Professor Tracy Levett-Jones is the Deputy Head of School (Teaching and Learning), School of Nursing and Midwifery and the Director of the Research Centre for Health Professional Education at the University of Newcastle. Her research interests include: clinical reasoning, interprofessional education, empathy, belongingness, cultural competence, simulation and patient safety.

Tracy has authored ten books, the most recent being Clinical Reasoning: Learning to Think Like a Nurse and Critical Conversations for Patient Safety; as well as over 150 book chapters, reports and peer reviewed journal articles. Tracy has been the recipient of nine research awards and ten teaching awards including an Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) Award for Teaching Excellence (2010); a NSW Minister for Education and Training Quality Teaching Award (2007); and a Pearson/Australian Nurse Teacher Society Nurse Educator of the Year Award (2011). She has been awarded nearly two million dollars in grant funding and has led and been involved in a number of Category 1 funded projects.

Prof. Kerry Reid-Searl is a lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at CQUniversity Australia”, Faculty of Sciences, Engineering & Health, CQUniversity. She coordinates foundation nursing skills.

Kerry is especially interested in factors that can influence the practice of undergraduate students in the clinical environment and in developing tools that can enhance nurse education.