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Personal profile
Biography
Debra Nestel is Professor of Simulation Education in Healthcare, Monash University, and Professor of Surgical Education, Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne, Australia.
Debra is Editor in Chief, Advances in Simulation (www.advancesinsimulation.com), the journal of the SESAM.
She is program lead for the Masters of Surgical Education (Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne and Royal Australasian College of Surgeons). Debra leads a national program for simulation educators – NHET-Sim (www.nhet-sim.edu.au) and a virtual network in simulated patient methodology (http://www.simulatedpatientnetwork.org/).
Debra has published over 140 peer-reviewed papers in health professions education, edited books on simulated patient methodology (2015), healthcare simulation (2017), surgical education (late 2017) and is working with colleagues on an edited book on research methods for healthcare simulation (late 2018).
External positions
Professor of Surgical Education, The University of Melbourne
1 Apr 2016 → …Keywords
- Clinical Communication
- Debriefing
- Distributed Simulation
- Feedback
- Healthcare Simulation
- Medical Education
- Patient Focused Simulation
- Simulation
Network
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Projects 2004 2019
Improving Palliative care Education and Training Using Simulation in Dementia (IMPETUS-D
Lim, K. & Nestel, D.
14/10/18 → 31/07/19
Project: Research
GP supervisors as clinicians and educators: Developing and maintaining multiple professional identities
Brown, J. & Nestel, D.
3/01/17 → 15/01/18
Project: Research
Interns in rural general practice: Supervision and the development of independence and identity
1/09/14 → 31/08/15
Project: Research
Research Output 1999 2019
Theory, a lost character? As presented in general practice education research papers
Brown, J., Bearman, M., Kirby, C., Molloy, E., Colville, D. & Nestel, D., May 2019, In : Medical Education. 53, 5, p. 443-457 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Celebrating scholarship in healthcare simulation: Medical teacher turns 40
Nestel, D. & Konge, L., 3 Jul 2018, In : Medical Teacher. 40, 7, p. 649-651 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment / Debate › Other › peer-review
Do experts practice what they profess?
Zhou, Y., Wijewickrema, S., Ioannou, I., Bailey, J., Kennedy, G., Nestel, D. & O’Leary, S., 5 Jan 2018, In : PLoS ONE. 13, 1, 12 p., e0190611.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Effect of an in-situ simulation workshop on home birth practice in Australia
Kumar, A., Wallace, E. M., Smith, C. & Nestel, D., Sep 2018, (Accepted/In press) In : Women and Birth. 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Embedding assessment in a simulation skills training program for medical and midwifery students: A pre- and post-intervention evaluation
Kumar, A., Nestel, D., East, C., Hay, M., Lichtwark, I., Mclelland, G., Bentley, D., Hall, H., Fernando, S., Hobson, S., Larmour, L., Dekoninck, P. & Wallace, E. M., Feb 2018, In : Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 58, 1, p. 40-46 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Prizes
Awarded education research grant from the Australian Learning and Teaching Council Limited
Brett Williams (Recipient), Malcolm Boyle (Recipient), Ted Brown (Recipient), Lisa McKenna (Recipient), Karen Stagnitti (Recipient), Elizabeth Molloy (Recipient), Debra Nestel (Recipient), Louise McCall (Recipient), Jonathan McConnell (Recipient) & Susan Gilbert-Hunt (Recipient), 2011
Prize: Other distinction