Panelists
Use of Simulation in Clinical Education:
What We Know Today and Research Directions for Tomorrow
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Mr. Benjamin Stobbe
Benjamin Stobbe is the Assistant Vice Chancellor, Clinical Simulation, iEXCEL. Mr. Stobbe’s responsibilities include the administrative, operational and fiscal management for UNMC clinical simulation centers, including the oversight of the design, construction and equipping of the Global Center for Advanced Interprofessional Learning, iEXCEL’s physical entity. Mr. Stobbe also serves as a critical liaison between iEXCEL and Nebraska Medicine to identify and improve educational and clinical outcomes through simulation training.
He previously served as the administrative director/business manager at The University of Toledo Interprofessional Immersive Simulation Center (UT-IISC) and as a clinical instructor in the Colleges of Surgery and Nursing. Additional positions held by Mr. Stobbe include: administrative director, Center for Medical Education and Innovation; trauma program manager, Riverside Methodist Hospital; trauma case manager, Riverside Methodist Hospital; and he served 10 years as a staff nurse in neurology, critical care step-down, trauma and vascular thoracic surgery at Riverside Methodist Hospital.
Mr. Stobbe is a registered nurse with a master’s in business administration from the University of Phoenix. With his significant clinical background and simulation center administration experience, Mr. Stobbe provides expert business direction and unique simulation knowledge to contribute to the transformation of education for health professionals. He is also skilled in developing community, military and faculty support for the advancement of simulation activities in the clinical setting.
Ms. Wendy Chase
Wendy Chase is a speech-language pathologist who joined RMUOHP in July 2017 in the position of Clinic Director of the Center for Communicaton Disorders. Ms. Chase earned her BS at Central Michigan University and her MA at Northwestern University. She has 29 years of experience in clinical positions treating clients from infancy through geriatrics and in locations from home care to hospitals. Ms. Chase was most recently employed at the Director of Clinical Education at the University of Connecticut where her focus was on inter-professional education and practice, communication and voice treatment with transgender or gender fluid clients, and assessment of swallowing in clients with ventilator dependency. Her classroom teaching has focused on dysphagia and clinical methods. Ms. Chase believes that critical thinking and evidence-influenced practice are hallmarks of an excellent speech-language pathologist and strives to support student acquisition of these core skills through quality clinical education.
Dr. Kristina Davis
Dr. Kristina Davis has over 20 years of broad nursing experience, from working as a licensed practical nurse with chronically ill pediatric patients to teaching doctoral candidates in both Family and Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Programs. Dr. Kristina Davis is a certified ENP-C, FNP-C, and AGACNP-BC. She received a Doctor of Nursing Practice and a Master of Science in Nursing from the University of South Alabama in Mobile. Clinically Dr. Davis works as a sole provider for a Level IV Trauma Critical Care Hospital with responsibility for admissions, admitted patients, and managing emergency department patients. She has worked academically at several Universities until she came to RMUoHP. Dr. Davis is an active member of AANP, AAENP, ENA, RNO, and NONPF. Dr. Davis's special interests include active involvement in shaping healthcare policy, APRN advocacy, course development, international endeavors, and the pursuit of medical mission trips. During her free time, she enjoys spending time with her rescue dogs and squirrel, and outdoor activities such as hiking, biking, kayaking, or skiing.
Dr. Beth Kinslow
Dr. Beth Kinslow is an assistant professor in the School of Health Science and Wellness and the Master of Science in Athletic Training program at University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and an adjunct faculty at Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions. She received her bachelor’s degree in athletic training from UW-Stevens Point in 2002, her master’s in exercise & sport psychology from Oregon State in 2006 and her doctoral degree from Rocky Mountain University of Health Care Professions in 2017. Her dissertation topic was the utilization of hybrid simulation as a teaching methodology in athletic training education. Beth’s interests include teaching athletic training students the importance of patient-centered care, implementing research into daily practice, and providing realistic learning opportunities within the classroom and clinical settings through simulations.
Dr. Tom Cappaert
Moderator
Dr. Tom Cappaert is currently a Senior Faculty member of the Ph.D. in Health Sciences program, Associate Director of the Office of Research & Sponsored Projects, and Professor in Biostatistics at Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions in Provo, Utah. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Toledo and teaches Biostatistics to doctoral students in various post-professional programs and areas of study. He also teaches the Dissertation Preparation and Dissertation Phase courses at RMUoHP. Dr. Cappaert serves on the Editorial Board of the Athletic Training Education Journal, the Journal of College Science Teaching, and is a manuscript reviewer for several other journals in the health sciences. He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) and an ACSM Certified Exercise Specialist. Research interests include environmental cold injury and techniques to improve critical evaluation of research results in health care professionals.
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