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Overview

Debra Nestel is affiliated with Monash University in Australia and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine and health professions. Their research encompasses various subfields, including public health, environmental and occupational health, general health professions, physiology, surgery, and emergency medical services.

The scientist's work largely focuses on simulation-based education in healthcare, innovations in medical education, and surgical simulation and training. Other topics within their research portfolio include interprofessional education and collaboration, diversity and career development in medicine, health policy implementation science, and dental education, practice, and research.

Debra Nestel has published research in multiple academic venues, frequently contributing to the International Journal of Healthcare Simulation, the ANZ Journal of Surgery, BMJ Simulation & Technology Enhanced Learning, the Journal of Healthcare Simulation, and BMC Medical Education.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Nestel include the following:

  • "COVID-19 impact on junior doctor education and training: a scoping review" (2021) in Postgraduate Medical Journal
  • "Becoming a clinician: Trainee identity formation within the general practice supervisory relationship" (2020) in Medical Education
  • "Manifesto for healthcare simulation practice" (2020) in BMJ Simulation & Technology Enhanced Learning
  • "Measuring impostor phenomenon in healthcare simulation educators: a validation of the Clance Impostor Phenomenon Scale and Leary Impostorism Scale" (2022) in BMC Medical Education
  • "Training simulated participants for role portrayal and feedback practices in communication skills training: A BEME scoping review: BEME Guide No. 86" (2023) in Medical Teacher

Frequent collaborators include Cathy M. Smith, Ramesh Nataraja, Christina Johnson, Brian Le, and Ross Bicknell.

Best Publications

  • The impact of stress on surgical performance: a systematic review of the literature.

    Sonal Arora;Nick Sevdalis;Debra Nestel;Debra Nestel;Maria Woloshynowych

  • Role-play for medical students learning about communication: Guidelines for maximising benefits

    Debra Nestel;Tanya Tierney

  • The effects of stress on surgical performance

    Cordula M. Wetzel;Roger L. Kneebone;Maria Woloshynowych;Debra Nestel

  • Rating medical emergency teamwork performance: Development of the Team Emergency Assessment Measure (TEAM) ☆

    Simon John Rankin Cooper;Robyn Patricia Cant;Joanne Porter;Kenneth John Sellick

  • Simulation in clinical teaching and learning

    Jennifer M Weller;Debra Faye Nestel;Stuart Duncan Marshall;Peter Brooks

  • An innovative model for teaching and learning clinical procedures.

    Roger Kneebone;Jane Kidd;Debra Nestel;Suzanne Asvall

  • Making patient safety the focus: Crisis Resource Management in the undergraduate curriculum

    Brendan Flanagan;Debra Faye Nestel;Michele Joseph

  • The human face of simulation: patient-focused simulation training.

    Roger Kneebone;Debra Nestel;Cordula Wetzel;Stephen Black

  • Objective structured assessment of debriefing: bringing science to the art of debriefing in surgery.

    Sonal Arora;Maria Ahmed;John Paige;Debra Faye Nestel

  • Observer roles that optimise learning in healthcare simulation education: a systematic review

    Stephanie O’Regan;Elizabeth Molloy;Leonie Watterson;Debra Nestel

  • The effects of stress and coping on surgical performance during simulations.

    Cordula Wetzel;Stephen A Black;George B Hanna;Thanos Athanasiou

  • Factors compromising safety in surgery: stressful events in the operating room.

    Sonal Arora;Louise Hull;Nick Sevdalis;Tanya Tierney

  • Complexity, risk and simulation in learning procedural skills.

    Roger Kneebone;Debra Nestel;Charles Vincent;Ara Darzi

  • Why do women leave surgical training? A qualitative and feminist study

    Rhea Liang;Tim Dornan;Debra Nestel

  • Managing intraoperative stress: what do surgeons want from a crisis training program?

    Sonal Arora;Nick Sevdalis;Nick Sevdalis;Debra Faye Nestel;Debra Faye Nestel;Tanya Tierney

  • Simulation for learning and teaching procedural skills: the state of the science.

    Debra Nestel;Jeffrey Groom;Sissel Eikeland-Husebø;John M. O'Donnell

  • Understanding the impact of simulated patients on health care learners’ communication skills: a systematic review

    Jessica Kaplonyi;Kelly-Ann Bowles;Debra Nestel;Debra Kiegaldie

  • Reflective Practice and Its Role in Simulation

    Sissel Eikeland Husebø;Stephanie O'Regan;Debra Nestel

  • Stress management training for surgeons-a randomized, controlled, intervention study.

    Cordula M. Wetzel;Akram George;George B. Hanna;Thanos Athanasiou

  • Distributed simulation--accessible immersive training.

    Roger Kneebone;Sonal Arora;Dominic King;Fernando Bello

  • Blurring the boundaries: scenario-based simulation in a clinical setting

    Roger Kneebone;Jane Kidd;Debra Nestel;A Barnet

  • Assessing procedural skills in context: exploring the feasibility of an Integrated Procedural Performance Instrument (IPPI)

    Roger Kneebone;Debra Nestel;Faranank Yadollahi;Robert Brown

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger Kneebone
Roger Kneebone Imperial College London
Elizabeth Molloy
Elizabeth Molloy University of Melbourne
Lisa McKenna
Lisa McKenna La Trobe University
Tim Dornan
Tim Dornan Queen's University Belfast
Brett Williams
Brett Williams Monash University
Vicki R. LeBlanc
Vicki R. LeBlanc University of Ottawa
David Boud
David Boud Deakin University
Brian Clark Jolly
Brian Clark Jolly University of Newcastle Australia
Jan-Joost Rethans
Jan-Joost Rethans Maastricht University
Ted Brown
Ted Brown Monash University

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