council of Victoria.
Walton, M. (2006). National Patient Safety Education Framework Australian Council on Safety and Quality in Healthcare Commonwealth Department of Health 2006.
Walton, M. (2006). Professionalism and patient safety. ACHSE 2006 Joint National Conference, Australia.
Walton, M., Barraclough, B. (2006). Safety is everybody's business. 11th European Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care 2006, United Kingdom: BMJ Publishing Group.
Walton, M. (2006). Scientific progress demands tighter scrutiny. Sydney Morning Herald.
Walton, M. (2006). Slow Sunrise but we are catching on. Sydney Morning Herald.
Walton, M. (2006). Slow Sunrise but we are catching on. Sydney Morning Herald.
Nash, L., Curtis, B., Walton, M., Willcock, S., Tennant, C. (2006). The response of doctors to a formal complaint. Australasian Psychiatry, 14(3), 246-250. [More Information]
Walton, M. (2006). The role of informatics in delivering safe health care (Keynote Presentation). HIC 2006 - Bridging the Digital Divide: Clinician, consumer, computer. HINZ 2006 - Primary Care & Beyond: Building the e-Bridge to Integrated Care, Brunswick East, Victoria: Health Informatics Society of Australia (HISA).
Walton, M. (2006). Understanding how effective teams operate. National AFRM Conference College of Physicians, Australia: Royal Australasian College of Physicians.

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2005

Walton, M. (2005). Educating for safety: safe health care is everybody's business. 3 rd Australasian Conference on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Australia.
Walton, M. (2005). It takes a team to choose the most dignified death. Sydney Morning Herald.
Walton, M. (2005). It takes a team to choose the most dignified death. Australian Nursing Journal, 13(2), 12-12. [More Information]
Walton, M. (2005). Qualified by only a belief in themselves. Sydney Morning Herald.
Walton, M., Shaw, T., Barnet, S., Ross, J. (2005). The National Patient Safety Education Framework.

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2004

Walton, M. (2004). Creating a "No Blame" culture: Have we got the balance right? BMJ Quality and Safety, 13(3), 163-164. [More Information]
Walton, M. (2004). Education and Training Initiatives: National Framework Patient Safety Education. 2nd Australasian Conference on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Australia.
Walton, M. (2004). Junior Doctors. Sydney Morning Herald.
Walton, M. (2004). Junior Doctors. Sydney Morning Herald.
Walton, M. (2004). Junior Doctors and mistakes: A health care system perfectly designed for mistakes by junior doctors. Harvard Health Policy Review, 5(1), 96-105.
Walton, M. (2004). Patient perspectives, trust, and surgeon-patient relationships. Centre for Human Bioethics, Monash University, Australia.
Nash, L., Tennant, C., Walton, M. (2004). The Psychological Impact Of Complaints And Negligence Suits On Doctors. Australasian Psychiatry, 12(3), 278-281. [More Information]

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2003

Walton, M. (2003). Commentary on: "On Trust" by Miles Little. In Kerridge, Jordens, Sayers (Eds.), A Miles Little Reader - Restoring humane values to medicine, (pp. 193-195). Sydney: Desert Pea Press.
Walton, M. (2003). Do the Right Thing: A New Way to Manage Mistakes. Australian Anaesthesia, 11, 41-49.
Walton, M. (2003). The doctor's crisis. The Australian.
Walton, M. (2003). Using patient complaints to improve care. In Coldicott, Y., Baxter, C., Brennan, Mark (Eds.), The Practical Guide to Medical Ethics and Law for Junior Doctors and Medical Students, (pp. 8-19). PasTest Limited.

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2002

Walton, M. (2002). Guest editorial - Patients' Autonomy: Does Doctor Know Best? Medicine Today, 3(6), 107-109.
McNeill, P., Walton, M. (2002). Medical Harm and the consequences of error for doctors. Medical Journal of Australia, 176(5), 222-225.
Walton, M. (2002). Medical regulation Continuity of Ethics. 2nd International Conference Ethics Education in Medical Schools.
Walton, M. (2002). Sex and the practitioner:the predator. Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 34(1), 7-16. [More Information]
Walton, M. (2002). Well Being; How To Get The Best Treatment From Your Doctor. Australia: Pluto Press.
Walton, M. (2002). Working with patients when things go wrong. Asia Pacific Forum on Safety and Quality, Australia.

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2001

Walton, M., Braunack-Mayer, A., Gillam,, L., Vance, E., Gillett,, G., Kerridge, I., McPhee,, J., Saul, P., Smith, D., Wellsmore, H., et al (2001). An ethics core curriculum for Australasian medical schools. Medical Journal of Australia, 175, 205-210.
Walton, M. (2001). Guest Editor and editorial for The Australian Health Consumer Journal for the Health Consumers Forum. Australian Health Consumer, November 2001(3).
Walton, M. (2001). Indemnity problem may be a case of poor prognosis. Sydney Morning Herald.
Walton, M., McNeill, P. (2001). Medical harm and the consequences of error for doctors. Medical Journal of Australia, 176, 222-225.
Walton, M. (2001). Open Disclosure to patients or families after an adverse event: A literature review, Australia Council on Safety and Quality in Health Care.
Walton, M. (2001). Out of the Shadows commentary. Medical Journal of Australia, 175, 331-332.
Walton, M. (2001). What do patients want Part 1. Royal Australian College Physicians.
Walton, M. (2001). What do patients want? Part 2. Royal Australian College Physicians.
Walton, M. (2001). Why Complaining is good for Medicine. Internal Medicine Journal, 31(2), 75-76. [More Information]

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Selected Grants

2019

Enhancing safety and care quality for culturally and linguistically diverse cancer consumers: A consumerengagement approach, Harrison R, Walton M, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Ideas Grant
Vegetable cultivation to improve nutrition inBougainville, Walton M, Guest D, Black K, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)/Research Grant

2018

Sustainability and profitability of cocoa-based farming systems in Indonesia, Walton M, Guest D, Australia-Indonesia Centre/Research Clusters

2016

Sustainability and profitability of cocoa-based farming systems in Indonesia - Strategic Research Project, Guest D, Nuryatono N, Walton M, Nasir S, Phan-Thien K, Toribio J, Australia-Indonesia Centre/Research Clusters
Developing the cocoa value chain in Bougainville, Guest D, Walton M, Black K, Hill-Cawthorne G, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)/Research Support

2013

Improving Hospital Death Data Collection in Vietnam, Walton M, Australian Aid/Public Sector Linkages Program (PSLP) Asia
Health professions: Workforce Education and Training in Timor Leste (Quality and Safety), Amaral A, Bandaranayake D, Martins N, Walton M, Office of Global Engagement/IPDF Grant
Building a strategic health partnership with the College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Fiji National University., Bandaranayake D, Evans W, Peck C, Ramzan I, Rouse I, Walton M, White J, Office of Global Engagement/IPDF Grant

2012

Using patient experiences of adverse events to improve health service delivery and practice., Walton M, Iedema R, Manias E, Kelly P, Smith-Merry J, Jorm C, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Project Grants
National registration of health practitioners: a comparative study of the complaints and notification system under the national system and in NSW, Chiarella M, Walton M, Bennett B, Carney T, Kelly P, Foster J, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Linkage Projects (LP)

2011

Enhanced Capacity to Improve the Death Certification Process in Two Key Public Hospitals in Viet Nam through the Design and Implementation of a Standardised System for the Collection of Hospital Death Data, Smith-Merry J, Van Duong D, Walton M, Kelly P, Australian Aid/Public Sector Linkages Program (PSLP) FPRx333 SCHx4127
LNK: 2011/Round2/ARC LP110200075, National registration of health practitioners: a comparative study, Bennett B, Carney T, Chiarella M, Mellish D, Walton M, Health Professional Councils Authority/Project Support

2010

Preparing for SAFE Practice as an Intern, Walton M, Smith-Merry J, Watterson L, Dunn S, Edwards J, Lim K, Lin D, Naganathan V, Clinical Education & Training Institute/Research Support

2009

Resolving patients complaints about hospitals: responsive regulation by health ombudsmen, Walton M, Healy J, Braithwaite J, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP)

2005

NSW Doctors: A workforce study of the International Medical Workforce, et al V, Page Mitchell S, Schofield D, Walton M, NSW Health./Research Grant

2002

Research and evaluation of the introduction of quality into medical curricula in Australian universities, Walton M, NSW Dept of Health via Effective Health Consortium/Research Grant

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