Read: Strengthening Antimicrobial Stewardship Through Systems Design
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the defining safety challenges of modern healthcare. While antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) programmes are now embedded across health systems, sustaining impact remains difficult. This blog explores how OxSTaR research focuses on strengthening AMS.
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The Oxford Simulation, Teaching and Research team (OxSTaR) team have been pioneering the use of simulation-based education (SBE) at Oxford University for over 15 years. Part of the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, they have grown from two to fourteen members, and the extended team now numbers over 50 from a diverse range of backgrounds. Based at the John Radcliffe Hospital, the OxSTaR Centre provides a psychologically safe learning environment for medical students and multidisciplinary healthcare professionals.
OxSTaR's work has been recognised by an AdvanceHE Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence (CATE), which celebrates outstanding collaborative impact on teaching and learning and highlights the key role of teamwork in higher education
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Read: Strengthening Antimicrobial Stewardship Through Systems Design
3 March 2026
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the defining safety challenges of modern healthcare. While antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) programmes are now embedded across health systems, sustaining impact remains difficult. This blog explores how OxSTaR research focuses on strengthening AMS.
Watch: Designing healthcare for clinician wellbeing and patient safety
13 February 2026
This Oxford Open Grand Round explores the relationship between clinician wellbeing and workplace design, and how both influence engagement and patient safety.
Read: The latent system factors that influence antimicrobial use and governance in healthcare: a scoping review of high-income health systems
4 February 2026
This paper authored by Olivia Lounsbury, Marta Ortega Vega, Lauren Hookham, Jane O'Hara, Natalie Sanford, Kelly Williams et al. examines how systems approaches have been applied to the use and governance of antimicrobials.
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