Healthcare Simulation Conference

The future of simulation is here!

16^th Annual Kansas City Healthcare Simulation Conference

Innovative Strategies for Excellence in Healthcare Simulation

Friday, September 20, 2024

Leading simulation experts from Johns Hopkins University usher you into exciting new innovations in simulation:

Building World-class Resuscitation Training Programs – Evolving simulation to save more lives
Professional Development – Creating a career for Simulation Educators and Researchers
Incorporating Technology Into Your Simulation Program

Featuring:

Kristen Brown, Sandy Swoboda, Geoffrey Miller, Jessica Ockimey, Matt Charnetski

Left to Right: Kristen Brown, DNP, CRNP, CPNP-AC, CHSE-A, FAAN; Sandy Swoboda, RN, MS, FCCM; Geoffrey T. Miller, PhD(c), EMT-P, FSSH; Jessica Ockimey, CHSOS; and Matt Charnetski, MSMS, NRP, CHSOS, CHSE, FSSH.

Kristen Brown, DNP, CRNP, CPNP-AC, CHSE-A, FAAN
Associate Professor
Simulation Strategic Projects Lead

Dr. Kristen Brown is an Associate Professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing and the Simulation Strategic Projects Lead for the Johns Hopkins Medicine Simulation Center. In her faculty role, she develops simulation curriculum, plans innovative, immersive training events and studies simulation as a teaching method.

Prior to joining the faculty, Dr. Brown completed a two-year simulation fellowship at the Johns Hopkins Medicine Simulation Center. She was the first nurse to be named the Zamierowski Simulation Fellow. Her passion for simulation education stems from her years in clinical practice as a pediatric critical care nurse practitioner in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.

She is a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator-Advanced® (CHSE-A) by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. In her faculty role, she has incorporated simulation into advanced practice nursing programs, and she has also led the efforts to implement and study new technology to provide innovative solutions for distance learning, including telepresence robots and virtual simulation, including screen-based and virtual reality platforms (VR) across all programs at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing.

Sandy Swoboda, RN, MS, FCCM
Department of Surgery Research Program Coordinator
Pre-licensure Masters Entry Program Simulation

Sandy Swoboda has a joint appointment at the Johns Hopkins University Schools of Medicine and Nursing. As a Simulation Educator for the Masters Entry into Nursing Practice, she has over 25 years of experience as an educator, lecturer and mentor in the clinical setting.

She was the co-lead site coordinator for the NCSBN Simulation Study. Areas of expertise include the pedagogy of simulation, clinical instruction, faculty development, IPE simulation, virtual reality, sim evaluation, OSCEs, SP training, cultural dexterity, moral resilience, burnout and communication. She has over 30 years of clinical trial experience as a Research Program Coordinator in the Department of Surgery for studies in critically ill patients, surgical initiatives in surgical residency training and medical school education.

Geoffrey T. Miller, PhD(c), EMT-P, FSSH
Associate Professor
Director of the Johns Hopkins Medicine Simulation Center
Affiliate Faculty Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality

Geoffrey T. Miller is a Medical and Health Professions Educator and Associate Professor in the Dept. of Emergency Medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He is the David S. and Marilyn M. Zamierowski Director of the Johns Hopkins Medicine Simulation Center and a Visiting Professor at Taipei Medical University.

Prior to joining Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, he was the Senior Research Scientist and Division Chief of the Medical Modeling, Simulation, Informatics & Visualization (MMSIV) Division at the Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC), U. S. Army Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC), Director of Simulation, Technology and Research and Associate Professor, School of Health Professions at Eastern Virginia Medical School.

His research has been funded by the Department of Defense, Defense Health Agency, J9 Directorate, Defense Health Agency Joint Program Committee 1, Department of Health and Human Services, and State of Florida Department of Health focusing on simulation-based educational activities, curriculum development, educational outcomes, and translational analysis, with an emphasis on the creation and improvement of clinical performance assessment using advanced educational technology, modeling and simulation, specializing in immersive virtual environments, serious gaming and innovative educational technology development.

Jessica Ockimey, CHSOS
Simulation Operation Manager

Jessica Ockimey has been working as a full-time employee at Johns Hopkins University since September 2000. She is a certified Basic Life Support (BLS) educator, serves as a birth companion, and has been a volunteer EMT for seven years.

She began working with Johns Hopkins School of Medicine as a Conference Coordinator, planning and executing AMA conferences. Since 2010, she has served as a simulation professional at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. She has been recognized as a Certified Healthcare Simulation Operations Specialist (CHSOS) by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH).

As a simulation healthcare professional, she has presented at several IMSH, SimOps, and SimGhost conferences. Jessica is responsible for the oversight of the simulation center and practical skills lab as well as all aspects of coordinating the simulation center including maintenance of simulation equipment. She is instrumental in both low and hi fidelity simulation and is the coordinator of the standardized patient program. She is the primary contact for faculty, staff, students, and standardized patients.

Matthew Charnetski, MSMS, NRP, CHSOS, CHSE, FSSH
Director of Simulation-Based Education and Research and Interprofessional Continuing Education

Matthew Charnetski, MSMS, NRP, CHSOS, CHSE, FSSH, is the Director of Simulation-Based Education and Research and Interprofessional Continuing Education for Dartmouth Health in Lebanon, NH and the Director of Simulation and Experiential Learning for Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH. His diverse career has taken him across the globe, including stints in Iowa, Africa, Antarctica, Kazakhstan, Arkansas, and New Hampshire. Before joining Dartmouth Health in 2019, Matthew's simulation career was primarily academic, focusing on medical education.

He holds a Master’s in Medical and Healthcare Simulation from Drexel University and is pursuing a PhD in Health Professions Education at Maastricht University, Netherlands. Matthew is also an adjunct faculty in the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions Master’s in Health Professions Education Program.

Matthew is involved with The Society for Simulation in Healthcare and The International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning. He is Secretary for the SSH Board of Directors and is a board liaison to the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee amongst several other avenues of service to SSH. He is also a member of the Standards Committee for INACSL.

His research interests focus on cultural considerations in healthcare simulation. His PhD work explores the role of culture in adapting and transferring simulation curricula in transborder education partnerships. Matthew has contributed to books on simulation methodologies, moving simulation centers, and cultural considerations in simulation. His peer-reviewed work addresses best practices in simulation, cultural considerations, diversity issues, and he was part of the SSH 2023 Distance Simulation Summit.

Conference objectives

Identify uses of technology to advance simulation-based education, including XR and AI.
Describe innovative approaches to simulation at a distance.

Continuing Nursing Education (CNE)

Nurses: This program is approved by KSBN for 7.50 hours, provider number SP1529-0824.

Continuing Education Healthcare at Johnson County Community College is approved as a provider of continuing education by the Kansas State Board of Nursing.

Continuing Medical Education (CME)

Physicians: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with
the essential areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of the University of Kansas Medical Center Office of Continuing Medical Education, Johnson County Community College and Kansas City Regional Simulation Alliance. The University of Kansas Medical Center Office of Continuing Medical Education is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The KU Medical Center Office of Continuing Medical Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.