Dr Ben Taylor

Dr Ben Taylor

Director

MBChB, FACEM, FRCEM, Grad Cert Clin Ed (Sim), MClinED

Medicine & Health
School of Clinical Medicine

Associate Professor Ben Taylor is a senior specialist in Emergency Medicine at Liverpool Hospital, one of the busiest emergency departments in Australia.

He is an award winning medical educator with expertise in critical care, interprofessional and simulation based education. In 2021 he won the main UNSW Medicine and Health South West Sydney Clinical Campuses teaching award – the Denise Lonergan teaching prize for his contribution to emergency and simulation teaching over a number of years.

Ben is involved with various South West Sydney (SWS) clinical campuses and university wide medical school committees and is a current member of the UNSW Simulation Based Learning Advisory Committee (SBLAC) of which he is immediate past chair. He currently chairs the deteriorating patient subcommittee of the SBLAC. He was previously a member of the Clinical Governance Committee, UNSW Clinical Skill & Simulation Centre, SWS Clinical Campuses and have previously been a member of the Clinical Learning and Assessment Committee (CLAC) and the Interprofessional Education Advisory Group.

Ben's undergraduate medical degree is from the University of Manchester, UK. He completed his postgraduate emergency training at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney. He holds a Masters in clinical education (MClinEd) from Flinders University. He is a Fellow of the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine and the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (UK) Ad Eundem. 

Phone
0434221884
  • Journal articles | 2014
    Partyka C; Taylor B, 2014, 'Review article: Ventricular assist devices in the emergency department', EMERGENCY MEDICINE AUSTRALASIA, 26, pp. 104 - 112, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.12171
    Journal articles | 2008
    Taylor B; Dinh M; Kwok R; Dinh D; Chu M; Tang E, 2008, 'Electronic interface for emergency department management of asthma: A randomized control trial of clinician performance', EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia, 20, pp. 38 - 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1742-6723.2007.01040.x
  • Conference Papers | 2022
    Dinh M; Chu M; Kwok R; Taylor B; Dinh D, 2022, 'The asthma clinical assessment form and electronic decision support (ACAFE) project: collaborative innovation, development.', Brisbane, Australia, presented at Proceedings of the 12th International Health Informatics Congress., Brisbane, Australia, 20 August 2022 - 27 February 2022
    Conference Posters | 2014
    Collett P; Mohammad KN; Taylor B; Tighe C; Wainwright C, 2014, 'Active feedback and crosschecking improve the design and implementation of Target O2, a decision support tool for diagnosis of acute respiratory failure', presented at Respiratory Society of Australia and New Zealand ASM 2014, 07 August 2014 - 08 August 2014
    Conference Posters | 2014
    Taylor B; Collett P; Muhammad N; Tighe C; Wainwright C, 2014, 'Active feedback and crosschecking improve the design and implementation of TargetO2 - a decision support tool for diagnosis of acute respiratory failure', Paris, presented at International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare Paris 2014, Paris, 08 April 2014 - 11 April 2014
    Conference Posters | 2014
    Taylor B, 2014, 'Interprofessional Emergency Simulation Team Training', Liverpool Hospital, presented at 3rd Annual Patient Safety Seminar, SWSLHD, 2013, Liverpool Hospital, 29 September 2014
    Conference Posters | 2014
    Taylor B, 2014, 'The role of debriefing in simulation based learning', UNSW, Randwick, presented at UNSW Learning and Teaching Forum 2014, UNSW, Randwick, 09 May 2014

South West Sydney Clinical Campuses teaching award – the Denise Lonergan teaching prize 2021

UNSW SWS Medical School Simulation and Skills Tutor Prize 2013

South West Sydney Local Health District Quality Awards:  Excellence in Health Education and Training Award 2013
 

Medical education , simulation