Dr Christopher Kowalski

Dr Christopher Kowalski is a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist working at Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust where he is also the Simulation Lead. Prior to this, he worked as the Simulation Lead at East London NHS Foundation Trust.

Chris began his work in simulation as a Fellow at Maudsley Simulation. After this, he undertook a further Fellowship at the University of Toronto in 2017, where he worked to set up the simulation programme at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). During this time, he received the University of Toronto Department of Psychiatry Award for Most Accomplished Clinical Fellow.

Since 2021, Chris has worked within an NHS specialist neurodevelopmental service assessing and treating children and young people with autism spectrum disorder and ADHD. He was shortlisted for Psychiatric Educator of the Year at the Royal College of Psychiatrists Awards 2023.

Publications

Book Chapters

Kowalski, C., Attoe, C. (2020). Contemporary context and future directions in mental health education. In: Nestel D, Reedy G, McKenna L, Gough S (eds). Clinical Education for the Health Professions: Theory and Practice. Springer.

Peer Reviewed Articles

Naismith, L.M., Kowalski, C., Soklaridis, S., Kelly, A., Walsh, C.M. (2019). Participant perspectives on the contributions of physical, psychological, and sociological fidelity to learning in interprofessional mental health simulation. Simulation in Healthcare, 15(3):141–146.

Piette, A. E., Attoe, C., Humphreys, R., Cross, S., & Kowalski, C. (2018). Interprofessional simulation training for community mental health teams: Findings from a mixed methods study. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 32(6):762–770.

Kelly, A., McDiarmid, E., Jindani, F., Fernando, A., Naismith, L., Nirula, L., Kowalski, C. (2018). Lessons learned: Implementing UK developed interprofessional simulation training courses in a Canadian setting. Academic Psychiatry, 42(5):605–612.

Kowalski, C., Attoe, C., Ekdawi, I., Parry, C., Phillips, S., & Cross, S. (2017). Interprofessional simulation training to promote working with families and networks in mental health services. Academic Psychiatry, 42(5):659–663.

Kowalski, C. & Conn, R. (2017). Medical students’ perceptions of the use of feature films to teach the Mental State Examination. BMJ Simulation and Technology Enhanced Learning, 3:122–123.

Kowalski, C. & Bhalla, R. (2015). Viewing the Disney movie Frozen through a psychodynamic lens. Journal of Medical Humanities, 39(2):145–150.

Kowalski, C. & Sathanandan, S. (2015). The use of simulation to develop advanced communication skills relevant to psychiatry. BMJ Simulation and Technology Enhanced Learning, 1:29–32.

Editorials

Kowalski, C. & Leonard, O. (2015). Growing trends in the pursuit of muscularity. British Journal of General Practice, 65(641):626–627.

Commentaries

Attoe, C., Kowalski, C., Fernando, A., Cross, S. (2016). Integrating mental health simulation into routine healthcare education. The Lancet Psychiatry, 3(8):702–703.