Simulation in Healthcare Education

In this podcast, Series 5, Chapter 1, Dr. Barsuk interviews Jim Farruggio. Jim is a professional actor and standardized patient in Chicago. His acting career involves numerous appearances in the theatre and on television and film. His television and film credits include Heist 88, Fargo, Empire, Chicago Fire, Proven Innocent, The Playboy Club, Batman Dark Knight, and many more. Jim's full resume can be found at https://resumes.breakdownexpress.com/341224-2035870-365. Dr. Barsuk and Jim discuss life as an actor and standardized patient.

In this podcast, Series 4, Chapter 9, Dr. Barsuk interviews Dr. Matthew Charnetski. Matt is the Director of Simulation-Based Education and Research at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH.  Matt is also a term lecturer in the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions Masters in Health Professions Education Program in the Simulation Operations Track. He clinically is a paramedic but recently received a PhD in Health Professions Education at Maastricht University. He is the president-elect for the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH). Drs. Barsuk and Charnetski talk about his plans for SSH.

In this podcast, Series 4, Chapter 8, Dr. Barsuk interviews Molly Schoblocher. Molly has an MBA in Emergency Management and Public Safety Communications, and a certificate in Healthcare Emergency Manager (Professional) through the Association of Healthcare Emergency Preparedness Professionals. She also serves as the Vice Chair for the Academic Healthcare Emergency Management Consortium. She currently serves as the system director of Emergency Management and Business Continuity at Northwestern Memorial Healthcare. Dr. Barsuk and Mrs. Schoblocher talk about using simulation to prepare hospital systems for mass casualty incidents.

In this podcast, Series 4, Chapter 7, Dr. Barsuk interviews Dr. Jayfus Doswell. Dr. Doswell has a PhD in Information Technology focused on artificial intelligence to improve human learning and performance. He started his career as the youngest senior software engineer at Lockheed Martin. Years later, he founded and became the president and CEO of a biomedical company, Juxtopia, where he has received several government grants to develop educational hardware and software using AI to improve medical training. Drs. Barsuk and Doswell discuss how AI and virtual simulation can be used for training and assessment.

In this podcast, Series 4, Chapter 6, Dr. Barsuk interviews Dr. Martin Pusic, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Senior Associate Faculty for Boston Children’s Hospital and Scholar-in-Residence at the Brigham Education Institute, Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA. Dr. Pusic serves as Director of the American Board of Medical Specialties Research and Education Foundation. He is a medical doctor practicing as a pediatric emergency physician but also received a Doctor of Philosophy in Cognition and Learning. His research focuses on learning analytics and the role and impact of research, data, and informatics on medical education and learning. Drs. Barsuk and Pusic talk about research in medical education and initiatives at the ABMS.