Professor, Simulation Education in Healthcare,

Monash University

Professor of Surgical Education, Department of Surgery,

University of Melbourne, Australia                                                  
  

• Speaker, Education Plenary II, 22 Sep 2018

Prof Debra Nestel is Professor of Simulation Education in Healthcare, Monash University, and Professor of Surgical Education, Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne, Australia. Prof Nestel is Editor in Chief, Advances in Simulation, the journal of the Society in Europe for Simulation Applied to Medicine (SESAM). She is programme lead for the Master of Surgical Education (Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne and Royal Australasian College of Surgeons) and Master of Surgical Science (University of Melbourne) and Graduate Certificate in Clinical Simulation (Monash University).

Prof Nestel leads a national programme for simulation educators – NHET-Sim (www.nhet-sim.edu.au) and a virtual network in simulated patient methodology. She has published over 180 peer-reviewed papers in health professions education, edited books on simulated patient methodology (2015), healthcare simulation (2017), surgical education (to be published in 2018) and is working with colleagues on an edited book on research methods for healthcare simulation (2019).