Ms Howie is a General Surgical Resident and a Clinical Research Fellow within the Surgical Sabermetrics Group within the Usher Institute, working towards a PhD. She additionally contributes to the MSc in Patient Safety and Human Clinical Factors. Emma Howie Clinical Research Fellow Course 5 Lead MSc Patient Safety and Clinical Human Factors Surgical Sabermetrics Group Contact details Email: ehowie@ed.ac.uk Appointments and Activities Ms Howie’s research interests stem from a motivation to improve patient safety and surgical training through a background in human factors. Her main focus of research is the objective measurement of cognitive load of the surgical team, whilst also investigating mechanisms to reduce load and optimise performance. This has been inspired through observing sports psychology techniques, and led to collaborations within the sporting world. Qualifications BSc (Hons) – University of St Andrews, 2011MBChB – University of Glasgow, 2014MRCS – Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 2017PGCert – University of Edinburgh, 2022 Research Publications A list of publications by Ms Howie are available on GoogleScholar Research Publications This article was published on 2025-06-17
