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Stephanie is a critical care nurse and has been practicing for the past 10 years at numerous hospitals including; Hinsdale, Memorial in South Bend, IN, Good Samaritan, Alexian Brothers, and is currently working at Stroger/Cook County Hospital in Chicago, IL. She is certified in CPR, ACLS, NIHSS, ATCN, and CCRN.  Stephanie focuses on patient centered and family-centered care. As an ICU nurse, Stephanie has managed a diverse patient population including trauma, violent trauma, burns, neurosurgical, post-cardiothoracic surgery, stroke, post-surgical, post-arrest, and most recently acutely ill COVID-19 patients.   

Stephanie has a bachlors degree in Biology from DePaul University and a bachlors degree in Nursing from Chamberlain University.


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Tiffani has twenty-one years of nursing experience and nine years dedicated to the art of simulation. I engage students as active learners who reflect critically on what they have learned and apply it to the ongoing development of critical thinking skills. My teaching philosophy is that “as a proponent of simulation, it is my duty to help learners engage and practice nursing skills safely, so they are competent healthcare workers.” In my current role, as an associate clinical professor and simulation center coordinator at Auburn University College of nursing, I coordinate, design, and implement all simulation activities for pre-licensure nursing students. I  hold the following certifications: as a critical care registered nurse (CCRN-K), as a certified healthcare simulation educator (CHSE), and as a certified healthcare simulation operations specialist (CHSOS) She is an active SSH, INACSL, ASPE, and INACSL ad-hoc diversity committee member (IncluDE). My role is pivotal in onboarding and mentoring lab RNs (nurses hired to work in the simulation and skills labs) and new faculty, training them in simulation methodologies, prebrief, and debrief. I have numerous publications and presentations on simulation-based topics up to the international level having presented at IMSH, INACSL, and ASPE.

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Beaker Health was founded by Jerrod Jeffries, a former product manager of Laerdal Medical and the healthcare curriculum provider, Wolters Kluwer. 

During his decade at Laerdal Medical, Mr. Jeffries was product manager of Laerdal's SimMan 3G, LLEAP, and vSim and technical product manager of RQI. 

While helping lead nursing partnerships at Wolters Kluwer he gained understanding of the complication’s healthcare organizations had with storing and disseminating their knowledge. Beaker Health is committed to allowing organizations of all sizes leverage internal expertise to create additional revenue, visibility, and raise the nursing education benchmark.

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Dave Halliwell - Dave has dedicated his working life to making healthcare a better place, he works with amazing people in the innovative manikin company Lifecast body Simulation in the U.K.

Dave and his partners started lifecast Body Simulation in 2017. 

What many people may not realise is prior to Lifecast -  Dave and his business partner Rob Clark were both strategic healthcare commanders for some of the Olympic Games events in 2012. 

Being Military medics, paramedics, educators, university researchers and entrepreneurs their Simulation story is fascinating… 

Dave says “we probably crammed into our Simulation journey as much as we physically could, designing new concepts, taking on challenges as they came along. 

We’ve also kissed a few frogs in the Simulation industry as well! “

Dave is a keen fisherman and kayaker - as a young man he did an expedition to kayak the entire coast of Norway. 

Dave has 2 new grandchildren and enjoys his Grandpa time.

David's Cell +44 798 34  7903
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Geoffrey M. Roche, MPA, is an accomplished leader with steadfast commitment and passion for healthcare innovation, future-focused strategy, transformation, cultural change, diversity, equity, and inclusion, and workforce impact. His professional career includes over nine years in hospital administration as a strategic advisor to the President and CEO and department director of various departments, including Business Development and Planning, Government Affairs, Community Health, and Public Relations, for Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono. 

At Lebanon Valley College and Harrisburg University of Science and Technology Geoffrey held senior leadership roles focused on strategic partnerships, organizational strategy, and business development. As Senior Vice President, Business & Workforce Development at Dignity Health Global Education, he led a diverse team focused on developing institutional relationships with leading health systems while simultaneously championing national conversations and initiatives to develop innovative diversity, equity, and inclusion solutions for the healthcare workforce. He currently serves as the Senior Vice President, National Health Care Practice & Workforce Partnerships for Core Education. 

He is an Adjunct Instructor of Health Administration in the MBA/MHA Program at Moravian University and Corporate Faculty member in the Population Health program at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, serves on the United Way of Lebanon County and United Way of Pennsylvania Board of Directors, IU 13 Board of Directors, Leadership Council for Moravian College, Patient Safety Committee for WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital, and as an elected School Director of Annville-Cleona School District. 

Roche earned his Master of Science degree in Management and Leadership: Public Administration at East Stroudsburg University and his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science at Moravian University. He also holds a Mini-MBA in Healthcare from the University of Arizona, Eller College of Management, a Certificate in Innovation in Healthcare Management from Arizona State University, Thunderbird School of Global Management, the Certificate in Healthcare Leadership from Duke Corporate Education, and the Certificate in Heroic Leadership from Santa Clara University.

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Shad Deering, MD, Coronel (retired) USA, CHSE

Associate Dean, Baylor College of Medicine, CHofSA

Acting Chair, Department of OB/GYN, Baylor College of Medicine, CHofSA

System Medical Director, CHRISTUS Simulation Institute

Professor, Department of OB/GYN, Baylor College of Medicine

Dr. Deering is a board-certified Maternal-Fetal Medicine physician with the Baylor College of Medicine and CHRISTUS Health where he serves as the Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs at The Children’s Hospital of San Antonio (CHofSA) and the System Medical Director of the CHRISTUS Simulation Institute.  

Dr. Deering is a national leader in medical simulation training and patient safety, focusing on practical implementation.  The simulation efforts and organizations he has led have trained more than 600,000 medical providers during his career to date.

Dr. Deering has served as the Chair of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Simulation Working Group where he designed and implemented the Emergencies in Clinical Obstetrics (ECO) Course which is now nationally available from ACOG to allow simulation training for obstetric emergencies for all levels of providers.  He was also instrumental in the creation of the Practicing For Patients (PFP) program which has been distributed through the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (AIM).  The program allows for any size hospital to run obstetric emergency in-situ drills and he led the PFP implementation training for over 120 hospitals in Texas.

He is currently working both locally and across the entire CHRISTUS system to organize and implement life-saving medical simulation training programs to help improve patient outcomes.  

Dr. Deering has delivered babies in 10 different States and a combat zone, was awarded the Bronze Star, holds two patents for an obstetric birthing simulator system, has over 100 publications and two TED talks about obstetric simulation, has managed over 30 million dollars in grants and external funding and his simulation videos have over 13 million views on YouTube.

Christus Health Website:  https://www.christushealth.org/find-a-doctor/shad-deering-36018

Shad's TED Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnuNft5sWUg
LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/shad-deering-47a67545/
Email: [email protected]

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Barbara Karnes, RN 

Barbara Karnes, RN, is an internationally recognized author, speaker, thought leader and expert on end of life care and the dynamics of dying. Barbara was recognized in 2018 as a Hospice Innovator by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and was named the 2015 International Humanitarian Woman of the Year by the World Humanitarian Awards.

Barbara’s experience as a hospice care provider at the bedside of hundreds of people, and as an administrator overseeing the care of thousands, led to the 1985 publication of Gone from My Sight: The Dying Experience. Affectionately referred to in the industry as the “little blue hospice book,” Gone from My Sight has sold over 30 million copies worldwide, is published in 12 languages, and remains the leading resource on the market today educating families on the signs of approaching death. 

In 2015, Barbara’s film New Rules for End of Life Care was featured in film festivals around the world and was the recipient of 10 prestigious film awards.

Barbara’s other award-winning publications and films include:

The Eleventh Hour: A Caring Guideline to the Hours to Minutes Before Death

A Time to Live: Living with a Life-Threatening Illness

My Friend, I Care: The Grief Experience,

You Need Care Too: Self Care for the Professional Caregiver

How Do I Know You? Dementia at End of Life

A Place in My Heart: When Our Pets Die

Pain at End of Life: What You Need to Know About End of Life Pain and Comfort Management,

The Final Act of Living: Reflections of a Long-Time Hospice Nurse.

Care for the Caregiver, DVD

This is How People Die, DVD

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Kevin began his career as a land paramedic in rural Ontario, Canada. He quickly progressed to becoming a critical care flight paramedic working on one of the busiest helicopters in Canada. Medical simulation has been the driving focus in every step of Kevin King’s career as a paramedic, sales leader and entrepreneur. Inspired to act after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, he created the first mobile simulation program for paramedics in eastern Canada and founded a national alliance for simulation specialists and educators. In 2010, he was recognized by the prime minister of Canada for his emergency services leadership during the G8 summit. In 2018, King founded ECHO Healthcare, featuring a world-first approach to simulation service and support that earned the company global recognition. Kevin is a published researcher in the field of medical simulation, and is an accomplished seeker who has been invited around the globe to speak on the merits of simulation. 

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Scott B. Crawford MD, FACEP, FSSH, CHSOS

 Dr. Crawford is Executive Director of the Training and Educational Center for Healthcare Simulation at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso (TTUHSCEP). He is Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine at TTUHSCEP. In addition to his faculty position he is also a board member for SimGHOSTS. He has presented both in the US and internationally on topics related to audio/video design, information technology, simulation operations, and medical procedural training. He has served as an author for standards of best practice in simulation and is Editor of the textbook Comprehensive Healthcare Simulation: Operations, Technology, and Innovative Practice.

 Dr. Crawford completed his emergency medicine residency and served as Chief Resident of research and technology at TTUHSCEP in 2012. Dr. Crawford earned his M.D. from Rush University in Chicago in 2009 and a bachelor’s degree in physics from The Colorado College in 2004. He continues to search for economical and innovative design ideas to enhance the world of healthcare education by bringing a more engaging and educational experience to all learners.

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