Itsik (Izhak) Nadler

Position

PhD Candidate since 9/2007

School of ITEE, The University of Queensland

Cognitive Engineering Research Group (CERG)

Principal advisor – Prof. Penny Sanderson

Associate advisor – Dr Helen Liley

Email

Itsik@itee.uq.edu.au

 

Mail address

ARC Key Centre for Human Factors

McElwain Building

The University of Queensland

St Lucia, QLD, 4072

Australia

Research

“Team Training Evaluation in Healthcare: Increasing the Effectiveness of Neonatal Resuscitation Teams”

Team training evaluation is seldom done systematically and is often performed with subjective measures. My research goal is to increase the validity of team training evaluation by increasing the objectivity of the measures and by applying a systematic evaluation typology. I used Brunswik’s theories to guide development of a more objective method of evaluating team performance.

The domain of practice of my research is Neonatal Resuscitation in which teams of clinicians, doctors, nurses and midwives perform multiple tasks under severe time constraints. Currently there is no formal curriculum for team training for these practitioners.

My research included the design and delivery of training interventions to staff members from the Mater Mothers’ Hospital, Brisbane, Australia. Training was partly delivered in a simulator centre – Queensland Health Skills Development Centre – and partly in the hospital. Training in the hospital was in the form of weekly debriefing sessions. During the course of the research, neonatal resuscitation episodes had been video recorded and were later presented in the debriefings. Evaluation methods were developed and applied and Kirkpatrick’s typology was used for the evaluation process.

Academic qualifications

·         MSc, industrial Engineering, the Technion institute of Technology, Israel (1996)

·         BSc, Mechanical Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Israel (1993)

Scholarships and grants

·         International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS) from The University of Queensland

·         International Living Allowance Scholarship (UQILAS) from The University of Queensland

·         Research grant from the Mater Mothers’ Research Centre

·         Unrestricted donation from Laerdal Inc.

Previous Positions

·         Private consultant – Flight Simulators and applied Human Factors (2005-2007)

·         Head of Simulator and Human Factors branch – IAF (2000-2004)

·         Helicopter Pilot and Flight Instructor (1983-2007)

Other areas of interest

·         Photography

·         Reading

·         Squash

Journal papers

Nadler, I., Sanderson, P. M., & Liley, H. G. (in press). The accuracy of clinical assessments as a measure for teamwork effectiveness. Simulation in Healthcare.

Nadler, I., Sanderson, P. M., Van Dyken, C. R., Davis, P. G., & Liley, H. G. (2011). Presenting newborns’ resuscitations in debriefings for training neonatal resuscitation teamwork. BMJ Quality and Safety, 20(2), 163-169.

Nadler, I., Liley, H. G., & Sanderson, P. M. (2010). Clinicians can accurately assign Apgar scores to video recordings of simulated neonatal resuscitations. Simulation in Healthcare, 5(4), 204-212.

Conference papers

Nadler, I., & Sanderson, P. M. (in press). Using Brunswik's Probabilistic Functionalism to Test How Clinicians Make Judgments in Simulated Neonatal Resuscitation Scenarios. Proceedings of the 55^th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES2011). Las Vegas NV, 19-23 September.

Conference abstracts

Nadler, I., Sanderson, P. M., & Liley, H. G. (2011). Task Execution Pace and Clinical Assessment Accuracy as Indicators of Effective Simulator-Based Team Training (SBTT). [Abstract] Poster presented at the 15th Annual Congress of The Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand (PSANZ 2011), Hobart, Australia.

Nadler, I., & Liley, H. G. (2011). Prolonged Time Without Ventilation During Intubation Attempts in Neonatal Resuscitation. [Abstract] Paper presented at the Australian Resuscitation Council, Spark of Life Conference, Perth, Australia.

Doherty, C. V., Hou, D., Lyon, P., Nadler, I., & Liley, H. G. (2011). Redeveloping neonatal resuscitation courses to include complex task teamwork elements. [Abstract] Poster presented at the 15th Annual Congress of the Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand (PSANZ2011), Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.

Nadler, I., Sanderson, P. M., & Liley, H. G. (2010). The Accuracy of Clinical Assessments made by Neonatal Resuscitation Team Leaders in Simulated Scenarios. [Abstract] Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the Australian Society for Simulation in Health Care (SimTecT Health 2010), Melbourne, Australia.

Nadler, I., Sanderson, P. M., & Liley, H. G. (2010). Preparing a video recording compilation of simulated resuscitation. [Abstract] Paper presented at the 14th Annual Congress of the Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand (PSANZ2010), Wellington Convention Centre, Wellington, New Zealand, 28 - 31 March.

Nadler, I., Sanderson, P. M., & Liley, H. G. (2010). Effectiveness measures for team training in neonatal resuscitation. [Abstract] Poster presented at the 14th Annual Congress of The Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand (PSANZ2010), Wellington Convention Centre, Wellington, New Zealand, 28 - 31 March.

Nadler, I., Liley, H. G., & Van Dyken, C. R. (2010,). Debriefing sessions for assessing neonatal resuscitation practice – a pilot program. [Abstract] Poster presented at the the 14th Annual Congress of The Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand (PSANZ2010), Wellington Convention Centre, Wellington, New Zealand, 28 - 31 March.

Liley, H. G., Nadler, I., & Van Dyken, C. R. (2010). Skills transfer from training to practice: a “black box” flight recorder in the resuscitation room. [Abstract] Paper presented at the 14th Annual Congress of the Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand (PSANZ2010), Wellington Convention Centre, Wellington, New Zealand, 28 - 31 March.

Van Dyken, C. R., Shearman, A. D., Holman, A. R., Nadler, I., & Liley, H. G. (2010). Polyethylene Occlusive Wrap (POW) to prevent heat loss in premature infants during resuscitation – Audit of use. [Abstract] Poster presented at the 14th Annual Congress of the Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand (PSANZ2010), Wellington Convention Centre, Wellington, New Zealand, 28 - 31 March.

Nadler, I., Doherty, C. V., Sanderson, P. M., & Liley, H. G. (2009). Evaluating the transfer of neonatal resuscitation training to clinical practice. [Abstract] Paper presented at the Women's and Children's Hospitals Ausralasis, Brisbane Australia, 10 November.

Liley, H. G., Nadler, I., & Sanderson, P. M. (2009). Effective neonatal resuscitation - high reliability teamwork or individual skills? [Abstract] Paper presented at the  13th Annual Congress of the Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand (PSANZ2009), Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

Nadler, I., Liley, H. G., & Sanderson, P. M. (2009). Neonatal resuscitation team training and practice: a multi evaluation paradigm. [Abstract] Paper presented at the Australian Resuscitation Council, Spark of Life Conference Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.