Next Generation Advisory Panel
The Next Generation Advisory Panel (NGAP) exists to represent the voice of early career professionals at the International Forum. We work to break down barriers to access and ensure that the conference experience is relevant and valuable for those starting their improvement journey. Whether you are a student, a junior clinician, or new to quality improvement, the NGAP is here to ensure your perspective is valued and your voice is heard.If you are an early years career professional, you can get support, guidance and meet others at the same stage in the following sessions:
Tuesday 10 March
08:00-08:45: BR3 Kickstart Your Conference: The ALiHN Early Career Professionals Networking Breakfast
15:15-16:15: C8 Next Generation Leaders World Cafe
17:15-18:30: Meet the Next Generation Advisory Panel at the on site social event
Wednesday 11 March
10:45-11:45: D6 Unlocking potential: empowering Early Career Professionals to drive quality improvement
The NGAP panel
Jamie Smyth
Speciality Registrar in Public Health, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; UK
Jamie is the Co-Chair of the Next Generation Advisory Panel (NGAP) for the International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare and co-founder of the Aspiring Leaders in Healthcare Network (ALiHN).
A Public Health Registrar in London, his work focuses on practical health system improvement. He is currently based in the Population Health Team at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, with recent experience spanning managing infectious disease outbreaks for UKHSA to commissioning novel services for underserved groups in local government.
A former National Medical Director’s Clinical Fellow, Jamie is a passionate advocate for developing early career professional leadership and believes multi-generational collaboration is vital to solving global health challenges
Emily Audet
Palliative Care Specialty Registrar, Severn Hospice; UK
Dr Emily Audet is a Specialty Trainee Doctor in Palliative Care with General Internal Medicine in the West Midlands, currently based at Severn Hospice. She graduated from Birmingham Medical School in 2017, having previously completed a BSc in Medical Microbiology and Immunology at Newcastle University, 2012. She completed Foundation training with Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SATH) and Internal Medicine Training at the Royal Wolverhampton Trust.
In 2022/23 she was Clinical Fellow to the Chief Inspector of Healthcare at the Care Quality Commission on the National Medical Director’s Clinical Fellowship Scheme run by the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management. Since then Emily has co-founded the Next Generation Advisory Panel for the BMJ and IHI’s International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare, alongside co-founding and co-chairing the multiprofessional and multinational Aspiring Leaders in Healthcare Network.
Emily strives to empower others to see the impact that they can have in shaping and delivering change and improvement in healthcare believing that everyone has valuable insights, ideas and perspectives that can be used to inform change at all levels of the healthcare system.