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Naomi Burns

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Miss Naomi Burns (BSc (hons) Pharm, PGDip Clin Pharm)

Clinical Teaching Fellow
E: n.burns@bsms.ac.uk
Location: Watson Building, Room 344a, Falmer Site

Areas of expertise: Medicines/Patient Safety

Research areas: Doctors attitudes & beliefs towards medication error reporting, Inter-rater reliability of a medication error tool in the management of staff involved in medication error

Biography

Naomi has worked within the field of medication safety for many years, with an interest in reducing risk with insulins and anticoagulants. This has led to national awards following presentations internationally in person and in poster form. Naomi has led on investigations involving medication including two attendances at coroners' courts. She has a keen interest in teaching in initiating training days, reviewing national teaching aids, acting as a mentor to diploma pharmacists and as supervisor to pharmacy undergraduates undertaking research. Research has included attitudes to medication errors by doctors and the management of staff involved in medication errors.

Her clinical background is in care of the elderly and stroke medicine. Naomi is the author of a number of papers and in 2013 she won the regional Deanery Pharmacy Speciality School Award in recognition of her effort to improve junior doctors prescribing skills.