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.

Watch: Designing healthcare for clinician wellbeing and patient safety

This Oxford Open Grand Round explores the relationship between clinician wellbeing and workplace design, and how both influence engagement and patient safety.

New GP Quick Reference Handbook

We’re delighted to share our BJGP Open paper from OxSTaR and collaborators, describing the design and implementation of a GP Quick Reference Handbook (GP-QRH) to support safer management of emergencies in general practice.

Read: The use of healthcare simulation to identify and address latent safety threats: a scoping review

A new review "explores how healthcare simulations have been used to identify and address LSTs (latent safety threats), with particular attention to the visibility and application of systems theory in study design, implementation, and analysis."

Interview: In Conversation with Helen Higham

Read: an interview with Helen Higham regarding the Frederic Hewitt Lectureship; her clinical, educational and research career; and OxSTaR

New Patient Safety Courses available to book now!

VR Medical Simulation

We offer healthcare staff novel training opportunities using the latest virtual reality sim.

Quality Improvement Project wins best poster

Future Leaders

We help senior healthcare staff develop leadership skills.

Anaesthesia

We run Anaesthetic CRM, Obstetric Anaesthetic Emergency & Anaesthetic Trainee courses.

Paediatric Care

We run courses within paediatric care environments.

Human Factors and CRM

We provide non-technical skills training in a professional environment.

Foundation Year 1 & 2 Teaching

Simulation training for FY doctors