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Dr Joy McFadzean
(she/her)
BSc (Hons) MRCGP FHEA Mb BCh BAO AMInsLM MSc (Med ed)
Teams and roles for Joy McFadzean
Clinical Lecturer
Overview
I am a GP and Clinical Lecturer of Patient Safety, with an interest in medical education, patient safety and quality improvement. I work with the PISA (primary care PatIent SAfety research Group) at Cardiff University.
I am involved with facilitating the Changing Practice Module for final year medical students, case-based learning and patient safety SSC modules for other medical students.
I became a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) in 2023, and completed a MSc. (Medical Education) at Cardiff University in July 2024. I also became part of Improvement Advisor Cymru (SciL) course in May 2024.
My recent research has focused on healthcare-associated harm in prisons and the role of families in patient safety incidents.
Publication
2025
- Acton, J. H. et al. 2025. Patient safety in eye care: a multi-method analysis of reported incidents involving implementation of care and clinical assessment in England and Wales. Eye (10.1038/s41433-025-03669-6)
- Bowers, B. et al., 2025. Learning from end-of-life injectable medication patient safety incidents in the community: a mixed-methods analysis. British Journal of General Practice BJGP.2025.0106. (10.3399/bjgp.2025.0106)
- Hope, I. et al. 2025. Revealing the hidden harms in end-of-life care: a mixed-methods characterisation of reported safety incidents involving injectable symptom control medication.. British Journal of General Practice (10.3399/BJGP.2025.0301)
- McFadzean, I. et al. 2025. Critical illness in prisons: a multi-method analysis of reported healthcare safety incidents in England. British Journal of General Practice (10.3399/bjgp.2025.0239)
- McFadzean, I. J. et al. 2025. The evolution of patient-reported safety concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic within a series of study questionnaires: a multi-method analysis. International Journal for Quality in Health Care 37 (2) mzaf040. (10.1093/intqhc/mzaf040)
- Purchase, T. et al. 2025. Parental involvement in paediatric patient safety incidents in general practice: a cross-sectional study. British Journal of General Practice 0786. (10.3399/BJGP.2024.0786)
2024
- Bakheet, M. et al., 2024. How to use the 'Master Adaptive Learner' and the 'Appreciative Inquiry' models to encourage life- long learning. Documentation. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
- Ball, E. et al., 2024. 6637 How do families mitigate paediatric safety incidents in emergency departments? A multi-method national analysis of incident reports. Archives of Disease in Childhood 109 , pp.A400-A401. (10.1136/archdischild-2024-rcpch.629)
- Carson-Stevens, A. et al. 2024. Understanding the scale and nature of avoidable healthcare-associated harm for prisoners in England: protocol for a retrospective cross-sectional study. BMJ Open 14 (12) e085607. (10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085607)
- Driscoll, T. et al., 2024. PP35 Does mean ambulance handover time at emergency departments correlate with number of handovers per month?. Emergency Medicine Journal 41 (3), pp.A15-A16. (10.1136/emermed-2024-999.35)
2023
- Keers, R. N. et al., 2023. Defining avoidable healthcare-associated harm in prisons: a mixed-method development study. PLoS ONE 18 (3) e0282021. (10.1371/journal.pone.0282021)
- McFadzean, I. J. et al. 2023. Patient safety in prisons: a multi-method analysis of reported incidents in England. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 116 (7), pp.236-245. (10.1177/01410768231166138)
- McFadzean, J. et al. 2023. Direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) monitoring within primary care: a quality improvement project. BMJ Open Quality 12 e002216. (10.1136/bmjoq-2022-002216)
- Rees, P. et al. 2023. Family role in paediatric safety incidents: a retrospective study protocol. BMJ Open 13 (7) e075058. (10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075058)
2022
- McFadzean, I. et al. 2022. Realist analysis of whether emergency departments with primary care services generate 'provider-induced demand'. BMC Emergency Medicine 22 (1) 155. (10.1186/s12873-022-00709-2)
- Price, D. et al. 2022. Patients' experiences of attending emergency departments where primary care services are located: qualitative findings from patient and clinician interviews from a realist evaluation. BMC Emergency Medicine 22 (12)(10.1186/s12873-021-00562-9)
2021
- Richmond, R. T. , McFadzean, I. J. and Vallabhaneni, P. 2021. Reaching the summit of discharge summaries: a quality improvement project. BMJ Open Quality 10 e001142. (10.1136/bmjoq-2020-001142)
Articles
- Acton, J. H. et al. 2025. Patient safety in eye care: a multi-method analysis of reported incidents involving implementation of care and clinical assessment in England and Wales. Eye (10.1038/s41433-025-03669-6)
- Ball, E. et al., 2024. 6637 How do families mitigate paediatric safety incidents in emergency departments? A multi-method national analysis of incident reports. Archives of Disease in Childhood 109 , pp.A400-A401. (10.1136/archdischild-2024-rcpch.629)
- Bowers, B. et al., 2025. Learning from end-of-life injectable medication patient safety incidents in the community: a mixed-methods analysis. British Journal of General Practice BJGP.2025.0106. (10.3399/bjgp.2025.0106)
- Carson-Stevens, A. et al. 2024. Understanding the scale and nature of avoidable healthcare-associated harm for prisoners in England: protocol for a retrospective cross-sectional study. BMJ Open 14 (12) e085607. (10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085607)
- Driscoll, T. et al., 2024. PP35 Does mean ambulance handover time at emergency departments correlate with number of handovers per month?. Emergency Medicine Journal 41 (3), pp.A15-A16. (10.1136/emermed-2024-999.35)
- Hope, I. et al. 2025. Revealing the hidden harms in end-of-life care: a mixed-methods characterisation of reported safety incidents involving injectable symptom control medication.. British Journal of General Practice (10.3399/BJGP.2025.0301)
- Keers, R. N. et al., 2023. Defining avoidable healthcare-associated harm in prisons: a mixed-method development study. PLoS ONE 18 (3) e0282021. (10.1371/journal.pone.0282021)
- McFadzean, I. et al. 2022. Realist analysis of whether emergency departments with primary care services generate 'provider-induced demand'. BMC Emergency Medicine 22 (1) 155. (10.1186/s12873-022-00709-2)
- McFadzean, I. et al. 2025. Critical illness in prisons: a multi-method analysis of reported healthcare safety incidents in England. British Journal of General Practice (10.3399/bjgp.2025.0239)
- McFadzean, I. J. et al. 2023. Patient safety in prisons: a multi-method analysis of reported incidents in England. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 116 (7), pp.236-245. (10.1177/01410768231166138)
- McFadzean, I. J. et al. 2025. The evolution of patient-reported safety concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic within a series of study questionnaires: a multi-method analysis. International Journal for Quality in Health Care 37 (2) mzaf040. (10.1093/intqhc/mzaf040)
- McFadzean, J. et al. 2023. Direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) monitoring within primary care: a quality improvement project. BMJ Open Quality 12 e002216. (10.1136/bmjoq-2022-002216)
- Price, D. et al. 2022. Patients' experiences of attending emergency departments where primary care services are located: qualitative findings from patient and clinician interviews from a realist evaluation. BMC Emergency Medicine 22 (12)(10.1186/s12873-021-00562-9)
- Purchase, T. et al. 2025. Parental involvement in paediatric patient safety incidents in general practice: a cross-sectional study. British Journal of General Practice 0786. (10.3399/BJGP.2024.0786)
- Rees, P. et al. 2023. Family role in paediatric safety incidents: a retrospective study protocol. BMJ Open 13 (7) e075058. (10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075058)
- Richmond, R. T. , McFadzean, I. J. and Vallabhaneni, P. 2021. Reaching the summit of discharge summaries: a quality improvement project. BMJ Open Quality 10 e001142. (10.1136/bmjoq-2020-001142)
Monographs
- Bakheet, M. et al., 2024. How to use the 'Master Adaptive Learner' and the 'Appreciative Inquiry' models to encourage life- long learning. Documentation. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
Biography
Honours and awards
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June 2025 |
Highly Commended at Dissertation Stage (Msc Medical Education) |
MSc Medical Education Cardiff University |
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Dec 2024 |
Award for poster: Co-creating strategies for safer paediatric care in general practice: thematic analysis of parent workshops Purchase T, McFadzean IJ, Quinn-Scoggins H et al. |
PRIME Centre Wales Annual Meeting |
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Nov 2024 |
Award for Excellence in Voluntary Contribution: WESPA group |
Cardiff University |
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Oct 2024 |
First5 Bursary (RCGP Conference) |
RCGP |
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Sept 2024 |
MSc (Med Ed) Distinction |
Cardiff University |
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May 2024 |
Improvement Advisor Cymru |
Scottish Improvement Leaders Course (ScIL)
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Dec 2023 |
Nominated in the category: Passionate enabler of students leading change in the NHS. C4ME Recognition. |
Changing Practice Module team, Cardiff University. |
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July 2023 |
Fellow (FHEA) |
Advance HE |
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July 2023 |
The Director’s Prize for achievement of excellence in the subject discipline of medical education. |
MSc. Medical Education. Cardiff University |
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July 2023 |
The Student’s Student Award |
Msc. Medical Education. Cardiff University |
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2023 |
Leadership Diploma (Bronze, Silver and Gold Level). |
Professional Leadership and Management Devlopment. Cardiff University |
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October 2022 |
FIrst5 Bursary (RCGP Conference) |
RCGP |
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2022
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HEIW Quality Improvement Prize 2021/2022 (DOAC monitoring in primary care) |
Health Education and Improvement Wales
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2021 |
Excellence Scholarship: MSc Medical Education |
MSc. Medical Education. Cardiff University |
Professional memberships
Improvement Advisor Cymru - 2024
Advance HE Fellowship - 2023
The Institute of Leadership - 2023
Q - Community - 2021
RCGP (MRCGP) - 2019
Speaking engagements
- Invited speaker - National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) SafetyNet Symposium, 'Avoidable harm in prisons in England'. Manchester. 17th October 2025.
- Invited Plenary Speaker - Health Services Research (HSR) UK, 'How can we make HSR careers more inclusive?' Newcastle University, 3rd July 2025.
- Invited speaker - SURGAM, entitled 'Out of Harm's way'. Cardiff University, Cardiff. 5th February 2025.
- Invited Plenary Speaker - Health and Justice Summit entitled 'An overview of the Avoidable Harm in prisons study'. Euston Square, London. 18th October 2024.
Contact Details
Neuadd Meirionnydd, Floor 3rd, Room 306H, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4YS
Specialisms
- Patient safety
- medical education
- quality improvement