Margaret is a clinical nurse consultant at Westmead Hospital and a clinical lecturer at The University of Sydney. She has an extensive clinical background in emergency nursing. She has post graduate qualifications in Critical Care and Mental Health Nursing, Education and Change Management. She has also worked as a principal project officer at the NSW Ministry of Health and has consulted on emergency care in Nepal, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Bangkok. She is a mother of two daughter and has a keen interest in trail walking and cycling. She sees herself as a clinician researcher. Being at the coalface is important to Margaret as it facilitates the generation of ideas and enables speedy translation of research evidence into clinical practice. Her PhD study focused on the impact of trauma team training on patients and health service delivery and today she is going to talk about that journey.