Rate My Professor Sharon Weldon

Professor Sharon Weldon, RGN, BSc, MSc, PhD, is Professor of Healthcare Simulation and Workforce Development at the University of Greenwich, where she serves as Associate Head for Research and Knowledge Exchange in the School of Health Sciences. She leads the Centre for Professional Workforce Development and the Simulation Group, and co-leads the Greenwich Learning and Simulation Centre. A registered general nurse with clinical experience in emergency and trauma paediatric operating theatres, infectious diseases, TB, and HIV, Weldon holds honorary appointments as Professor at Barts Health NHS Trust and Senior Researcher at Imperial College London. As President of the Association for Simulated Practice in Healthcare (ASPiH), she is also Associate Editor for the International Journal of Healthcare Simulation. Her career emphasizes advancing simulation beyond training to support system-level learning, cultural change, workforce development, and healthcare policy.

Weldon's research specializations include healthcare simulation methodologies such as sequential simulation, distributed simulation, and her originated Transformative Simulation framework, alongside communication in high-risk environments, ethnomethodology, and co-production. She has secured major funding, including £3 million from the Office for Students for Simulated Critical Care Unit Development (2021), £263,000 from Health Education England (2022), and multiple Research Capital Investment Funds totaling over £300,000. Notable awards encompass the Society for Simulation in Healthcare Presidential Recognition of Service Award (2025), Outstanding Team of the Year at University of Greenwich Staff Awards (2023), and Research Paper Winner at the Royal College of Nursing International Research Conference (2014). Key publications feature 'Transformative simulation' in the Journal of Healthcare Simulation (2026), 'From escalation to emergence: NHS Forth Valley and the quiet power of transformative simulation' in the British Medical Journal (2026), and 'Transformative forms of simulation in healthcare. The seven simulation-based ‘I’s: a concept taxonomy review of the literature' in the International Journal of Healthcare Simulation (2023). Her contributions influence global simulation practices, policy, and public engagement through extensive scholarly output and leadership roles.