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Senior’s Name: Eva Doherty
Availability: 2/3
Attending ICCH 2024: In person

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Title: Associate Professor and Director of Human Factors in Patient Safety
Institution: RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
Discipline: Psychology
Years of experience: 40

Teacher/Training

Learners I work with:

  • Postgraduate
  • Continuous Professional Development

Interests/expertise:

  • Assessment methods
  • Curriculum design / development
  • Experiential teaching methods (eg role play)
  • Simulated patients
  • Train the trainers (faculty development)

Years I have worked in communication skills learning: 36

Research

Areas of work:

  • Medical education

Research methods:

  • cross sectional studies and reviews

Policy/practice

Type of setting I work in:

  • Academic institution

Interests/expertise:

  • Implementation
  • Clinical practice

Keywords describing expertise and interest:

  1. curriculum design
  2. experiential methods

Field of expertise, major interests, and consultation topics:

as in bio

Biography/CV:

Eva is a practising clinical psychologist, Associate Professor and Director of the Human Factors in Patient Safety (HFPS) training, research and assessment programme at the National Surgical Training Centre, Department of Surgical Affairs, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences. The HFPS training is a mandatory component of the postgraduate professional training for surgical, emergency medicine, radiology and ophthalmology trainees. The programme provides interactive workshops for trainees and more recently for consultants on topics which include medical error, risk management, communication, teamwork, conflict resolution, decision-making, open disclosure, emotional intelligence, crisis management, resilience, professionalism and leadership. Eva pioneered and currently directs the academic Postgraduate Diploma/MSc in Human Factors in Patient Safety which is an inter-professional one/two year part-time online programme. Eva’s recent publications and research interests include communication issues in Irish hospitals; personality factors in medical education and the assessment of improvements and remediation of communication skills. In recognition of Eva’s contribution to medical education and to communication training in healthcare, Eva was awarded a Principal Fellowship by the Higher Education Academy in the U.K. and an honorary fellowship by the International Association for Communication in Healthcare.