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SUMMARY:Great healthcare in a complex world: It's you AND the system - Dr 
 David Roberson
DTSTART:20130415T100000Z
DTEND:20130415T120000Z
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CONTACT:Mecit Can Emre Simsekler
DESCRIPTION:The EDC is privileged to welcome *Dr David Roberson*\, Pediatr
 ic Otolaryngologist and lead for patient safety at the Children's Hospital
 \, Harvard University. He is founder and CEO of The Global Tracheostomy Co
 llaborative\, an international\, multi-disciplinary quality improvement co
 llaborative to improve tracheostomy care worldwide. \n\nThe talk will be o
 n *'Great healthcare in a complex world: It's you AND the system'* in Lect
 ure Room 5\, in the Engineering Department on *Monday 15 April at 11:00*.\
 n\nDr Roberson has been on Harvard Medical School's faculty of the program
  for Patient Safety and Quality since 2005. This will be an invaluable opp
 ortunity to examine the American perspective on the issue of safety and qu
 ality.\n\nThe talk will be starting with welcome speech and the introducti
 on of the Engineering Design Centre Healthcare Group by *Prof John Clarkso
 n*\, the Director of Cambridge Engineering Design Centre. \n\n\n*Plan:*\n\
 n*11.00-11.15:* Prof John Clarkson: Presentation - Introduction of the Cam
 bridge University Engineering Design Centre - Healthcare Group\n\n*11.15-1
 2.00:* Dr David Roberson: Presentation - "Great healthcare in a complex wo
 rld: It's you AND the system"\n\n*12.00-12.30:* Discussion\n\n*12.30-13.00
 :* Tea & Coffee\n\n___\n\n\n*About David Roberson:*\n\nDr. Roberson gradua
 ted from Princeton University in 1981\, and spent two years teaching math 
 and science in the Peace Corps in Nepal. He graduated from the University 
 of North Carolina Medical School with honors in 1988 and then spent a year
  in a basic science lab studying cell division in the inner ear. He comple
 ted an two-year preliminary program in General Surgery at Virginia Mason H
 ospital in Seattle from 1989-1991\, residency in Otolaryngology at the Uni
 versity of Washington in Seattle from 1991-1995 and a fellowship in Pediat
 ric Otolaryngology at Children's Hospital Boston in 1995-1996. He has been
  on the full-time faculty at Children's Hospital Boston since 1996. He is 
 founder and CEO of The Global Tracheostomy Collaborative\, an internationa
 l\, multi-disciplinary quality improvement collaborative to improve trache
 ostomy care worldwide. \n\n*Research Overview:*\n\nDr. Roberson studied ha
 ir cell regeneration in the inner ear from 1988-2003. Since 2003\, his res
 earch has focused on quality and safety in Otolaryngology and in Pediatric
 s. He has led several major national studies investigating causes and solu
 tions of errors and adverse events in Otolaryngology. He has developed a n
 ovel tool\, the "complexity ruler\," which makes it possible to measure th
 e complexity of a child's disease\nand medical care\, and has demonstrated
  that complexity is a risk factor for adverse events at Children's Hospita
 l Boston.\n\n*Key Publications:* \n\nShah RK\, Kentala E\, Healy GB\, Robe
 rson DW. Classification and consequences of errors in otolaryngology. Lary
 ngoscope 2004\;114:1322-1335.\n\nDavid W. Roberson\, MD\; Erna Kentala\, M
 D\; Gerald B. Healy\, MD. Quality and Safety in a Complex World: Why Syste
 ms Science Matters to Otolaryngologists\, Laryngoscope 114: October 2004\n
 \n\n\n*http://www-edc.eng.cam.ac.uk/research/healthcaredesign/*\n\n\n*If y
 ou would like to join the talk\, please let me (Mecit Can Emre Simsekler) 
 know.*
LOCATION: Cambridge University Engineering Department\, Lecture Room 5
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