Mike Phillips

Executive Dean

School of Health, Education, Policing and Sciences

As the Executive Dean of Health, Education, Policing and Sciences, Mike is responsible for the academic leadership and strategic direction of one of the University of Staffordshire's two Schools. He is accountable for the provision of education as well as the business and operations leadership of this diverse academic unit which operates through five Departments delivering education, research and enterprise across two university campuses. As part of his role he is a member of the University Executive Board.

Prior to his work in Higher Education, Mike spent 20 years working in the NHS and with private healthcare providers as a clinician, leader and educator. He retains a keen interest in patient safety improvement (particularly Human Factors and Ergonomics) and simulation-based education.

Professional memberships and activities

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Academic qualifications

MResSci
Master of Science
Postgraduate Certificate in Education

Expertise

Patient Safety
Human Factors and Ergonomics
Simulation-based Education
Simmersive
Anaesthesia
Perioperative Practice

Publications

Browne, E., Phillips, M. (2022). Developing a Framework for the Integration of Skills and Simulation - The 5-Stage Approach.
https://www.ijohs.com/article/doi/10.54531/KYBT8535

Developing a framework for the integration of skills and simulation: The Five Stage Approach (2021).
Browne, E. and Phillips, M.
Human Patient Simulation Network Conference (HPSN) Conference Presentation.

Developing a framework for the integration of skills and simulation: The Five Stage Approach (2021).
Browne, E. and Phillips, M.
Association for Simulated Practice in Healthcare (ASPiH) Conference Presentation.

Developing a Framework for the Integration of Skills and Simulation: The Five Stage Approach (2021).
Browne, E. and Philips, M.
13th International Conference on Practice Teaching and Field Education in Health and Social Work.

Developing a Framework for the Integration of Skills and Simulation: The Five Stage Approach (2020).
Browne, E. and Phillips, M.
International Journal of Healthcare Simulation (Supp 1), A1-A84.

Book Chapter:
Oxford Handbook of Surgical Nursing (2016).
Chapter 5 – Preoperative Optimization.
Oxford University Press.

What’s in a name? An evaluation of public perceptions around job titles within the modern anaesthesia team (2015).
Phillips, M. and Harris, M.
Journal of Perioperative Practice.

Comparison of patient experiences of pain during awake cataract phacoemulsification using sub-tenon’s block and topical anaesthesia (2015).
Phillips, M., Williamson, A., Sivaraj, R. and Cawkwell, P.
Anaesthesia, 70(Suppl. 2), p.40.

Ten years of non-physician delivered anaesthesia in the UK (2014).
Phillips, M.
Journal of Operating Department Practitioners, Vol. 2, No. 2.

The ‘Two-to-One Model’ of delivering anaesthesia using Physicians’ Assistants (Anaesthesia) in Day Surgery has no detrimental impact on clinical outcomes (2013).
Phillips, M., Dixon, K. and Murray, F.
The Journal of One Day Surgery, Vol. 23.

Sub-tenon’s blocks by PA(A)s (2012).
Phillips, M. and Cox, H.
Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland, WSM Supplement 2011.

PICC lines in a ward-based environment (2010).
Phillips, M., Finnegan, H., Talbot, C. and Kyi, M.
European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, September 2012 Congress Supplement.