Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Cromie, S. Duda, N. Madden, R. Corrigan, S. Galvin, M. Horgan, A. Allen, S. Ward ME, Co-creating a Socio-technical Systems Informed Co-creation Process for Clinical Design: An Action Research Project., Healthcare Systems Ergonomics and Patient Safety (HEPS) Conference, 2025
Zahra, C., Kobua, M., Kovic, Ž., Fogarty, M., Buckley, C., Murphy, J., Walshe, J., Zambra, P., Byrne, D., Geary, U., & Ward, M. E., Valid consent in the acute hospital setting: perspectives of nursing and medical professionals from a survey-based study., Irish Journal of Medical Science, 2025
Moran, M., Ward, ME, Izaturwanaho, F. Mockler; D. Corrigan, S., Implementation Factors for Digital Early Warning Systems: A Systematic Review and SEIPS-Informed Best-Fit Framework Synthesis., Healthcare Systems Ergonomics and Patient Safety (HEPS) Conference,, 2025
Sharafkhani, M., Geary, U., Kennedy, C., Browne, M., Codd, M., O"Dea, A., Shields, D., Hennessy, A., McDonagh, L., O"Hara, S., Kennedy, B., McCullagh, C., O"Reilly, M., & Ward, M. E., Using Socio-Technical Systems Analysis to Understand the Enablers of Resilience in Clinical Handover in Acute Hospital Settings., Theoretical and Applied Ergonomics, 1, (1), 2025
Vining R, Karimian S, McDonald N, Ebiele M, Doyle B, McKenna L, Ward ME, Bendechache M, Brennan R, Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence and Organisational Trust: A Systematic Literature Review using Socio-Technical Systems Analysis., Ergonomics., 2025
Geary U, Akasheh N, Pusing L, Yearsley T, Hennessy A, McDonagh L, Martin-Loeches I, Ward ME (, Taking a socio-technical systems approach to supporting the care of patients with sepsis - SEIPS3.0 for SEPSIS., Healthcare Systems Ergonomics and Patient Safety (HEPS) Conference, 2025
McDonald, N., Ward ME, Geary, U. Brennan R., Building an Ontology for Proactive Risk Control., Healthcare Systems Ergonomics and Patient Safety (HEPS) Conference, 2025
O'Dea A, Sharafkhani M, Codd M, Browne M, O'Connor P, Ward ME, Principles for the conduct of human factors/ergonomics in healthcare: a scoping study of the published evidence:, BMJ Open Quality., 2025
Ryan, M., Ward, M. E., McGarry, S., Ní Cheallaigh, C., Shields, D., Geary, U., Ó Súird, M., Murphy, R., Murphy, M., Ali, A., & Vallières, F., Co-developing, piloting, and evaluating a translational simulation (TS) model for the promotion of psychological trauma-informed care within acute hospital settings, 18th Biennial Conference of the European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS), Tbilisi, Georgia., 2025
McDonald, N., Ward ME, Geary, U., O"Connell, B., Bergin, C., Byrne, D., Brennan R., Developing an evidence-driven concept of operations for hospital PCHCAI., Healthcare Systems Ergonomics and Patient Safety (HEPS) Conference, 2025
Ward M.E., Geary U., Brennan R., Vining R., McKenna L., O'Connell B., Bergin C., Byrne D., Creagh D., Fogarty M., Healy U., McDonald G., Ebiele M., Crane M., Pham M.-K., Bendechache M., Bezbradica M., Liang J., Doyle B., Guilfoyle J., Shuhaiber A., McDonald N., A systems approach to managing the risk of healthcare acquired infection in an acute hospital setting supported by human factors ergonomics, data science, data governance and AI, Ergonomics, 2024
Pham, M.-K.; Mai, T.T.; Crane, M.; Ebiele, M.; Brennan, R.; Ward, M.E.; Geary, U.; McDonald, N.; Bezbradica, M., Forecasting Patient Early Readmission from Irish Hospital Discharge Records Using Conventional Machine Learning Models., Diagnostics, 2024
Sharafkhani M, Browne M, Codd M, O"Dea A, Ward ME., Developing a Human Factors/ Ergonomics handover observation tool based on SEIPS 3.0, Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (CIEHF) Conference, 2024
Brennan R, Geary U, Ward ME, McDonald N, Ros A., Using the Access Risk Knowledge (ARK) Platform to support Resilience in the Prevention and Control of Healthcare Acquired Infection in an Acute Hospital., Resilient Healthcare Society conference, 2024
Ward ME, McDonald N, Brennan R, O"Dea A, Codd M, Sharafkhani M, Browne M and Geary U, Prevention and control of healthcare acquired infection (PCHCAI) in acute hospital setting " what can Human factors Ergonomics Contribute?, Irish Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Conference - Irish Ergonomics Review, 2024
Ó Súird, M., McGarry, S., Ward, M. E., Ryan, M., Lambert, S., Collins, T., Gardner, C., Sweeney, E., O'Carroll, A., Kelly, R., Murphy, M., Ali, A., Murphy, R., McLoughlin, P., Dowds, J., Dermody, A., King, D., McCarthy, G., Quirke, P., Shields, D., Geary, U., Merrigan, P., Lawlee, A.-M., Buckley, A., Slattery, S., O"Hara, S., Lotty, M., Ní Cheallaigh, C., & Vallières, F., Translational Simulation for Trauma-Informed Care (TS4TIC): A novel healthcare simulation approach to implementing trauma-informed care., ENTER Mental Health Conference, Dublin, Ireland., 2024
Ros A, McDonald N, Ward ME, Geary U, Brennan R., Developing an innovation network for resilient healthcare in the operating room., Resilient Healthcare Society conference, 2024
Alamin, S., Egan, R., Cusack, B., Sherwin, A., Naylor, E., Carroll, F., E Ward, M., Kelly, M., Doyle, D., Martin-Loeches, I., Conlon, N., & Keane, S., Antibiotic allergy de-labeling in the intensive care unit: The prospective ADE-ICU study., Journal of Critical Care, 2024
Ward ME, Sujan M, Pool R, Preston K, Huang H, Carrington A, Chozos N, Developing a Human Factors / Ergonomics guide on AI deployment in healthcare., Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (CIEHF) Annual Conference, 2024
Kovic, Ž., Kobua, M., Fogarty, M., Donohoe, C. L., Kelly, M. E., Fitzmaurice, G. J., Fitzgerald, M., Zambra, P., Geary, U., & Ward, M. E., Valid consent in the acute hospital setting: perspectives of patients and members of the public, Irish Journal of Medical Science, 193, (4), 2024, p1703 - 1714
Sharafkhani M, Browne M, Codd M, O"Dea A, Breen D, Byrne D, Leva M, Corrigan S, Cromie S, Doherty E, Fitzsimons J, Geary U, Hughes S, McCaughan C, McDonald N, Moore G, Nolan M, O"Connor P, O"Sullivan L, Schwanberg L, Vaughan D, Ward ME, A snapshot of education, research and publications related to Human Factors / Ergonomics activity in Irish Healthcare over the past five years, Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (CIEHF) Conference, 2024
Shields D., Swords M., McGarry S., Ward M.E., Geary U., Vallières F., Ní Cheallaigh C., Translational simulation for trauma-informed care (TS4TIC): introducing trauma informed care through healthcare simulation., Irish Human Factors Ergonomics Society (IHFES) Annual Conference, 2024
Donnelly D, Ward M, Donlon J, Geary U, Markey P, O'Hara S, Healy U, McGarry S, Developing An Online Course To Increase Staff Awareness And Responses To Unwanted And Illegal Sexual Behaviour Perpetrated Against Older People,, 2024
Ward ME, Vaughan D, Geary U, McDonald N, Ros A, Brennan R., Using the Health Foundation Measurement and Monitoring of Safety Framework for supporting Resilience in the Microsystem of the Operating Room., Resilient Healthcare Society conference, 2024
Kavanagh, R., Ward, M.E., What is known about near miss events in the operating room? A systematic review of studies of mixed methods design., Irish Journal of Medical Science, 2024
Ebiele, M., Bendechache, M., Ward, M.E., Geary U., Byrne D., Creagh, D., Brennan, R., The Impact Of Data Valuation On Feature Importance In Classification Models., International Conference on Computing and Communication Networks, Track Name: Recent Advances in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning & Communication Technology-SS005, 2023
Zihindula G, McGarry S, Vallières F, Swords M, Ryan M, Ward ME, Shields D, Lambert S, Geary U, Ní Cheallaigh C, Challenges and Opportunities to Implementing Psychological Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) in Two Acute Settings in a Hospital using a Translational Simulation Approach., St James"s Hospital Annual Multi-disciplinary Team Research Conference, 2023
O"Dowd E., Lydon, S., Ward M.E, Kane, M., Geary, U., Rudland, C., O"Connor P., The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patient complaints within one Irish teaching hospital, Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -), 2023
McNamara M, Ward M, Teeling SP, Making a Sustainable Difference to People, Processes and Systems: Whole-Systems Approaches to Process Improvement in Health Systems., International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health., 2023
Socio-technical Systems Analysis of Medical Ward Rounds in an Acute Teaching Hospital. in, editor(s)Melles, M., Albayrak, A., Goossens, R.H. , Convergence: Breaking Down Barriers Between Disciplines. HEPS 2022, 2023, [Ward ME, Kennedy B, Kennedy C, O"Callaghan S, Byrne D, Galvin Ó, Kielty H, Flynn E, Geary U]
Liston, E., O'Connor, E., & Ward, M. E., Exploring Safety Culture in the ICU of a Large Acute Teaching Hospital through Triangulating Different Data Sources., 2023
Vallières, F., Ward, M. E., Shields, D., Geary, U., Gardner, C., King, D., McCarthy, G., Conolly, J., Brown, J., Wiedemann, N., Staunton, P., Halpin, R., McGinty, T., Brazil, V., Ali, A., Buckley, A., Dowds, J., Lambert, S., McGarry, S., McLoughlin, P., Murphy, M., Murphy, R., O"Carrol, A., Ryan., M., Slattery, S., Sweeney, E., Swords, M., Zihindula, G. & NíCheallaigh, C., Co-developing, piloting, and evaluating a translational simulation (TS) delivery model for the promotion of psychological trauma-informed care (TIC) to improve service delivery within acute hospital settings: A Research Protocol, HRB Open Research,, 6, (27), 2023
Emily O'Dowd, Sinéad Lydon, Chris Rudland, Alex Gillespie, Elaine Ahern, Marie E. Ward, Maria Kane, Tom Reader, Paul O"Connor, Using a stakeholder co-design approach to develop interventions for quality improvement based on patient complaints, International Journal of Healthcare Management, 2023, p1--9
Accountable Risk Management in Healthcare During the COVID-19 Pandemic; the Role of STSA and AI. in, editor(s)Melles, M., Albayrak, A., Goossens, R.H. , Convergence: Breaking Down Barriers Between Disciplines. HEPS 2022., 2023, [McDonald N, Ward ME, McKenna L, Vining R, Hernandez J, Doyle B, Geary U, Guilfoyle J, Shuhaiber A, Brennan R]
Basereh M, Ward ME, Geary U, Healy U, Fogarty M, Caputo A, Brennan R, Automated Transparency Evaluation of Knowledge Graphs for Clinical Risk Governance., The 31st Irish Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science (AICS 23),, 2023
Geary, U., Ward, M., Callan, V., Mc Donald, N & Corrigan, S, A socio-technical systems analysis of the application of RFID-enabled technology to the transport of precious laboratory samples in a large acute teaching hospital, Applied Ergonomics, 102, 2022
McDonald, N., and Ward, M.E, Building accountability and trust into healthcare risk management., European Conference on Safety and Reliability (ESREL), 2022
Emily O'Dowd and Siné, An Analysis of Complaints about Hospital Care in the Republic of Ireland, International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 2022
Cassarino M, Cronin Ú, Robinson K, Quinn R, Boland F, Ward ME, McNamara R, O"Connor M, McCarthy G, Ryan D, Galvin R, Development and delivery of an allied health team intervention for older adults in the emergency department: A process evaluation., PloS one, 2022
Developing a Framework for Trustworthy AI-Supported Knowledge Management in the Governance of Risk and Change. in, editor(s)Kurosu, M., et al. , HCI International 2022 - Late Breaking Papers. Design, User Experience and Interaction., 2022, [Vining, R., McDonald, N., McKenna, L., Ward, M.E., Doyle, B., Liang, J., Hernandez, J., Guilfoyle, J., Shuhaiber, A., Geary, U., Fogarty, M., and Brennan, R.]
Prescott, E., Reynolds, A., Kennedy, C., Kennedy, B., O'Callagan, S., Geary, U., Byrne, D., Flynn, E., Galvin, Ó., Kielty, H., Hughes, G., Ward, M.E., Ward rounds, A socio-technical system informed analysis of the perceptions of intern and senior house office doctors, Human Factors in Healthcare, 2, 2022, p100027
Liston E, O"Connor E, Ward ME, An Investigation of ICU MDT Safety Culture in a Large Irish Teaching Hospital., European Conference on Safety and Reliability (ESREL), 2022
Ward, Marie and Vaughan, David, Referee report. For: Identifying interventions to improve hand hygiene compliance in the intensive care unit through co-design with stakeholders [version 1; peer review: 2 approved], HRB Open Research, 2021
O'Donovan R, Rogers L, Khurshid Z, De Brún A, Nicholson E, O'Shea M, Ward M, McAuliffe E., A systematic review exploring the impact of focal leader behaviours on health care team performance., Journal of nursing management, 29, (6), 2021, p1420-1443
Cassarino M, Robinson K, Trépel D, O'Shaughnessy Í, Smalle E, White S, Devlin C, Quinn R, Boland F, Ward ME, McNamara R, Steed F, O'Connor M, O'Regan A, McCarthy G, Ryan D, Galvin R., Impact of assessment and intervention by a health and social care professional team in the emergency department on the quality, safety, and clinical effectiveness of care for older adults: A randomised controlled trial., PLoS medicine, 18, (7), 2021, pe1003711
Egan P, Pierce A, Flynn A, Teeling SP, Ward M, McNamara M., Releasing Operating Room Nursing Time to Care through the Reduction of Surgical Case Preparation Time: A Lean Six Sigma Pilot Study., International journal of environmental research and public health, 18, (22), 2021
O'Mahony L, McCarthy K, O'Donoghue J, Teeling SP, Ward M, McNamara M., Using Lean Six Sigma to Redesign the Supply Chain to the Operating Room Department of a Private Hospital to Reduce Associated Costs and Release Nursing Time to Care., International journal of environmental research and public health, 18, (21), 2021
Dempsey A, Robinson C, Moffatt N, Hennessy T, Bradshaw A, Teeling SP, Ward M, McNamara M., Lean Six Sigma Redesign of a Process for Healthcare Mandatory Education in Basic Life Support-A Pilot Study., International journal of environmental research and public health, 18, (21), 2021
McDonald N, McKenna L, Vining R, Doyle B, Liang J, Ward ME, Ulfvengren P, Geary U, Guilfoyle J, Shuhaiber A, Hernandez J, Fogarty M, Healy U, Tallon C, Brennan R., Evaluation of an Access-Risk-Knowledge (ARK) Platform for Governance of Risk and Change in Complex Socio-Technical Systems., International journal of environmental research and public health, 18, (23), 2021
Ailish Daly and Nicola Wolfe and Se{\'{a, Redesigning the Process for Scheduling Elective Orthopaedic Surgery: A Combined Lean Six Sigma and Person-Centred Approach, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, (22), 2021, p11946
Daly A, Wolfe N, Teeling SP, Ward M, McNamara M., Redesigning the Process for Scheduling Elective Orthopaedic Surgery: A Combined Lean Six Sigma and Person-Centred Approach., International journal of environmental research and public health, 18, (22), 2021
Daly A, Teeling SP, Ward M, McNamara M, Robinson C., The Use of Lean Six Sigma for Improving Availability of and Access to Emergency Department Data to Facilitate Patient Flow., International journal of environmental research and public health, 18, (21), 2021
Wolfe N, Teeling SP, Ward M, McNamara M, Koshy L., Operation Note Transformation: The Application of Lean Six Sigma to Improve the Process of Documenting the Operation Note in a Private Hospital Setting., International journal of environmental research and public health, 18, (22), 2021
Acknowledging and nurturing complementary leadership contributions. in, editor(s)Elizabeth A. Curtis, Martin Beirne, John G. Cullen, Ruth Northway and Siobhán Corrigan, , Distributed Leadership in Nursing and Healthcare: Theory, Evidence and Development, 2021, [Ward M.E. & Vaughan D]
Cassarino M, Quinn R, Boland F, Ward ME, McNamara R, O'Connor M, McCarthy G, Ryan D, Galvin R, Robinson K., Stakeholders' perspectives on models of care in the emergency department and the introduction of health and social care professional teams: A qualitative analysis using World Cafés and interviews., Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy, 23, (5), 2020, p1065-1073
Marica Cassarino and Rosie Quinn and Fiona Boland and Marie E. Ward and Rosa McNamara and Margaret O'Connor and Gerard McCarthy and Damien Ryan and Rose Galvin and Katie Robinson, Stakeholders" perspectives on models of care in the emergency department and the introduction of health and social care professional teams: A qualitative analysis using World Cafés and interviews, Health Expectations, 23, (5), 2020, p1065--1073
Corrigan, S, Kay, A., Ryan, M., Ward, M.E., Brazil, B, Human factors and safety culture: Challenges and opportunities for the port environment, Safety Science, 125, (May 2020), 2020, p1 - 14
Cassarino M, Cronin Ú, Robinson K, Quinn R, Boland F, Ward ME, MacNamara R, O'Connor M, McCarthy G, Ryan D, Galvin R., Implementing an allied health team intervention to improve the care of older adults in the emergency department: protocol for a process evaluation., BMJ Open, 9, (7), 2019, pe032645
McGrath K, Casserly M, O'mara F, Mulsow J, Shields C, Staunton O, Teeling SP, Ward M., Zap it track it: the application of Lean Six Sigma methods to improve the screening system of low-grade mucinous neoplasms of the appendix in an acute hospital setting., International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care, 31, (supplement_1), 2019, p35-44
Cassarino M, Robinson K, O'Shaughnessy Í, Smalle E, White S, Devlin C, Quinn R, Trépel D, Boland F, Ward ME, McNamara R, O'Connor M, McCarthy G, Ryan D, Galvin R., A randomised controlled trial exploring the impact of a dedicated health and social care professionals team in the emergency department on the quality, safety, clinical and cost-effectiveness of care for older adults: a study protocol., Trials, 20, (1), 2019, p591
O'Donovan R, Ward M, De Brún A, McAuliffe E., Safety culture in health care teams: A narrative review of the literature., Journal of nursing management, 27, (5), 2019, p871-883
Cassarino M, Robinson K, Quinn R, Naddy B, O'Regan A, Ryan D, Boland F, Ward ME, McNamara R, O'Connor M, McCarthy G, Galvin R., Impact of early assessment and intervention by teams involving health and social care professionals in the emergency department: A systematic review., PloS one, 14, (7), 2019, pe0220709
Brown R, Grehan P, Brennan M, Carter D, Brady A, Moore E, Teeling SP, Ward M, Eaton D., Using Lean Six Sigma to improve rates of day of surgery admission in a national thoracic surgery department., International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care, 31, (supplement_1), 2019, p14-21
Ward, Marie E and Wakai, Abel and McDowell, Ronald and Boland, Fiona and Coughlan, Eoin and Hamza, Moayed and Browne, John and O'Sullivan, Ronan and Geary, Una and McDaid, Fiona and Nà Shé, à idÃn and Drummond, Frances J and Deasy, Conor and McAuliffe, Eilish, Developing outcome, process and balancing measures for an emergency department longitudinal patient monitoring system using a modified Delphi, BMC emergency medicine, 19, (1), 2019, p7
Ryan S, Ward M, Vaughan D, Murray B, Zena M, O'Connor T, Nugent L, Patton D., Do safety briefings improve patient safety in the acute hospital setting? A systematic review., Journal of advanced nursing, 75, (10), 2019, p2085-2098
Marie Ward and Eilish McAuliffe and John Fitzsimons and R{\'{o, Informing Healthcare Team Performance: Integrating Data to Improve Quality and Safety, International Perspectives in Psychology, 8, (1), 2019, p53--56
Marie Ward and {\'{E, The co-design, implementation and evaluation of a serious board game `PlayDecide patient safety" to educate junior doctors about patient safety and the importance of reporting safety concerns, BMC Medical Education, 19, (1), 2019
Ward, M.E.; De Brún, A.; Beirne, D.; Conway, C.; Cunningham, U.; English, A.; Fitzsimons, J.; Furlong, E.; Kane, Y.; Kelly, A.; McDonnell, S.; McGinley, S.; Monaghan, B.; Myler, A.; Nolan, E.; O'Donovan, R.; O'Shea, M.; Shuhaiber, A.; McAuliffe, E, Using Co-Design to Develop a Collective Leadership Intervention for Healthcare Teams to Improve Safety Culture, Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2018, 15, 1182., 2018
Marica Cassarino and Katie Robinson and Rosie Quinn and Breda Naddy and Andrew O'Regan and Damien Ryan and Fiona Boland and Marie E Ward and Rosa McNamara and Gerard McCarthy and Rose Galvin, Enhancing Older Patients" Care in the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review of Interventions by Health and Social Care Professional Teams, Age and Ageing, 47, (suppl{\_), 2018, pv13--v60
Cunningham U, Ward ME, De Brún A, McAuliffe E., Team interventions in acute hospital contexts: a systematic search of the literature using realist synthesis., BMC health services research, 18, (1), 2018, p536
Cassarino M, Robinson K, Quinn R, Naddy B, O'Regan A, Ryan D, Boland F, Ward ME, McNamara R, McCarthy G, Galvin R., Effectiveness of early assessment and intervention by interdisciplinary teams including health and social care professionals in the emergency department: protocol for a systematic review., BMJ Open, 8, (7), 2018, pe023464
Ward, Marie and McAuliffe, Eilish and Ni She, Eidin and Duffy, Ann and Geary, Una and Cunningham, Una and Holland, Catherine and McDonald, Nick and Egan, Karen and Korpos, Christian, Imbuing medical professionalism in relation to safety: a study protocol for a mixed-methods intervention focused on trialling an embedded learning approach that centres on the use of a custom designed board game, BMJ open, 7, (7), 2017, pe014122
McAuliffe, E., De Brún, A., Ward, M., O'Shea, M, Cunningham, U., O'Donovan, R., McGinley, S., Fitzsimons, J., Corrigan, S., & McDonald, N., Collective Leadership and Safety Cultures (Co-Lead): Protocol for a mixed methods pilot evaluation of the impact of a co-designed collective leadership intervention on team performance and safety culture in a hospital group in Ireland" , British Medical Journal Open, 7, (11), 2017
McAuliffe, E., Ward, M.E., De Brún, A., Cunningham, U., Collective Leadership and Safety Cultures: Developing an alternative model of leadership for healthcare teams., International Society for Quality in Healthcare Conference, London, UK, 2017
O"Donovan, R. De Brun, A. Ward, M.E., Safety culture in healthcare teams: A narrative review of the literature., European Health Management Association (EHMA), Milan,, 2017
Leading Change in Healthcare. in, editor(s)Elizabeth A. Curtis and John Cullen. , Leadership and Change for the Health Professional., 2017, [Ward, M.]
Ward, Marie and McAuliffe, Eilish and Wakai, Abel and Geary, Una and Browne, John and Deasy, Conor and Schull, Michael and Boland, Fiona and McDaid, Fiona and Coughlan, Eoin and O'Sullivan, Ronan, Study protocol for evaluating the implementation and effectiveness of an emergency department longitudinal patient monitoring system using a mixed-methods approach, BMC health services research, 17, (1), 2017, p67
Ward, M.E. Fitzsimons, J. O"Donovan, R., Measuring safety performance at the team level in hospitals " what matters?, European Health Management Association (EHMA) Conference, Milan, Italy, 2017
Coughlan, Eoin and Geary, Una and Wakai, Abel and O'Sullivan, Ronan and Browne, John and McAuliffe, Eilish and Ward, Marie and McDaid, Fiona and Deasy, Conor, An introduction to the Emergency Department Adult Clinical Escalation protocol: ED-ACE, Emergency medicine journal : EMJ, 34, (9), 2017, p608â"612
Ward, M.E., McAuliffe, E. & Egan, K., Medical Professionalism: Developing a serious game `PlayDecide" to encourage junior hospital doctors to speak about and report safety concerns., Department of Health National Patient Safety Conference, Dublin, Ireland., 2015, 2015
Coughlan, E., Deasy, C., McDaid, F., Geary, U., Ward, M., O"Sullivan, R., McAuliffe, E., Wakai, A., Browne, J., An introduction to the Emergency Department Adult Clinical Escalation Protocol: ED-ACE, Resuscitation, 2015
McDonald, N., Ward, M., Morrison, R., Corrigan, S., Leva, M.C., Cahill, J. & Kay, A., Systemic Human Factors for Ultra Safe Aviation., Irish Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Conference - Irish Ergonomic Review., 2015
Coughlan, E., Deasy, C., McDaid, F., Geary, U., Ward, M.E., O'Sullivan, R., McAuliffe, E., Wakai, A., Browne, J., An introduction to the Emergency Department Adult Clinical Escalation Protocol: ED-ACE., Resuscitation - The Guidelines Congress. Prague., 2015
Nick McDonald, Marie Ward and Rabea Morrison, Achieving Impact in Ergonomic Research, 18th World Congress on Ergonomics - IEA 2012, Recife, Brazil, Feb. 2012, 2012
Ward, M., McDonald, N., Morrison, R., Gaynor, D., & Nugent, T. , A performance improvement case study in aircraft maintenance and its implications for hazard identification , Ergonomics, , 53, (2), 2010, p247 - 267
Ward, M., Gaynor, D., Nugent, T., & Morrison, R., HILAS Maintenance Solutions; Challenges and Potentials for the Aircraft Maintenance Industry, Aircraft Health Management for New Operational and Enterprise Solutions, 2008
Ward, M., The role of trust in continuous improvement and organisational learning initiatives, The British Psychological Society Conference, 2008
An European Approach to the Integrated Management of Human Factors in Aircraft Maintenance: Introducing the IMMS. in, editor(s)D. Harris. , Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics, 2007, [Ward, M. & McDonald, N.]
Amditis. A., Schulz, T., Ward, M., & Mantzouranis, I., Using Virtual Reality Simulation to support Aircraft Maintenance Operators " the HILAS Project approach., INTUITION 2007 International Conference and Workshop, 2007
Ward, M. & McDonald, N., An European Approach to the Integrated Management of Human Factors in Aircraft Maintenance: Introducing the IMMS, Engin. Psychol. and Cognitive Ergonomics, Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics 7th International Conference, EPCE 2007, Held as Part of HCI International 2007, July 2007, 2007
Schulz, T. & Ward, M., The Use of VR in Supporting Aircraft Maintenance Performance " a Perspective from the HILAS Project, HCI International, 2007
The development and introduction of an aircraft maintenance continuous improvement system. in, editor(s)B. Standford-Smith et al. , Challenges and Achievements in E-business and E-work., 2002, [Ward, M., Corrigan, S. & McDonald, N.]
McDonald, N., Corrigan, S., & Ward, M., Well-intentioned people in dysfunctional organisations (WIPIDO)., 2002
Ward, M., Managing Safety and Reliability in Aircraft Maintenance, 2nd Occupational Risk Prevention Conference, Gran Canaria, 2002
The impact of safety training on safety climate and attitudes in, editor(s)Soekkha, Hans , Aviation Safety , Utrecht, VSP, 1997, pp649 - 660, [N. McDonald, S. Cromie and M. Ward]
Cromie, S., McDonald, N. & Ward, M., The Impact of Safety Training on Safety Climate and Attitudes., Fifth European Congress of Psychology, Dublin, 1997
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
Ward. M.E., Human Factors Ergonomics (HFE) " Promoting a Culture of Speaking up for Safety., Operating Room Safety Conference PEI, 2025
Ward ME, The Joys of Change., Health and Care Services (HSC) Northern Ireland Quality Improvement, 2024
Ward ME, Sujan M, Pool R, Preston K, Huang H, Carrington A, Chozos N., 'Integrating Human-Centred AI in Clinical Practice A guide for health and social care professionals.', CIEHF, 2024, -
Ward ME, Human Factors in Sepsis Management, Knowledge Saves Lives " Think Sepsis Symposium., St James"s Hospital, Dublin., 2024
Ward ME, How Human Factors Contributes to Society., Irish Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 30th Anniversary Address., St James's Hospital, Dublin., 2024
Vallières F, McGarry S, Swords M, Ryan M, Collins T, Ní Cheallaigh C, Ward ME, Actor-based scenarios: A novel approach to identify barriers to trauma informed care within hospital settings., Trauma Informed Practice in Challenging Times, 2024
McGarry, S., Swords, M., Vallières, F., Ward, M., Shields, D., Geary, U., Gardner, C., Ní Cheallaigh, C. and Lotty, M., The Transformational Simulation for Trauma-Informed Care (TS4TIC) Implementation Toolkit, June, 2024
Sharafkhani, M., Ward, M.E., O"Dea, A., Browne, M. & Codd, M., Human Factors in Irish Healthcare 2018-2023., HSE, 2024
Ward ME, Building a Safe & Just Culture: Lessons from other sectors., Building a Just Culture in Healthcare: a HSE Dialogue, Croke Park Conference Centre, Dublin., 2023
Ward ME, Safety Culture, Just Culture., ollege of Anaesthesiology Ireland. National Patient Safety in Anaesthesia Conference, 2023
Ward, M.E., Safety in Health Systems Ireland., Irish Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Conference,, 2019
Ward, M.E., What has 'joy and meaning' got to do with safety performance? Lessons from healthcare., STAMINA International Human Factors Trainer"s Conference, 2017
Ward, M.E., Researching safety in aviation and healthcare: similarities and differences, Irish Ergonomics Society Annual Conference, Dublin, Ireland., 2017
Ward, M.E., Conway, C., De Brún, A. & McAuliffe, E., Co-designing a Collective Leadership Intervention for Healthcare Teams to Improve Safety Culture., Department of Health National Patient Safety Office Conference, Dublin., 2017
Ward, M., Moving from Safety-I to Safety-II. What does it mean for Human Factors?, STAMINA Human Factors in Aviation Maintenance International Conference, Dublin, Ireland., 2014
Stewart, S., Rigner, J., Ward, M.,, Fulfilling SMS Requirements, Flight Operations and Maintenance., The Human Role in Aviation Conference,, 2009
Akselsson, R., Ek, Å., Koornneef, F., Stewart, S. & Ward, M, Resilience Safety Culture., 17th World Congress on Ergonomics (International Ergonomics Association), 2009
Ward, M., Making and sustaining changes in complex safety critical industries " a 10 step plan., STAMINA International Human Factors Trainers Conference. Biarritz, France, 2009
Ward, M., Stewart, S., Lautier, L., Human Factors and Lean Competitive Advantage, The Human Role in Aviation Conference, 2009
Ward, M., Losa, G., Stewart, S., Rigner, J., Starr, A., Zon, R., The Human Role in Aviation " Implementing HILAS., The Human Role in Aviation Conference, Biarritz, France., 2009
Ward, M. & Gaynor, D, The Ergonomic Design and Implementation of an Improvement Initiative for an Aircraft Base Maintenance Check, Irish Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Conference - Irish Ergonomic Review, 2009
Ward, M., HILAS Maintenance Solutions; Hazard Identification and Risk Management., STAMINA International Human Factors Trainers Conference. Dublin, 2008
Corcoran, M. & Ward, M., Continuously Improving, Boeing 737NG TOPICS (Technical Operations Performance Improvement and Cost Solutions) Maintenance Economics Working Group., 2008
Ward, M, HILAS Maintenance Solutions., 8th Annual World Aviation Maintenance Seminar and Conference, Prague, 2008
Nisula, J. & Ward, M., Challenges of Maintenance SMS Practical implementation., ICAO Asia and Pacific Ocean Approved Maintenance Organisation and Air Operator Maintenance Organisation SMS Implementation. Bangkok, 2008
Ward, M., Integrating Human Factors Knowledge for Safer Maintenance - The HILAS Project., First International Symposium on Human Factors in Aviation, Civil Aviation University of China, Tianjin, China, 2007
Ward, M., Organisational Challenges to Human Factors Implementation., HILAS Project 2nd Theoretical Workshop, Cyprus, 2007, 2007
Ward, M., Integrating Human Factors Knowledge for Safer Maintenance - The HILAS Project., STAMINA International Human Factors Trainer"s Conference, 2007
McDonald, N, Ward, M. , Human Factors in Aircraft Maintenance - Problems and Possibilities. , HILAS Project 1st Theoretical Workshop, University of La Laguna, Tenerife, 23-24 March , 2006
Baranzini, D., Mesland, M., & Ward, M.,, Managing Performance from Task to Operational Process., The Human Role in Aircraft Maintenance, Safety, Quality and Competitiveness. ADAMS2 Dissemination Conference. Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam., 2004
Ward, M., Baranzini, D., & Mesland, M., Analysing and Improving Maintenance Operations., Human Role in Aircraft Maintenance, Safety, Quality and Competitiveness. ADAMS2 Dissemination Conference., 2004
Ward, M., Human and Organisational Factors in Aircraft Maintenance., The European Commission Network of Excellence on Intelligent Manufacturing Systems, 2003
Ward, M., AM2111 Human Factors in Maintenance Related Activity. Guidance Material for all Airbus Design Engineers, Airbus Human Factors Working Group. Airbus, Toulouse., 2002
McDonald, N., Corrigan, S., & Ward, M., Cultural and Organizational Factors in System Safety: Good People in Bad Systems., International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction in Aeronautics " October 2002, Cambridge, Boston, USA., 2002
Ward, M., Human and Organisational Factors in Aircraft Maintenance Design, Airbus Human Factors Working Group. Airbus, Toulouse., 2001
Ward, M., Human and Organisational Factors in Aircraft Maintenance Design, Airbus Human Factors Working Group. Airbus, Toulouse., 2001
McDonald, N., & Ward, M., Human and Organisational Factors in Aircraft Maintenance., 14th Airbus Human Factors Symposium, Dublin, 2001
Corrigan, S., McDonald, N. & Ward, M., Human-Centred Management in Aircraft Maintenance, findings of the ADAMS Project., ADAMS Project Dissemination Conference, Amsterdam, 1999
McDonald, N., Cromie, S. & Ward, M. , The Impact of Rest and Mealbreaks of Cabin Crew on Operational Safety Performance. , Report to the European Commission Flight Time Limitations Working Group 1997., 1997