Professor Merrilyn Walton
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Professor of Medical Education (Patient Safety)
A27 - Edward Ford Building |
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Themes | Research interests | Teaching areas | Grants | PhD & Masters' project opportunities | Keywords | International links
Research interests
Regulation, Patient Safety, Patient safety education, Education and Training of Junior doctors.
Teaching areas
Patient safety, ethical practice, professionalism, regulation, curriculum development
Current national competitive grants*
2013
Using patient experiences of adverse events to improve health service delivery and practice
Walton M, Iedema R, Manias E, Kelly P, Smith-Merry J
National Health and Medical Research Council / Project Grants ($587,541 over 3 years)
2011
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
ARC Linkage Project ($327,870 over 3 years)
2010
Resolving patients? complaints about hospitals: responsive regulation by health ombudsmen
Walton M, Healy J, Braithwaite J
Australian Research Council Discovery Project ($300,000 over 3 years)
* Grants administered through the University of Sydney
International links
Switzerland. (World Health Organization) 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..
Vietnam. (Hanoi Medical School) Assisting curriculum development in professionalism and patient safety and building capacity of faculty staff to teach in these areas..
United States. (Bueler Centre for Aging and Welfare, Northwestern University Chicago.) Visiting Professor and affiliate..