A/ProfGail Forrest

Gail graduated as a Registered Nurse in the UK in 1992 and has worked in a variety of critical care settings including Emergency, Cardiothoracic ICU, General ICU and CCU.

Gail initially joined UTS in 2012 as a lecturer in Nursing. She was the Director of Postgraduate Nursing Studies 2018-2020 and became Director of Online Program Management (OPM) and Short Forms of Learning (SFL) for the Faculty of Health in 2020. Gail is an experienced project leader and academic within both undergraduate and postgraduate medical and nursing curricula. Gail is experienced in curriculum design and development with expertise in teaching and learning pedagogies in the online space. In 2019 Gail was project lead in the development of UTS's first fully online accelerated degree program. Qualified and experienced in Higher Education as well as the specialist area of simulation education. Gail's specific interests are in patient safety and human factors within health care.


Gail has previous experience as an educator and a research associate in the National Simulation Centre in Scotland where she completed her Masters of Research in Educational Research. After moving to Australia in 2009 Gail became the Manager of the Australian Institute of Medical Simulation and Innovation. Over her 3 years there Gail oversaw the development of a $5 million federal government funded re-development of the simulation centre in WSLHD. Gail established the centre as an accredited centre for many National and International accredited courses.