Projects

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ADVERSE EVENTS
Projects focused on developing an understanding of the causes and management of adverse events

Pharmacy (dispensing error)
Dr Amy Irwin, University of Aberdeen

Primary Care (automated measures for medication safety)
Jill Jeanblanc, University of Dundee

Adverse Events (adverse events in primary care) 
Prof Peter Davey, University of Dundee

Difficult Airway (management of difficult airways)
Prof Rhona Flin, University of Aberdeen

Completed projects

Surgery (analysis of the surgical system)
Dr Steven Yule, University of Aberdeen

Sepsis ( evaluation of interventions to improve management of sepsis)
Dr Charis Marwick, University of Dundee

Pathology (diagnostic fixation errors)
Dr Evie Fioratou (University of Aberdeen)

Safety and Quality in Healthcare (ethnographic analysis)
Trenholme Junghans, University of St Andrews

NON-TECHNICAL SKILLS
Projects that examine the cognitive and social skills used an an operational level to complement technical skills

Surgery (surgeons' decison-making)
Lucy Mitchell, University of Aberdeen

Paramedics (non-technical skills)
Al Shields (MSc project), University of Aberdeen

Anaesthetic Assistants (non-technical skills)
Dr John Rutherford, University of Aberdeen

Ophthalmic Surgery (non-technical skills)
Jill Wilkinson

Completed projects

Surgery (leadership behaviours)
Dr Sarah Parker, University of Aberdeen

Handovers (shift handovers in acute medical units)
Michelle Raduma Tomąs, University of Aberdeen

Intensive Care (leadership in the ICU)
Dr Tom Reader

Scrub Practitioners' Non-Technical Skills
Dr Lucy Mitchell, University of Aberdeen

Anaesthesia (anaesthetists' intra-operative cognition) 
Dr Evie Fioratou, University of Aberdeen

Handovers (out of the operating theatre)
Prof Tanja Manser, University of Fribourg

ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS
Projects that examine aspects of organizational culture, such as safety climate or leadership

Safety Leadership (ward managers)
Dr Cakil Saraē, University of Aberdeen

Organisational Learning (human and organizational factors)
Prof Huw Davies, University of St Andrews

Completed projects

Safety Leadership (walkrounds)
Dr Jeanette Jackson, University of Aberdeen

Hospital Safety Climate (safety culture in acute hospitals)
Dr Cakil Sarac, University of Aberdeen