CEMS General Information

Education technology is always in continuous advancement and as educators in the field of health professions it is necessary to keep up-to-date with current and future developments to ensure we provide the best possible training to our students.

Current and future emerging technologies in higher education include:

  • Mixed reality
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Adaptive learning technologies
  • Robotics
  • Maker spaces
  • Analytics technology

The Conference for Education in Medicine and Simulation (CEMS) is a space for educators to learn new trends, disseminate their work and be inspired by brilliant international and domestic educators and researchers that are setting the trends in health professions education.

International Guest Speakers

Paul Phrampus, MD

  • Director of the Peter M. Winter Institute for Simulation, Education and Research (WISER) in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
  • Professor in the Departments of Emergency Medicine and Anesthesiology
  • Medical Director, Patient Safety, UPMC
  • Senior Adviser for the Center for Education in Medical Simulation (CEMS), Taipei Medical University

Mark H. Swartz, MD

  • President of C3NY, the Clinical Competence Center of New York
  • Adjunct Professor of Clinical Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  • Professor of Medicine at the State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate College of Medicine

S. Barry Issenberg, MD

  • Professor of Medicine and Medical Education
  • Director of the Gordon Center for Research in Medical Education
  • Senior Associate Dean for Research in Medical Education at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

C. Donald Combs, PhD

  • Vice President and Dean of the School of Health Professions at Eastern Virginia Medical School

Benjamin W. Berg, MD, CHSE

  • Professor of Medicine, University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine
  • Director of the University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine's "SimTiki" medical simulation center

John M. O'Donnell, RN, CRNA, MSN, DRPH

  • Professor and chair of the Department of Nurse Anesthesia, University of Pittsburgh
  • Director of the Nurse Anesthesia Program, University of Pittsburgh
  • Associate Director at the Winter Institute for Simulation Education (WISER)
  • Co-chair of the WISER Research Committee

Geoffrey T. Miller, MS, EMT-P

  • Assistant Professor, Sentara Center for Simulation and Immersive Learning at East Virginia Medical School, Professional Skills Center


CEMS Faculty

Che Wei Thomas Lin, MD

  • Chief Executive Officer of the Center for Education in Medical Simulation, Taipei Medical University
  • Director of Clinical Skill Center , Taipei Wan-fang Hospital

Wen Cheng Mark Huang, MD

  • Chief of Education Teaching, Center for Education in Medical Simulation
  • Attending physician of Emergency Department, Taipei Wanfang Hospital
  • Academic Committee for Taiwan Society of Simulation in Acute and Critical Care Medicine

Daniel Salcedo, MD, MHPE

  • Director of Educational Research, Center for Medical Simulation, Taipei Medical University
  • Medical Education and Technology-Enhanced Learning Specialist


Lendis Wu, MD

  • Chief of Education Teaching, Center for Education in Medical Simulation
  • Attending physician of Emergency Department, Taipei Medical University Hospital

Garry Huang, DM, MBA, MEngSc(PM), BE (PEM/Civil), EMTP

  • Taipei Medical University Adj Asst Prof

Yi-No Kang M.A. Ed.

  • Research Assistant of Center for Education in Medical Simulation, Taipei Medical University
  • CEMS in-house statistician

Xavier Liu, MD

  • Emergency physician in Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University
  • ACLS Instructor
  • Physician educator at CEMS, Taipei Medical University

CEMS Staff

Hao-Yu Chen MS. Ed.

Current job

  • Chief Standardized Patient Trainer, Center for Education in Medical Simulation, Taipei Medical University

Experience work

  • Administrator, Clinical Skill Center, Taipei Medical University hospital

Hung-Chen Chen

Current job

  • Administrator, Center for Education in Medical Simulation, Taipei Medical University

Experience work

  • Administrator, Department of Medical Education, Taipei Medical University hospital

Yu-Mei Dai MS.

Current job

  • Administrator, Center for Education in Medical Simulation, Taipei Medical University

Experience work

  • Administrator, Department of Medical Education, Taipei Medical University hospital