Dr. Patterson is a clinician-scientist who studies safety in emergency care settings with special emphasis on safety culture, fatigue, shift work, sleep health, teamwork, medical errors and adverse events, and clinician injury in the prehospital EMS setting. Collaborations have led to creation of reliable and valid safety measurement tools and establishing base rate data for key indicators of EMS safety, fatigue, and sleep health. He has led multi-disciplinary teams in evidence reviews and experimental studies testing novel interventions to improve safety and sleep health, and mitigate workplace fatigue. His research is informed by immersion in the EMS setting as a paramedic clinician.
- Academic & Clinical Titles
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Adjunct Professor, Department of Community Health Services and Rehabilitation Science, University of Pittsburgh School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
James O. Page Professor of Emergency Healthcare Worker Safety, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
- Education & Training
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Fellowship
AHRQ T32 Post-Doctoral Fellowship - UNC-Chapel Hill Cecil G. Sheps Center
KL2 Clinical and Translational Sciences Scholars Trainee Program
Patient Safety Leadership - American Hospital Association & Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Graduate School
PhD - University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
MPH - University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
MS - University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
College
BS - Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
- Publications
