TEREMA - Key Persons

Rachel qualified from Imperial College School of Medicine in 2000 and has been a Consultant Anaesthetist since 2011. During the course of her training, Rachel has worked in a number of specialities in addition to Anaesthesia, including General and Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care (adult and paediatric) and Hyperbaric Medicine. In addition to her anaesthetic practice, Rachel has a keen interest in the application of human factors in routine clinical operations with a particular focus on the interaction of system design with behaviours and the influence of this relationship on clinical performance and patient safety. She also brings this experience in to incident investigation and analysis. This includes the investigation of serious incidents, using a systems-based approach for analysis and recommendations and utilizing ‘Safety 2' and ‘Safety Differently Ò' principles in understanding performance, resilience and safety. Rachel has been engaged with teaching and training throughout her career and has been involved in patient safety education since 2009. Having joined Terema Ltd in 2015, Rachel provides training for one-day human factors courses and supports the facilitation of the two-day ‘Masterclass'. She also provides bespoke seminars across all staff groups (e.g. supporting emergency simulation training and following Never Events / Serious Untoward Incidents) and is a Visiting Lecturer for human factors and patient safety training for undergraduate Nursing and Operating Department Practitioners at the School of Health & Care Professions, University of Portsmouth.