Experience

Center for Medical Simulation

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director

  • 2016 - Present

  Working with extraordinary colleagues, I lead the Center for Medical Simulation, an organization committed to training healthcare professionals in teamwork and communicates without risk to patients. We use simulation to transform teamwork and teaching in healthcare. We are a deliberately developmental organization--we use our own dilemmas and challenges to improve improve empathy, performance, and reflective practice skills. We advise other organizations on how to do this too.

• Senior Director, Institute for Medical Simulation

  • 2014 - 2016

  I directed this international simulation based education instructor development program, with 25 week-long courses per year on five continents. This is a vibrant community of learners and faculty enthusiastic about reflective practice and learning about learning.

• Director, Graduate Programs of the Institute for Medical Simulation

  • 2011 - 2014

• Associate Director, Institute for Medical Simulation

  • 2007 - 2011

  Helped Director the Institute for Medical Simulation, an international educator training initiative of the Center for Medical Simulation.



Massachusetts General Hospital

• Assistant in Research

  • Aug 2007 - Present



Harvard Medical School

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Professor (Part Time)

  • Aug 2007 - Present



Boston University School of Public Health

• United States
• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management

  • Sep 2002 - Jun 2007

  Taught management courses for MPH, and DrPH programs. Supervised Masters theses; conducted research learning from accident and error in high hazard industries. Taught management courses for MPH, and DrPH programs. Supervised Masters theses; conducted research learning from accident and error in high hazard industries.



National Science Foundation (NSF)

• United States
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Fellow

  • 2003 - 2005

  Training is research design and methods for disaster studies. Training is research design and methods for disaster studies.