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David has been in simulation since he was young, simulating crash scenes for search and rescue in the Civil Air Patrol. From there he has has a wide range of careers that all gave him pieces to the puzzle that was put together about ten years ago when he entered the medical simulation industry. His first 8 years were with Wright State University in the CIMER simulation lab serving the emergency medicine residency as well as the Boonshoft School of Medicine. That lab also served local hospitals, EMS, nursing schools and others. CIMER had a large focus on inter professional simulations that brought all of these learners together. From there he accepted a position with Orbis Education. His primary partner site is with Xavier University ABSN program. He is an avid mentor and source of information in the Simulation community, and presents at many of the conferences in the industry. David was also one of the first 25 people to achieve the CHSOS-A certification from the Society of Simulation in Healthcare. 

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Margaret Verkuyl is a nursing professor at Centennial College in Canada. Since, 2013, she has been a leader in developing and researching virtual simulations and interactive textbooks. Over the years, she has received numerous prestigious local and international awards for her work. While gaining international attention, virtual simulations have become pervasive in nursing education globally. More recently, she developed an open-access Virtual Healthcare Experience consisting of eleven virtual gaming simulations that have had over 2 million plays! Concurrently, she has been involved in numerous research projects and OERs related to embedding virtual simulation effectively in the curriculum and different ways to debrief virtual simulations. Recently, she was recognized for her work with the following awards: the 2020 INACSL “Academic” Leadership Excellence Award; 2018 INACSL, Research Excellence Award, Hayden Vanguard Lectureship, and the Society for Simulation in Healthcare: 2021 Article of Influence. She has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals and authored books and disseminated them at national and international conferences.

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Laura Klenke-Borgmann PhD, RN, CHSE

Nurse Scientist, The University of Kansas Health System

Clinical Assistant Professor, The University of Kansas School of Nursing

Dr. Laura Klenke-Borgmann is currently the first nurse scientist for the University of Kansas Health System, where she integrates new graduate registered nurses into interprofessional sim approaches to care of the declining patient. She also conducts clinical simulation research and evidence-based practice initiatives that promote the advancement and innovation of nursing practice. In this role, she also serves as a mentor to colleagues in the clinical research process.

Dr. Klenke-Borgmann also has almost 15 years of classroom and simulation teaching experience in both undergraduate and graduate nursing programs. Currently, she continues to teach the undergraduate pathophysiology course at The University of Kansas School of Nursing.

Dr. Klenke-Borgmann’s educational background includes a BSN from Purdue University, an MSN from the University of Pennsylvania, with a focus in Health Leadership, and a PhD from Villanova University, with an emphasis in simulation education.

A member of the International Nursing Association of Clinical Simulation and Learning (INACSL), and a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE), Klenke-Borgmann brings her expertise when designing learning and research for health system professionals. Dr. Klenke-Borgmann also serves as part of the AACN Essentials Tool Kit Task Force on Clinical Judgment and is a member of the International Consortium for Outcomes of Nursing Education (ICONEd).

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Bundle of Rays was established by Bradley Chesham.
The concept of training healthcare professionals came from working as a front-line nurse in busy hospitals in Australia and the UK, plus serving in Afghanistan and Iraq as a battlefield nurse which really highlighted the necessity for easy-to-understand solutions. The motivation for developing Bundle of Rays was to empower health professionals to be better skilled and qualified to promote timely, informed decisions about patient care. The Bundle of Rays platform immerses health professionals in an educational experience through the implementation of VR and AR. The business model initially focused on delivering face-to-face healthcare training and this evolved through the combination of a nursing background and experience with VR with a vision to create a readily scalable learning platform that can be used to improve both training and patient care. The Bundle of Rays model has evolved as a global education platform that provides an engaging, interactive, approachable service to Health organizations and training providers to discuss, educate, and implement VR broadly within the industry.
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Rémy Roe joined the United States Army as a Special Operations Combat Medic in June 2006. He spent most of his career juggling multiple combat deployments, overseas tours, and being a father to two sons while studying. Since 2013 he has earned a bachelor's degree in religion, a master's degree in psychology, and a master's degree in sociology, and is currently a Ph.D. Student studying psychology. As a two-time purple-heart recipient, Rémy chose to retire in 2021 after 15 years of military service. He currently works as a Simulationist at the Stanford University School of Medicine’s Center for Immersive and Simulation-based Learning (CISL). Remy refers to himself as a “tactical academic” and hopes to use his military experience and background together with continued education to further research in the fields of simulation and psychology.

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Tim Bristol is a faculty development, NCLEX®, and curriculum design, specialist. He has taught at all levels of nursing including LPN, ADN, BSN, MSN, and PhD. Developing new programs, innovations in learning, Next Gen Clinical Judgment preparation, and helping programs internationally, he is an expert in bringing the evidence-base of nursing, healthcare, and education to students and faculty at all levels. Through consultations, writing, and mentoring, Dr. Bristol assists faculty in identifying the competencies needed to effectively enhance programs for optimal student outcomes and practice readiness. He has certification as a nurse educator, is a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, and is internationally known for bringing excitement through success to his colleagues and students. His motto: "Today, we will learn how to learn."

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Dr. Bryant is currently the Assistant Dean of Clinical Affairs and Simulation and Associate Professor at Columbia school of nursing’s accredited Helene Fuld Health Trust Simulation Center. Dr. Bryant has over 20 years of teaching experience and 10 years of experience as a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner. Throughout her career she has become an expert in the field of simulation through her experience with designing simulation centers and implementing simulation programs for two of the top-rated nursing schools in the country. In her current role she oversees the day-to-day operations and implementation of simulation-based education for all the graduate nursing and advance practice nursing students. Additional responsibilities include implementing initiatives that promote diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) for students and the surround community.

Dr. Bryant serves on many national and international committees focused on simulation and DEI. At Columbia University, she was appointed co-chair of the campus-wide antiracism taskforce for community service working. She is currently the co-chair of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare’s media and communication committee and appointed member of the DEI workgroup. She is serving her second year on the CDC funded Nurse-Led Vaccine Confidence Advisory Committee. Dr. Bryant is currently on the executive board for the Greater NYC Black Nurses Association including serving as the liaison for the NYC Black and Latinx Providers committee.

Dr. Bryant received her Associates degree in nursing from Hudson Valley Community College. She continued her education at Stony Brook University where she received her Bachelor’s in Nursing and a Master’s Degree as a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner. Lastly, she received her Doctorate in Nursing Education from Case Western Reserve University.

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Dr.Elliott is the Assistant Dean of Immersive Learning & Innovation for the
School of Nursing at Purdue University Global. She holds a DNP in educational
leadership where her project focused on interprofessional simulation student
outcomes. Dr. Elliott is a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator and a
Certified Emergency Nurse. She has academic leadership experience in immersive
learning program design, implementation, and evaluation. She has also taught
classes in the lab, clinical, online, and in the classroom. In her free time,
Dr. Elliott enjoys spending time with her husband and five children.

Education: DNP, American Sentinel University; MSN/MHA, University
of Phoenix; BSN, Southwestern College

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 Dr. Szalla is a Pittsburgh native and United States Navy Veteran. She began her Nursing career in 2006 after completing her enlistment obligations where she served as an undesignated seaman and dental assistant within the United States and abroad from 1997-2003. After a short hiatus and receiving her Nursing degree, Dr. Szalla rejoined the US Navy in 2010 as a Naval Officer in the Nurse Corps, and in totality has served our country honorably and meritoriously for 11 years. Dr. Szalla has developed clinical expertise in medical surgical nursing (CMSRN), and health care simulation (CHSE) attaining certification in both of these areas. Dr. Szalla’s clinical practice centers on adult populations, women’s health, breastfeeding promotion, and home health care. Her scholarly interests are related to working interdisciplinary with colleagues, focused on serving vulnerable populations, students, and the Nursing profession. Dr. Szalla is passionate about coaching Nurses through difficulties with interprofessional relationships and her Doctoral work at Duquesne University centered around mitigating acts of incivility and bullying in the workplace. Currently Dr. Szalla leads a simulation team at Robert Morris University as the Director of the RISE Center in the School of Nursing, Education and Human Studies. Prior to taking this role she worked with undergraduate students at Duquesne University as a Clinical Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing. Expertise: Multidimensional interdisciplinary health care simulation, Workplace incivility and bullying mitigation using cognitive rehearsal, Medical surgical nursing, Maternal health nursing, Leadership, Quality and safety and Professional Development. 

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