Staff Directory: Mr David Bird

Qualifications

BSc Hons (Loughborough), MSc (Swansea), Certificate of Education (UEA), RN.

David has a research interest in patient safety and the nature of error making by healthcare professionals. He is currently collaborating with academic colleagues in other HEI's modelling error making by Registered Nurses.

Teaching Interests

• Anatomy and physiology
• Pathophysiology
• Patient safety
• Research interests
• Patient safety
• Models of Error making by healthcare professionals
• The nature of error making by healthcare professionals 

• Bird, D. and Morris, T. (2006) Using Community Matrons to target long term conditions.  Nursing Times 102(23) 19-20.
• Morris, T. and Bird, D. (2005) Integrating the Primary Care Graduate Mental Health Worker - one Higher Education institutions experience. Primary care mental health and education, 8(4): 127-130.
• Bird, D and Dennis, S. (2005) Integrating Risk Management (step 3 of 7), Nursing Standard, 20(13): 52-55.
• Bird, D (2005) Promote Reporting (step 4 of 7), Nursing Standard, to be published in November 2005.
• Milligan, F. and Bird, D. (2003) Near miss reporting and the challenge of a blame free culture. Professional Nurse; August 18:12  705-709.
• Bird, D. and Milligan, F. (2003)  Lessons from adverse health care event reporting. Professional Nurse; July 18:11 621-625.
• Bird, D. and Milligan, F. (2003) Improving patient safety - adverse and near miss event reporting systems.  Professional Nurse; June 18:10 572-575.
• Milligan, F. and Bird, D. (2003) Adverse health care events: the new challenge. Professional Nurse; May 18:9 502-505.
• Clancy, J., McVicar, A. and Bird, D. (2000) Getting it right - Issues in promoting effective student learning of the biological sciences  in nurse education and nursing practice, Journal of Advanced Nursing 32(6): 1522-1532.
• Salter, B., Ritch, T. and Bird, D, (2000) Managing Private Finance Initiative, Perspectives - Policy and Practice in Higher Education 4(3): 68-73.
• Bird, D. (1999) Frostbite, Emergency Nurse 7(8):17-19.
• Bird, D. (1999) Smoke inhalation injuries, Emergency Nurse 7(7):19-23.
• Bird, D. (1999) Transferring the thermally injured, Emergency Nurse 7(6):14-17.
• Bird, D. (1999) Epistaxis, Emergency Nurse  7(3): 10-13.
• Bird, D. (1999) Electrical injuries, Emergency Nurse 7(2): 25-29.

Completed research:

• Bird, D. (1996) The range of movement of the temporomandibular joint during mastication. Unpublished.
• Bird, D. (1998) The perceived anxieties of staff within a relocating health care facility. Unpublished.
• Salter, B., Bird, D. and Thompson, S. (1998) Towards the learning organisation. Commissioned research - unpublished.
• Bird, D. (1999) The impact the teaching environment has upon student learning. Unpublished.
• Bird, D. and Cox, H. (2000) Evaluation of EMI care facilities within Norfolk, Commissioned research - unpublished.

Conference Papers:

• Morris, T. and Bird, D. 2005 The Primary Care Graduate Mental Health Worker (PCGMHW); reflections on a new role. Shared mental health care forum conference, 16th November 2005.
• Bird, D., Barchard, F. and Bilham, S. 2003, Innovations in learning - towards an erudite culture. 5th RCN Joint Education Forum's Conference - Partners in Practice, Bournemouth 13-15th February.
• Barchard, F., Bilham, S. and Bird, D., 2002, Intranet learning - Has it a place in a DGH? The reflective practice, practice development and action research 2nd annual joint conference, Keele University 11-13th September.
• Barchard, F., Bilham, S. and Bird, D., 2002, The evolution of a practice development team in a medium DGH, The reflective practice, practice development and action research 2nd annual joint conference, Keele University 11-13th September
• Bird, D., 2000, Airbag deployment trauma, RCN ENT/Maxillofacial National Conference, Norwich 29th October.
• Cox, H. and Bird, D., 2000, Establishing Primary Care Groups - an analysis of process and product, RCN annual nursing research conference, Sheffield, 13th April
• Bird, D., Salter, B. and Ritch, T., 1999, PFI and HE: Managing organisational change, Association of University Administrators annual conference, UMIST, 30th March.
• Bird, D., 1993 Unusual burn injuries (poster presentation), British Burns Association annual conference, Brighton, September.