Debbie Clark is a Nurse and the Associate Head of Simulation at Sheffield Hallam University.

In her educational role Debbie has focused upon enhancing patient safety, human factors, and quality improvement within pre and post registration education. During her lecturing career, Debbie has enjoyed a secondment with the Yorkshire and Humber Improvement Academy which allowed her to work with a team to support regional work on Human Factors education and collaborate on a Health Foundation funded safety project: The measurement and monitoring of safety framework (Vincent, 2013).

Debbie recently completed her PhD at the University of Leeds. Her doctoral studies took a resilient healthcare lens and explored if and how workarounds contribute to safety. Debbie is a member of Q, the Resilient Healthcare Society and is a HEA fellow.