The National Patient Safety Education Consortium is composed of individuals and organisations from across Australia with expertise in education and training, clinical practice, human factors, research and includes consumer representation.

The project is managed through the Centre for Innovation in Professional Health Education at the University of Sydney.

The consortium comprises:

Core Management

Project Director

Merrilyn Walton

Project Manager

Tim Shaw

Project Coordinator

Jackie Ross

Educational Design Manager

Stewart Barnet

Project Assistants

Shannon Byrne

Britt Arnaud

Michelle Kempnich

Camilla Kearns

Celal Bayari

Focus Group Analysis

Patricia Lyon

Vera Terry

Medical & Plain English Editor

Tina Allen

Reference Group

Clinical

Darryl Mackender

University of Newcastle, NSW

Judy Lumby

College of Nursing

Leonie Waterson

Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW

Ian Scott

Princess Alexandra Hospital, QLD

Consumer

Merryll Green, NSW

Health Systems

Bruce Armstrong

University of Sydney, NSW

Duncan Neuhauser

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA

George Rubin

University of Sydney, NSW

Bill Runciman

Australian Patient Safety Foundation, SA

Andrew Wilson

University of Queensland, QLD

Bob Gibberd

University of Newcastle, NSW

Education

Greg Ryan

University of Sydney, NSW

Simon Willcock

University of Sydney, NSW

Natalie Collison

Community Services & Health Industry Skills Council Ltd

Validation group

Experts chosen from outside the reference group will be used to validate competencies. Members of this group will be listed here once selected.

Stakeholders and wider community

Wider consultation will be undertaken through targeted focus groups, targeted consultations, web-based review and feedback. Please email your details to Michelle Kempnich to participate in this project.