Professor Bill Runciman

Appointed as Professor of Patient Safety & Healthcare Human Factors in 2007.

- have published over 200 articles, chapters or reports and a book on safety and ethics in healthcare. I was a co-author of the landmark Quality in Australian Health Care Study published in the Medical Journal of Australia (MJA) in 1995, one of the top 10 cited studies published in the MJA.

- have given over 600 lectures by invitation.

- have been awarded over $22 million in research grants over the last 35 years.

- have supervised or co-supervised 29 research students since 1977.

- was honoured with the William Russ Pugh Award of the Australian Society of Anaesthetists, for outstanding contribution to advancement of the science of anaesthesia and related disciplines, awarded Sydney, Australia, 2008.

- was honoured with the Sidney Sax Medal for outstanding achievement in and contribution to the development and improvement of the Australian healthcare system, awarded by the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association, Canberra, Australia, 2008.

Australian Patient Safety Foundation

• Patient safety
• Quality of health care
• Translating evidence into practice

President, Australian Patient Safety Foundation Inc (since 1988)

B.Sc. (Med.) (University of the Witwatersrand) 1965

M.B.B.Ch. (University of the Witwatersrand) 1969

F.F.A.R.A.C.S. (Anaesthesia) 1975; F.A.N.Z.C.A. 1992 (same fellowship renamed)

F.F.A.R.A.C.S. (Intensive Care) 1981; F.F.I.C.A.N.Z.C.A. 1995; F.J.F.I.C.M. 2002 (same fellowship renamed)

F.H.K.C.A. 1983

F.R.C.A. 1983

Ph.D. (Flinders University of South Australia) 1983

• National Health and Medical Research Council Program Grant for 2009-2013 - Patient Safety: enabling and supporting change for a safer and more effective health system - Jeffrey Braithwaite, Johanna I Westbrook, Enrico W Coiera, William B Runciman, Richard O Day - see CareTrack Australia and opportunities for PhD scholarships with the Patient Safety Program
• Co-Chair, Research Methods group, World Health Organization World Alliance for Patient Safety (2006-current)
• Coordinator, Working Group of the World Health Organization World Alliance for Patient Safety developing an International Classification for Patient Safety (2005-current) with participation in such work since 1996
• Collaborations for Translating Evidence into Practice

Braithwaite J, Runciman WB, Merry AF. Towards safer, better healthcare: harnessing the natural properties of complex sociotechnical systems. Qual Saf Health Care 2009;18:37-41.

Sherman H, Castro G, Fletcher M, Hatlie M, Hibbert P, Jakob R, Koss R, Lewalle P, Loeb J, Perneger T, Runciman W, Thomson R, Van Der Schaaf T, Virtanen M. Towards an International Classification for Patient Safety: the conceptual framework. Int J Qual Health Care 2009;21:2-8.

Thomson R, Lewalle P, Sherman H, Hibbert P, Runciman W, Castro G. Towards an International Classification for Patient Safety: a Delphi survey. Int J Qual Health Care 2009;21:9-17.

Runciman W, Hibbert P, Thomson R, Van Der Schaaf T, Sherman H, Lewalle P. Towards an International Classification for Patient Safety: key concepts and terms. Int J Qual Health Care 2009;21:18-26.

Jones D, Runciman W. Principles of incident reporting. In: Croskerry P, Cosby KS, Schenkel SM and Wears RL, editors. Patient Safety in Emergency Medicine. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2008:70-4.

Williamson JAH, Runciman WB. Thinking in a crisis: use of algorithms. In: Croskerry P, Cosby KS, Schenkel SM and Wears RL, editors. Patient Safety in Emergency Medicine. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2008:228-34.

Runciman WB, Baker GR, Michel P, Larizgoitia I, Lilford RJ, Andermann A, Flin R, Weeks WB. The epistemology of patient safety research. Int J Evid Based Healthc 2008;6:476-486.

Vergios W, Chen T, McLachlan A, Runciman WB, Fois R. QUMwatch: a community pharmacy-based incident reporting system to improve medication safety and quality use. Sydney: Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sydney, 2008.

Runciman WB, Merry A, Walton M. Safety and Ethics in Healthcare. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007 (Book – 334 pages).

Evans SM, Smith BJ, Esterman A, Runciman WB, Maddern G, Stead K, Selim P, O’Shaughnessy J, Muecke S, Jones S. Evaluation of an intervention aimed at improving voluntary incident reporting in hospitals. Qual Saf Health Care 2007; 16(3): 169-175.

Williamson JA, Hibbert P, Benveniste K, Runciman B. The development of a crisis management manual for anesthetists and anesthesiologists. Seminars in Anesthesia, Perioperative Medicine and Pain 2007; 26(3): 173-7.