Contact information
Helen Higham
DIRECTOR OF THE OXSTAR CENTRE
- Consultant Anaesthetist
Developing training to support safer practice in healthcare
Helen is a Consultant Anaesthetist in the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust and a Senior Clinical Research Fellow at the University of Oxford. She has always had a keen interest in medical education and has been the Director of Undergraduate Teaching in the Nuffield Division of Anaesthetics since she took up her post in 2001. She became the medical director of the Oxford Simulation, Teaching and Research Centre (OxSTaR) when it opened in 2008. She is a member of the Executive Committee for the Association of Simulated Practice in Healthcare.
Recent publications
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Validation of the Partners at Care Transitions Measure (PACT-M): assessing the quality and safety of care transitions for older people in the UK
Journal article
Oikonomou E. et al, (2020), BMC Health Services Research, 20
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Improving staff confidence and morale through rapid, structured trust-wide technology-enhanced training in the use of COVID-19 personal protective equipment at Oxford University Hospitals
Journal article
Hong JSW. et al, (2020), BMJ Simulation and Technology Enhanced Learning
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Emergencies in general practice: could checklists support teams in stressful situations?
Journal article
HIGHAM H. et al, (2020), British Journal of General Practice
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In situ deteriorating patient simulation in general practice.
Journal article
Lawrence J. et al, (2020), Br J Gen Pract, 70
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Simulation past, present and future—a decade of progress in simulation-based education in the UK
Journal article
Higham H., (2020), BMJ Simulation and Technology Enhanced Learning