Michelle O'Toole

About

An experienced Educator and Principal Investigator with a proven track record in designing, delivering and evaluating health professions educational curricula; managing a research team, meeting key deliverables, obtaining grant funding and fostering international and national collaborations. A registered Advanced Paramedic with the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC) in Ireland, fully accredited Paramedic Tutor and Examiner, with a Professional Diploma in Health Professions Education (Level 9). Qualified and experienced in crisis intervention, providing psychosocial trauma interventions to both individuals and groups, in emergency services settings. Research interests include positive psychology, simulation, psychological safety and post-traumatic growth of health professionals and first responders.

Employment

• RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences Lecturer
  2026 - Present
• Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland - DUBLIN IRELAND - Dublin Teacher/Practitioner and Principal Investigator
  2021 - Present
• University College Cork Lecturer in Paramedicine

Education

• Monash University

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (24)

• Advanced paramedic agreement on ‘inappropriate’ emergency department attendances: Secondary data analysis from the better data, better planning study
  Paramedicine 2026 DOI: 10.1177/27536386261453935
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• The CHILD safeguarding simulation study: Co-designed cHild-centred Interprofessional Learning through Dialogue for healthcare professionals
  Advances in Simulation 2026 DOI: 10.1186/s41077-025-00403-w
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• Interprofessional education with medicine and physician associate students enhances the understanding of roles and responsibilities and highlights the importance of collaborative practice—a mixed‑methods study
  Journal of Interprofessional Care 2026 DOI: 10.1080/13561820.2026.2697177
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• Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in simulation-based health professions education
  Advances in Simulation 2025 DOI: 10.1186/s41077-025-00361-3
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• HUGS@Home - An initial evaluation of a psychological first aid programme for families and friends of first responders
  Comprehensive Psychiatry 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2025.152636
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• Sharing knowledge on implementing mental health and wellbeing projects for veterans and first responders
  Comprehensive Psychiatry 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2025.152579
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• The CHILD study: a Co-designed cHild-centered Interprofessional simulation course to foster Learning through safeguarding Dialogue
  Research Square 2025 DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-7857922/v1
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• FAMILY FIRST: The Potential Value of Training Family Members to Provide Psychological First Aid (PFA) to Their First Responders
  Occupational Stress Injuries Operational and Organizational Stressors Among Public Safety Personnel 2024 DOI: 10.4324/9781003424253-19
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• ‘They mirror what they see’: A constructivist grounded theory study of simulation culture in four professional domains in Ireland
  Medical Teacher 2024 DOI: 10.1080/0142159X.2024.2311863
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• Training simulated participants for role portrayal and feedback practices in communication skills training: A BEME scoping review: BEME Guide No. 86
  Medical Teacher 2024 DOI: 10.1080/0142159X.2023.2241621
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