Rate My Professor Merrilyn Walton

Walton's research focuses on patient safety, medical education, open disclosure of adverse events, healthcare complaints, ethnic minority patient care, and One Health approaches. She has authored over 17 peer-reviewed publications and three books, including editing One Planet, One Health (Sydney University Press, 2019) and authoring Safety and Ethics in Healthcare: A Guide to Getting it Right. Key papers include 'Regulating healthcare complaints: a literature review' (2014, International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance), 'Using patients' experiences of adverse events to improve health system performance' (BMJ Open, 2014), 'The safety of health care for ethnic minority patients' (International Journal for Equity in Health, 2020), 'Open disclosure of adverse events: exploring the implications' (Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 2022), and 'One planet one health: What about the kids?' (Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2021). She has participated in funded projects such as piloting empowerment programs for cocoa farmers in West Sulawesi. Walton has served on committees for the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency and received the Member of the Order of Australia (AM). Recognized among global elite researchers, her work influences health policy, education, and safety standards.