Prof Cristina Diaz-Navarro
Academic Head, Perioperative Care, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board;Chair, Scientific Committee, Society for Simulation in Europe (SESAM)
Professor Cristina Diaz-Navarro is a Consultant Anaesthetist and the Academic Head for Perioperative Care at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. She chairs the Simulation Advisory Group at the Royal College of Anaesthetists, is an Honorary Professor in Medical Education at the School of Medicine, Cardiff University, an Associate Professor for the School of Medicine and Healthcare Sciences at the University of Barcelona and the Chair of the Scientific Committee for the European Simulation Society (SESAM) . She is also the lead author in the creation of the TALK approach to clinical debriefing (www.talkdebrief.org) and chairs the Board of Trustees of the TALK Foundation. As an Executive Committee Member at the Association for Simulation in Healthcare Practice (ASPiH), she led the development of the ASPiH Standards 2023. As an Associate Dean for Simulation at Health Education and Improvement Wales her focus was on faculty development and quality assurance in simulation activities. She has been involved in simulation based education and debriefing since 2006. She enjoys developing innovative simulation based projects that encourage new perspectives for reflection on everyday elements of healthcare.
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