Full List of Research, Publications and Grants.

 

Publications - Original Research.

Brazil V, Shaghaghi S, Alsaba N.

·       ‘Live Die Repeat’ simulation for medical students BMJ Simulation and Technology Enhanced Learning Published Online First: 07 August 2019. doi: 10.1136/bmjstel-2019-000485.

 

Wright A, Middleton S, Hibbert P, Brazil V.

·       (2018). Getting On With Field Research Using Participant Deconstruction. Organizational Research Methods. 10.1177/1094428118782589.

 

Braganza S, Young J, Sweeny A, Brazil V.

OneED: Embedding a mindfulness-based wellness program into an emergency department Emerg Med Australas Feb 2018.

 

Johnson P, Brazil V, Raymond-Dufresne É, Nielson T.

Simulated Emergency Department for pre-clinical medical students. The Clinical Teacher July 2016 doi 10.1111/tct.12551.

 

Roland D, Brazil V.


Top ten: Top 10 ways to reconcile social media and ‘traditional’ education in emergency care. Emerg Med J 2015;32:10 819-822 Published Online First: 7 August 2015 doi:10.1136/emermed-2015-205024.

 

Aram N, Brazil V, Davin L, Greenslade J.

Intern underperformance is detected more frequently in emergency medicine rotations. Emergency Medicine Australasia. 2013; 25 (1), 68-74.


 

Brazil V, Greenslade J, Brown AFT.

Enhancing capacity for intern training in the Emergency Department: The MoLIE Project. Medical Journal of Australia., 2011; 194: 165-168.

Brazil V, Purdy E, Alexander C, Matulich J.

·       Improving the relational aspects of trauma care through translational simulation. Advances in Simulation. 2019 (Accepted) DOI: 10.1186/s41077-019-0100-2.

 

Brazil V and Davin L.

(2018), Ten years of medical education registrars: Value added?. Emergency Medicine Australasia. . doi:10.1111/1742-6723.13109.

 

Thoma B, Brazil V, Spurr J, Palaganas J, Eppich W, Grant V, Cheng A.

Establishing a Virtual Community of Practice in Simulation: The Value of Social Media. Simul Healthc. 2018 Jan 24. doi: 10.1097/SIH.0000000000000284.

 

Raymond-Dufresne É, Brazil V, Johnson P, Nielson T.

Pre-clinical medical students' perceptions of their patient safety skills in a simulated emergency department. Emergency Medicine Australasia Volume 28, Issue 3, pages 325–328, June 2016.

 

Wright A, Staggs J, Middleton S, Burke J, Markwell A, Brazil V, Mitchell R, Brown A.

(2015), Teaching and learning in an era of time-based access targets: Impact of a new model of care on junior medical officers. Emergency Medicine Australasia. 2015 Aug;27(4):355-8 doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.12438.

 

Johnson P, McLean M, Brazil V, Nielson T.

Enhancing medical students’ understanding of the role of the health care team through a simulated patient journey scenario. Med Educ 2013; 47 (Suppl. 2): 9. 26.

 

Sweetman G, Brazil V.

Education links between the Australian rural and tertiary emergency departments: videoconference can support a virtual learning community. Emerg Med Australasia 2007;19:176-7.

Purdy E & Brazil V.

·       The team briefing: setting up relational coordination for your resuscitation. 2019 Clin Exp Emerg Med (Accepted).

 

Thoma B, Chan T et al.

·       (2018). The Social Media Index as an Indicator of Quality for Emergency Medicine Blogs: A METRIQ Study. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 72. 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2018.05.003.

 

Brazil V.

Translational simulation: not ‘where?’ but ‘why?’ A functional view of in situ simulation. Advances in Simulation. 2017;2(1):20.

 

Wright A, Middleton S, Greenfield G, Williams J, Brazil V.

Strategies for Teaching Evidence-Based Management: What Management Educators Can Learn from Medicine. Journal of Management Education April 2016 40: 194-219.

 

McLean M, Brazil V, Johnson P.

·         How we “breathed life” into problem-based learning cases using a mobile application, Medical teacher, 2014 Oct;36(10):849-52.

 

Brazil V, Ratcliffe L, Zhang J, Davin L.

Mini-CEX as a workplace-based assessment tool for interns in an emergency department – Does cost outweigh value? Medical Teacher Dec 2012, Vol. 34, No. 12, Pages 1017-1023.

 

Brazil V.

Audit as a learning tool in postgraduate emergency medicine training. Emergency Medicine Australasia. 2004 (16), 348-352.

Purdy E, Alexander C, Caughley M, Bassett S & Brazil V.

(2019). Identifying and transmitting the culture of emergency medicine through simulation. AEM Education and Training. 10.1002/aet2.10325.

 

Alsaba N & Brazil V.

(2018). Medical Students’ Recognition and Response to Clinical Deterioration in Simulated Patient Scenarios. mededpublish. 7. 10.15694/mep.2018.0000070.1.

 

Noble C, Brazil V, Teasdale T, Forbes M, Billett S.

Developing junior doctors’ prescribing practices through collaborative practice: Sustaining and transforming the practice of communities. Journal Of Interprofessional Care doi 10.1080/13561820.2016.1254164.

 

Wright, A, Zammuto R, Liesch P, Middleton S, Hibbert P, Burke J, Brazil V.

(2015), Evidence-based Management in Practice: Opening up the Decision Process, Decision-maker and Context. British Journal of Management. Volume 27, Issue 1, pages 161-178, January 2016.

 

Berger G, Peerson A, Brazil V, Conroy S.

Clinical supervisors and cultural competence. The Clinical Teacher 2013, 10: 1-5.



 

Brazil V, Grobler G, Greenslade J, Burke J.

Comparison of intubation performance by junior emergency department doctors using gum elastic bougie versus stylet reinforced endotracheal tube insertion techniques. Emergency Medicine Australasia. 2012; 24(2); 194-200.

 

Brazil V, Sowden D.

Queensland Tick Typhus as a cause of seizures and acute confusion. Emergency medicine Australasia (1999) 11, 182-184.

 
 

Publications - Letters, Editorials, Invited Papers.

Brazil V, Purdy EI, Bajaj K.

Connecting simulation and quality improvement: how can healthcare simulation really improve patient care? BMJ Quality & Safety Published Online First: 18 July 2019. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-009767.

 

Janssens S, Brazil V.

Simulation: applications for emergencies O&G magazine Winter 2017.



 

Brazil V.

Past and future of emergency medicine education and training (editorial). Emerg Med Australas 26(1): 69-71.

 

Brazil V.

Interns in the Emergency Department - the Real Challenges of Increasing Numbers. (editorial) Emergency Medicine Australasia, 2010. 22 97-99, April.

Nestel D, Brazil V, Hay M.

(2018), You can't put a value on that… Or can you? Economic evaluation in simulation-based medical education. Med Educ, 52: 139–141. doi:10.1111/medu.13505.

 

Brazil V.

Theory, history and contemporary topics for medical education scholars. Book/Media/App Review Med J Aust 2017; 206 (4): 160. doi:10.5694/mja16.01254.

 

Brazil V, Mitchell R.

Balancing quantity and quality in emergency medicine training for interns. (editorial) Emergency Medicine Australasia. 2013. 25 (5), 387-9.

 

Brazil V.

Performance assessment for dummies – using simulation for testing learners. (editorial) Emergency Medicine Australasia, 2008. 20 (6), 456-7.

Speirs C, Brazil V.

(2018), See one, do one, teach one: Is it enough? No. Emergency Medicine Australasia. doi:10.1111/1742-6723.12927.


 

Brazil V, Carley S.

Does the new Fellowship Examination format ensure a sufficient standard for FACEMs? No. Emergency Medicine Australasia. 2016 Apr;28(2):238-9. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.12553. Epub 2016 Feb 28.

 

O’Connor A, Lukin WG, Brazil V.

Take a deep breath . . . and talk. (Letter) Medical Journal of Australia. 2013. 198 (10), 535.

 

Brazil V, Parker C.

A day in the life: social media for clinical practice and medical education. Med J Aust. June 2017 DOI: 10.5694/mja17.00113.


 

Yates N, Brazil V.

Get the DRIFT for great discharge summaries (letter). Emergency Medicine Australasia. 2015; 27(3):273.


 

Gosbell A, Mitchell R, Brazil V, Killen A.

The need for quality and quantity in emergency medical care rotations for interns. The Medical journal of Australia 198 (6), 313-314.

 
 

Publications - Books.

Symon B, Spurr J, Brazil V.

(2018). Simulcast Journal Club : The Second Year. Published online. ISBN-13: 978-0-6481679-2-1.

Symon, B, Brazil, V & Spurr, J.

2017, Simulcast Journal Club: The First Year, 1st edn. Published Online. Simulcast, Brisbane. pdf ISBN 978-0-6481679-1-4 ePub ISBN 978-0-6481679-0-7.

 
 
 

Publications - Book Chapters.

Brazil V.

Postgraduate medical education and training. Book Chapter in Cameron et al (ed) 2018. Textbook of Adult Emergency Medicine 5th edition, Churchill Livingstone.

Dunn W, Brazil V, Dong Y, Gallo K, Maxworthy J.

Systems Integration: Engineering the Future of Healthcare Delivery via Simulation," Chapter 10 in The Comprehensive Textbook of Healthcare Simulation (2013) , edited by Drs. Adam I. Levine, Samuel DeMaria Jr., Alan Sim, and Andrew D. Schwartz, by Springer Science and Business Media, New York.

Brown AFT and Brazil V.

Constipation. Book Chapter in David S. (ed) Textbook of Emergency Medicine. Published 2011 Wolters Kluwer (India) Pvt Ltd, Delhi.

Brazil V.

Constipation. Book Chapter in Mahadevan S.V. & Garmel G. (eds) Clinical Emergency Medicine (2005), Oxford University Press.

Grants/Fellowships.

Noble C, Molloy E, Young J, Brazil V.

Enhancing feedback literacy in the workplace: a learner-centred approach. ANZHPE Research Grant $2 940.

 

Johnson P, Brazil V, Nielsen T, McLean M.

The professional socialisation of medical students. HSM Faculty Research Seeding Grant 2012.
$17 504.




 

Collaboration with Australasian College for Emergency Medicine and Healthworkforce Queensland.

Medical Education Solutions. Commonwealth Grant of
$127 000 – Support scheme for rural specialists (SSRS) program 2006.

Conroy S, Brazil V. Manhan D, Miller P, Ostini R.

Patient Safety in Rural Transfers – Baseline Audit Prior to an Educational Intervention. EMF Grant $5 940.

 

McLean M, Johnson P, Green P, Brazil V, Luxton D, Smith J.

Teacher and educator perceptions of medical students’ professional socialisation Bond Vice Chancellors Research Grant 2012 $14 786.


 

Wright A, Zammuto R, Brazil V, Brown A, Meyer A.

2014 ARC Discovery Grant DP140103237 Environmental jolts and the professions: Multi-level institutional change processes in Emergency Medicine in Australia $235 000.

 

Coombes I, Whitfield K, Mitchell C, Brazil V, Denaro C.

Evaluation of the impact of a clinical pharmacist on the safety and quality of the prescribing on a post-take medical ward round. (CI, 2013, RBH Foundation Grant, $40 000).


 

Noble C, Brazil V.

2013 HWA Fellowship initiative. Pharmacists as clinical co-supervisors: enabling interprofessional co-supervision $20,000.

 

Brazil V, Ratcliffe L, Davin L, Smith S.

Comparing intern’s assessments using mini-Clinical Evaluation Exercise (mini-CEX) with existing workplace based assessments in the emergency medicine term. Queensland Emergency Medicine Research Foundation (QEMRF) 2010 $8 774.87.

 
 

Research Awards.

Morson Taylor Award (ACEM) 2004

Research prize of Australasian College for Emergency Medicine - Using Human Patient Simulation Technology to Assess Emergency Physicians Cognitive Performance.

 
 
 
 

Additional Publications.

Brazil V, Mudge A, Toombes S, editors.

·         Supervising diverse student and trainee groups at multiple levels in high volume work environments. Internal Medicine Journal; 2012: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia.

Cullen L, Brazil V, Dooris M, Baldwin M, Muller H.

(2012). ‘Stemi-sim’—A ‘Process of Care’ Simulation can Help Improve Door to Balloon Times for Patients with ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Heart, Lung and Circulation, 21, S50.

Brazil V, Mills K.

Towards Excellence in Rural Generalist Practice Faculty Handbook and Participant Handbook. Queensland Health - Medical Education and Training, Cunningham Centre, May 2011.

 
 

Publications - Digital Media Content Creation and Contributions.

Simulcast Podcast Episodes.

Sixty nine episodes produced between August 2017 and May 2019.

 

Simulation Safety Spotlight – A Call for Safety Briefing in SIM?

International Clinician Educators Blog, January 2019.

 

ICE BOOK REVIEW – Healthcare Simulation Education: Evidence, Theory and Practice.

International Clinician Educators Blog, September 12, 2017.

 

Presentation Skills.

Part 2: The Delivery.



 

Audience Response Systems for teaching and talks – Why? And How?

International Clinician Educators Blog, December 2016.

 

Simulation Podcast Journal Club.

Monthly episodes Since Jan 2017.

 
 

A simulation debrief …. Without the debrief.

International Clinician Educators Blog, August 11, 2017.

 

Simulation Moulage – Bang for Buck?

International Clinician Educators Blog, March 28, 2017.


 

Mentorship.

Google Hangout on Air. ALiEM Fincubator. 2 September 2016.

 

Simulation Podcast – Advances in Simulation Collaborative.

Bimonthly podcast episodes featuring an article from Advances in Simulation.

 

Healthcare Simulation – Staying up to Date With The ‘Latest.’

International Clinician Educators Blog, December 15, 2017.

 

Creating videos for medical education.

International Clinician Educators Blog, June 6, 2017.

 

Health Combined Series.

Discussing a Clinical Paper on a Podcast; How to do an educational talk to be recorded; How to do an educational talk for an audio podcast.

 

How I sim – Victoria Brazil.

scanFOAM July 27 2016.

 

Diagnose on Sight – Dr Victoria Brazil on Fixed drug Eruption.

Academic Life in Emergency Medicine August 2015.

Behind the Curtain with Victoria Brazil: How hard can it be?

Harvard Macy Community Blog. August 2018.

 

Simulation and Patient Safety – a complex relationship.

International Clinician Educators Blog, December 15, 2017.

 

Effectively using videos in medical education.

International Clinician Educators Blog, May 23, 2017.

 

I am Dr. Victoria Brazil, Director of Simulation: How I Stay Healthy in EM.

Academic Life in Emergency Medicine. (ALiEM) March 2017.


 
 

Jellybean 007 with Victoria Brazil.

Life in the Fast Lane March 2013.

 

Other Research - Conference Presentations.

Brazil V, Alsaba N, Caughley M, Midleton L, Powell G.

Medical Students as simulation educators. Australasian Simulation Congress, Gold Coast, August 2019.

 

Williams J, Green P, Doshi N, Brazil V.

The Bond Virtual Hospital. Ottawa/ ANZAHPE workshop, Perth 2016.



 

Brazil V, McLean M, Johnson P.

Medical students crossing boundaries into clinical practice – enabling the transition through case-based simulation technology. Sim health conference poster presentation. September 2013.

 

Black L, Brazil V.

Creating educational work practices based on evidence – developing an evidence based model for Medical Education Units in hospitals in Queensland, Australia – a qualitative study. Oral presentation, Short communication, AMEE Conference, Vienna, August 2011.

 

Wright A, Middleton S, Brazil V.

Institutional Logics and Latent Conflict in Health Care in Australia , Presented in a Divisional Paper session at the 2010 Academy of Management Meeting, August 6-10, in Montreal, Canada.

 

Rego P, Brazil V, Walker K.

"CRuSEing" to New Heights in Skills Enhancement: Successful Preparation of Junior Rural-Relieving Doctors using the CRuSE Program In: Second International Clinical Skills Conference Abstract Book. Second International Clinical Skills Conference The Centre for Medical and Health Sciences Education, Monash University, Prato, Tuscany, Italy, (127-128). 1st - 4th July, 2007.

 

Brazil V, Bond N, Baldwin M, Green L, Cronin S.

Medical Simulation is an effective adjunct to traditional learning for junior doctors preparing for rural placement. Poster presentation 9th National Forum for pre-vocational medical education. 2004.

 

Brazil V, Scott R, Chu K.

Thirty days outcome of low risk chest pain patients evaluated in the Emergency Department Observation Ward. Abstract presented ACEM conference Nov 1999.

Brazil V, Scott C, Matulich J.

 

Simulation safety – a practical approach for Translational Simulation. Australasian Simulation Congress, Gold Coast, August 2019.

 

Noble C, Brazil V, Forbes M, Teasdale T.

Inter-professional co-supervision: Pharmacists co-supervising junior doctor prescribing. ANZAPHE conference, July 2014.


 

Brazil V, Cullen L, Dooris M, Muller H, Baldwin M.

‘STEMI-sim’ – A 'process of care' simulation to improve door to balloon times for patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction. Sim Health conference Sydney September 2012.
Winner: Best Research Abstract Award.

 

Williams J, Brazil V, Schafer J.

To what extent are medical school and postgraduate curricula vertically aligned in the area of ECG interpretation. Poster presentation, AMEE Conference, Vienna, August 2011.


 

Brazil V, Roberts K.

Building a Community of Medical Educators: Medical Education Registrars. Presented Australia and New Zealand Association of Medical  Educators (ANZAME) conference July 2010.

 

Brazil V, Markwell A, Hurn C, Chu K.

Impact of Peer Feedback on Emergency Medicine Trainees. Presented aNZMET forum Sydney 2007.








 

Smith S, Brazil V.

Teaching practical skills to residents improves their confidence in approaching rural terms  Presentation Autumn Symposium Queensland Faculty ACEM 2004.

 

Brazil V, Scott R.

Bedside creatine kinase and troponin in low-risk cardiac patients assessed in the emergency department observation ward. Poster Presentation – Royal Brisbane Hospital Health Care Symposium October 1999.

Alexander C, Robinson A, Brazil V, Bowe P.

Analgesia prescribing patterns for adult ED patients with distal forearm fracture. Poster presentation ACEM Winter Symposium Alice Springs July 2015.

 

Wright A, Zammuto R, Liesch P, Middleton S, Burke J, Brazil V.

“Teaching Evidence-based Management: Insights from an Empirical Study of an EBM Decision Process”. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2014.

 

Dunn W, Dong Y, Gallo K, Maxworthy J, Brazil V.

Systems integration: Concepts and Applications for Programs seeking Accreditation. 12th Annual International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH). San Diego January 2012.


 

Grobler C, Brazil V, Greenslade J, Burke J.

"A comparison of intubation performance by junior emergency department doctors using gum elastic bougie versus stylet reinforced endotracheal tube insertion techniques. Presented 2011 Evidence Review, Terrigal NSW.

 

Baldwin M. Brazil V.

Cabin Fever – Insitu simulation training for the Royal Flying Doctors Service Presented SimTect Healthcare conference Melbourne Sept 2009.

 

Butler J, Brazil V.

Case based learning in the ED – the implementation of a PHO teaching program. Presented aNZMET  2007.








 

Brazil V.

Teaching the Clinical Teacher in Emergency Medicine – in search of style over substance.  Oral presentation to 8th National Pre-vocational Medical Education Forum, Gold Coast 2003.

Noble C, Brazil V, Forbes M, Teasdale T.

Inter-professional co-supervision: Pharmacists co-supervising junior doctor prescribing. QRTN Conference December 2015.

 

Brazil V, Green P, Pinto A, Marr K, Vinodolac R.

Medical students crossing boundaries: addressing cultural issues and hearing 'patient voice' in simulated patient simulations. Workshop Simhealth conference, Brisbane September 2013.

 

Aram N, Brazil V, Davin L, Greenslade J.

Frequency and nature of intern underperformance at a tertiary referral hospital. Presented QHealth Medical Education and Training Forum, Brisbane December 2011.


 

Brazil V, Ratcliffe L, Zhang J.

Comparing the Mini-Clinical Evaluation Exercise (mini-CEX) with existing workplace assessments in a Tertiary Level Emergency Department.  Presented University of Queensland Teaching and Learning Conference, November 2010.

 

Baldwin M. Brazil V.

Raise the Red Blanket – improving trauma team performance through simulation. Presented SimTect Healthcare conference Melbourne Sept 2009.

 

Brazil V, O’Gorman R.

Using Human Patient Simulation Technology to Assess Emergency Physicians Cognitive Performance Presented ACEM Autumn Symposium April 2006.







 

Brazil V.

Airway, Breathing, Corporate Management – Professional development in Emergency Medicine Training. Abstract presented at ACEM conference Nov 2000.