RCSI is pleased to announce that our Safe and Sound podcast season finale “Hard to stomach: Alan O'Gorman tells his story as a patient who experienced a surgical never event” is now available to listen to on Spotify and Apple podcasts. 

Senator David Norris is an Irish scholar, independent Senator, and gay and civil rights activist. Born in Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, David Norris is a former Trinity College lecturer and member of the Oireachtas. He has served in Seanad Éireann since 1987 and is the first openly gay person to be elected to a public office in Ireland. He is an expert on James Joyce and is associated with the James Joyce Cultural Centre, Dublin and the Irish Georgian Society. David...

Dara O’Keeffe is the Simulation Lead in Postgraduate Surgical Education and Training at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. She trained in surgery in Ireland for eight years before entering the field of medical education in 2006. At RCSI she designed and implemented national assessments in technical and non-technical skills, before moving to Boston in 2010. There she held the position of Assistant Director of Simulation-based Learning at the Brigham and Women’s hospital and a faculty...

Prof Ian Robertson is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Trinity College Dublin (1999–2016) and was the founding Director of Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, as well as Dean of Research of Trinity College, from 2004–2007. Ian is Founding Director of GBHI at Trinity.   Ian studied and trained at Glasgow University and the Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College, London. Currently Emeritus Professor at Trinity College Dublin and Co-Director of GBHI, he previously spent 8 years at...

Dr Chris Turner is consultant in emergency medicine at University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire. He is interested in governance and highly performing teams, and this has led him on a journey from being blame and process focused to something completely different, Civility Saves Lives, a campaign that aims to raise awareness of the impact of behaviour on performance. Over the last few years this idea has gained momentum and traction across healthcare and beyond.

Professor Steven Yule is Chair of Behavioural Sciences at the University of Edinburgh, and leader of the Edinburgh Surgical Sabermetrics Group. He is also Programme Director of the MSc in Patient Safety and Clinical Human Factors within Edinburgh Surgery Online, and Director of Non-Technical Skills at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Professor Yule is an academic psychologist and human factors scientist; internationally recognized for his work in non-technical skills, patient...

Martin Bromiley OBE FRCSEd (ad hom), Founder of the Clinical Human Factors Group, UK Martin Bromiley is “Dad” to his family living in Buckinghamshire. Professionally he is a Training Captain for a major UK airline and has a background specialising in human performance and safety. In 2005 his then wife died as a result of human error during routine surgery. He subsequently founded the Clinical Human Factors Group, www.chfg.org a charity which has not only had a major influence on healthcare...

Professor Eva Doherty, Director of Human Factors in Patient Safety, DClinPsych, CClinPsychol (AFPsSI), CPsychol (AFBPsS), PFHEA, FEACH. 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...