P. Daniel Patterson, PhD, MS, MPH, NRP, FAEMS, is the James O. Page Professor of emergency healthcare worker safety and an associate professor in the University of Pittsburgh Department of Emergency Medicine with a secondary appointment in the Department of Community Health Services and Rehabilitation Science.
Dr. Patterson 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 the creation of reliable and valid safety measurement tools and the establishment of 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 that test 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.
Areas of Interest
Safety culture, fatigue, shift work, sleep health, teamwork, medical errors and adverse events, and clinician injury in EMS.
Affiliations
Board Certifications
- Paramedic - National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians
Education & Training
- AHRQ T32 Post-Doctoral Fellowship - UNC-Chapel Hill Cecil G. Sheps Center
- KL2 Clinical and Translational Sciences Scholars Trainee Program
- Patient Safety Leadership Fellowship - American Hospital Association & Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
- PhD - University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
- MPH - University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
- MS - University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
- BS - Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
