Andy Buttery

Andy has built a successful clinical career as an Operating Dept. Practitioner, followed by nearly 20 years as Simulation & Human Factors Educator.

Registered Operating Department Practitioner

Previously:

Currently:

Regional Simulation & Human Factors Project Lead
Diploma in Medical Education (Distinction) (U of Nottingham)
Contributor to NHS E TEL & Simulation resources
Chartered Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors Associate member & Regional Lead for London & South East
Association for Simulated Practice in Healthcare (ASPiH) executive, conference & scientific committees (etc)
International Journal of Healthcare Simulation Operation Board Member, reviewer & contributor
Presented posters, oral presentations, and workshops at Regional, National, & International Conferences
Contributor to several book chapters
Co-Author to several publications

Faculty on many Resuscitation Council (RC(UK)) Life support courses, BLS, ILS, ALS and Generic Instructor Course (""Train-the-Trainer"") faculty.
Designed & delivered training for registered nurses as anaesthetic assistants for the University of Nottingham (UoN) School of Nursing.
Co-Designed & Delivered the UoN MSc Medical Education "Simulation & Clinical Skills" Module (then the most popular optional module).
Co-Designed & Delivered numerous simulation courses (e.g. ""MOST"" - Multi-Professional Obstetric Simulation Training)
Co-Designed & Delivered numerous Simulation Faculty Development courses.
Designed & Delivered numerous Human Factors and Patient Safety courses.
Designed & Delivered the CCCU MSc Simulation Pathway, the Foundations of Simulation module attended by over 50 post-registration students, mostly clinical fellows.
50% of my publications relate to simulation-based education.

Transformative Simulation - the use of simulation to transform rather than educate.
Co-Production - the role of simulation, and trained 'simulated people' ("actors") to empower significant, rather than tokenistic, service-user involvement.
Deliberate Practice in Simulation Mastery Learning.
Evolving technology in Simulation.

Virtual and augmented reality in healthcare education (VARE) project report. Researcher(s): Professor Eleni Hatzidimitriadou, Mrs Julie Taylor, Mrs Nicola Clark, Mr Stuart Field, Mr Josh Reader, Mr Andy Buttery, Professor Bijayendra Singh, Mr Georgios Arealis, Professor Konstantinos Sirlantzis. [Project report]

Writing a research abstract for a conference: 12 tips to excel in your work Sá-Couto, Carla, Buttery, Andy, Alinier, Guillaume, Weldon, Sharon, (16 Feb 2024): Adi Health+Wellness. [Journal article]
Pilot study: design, delivery and evaluation of a co-produced multi-agency mental health simulation-based education programme Clarke, Isobel, Philpott, Lauren, Buttery, Andy, (30 Sep 2023): Adi Health+Wellness. [Journal article]
Transformative forms of simulation in health care – the seven simulation-based ‘I’s: a concept taxonomy review of the literature Weldon, Sharon Marie, Buttery, Andy Graham, Spearpoint, Ken, Kneebone, Roger, (07 Jul 2023): Adi Health+Wellness. [Journal article]
Content analysis of patient safety incident reports for older adult patient transfers, handovers, and discharges: Do they serve organizations, staff, or patients? Scott, Jason, Dawson, Pamela, Heavey, Emily, De Brún, Aoife, Buttery, Andy, Waring, Justin, Flynn, Darren, (Dec 2021): Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health). [Journal article]

Mr Andy Buttery