Jocelyn Park-Ross

Global Surgery Implementation and Education clusters

Jo Park-Ross is a paramedic with extensive exposure to urban and rural healthcare in both ground ambulance and aeromedicine. Her focus on systems development and education feeds a keen research interest in quality improvement and capacity building in the African context. Jo believes that unlocking human potential is the key to improving systems, and this is shown in the work of Project TeamCare – a quality improvement project focused on in-situ training at Groote Schuur Hospital. 

Training

Medical school:  Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Postgraduate qualifications

• BTech: Emergency Medical Care

Areas of interest

• Pre-hospital & critical care retrieval research 
• Simulation education & educational design 
• Quality improvement

Current positions

• Project TeamCare co-lead
• Course co-convenor: Global Surgery foundations elective module, Masters of Public Health (UCT) 
• UCT-Drager African Development Unit co-lead

Professional affiliations

Leadership

• Founding member: Brave African Discussions in Emergency Medicine NPO

Membership

• Emergency Care Society of South Africa (ECSSA)
• South African Society of Anaesthesiologists (SASA)