Jennifer Mary Weller


Jennifer Mary Weller is a New Zealand anaesthesiology academic, who is currently a full professor at the University of Auckland.

Academic career

Weller graduated from University of Adelaide, with her post-graduation training in hospitals in Canberra, Nottingham and Adelaide. She moved to Wellington Hospital in 1994 as a full-time specialist anaesthetist, eventually taking a Masters of Clinical Education from the University of [New South Wales] and taking on teaching at Victoria University of Wellington as well as medical duties. A move to Auckland and the University of Auckland led to a PhD in 2005. She rose to full professor in 2017.
Much of Weller's research involved MORSim, an operating theatre simulator used for training surgical teams.

Selected works

  • Weller, Jennifer M. "Simulation in undergraduate medical education: bridging the gap between theory and practice." Medical education 38, no. 1 : 32–38.
  • Webster, C. S., A. F. Merry, L. Larsson, K. A. McGrath, and Jennifer Weller. "The frequency and nature of drug administration error during anaesthesia." Anaesthesia and intensive care 29, no. 5 : 494.
  • Jensen, L. S., A. F. Merry, C. S. Webster, Jennifer Weller, and L. Larsson. "Evidence‐based strategies for preventing drug administration errors during anaesthesia." Anaesthesia 59, no. 5 : 493–504.
  • Weller, Jennifer, Matt Boyd, and David Cumin. "Teams, tribes and patient safety: overcoming barriers to effective teamwork in healthcare." Postgraduate medical journal : postgradmedj-2012.
  • Weller, J. M., M. Bloch, S. Young, M. Maze, S. Oyesola, J. Wyner, D. Dob et al. "Evaluation of high fidelity patient simulator in assessment of performance of anaesthetists." British Journal of Anaesthesia 90, no. 1 : 43–47.