Teams, Tribes and Trust
Professor Jennifer Weller is Head of the Centre for Medical and Health Sciences Education at the University of Auckland, and a specialist anaesthetist at Auckland City Hospital.
She established the Masters program in Clinical Education. She has published widely in the field of workplace assessment, simulation-based education, teamwork and patient safety. Building on her research programme in teamwork and patient safety, Professor Weller leads a national, simulation-based team training intervention for all members of operating room teams, currently being implemented across all New Zealand District Health Boards.
Her involvement with the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists Education Committees has underpinned a research programme in workplace-based assessment, competency-based medical education and entrustment decisions in postgraduate medical education.
Professor Weller is on the Editorial Board for the British Journal of Anaesthesia and an inaugural Editor for the new journal BMJ Simulation and Technology Enhanced Learning.
For more information: http://www.creative.auckland.ac.nz/people/j-weller