Associate Professor Craig Stephen Webster
BSc Psyc, MSc (1st class Hons) Neuropsyc, PhD Anaesthesiology (Human Factors)
Biography
I have extensive experience in clinical and human factors research projects, including work on the cognitive ergonomic evaluation of medical equipment, teamwork functioning, patient safety, compliance with safety initiatives and the better understanding of the patient experience. I am also interested in the psychological, theoretical and practical aspects of the way people and technology interact in complex systems and organisations, and the effects such interaction has on safety.
Research | Current
Webster CS. Safety lessons for health care from other complex socio-technical industries
Webster CS, Henning M, Wearn A, Weller J, REID R. Communication in the hospital ward – a patient-stay diary study
Webster CS, Weller JM, Barrow M, Torrie J, Moharib M, Bagg W. Interprofessional Education (IPE) during Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) training
Weller JM, Merry AF, Civil I, Windsor J, Gargen S, Robinson B, Torrie J, Webster CS, Henderson K, Guthrie W. Multi-disciplinary simulation training in the management of the surgical patient
Merry AF, Weller J, Robinson BJ, Webster CS. Validating Anaesthesia Simulation-based Error Research (the VASER study)
Webster, CS. Safety, complexity and useability
Teaching | Current
ClinEd 705 – Simulation and clinical skills teaching
ClinEd 714 – Research methods in education
ClinEd 706 - Interprofessional learning, teamwork and patient safety
ClinEd 712 – Curriculum and course design
ClinEd 710 – Special studies
POPHLTH 701 - Research methods in health
MED 700 - Designing safer systems
Postgraduate supervision
PhD
2010 –Derryn Gargiulo, Quantifying the microbiological contamination of drugs administered for anaesthesia in the operating theatre
2011 – Adva Hayam-Jonas, The causal impact of student engagement on academic achievements
2012 – Ivana Nakarada-Kordic, Implicit coordination, team mental models and team performance in multidisciplinary operating theatre teams
2012 – Nishanthi Gurusinghe, The impact of simulated intra-operative stress on non-technical skills in operating room staff
2013 – Reena Patel, Nurse concern as an alert to patient danger in the absence of an emergency activation score
2017 – Antonia Verstappen, Cultivating a primary care medical workforce for New Zealand: lessons from a longitudinal tracking project
Masters
2014 – Judy Ormandy, Breaking down the barriers to Midwife and Medical Student encounters in the delivery suite
2014 – John Henley, The value of the apprenticeship model in medical education
2016 - Liyan Huang, Understanding possible differences in cognitive load in anaesthetists using two models of anaesthetic machine
2016 - Tracey Barnes, Do New Zealand Undergraduate Medical Students and First Year Doctors feel prepared for the transition to become leaders of clinical teams?
Distinctions/Honours
2001 Fellowship with the Health Research Council of New Zealand (3 years)
Areas of expertise
Human factors
Interprofessional performance
Safe systems design
System failure
Complex work environments
Human-machine interaction
Psychology of error
Error tolerant systems
Patient experience
Simulation
Committees/Professional groups/Services
2011-2015 – Faculty Staffing Committee member, FMHS
2010 onwards – Governance Board member, Healthcare Career Pathways Project (formerly the Faculty Tracking Project), FMHS
2013 onwards – Scientific Committee member, Healthcare Career Pathyways Project (formerly Faculty Tracking Project), FMHS
2017 - Chair, Faculty Interprofessional Education Subcommittee, FMHS
Selected publications and creative works (Research Outputs)
- Bowdle, T. A., Jelacic, S., Nair, B., Togashi, K., Caine, K., Bussey, L., ... Webster, C. S. (2018). Facilitated self-reported anaesthetic medication errors before and after implementation of a safety bundle and barcode-based safety system. British journal of anaesthesia, 121 (6), 1338-1345. 10.1016/j.bja.2018.09.004
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Alan Merry - Webster, C. S., Hallett, C., Torrie, J., Verstappen, A., Barrow, M., Moharib, M. M., & Weller, J. M. (2018). Advanced cardiac life support training in interprofessional teams of undergraduate nursing and medical students using mannequin-based simulation. Medical Science Educator, 28 (1), 155-163. Related URL.
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Antonia Verstappen, Jane Torrie, Mark Barrow, Magdi Moharib, Jennifer Weller - Webster, C. S. (2017). Checklists, cognitive aids, and the future of patient safety. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 119 (2), 178-181.
- Gargiulo, D. A., Mitchell, S. J., Sheridan, J., Short, T. G., Swift, S., Torrie, J., ... Merry, A. F. (2016). Microbiological contamination of drugs during their administration for anesthesia in the operating room. Anesthesiology, 124 (4), 785-794. 10.1097/ALN.0000000000001041
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Derryn Gargiulo, Janie Sheridan, Jane Torrie, Alan Merry, Simon Swift, Simon Mitchell - Webster, C. S., Mason, K. P., & Shafer, S. L. (2016). Threats to safety during sedation outside of the operating room and the death of Michael Jackson. Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology, 29 (Suppl 1), S36-S47. 10.1097/ACO.0000000000000318
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/29597 - Webster, C. S., Andersson, E., Edwards, K., Merry, A. F., Torrie, J., & Weller, J. M. (2015). Deviation from accepted drug administration guidelines during anaesthesia in twenty highly realistic simulated cases. Anaesthesia and intensive care, 43 (6), 698-706.
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Jane Torrie, Jennifer Weller, Alan Merry - Webster, C. S., Anderson, B. J., Stabile, M. J., & Merry, A. F. (2015). Improving the safety of pediatric sedation? Human error, technology, and clinical microsystems. In K. P. Mason (Ed.) Pediatric sedation outside of the operating room: A multispecialty international collaboration (pp. 587-612). New York, USA: Springer. 10.1007/978-1-4939-1390-9_30
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/29601
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Brian Anderson, Alan Merry - Webster, C., Lu, L. M., & Henning, M. A. (2014). Using hospital-stay diaries to improve communication with patients. Medical Education, 48 (5), 533-534. 10.1111/medu.12437
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/24617
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Marcus Henning
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