Dr. KT Waxman is a nurse leader with over 30 years of experience in healthcare and corporate settings.  She is a tenure-earning Assistant Professor at the University of San Francisco School of Nursing and Health Professions.  She is Chair of the Healthcare Leadership and Innovations department which includes the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) and Masters in Healthcare Simulation programs.  As the Director of the Department of Defense grant funded simulation research study, she completed a study on medication error recognition and simulation modalities.  

Dr. Waxman is also Director of the California Simulation Alliance (CSA) at the California Institute for Nursing & Health Care (CINHC). An internationally known speaker and author, Waxman is past president of the Association of California Nurse Leaders (ACNL) and currently serves as Treasurer of the American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE), a 9,000-member association.  She served as Co-chair of the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare for the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) in 2012 and is currently serving on the Oversight Committee.

Dr. Waxman’s work has been published extensively and can be found in journals such as; Simulation in Healthcare, Clinical Simulation for Nursing, Journal of Nursing Education, Nurse Leader, Creative Nursing, and MedSim.  She is a chapter author for 3 simulation textbooks.  Dr. Waxman has authored two books:  “A Practical Guide to Finance and Budgeting: Skills for Nurse Managers”, by HCPro, now in its second edition and  “Financial and Business Management for the Doctor of Nursing Practice”, Springer was released in 2012. Waxman received her DNP from the University of San Francisco, with an emphasis on health systems leadership and a concentration in clinical simulation. She holds national certifications as a Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) and as a Nurse Executive (CENP), and a Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE).

Marjorie A. Miller, MA, RN,CHSE is a masters prepared nurse educator with over ...25  years of teaching experience in academic and clinical settings.  Marjorie was a pioneering faculty member integrating high fidelity simulation throughout the nursing curriculum at Cabrillo College.  Marjorie has recently joined the faculty of University of San Francisco School of Nursing and Health Professions as a simulation consultant, focusing on Pre-licensure programs and the Masters of Science in Simulation Education program launching in 2014.  She is the co-creator of the GRASP Model for critical thinking and clinical decision making. Marjorie is currently lead faculty and curriculum specialist for the California Simulation Alliance delivering faculty development courses in simulation for regional, national and international clients. Marjorie is actively involved in the Society for Simulation in Health Care, National League for Nursing and the International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation in Nursing   She is a published author in simulation education and has been a keynote speaker, podium presenter and workshop leader at international, national, statewide and regional conferences.

 

Colleen O’Leary-Kelley, PhD, RN is Professor and The Valley Foundation Endowed ...Chairat The Valley Foundation School of Nursing at San Jose State University. She directs the School’s Clinical Simulation Program and provides simulation-based education for undergraduate nursing students. She is a member of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, and the International Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning. She serves as faculty for the California Simulation Alliance and provides faculty development courses for nurse educators in California and nationally. She practiced clinically as an adult critical care nurse and has presented clinical simulation topics at regional and international conferences.

Leslie Catron has of January 2015 become the Clinical Education Specialist Simulation Coordinator at Valley Children’s Hospital in Madera/Fresno California. Returning to her roots where she started in 1975 as a new graduated neonatal nurse, Leslie is charged with developing the hospitals first interdisciplinary simulation program, one of the first for the central San Joaquin Valley. She was the Simulation Coordinator at West Hills College Lemoore and full-time nursing faculty from 2008-2014. During this time, she developed an allied health careers simulation program and integrated simulation education into the new nursing program curricula including 12-hour clinical simulation days meeting the 25% allowable by the Board of Registered Nursing. In 2013 she obtained her Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE) with the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. That same year she was a contributing author to Simulation Scenarios for Nursing Educators: Making it Real, edited by Campbell and Daily designated “Book of the Year 2013” by the American Journal of Nursing. Her chapter was an original scenario: Abusive Head Trauma: Infant (173-205). She is currently a manuscript reviewer for the Clinical Simulation in Nursing Journal (International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning (INASCL). Included in her simulation experience is multiple podium and poster presentations at the International Meeting for Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH), Magic in Teaching Conference (CINHC) and Association of Nursing Professional Development (ANPD). In 2009, Leslie co-founded the Central Valley Simulation Collaborative (CVSC) which has over 100 members from academia and healthcare institutions in central California.   In 2008 Leslie was awarded Fellow in the Academy of Health Care Education Professionals demonstrating her commitment to effective healthcare education and especially to patient and family education a component added to all simulation scenarios. Her nursing career spans 40 years from the bedside, charge, transport, Staff Development Specialist, Developmental Care Specialist, central Clinical Educator and member of nursing association boards local, state and national. She completed her Bachelor degree in 2007 and Masters in Arts in Education, Teaching and Curriculum in 2009. She has developed hospital preceptor and nurse extern programs, presented outside of healthcare on topics of leadership, communication and personal development and been a member of community boards. Best of all, she is a wife of 40 plus years and mom to three children and a proud grandma of eight grandchildren!

 

My name is Lisa Sabatini. I am the Director of the Clinical Performance and Sim...ulation Centers at the University of San Francisco (USF). I received both my BSN and MSN from USF. I am active in the alumni association and serve on many boards for the university. My nursing background includes a variety of hospital, administration, home care and clinical teaching jobs.For the past ten years, I have been at USF as a clinical instructor, the Learning Resource Center Coordinator, and now Director of the Simulation Center and oversee the LRC. I was instrumental in obtaining the first simulator at USF and was able to attend the simulation training through the Bay Area Simulation Collaborative (BASC) in 2007. I am a level one trainer. I am currently the co-chair of the BASC.

Marie Gilbert, MA, RN, CHSE is a nationally certified healthcare simulation e...ducator and currently holds the position of Simulation Coordinator at Fresno State University.   She has been instrumental in the development of clinical simulation throughout the nursing baccalaureate and physical therapy programs. Marie has a particular interest in collaborative learning strategies, and initiated coordinated integrated simulation experiences involving pediatric residents, nursing students and pharmacy residents.  As co-founder and co-lead of the Central Valley Simulation Collaborative, Marie serves as a resource for regional academic and healthcare organizations.  Marie is a member of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) and served as an abstract reviewer for the International Meeting for Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH) in 2011-2014. She was an ‘Invited Professor’ at IMSH is 2012 and 2014, and has had abstracts accepted for presentations at IMSH in 2013 and 2014. 

At this time, I am in my 7th year at Cal State University Fullerton. I am full time faculty and the Nursing Simulation Center Coordinator for the School of Nursing. I have received my BSN at the University of San Francisco and my Masters in Science in Healthcare Administration from the University of La Verne, (distance education).  My initial simulation training began at The Center for Medical Simulation. Then I continued with Simulation Training at the California Simulation Alliance, CSA, and am on board as faculty to train educators in simulation. I have completed the Simulation Apprenticeship in 2011 and am certified as a Simulation Educator, (CHSE), in 2012. Also, I have served as the initial Co-Chair of the Southern California Simulation Collaborative. 

Deborah Bennett has been a nurse educator for over twenty years and a nurse clinician for thirty years. She is a generalist with specialties in pediatrics and primary care. As a nurse educator she has taught in associate degree nursing programs and is currently employed at California State University San Marcos where she teaches pediatrics and is the Nursing Simulation Director. Five years ago she completed the Train the Trainer Simulation courses and apprenticeship offered by California Institute for Nursing & Healthcare (CINHC). At present she co-chairs the San Diego Simulation Collaborative. Deborah will be completing her PhD dissertation Spring 2015 and the area of research is developing an instrument to evaluate undergraduate baccalaureate nursing students’ on pediatric medication administration competencies through simulation.

Heidi Traxler, MSN, RN-CHSE is the Clinical Simulation Program Manager at Pro...vidence Little Company of Mary Medical Centers, San Pedro and Torrance.  She coordinates and manages the Simulation Programs, including New Grad, Nursing Simulation, NA (Nurse’s Aid) Simulation, Specialty-Specific Simulation, Interprofessional Simulation and NODA (No One Dies Alone) Simulation.      Her simulation faculty training (orientation) includes courses taught by the California Simulation Alliance, Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital Center for Advanced Pediatric and Perinatal Education (CAPE), and Harvard’s Center for Medical Simulation (CMS). She has also attended conferences put on by INACSL, SSIH, and ASPE.    Heidi has been a podium presenter at several simulation conferences internationally, statewide and regionally.  She is a member of the CSA (California Simulation Alliance), SCSA (Southern California Simulation Alliance), INASCL, and SSIH (Society of Simulation in Healthcare).  She was an abstract reviewer for the International Meeting for Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH) in 2013 and 2014.  Providence Little Company of Mary is a CINHC “Apprentice Program” site and Heidi is an instructor for CINHC CSA simulation classes.

Karen Macauley, Associate Professor, teaches in the graduate and doctoral programs at the University of San Diego’s Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science. She received her RN from Southwestern Community College (1980), BS from San Diego State University (1988), and MSN/FNP (1995), DNP (2010) and PhD (2013) from the University of San Diego. Her nursing background includes 34 years of clinical experience including Pediatrics, Med/Surg, Wound Care, Emergency Department, Employee Health, Nursing Education, Quality/Risk Management, and Nursing Administration. As a Board Certified Family and Geriatric Nurse Practitioner, she has worked over the last 20 years in numerous clinical sites including Employee Health, Family Practice, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Internal Medicine. She currently practices at Hillcrest Internal Medicine where she also precepts FNP students.

Dr. Macauley serves as the Director of Innovative Learning overseeing the Simulation program and incorporates innovative teaching methods. She developed the standardized patient /simulation program since inception. She trains faculty, conducts simulation research, facilitates Interprofessional learning opportunities, and presents internationally on the use of Standardized Patients in Interprofessional and nursing education.

Dr. Judson graduated from a diploma program in Nursing at Madison General Hospital, Madison, WI. She then completed her BSN at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, the MSN at UCLA and PhD at the University of San Diego. She has a post -master’s Nurse Practitioner certificate from CSULA. Currently the Associate Director of the School of Nursing at CSULA and the Chair of the BSN programs, Dr. Judson also serves as the Undergraduate Coordinator and Director of the Simulation Lab. Dr. Judson began her career at CSULA in 1976 as the Visiting professor for the SON and worked many years after that as an adjunct professor and lead Pediatric instructor. In 1997 she joined the School of Nursing faculty on the tenure track, where she continues to teach Pediatric Nursing, and the Capstone course.

Mary Ann Shinnick is an Assistant Professor In-Residence and Director of Simulation at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Nursing. Her research and publications revolve around the use of simulation in nursing education with ongoing research in the use of eye tracking technology for simulation performance assessment and teaching. Mary Ann teaches Critical Care Nursing and continues to work per diem as a Nurse Practitioner in a heart failure clinic.

In her role as clinical simulation educator at Providence Little Company of Mar...y Medical Centers, Melissa designs and facilitates simulation for interprofessional teams, new grad and seasoned RNs, community volunteers, and nursing students.Her simulation faculty training includes courses taught by the California Simulation Alliance, Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital Center for Advanced Pediatric and Perinatal Education (CAPE), and Harvard’s Center for Medical Simulation (CMS). She is a member of SSIH and INACSL. Melissa has presented at local, national, and international conferences. She serves as an abstract reviewer for IMSH and a faculty member for CSA simulation faculty development courses.