Body Interact Global Network - Simulation with Virtual Patients

Soledad Armijo

MD, CHSE-A

Médico Nuclear, Magister en Educación Médica, CHSE-A, Instructor de Simulación (CMS, EuSIM, CORE Debriefing y SimBegin). Experta en Evaluación, Enseñanza y Formación de instructores de simulación y Gestión Universitaria.

Jorge Alvarado

MD

Médico y Cirujano egresado de la Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Maestro en Ginecología y Obstetricia por la Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala y el Instituto Guatemalteco de Seguridad Social-IGSS, cuenta con Maestría en Epidemiología de Campo por la Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, así como estudios de especialización en Gestión de Servicios de Salud y en Ecografía Ginecobstetrica por la Universidad de Barcelona.

Su experiencia docente inicia en 2004, iniciando con las primeras iniciativas de simulación a nivel de posgrados y pregrado. Ha sido asesor de múltiples trabajos de investigación de pregrado y postgrado, ha publicado y presentado varios estudios en congresos a nivel nacional e internacional, es Coautor de los libros “Instrumento para evaluar la calidad de un trabajo de investigación” y “Como evaluar una tesis” con la Sociedad Hispana de Investigadores Científicos. Ha impartido múltiples conferencias de temas docentes y de especialidad a nivel nacional e internacional.

Actualmente se desempeña como Decano de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas en Universidad Panamericana en Guatemala, incursionando en la aplicación de la Simulación Clínica en la formación del pregrado y postgrado, implementando la simulación como uno de los pilares fundamentos para el aprendizaje en salud; innovando la forma en la cual se aprende-haciendo en ambientes controlados, seguros y buscando los mejores resultados de aprendizaje.

Alváro Priale Z.

MD

Responsable de Simulación Clínica de la Universidad Científica del Sur en Lima, Perú (2015-actual)
Médico cirujano con especialidad en Pediatría.
Segunda especialidad en Medicina Intensiva Pediátrica.
Instructor en Simulación Clínica por el Institute for Medical Simulation (IMS – Center for Medical Simulation and Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology) y por el grupo europeo EuSim.
Presidente de la Red Peruana de Simulación adscrita a la Asociación Peruana de Facultades de Medicina (ASPEFAM).
Miembro de la mesa directiva de la Federación Latinoamericana de Simulación (FLASIC) – Tesorero 2023 al 2025
Faculty AHA en soporte vital básico y avanzado pediátrico, director del centro de entrenamiento internacional (CEI) Angloamericana y gestor del CEI Científica.
Diplomado en Docencia Universitaria para Profesionales de la Salud por la Universidad Católica de Chile.
Maestría en Educación con mención en Informática y Tecnología Educativa de la Universidad San Martin de Porres.
Experiencia en Simulación: 11 años

Ana Pinto de Oliveira

MD, PhD Student

Her teaching activity has taken place over the last 20 years. First at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra and since 2017 as a lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences of the University of Algarve.
She is a doctor specialises in Public Health and is studying for a PhD in International Health, with a focus on the health of vulnerable groups. She has been developing the area of Humanitarian Action at the Faculty, with the a postgraduate course and several short courses. She is currently a consultant for the World Health Organisation for the African region and focal point for the Centre for Humanitarian Analytics in Zimbabwe.

Ana Olivia Rodriguez Fernández

MD

Médico General egresada de la Universidad Cristóbal Colón, trabajando como médico general en instituciones privadas y públicas, posteriormente desarrollándome en el área de la docencia en la licenciatura de medicina y actualmente desempeñando como Coordinadora de Simulación Clínica en UVM Campus Veracruz, teniendo a su cargo la implementación del Modelo de Ciencias de la Salud en las 7 carreras pertenecientes a la Escuela de Salud de UVM Veracruz.

Josefina Serrano Pérez

MD, MEM

Médico Cirujano egresada de la Facultad de Medicina, UNAM. Especialista en Administración en Instituciones Gerontológicas por la División de Estudios de Posgrado de la Facultad de Contaduría y Administración, UNAM. Maestra en Urgencias, Emergencias y Catástrofes de la Universidad CEU, España. Ganadora de la presea “Gustavo Baz Prada” por el trabajo realizado en el Servicio Social. Técnico en urgencias médicas (TUM-B) de la Cruz Roja Mexicana. Instructora avanzada en Simulación nivel 2, avalada por European Simulation (EUSIM). Instructora de Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) y Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) de la American Heart Association (AHA), del Programa Ayudando a Respirar al bebé (PARAB) de la American Academy of Pediatrics y de Stop the Bleed de la American College of Surgeons
Médico adscrito al servicio de Urgencias del Hospital General Iztapalapa “Dr. Juan Ramón de la Fuente” de la Secretaría de Salud
Jefe del Centro de Simulación y cursos extracurriculares de la Facultad Mexicana de Medicina de la Universidad La Salle México.
Profesora de las asignaturas Integración Básico Clínica I y Clínico Básica I del Departamento de Integración de Ciencias de la Facultad de Medicina, UNAM; Anatomía y Fisiología I y Temas selectos médico-biológicos del Departamento de Ingeniería Biomédica de la Facultad de Ingeniería, UNAM.
Profesora de la asignatura Planeación diagnóstica terapéutica de la Facultad Mexicana de Medicina de la Universidad La Salle México.

Beatriz Martinez

PhD

Physiotherapy professor at Universidad Europea since 2006. PhD in Health Sciences since 2019. She is currently Academic Director at the Sport Sciences and Physiotherapy School , an activity that combines with teaching, research and clinic. She has taught undergraduate and graduate classes for the last 15 years in her field of expertise: physiotherapy linked to women´s health. She is a member of a research group in psychophysiology and her focus research is women´s health and higher education.

Yau Sui Yu Ivy

PhD, MBA(HSM), MNurs, PGDE, BNurs(Hons), RN, RT

Dr Ivy Yau is currently the Head of Nursing (General) cum Associate Professor in School of Nursing and Health Studies at Hong Kong Metropolitan University. She has adopted simulation training extensively in nursing education. Her research interest includes educational technology, active transportation and social ecology.

David Abarca

MD

Professor and investigator dedicated to the education of emergency staff, physician with a master´s degree in sciences with a focus on health education, with national and international certificates in rescue and collapsed structures (University of Texas A&M), he was in charge as deputy director of the 066 emergency service, and previously he was coordinator of ambulances and rescue squad of the same organization. Medical coordinator of the certification course (American Heart Association´s Advanced cardiovascular life support, American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons´ assessment and treatment of trauma), teaching doctors, nurses, paramedics and community. He´s currently working at a third level trauma center hospital as an attending physician at the Emergency department, and he coordinates clinical simulation at the Health sciences department in the Universidad de las Americas Puebla, he collaborates with Eureka on online publications and his current investigations are based on metacognition in clinical simulation scenarios.

Claudia Regina Dias Siqueira

MD

Claudia Regina Dias Siqueira, M.D., has been a professor of Emergency Medicine at CESUPA (Pará University Center) for the past 12 years. During this time, she implemented simulation-based medical training as part of the curriculum while she was the head of her department. She has over 35 years of experience as an Intensive Care medical doctor in various medical facilities in Belem, Brazil, and she is also an American Heart Association (AHA) ACLS ‘ instructor. Claudia’s area of interest as a professor is Simulation-based medical training, which was the main focus of her thesis during her master’s degree program of medical education.

Camila Picharillo

BSN, RN (Health Management)

Bachelor and Nursing degree, advanced degree in management. Over 10 years of experience in clinical practice and emergency room. Currently working as product specialist at SENAC/RJ, focusing on the area of innovation in health, implementing solutions for the area of professional education.

Sara Morris

MEd, MA, BN, RN (Adult and Child), SFHEA

Sara Morris is a lecturer in adult nursing at the Swansea University, Wales, UK. Her current roles include Programme lead for the PG Certificate in blood components transfusion. Sara has expertise in teaching across undergraduate and post graduate taught programmes. Sara is a NMC registered adult nurse, child nurse and teacher. As an acute care nurse, she has worked in a variety of settings including emergency care, trauma and as a practitioner. Sara joined Swansea University after a varied career in both the NHS and Higher Education in England such as University of Sheffield and Keele University. Sara’s educational practice is rooted in pedagogy with particular interests in active approaches to learning. Sara has expertise in designing curricula, enquiry-based learning, and flipped learning.

Lulu Sherif

MD, CHSE-A, MSc (HSP)

Dr Lulu Sherif Mahmood is a Professor in Anaesthesiology and is presently heading the Simulation and Skill Centre at Father Muller Medical College, India.
She has completed her medical education fellowship at the Manipal FAIMER International Institute for Leadership in Interprofessional Education and Research. She completed her Master’s in Healthcare Simulation and Patient Safety from University of Galway, Ireland. She is the first applicant from India to get certified as an Advanced Healthcare Simulation Educator from the Society for Simulation in Healthcare and has served as a member of the certification subcommittee of the Society for three years. She is also an executive board member of the Society for Healthcare Simulation, India and the Vice Chair of the Operation Board of the International Journal of Healthcare Simulation-Advances in Theory and Practice. She is presently a Doctoral Committee Member for PhD Studies in three Universities in India. She volunteers as a Simulation Educator consultant to various National Healthcare Universities. Her special interest is in advancing the field of simulation enhanced interprofessional education.

Jyoti Shrestha

MSc., PGCert., BN, RN (Adult)

Jyoti is a lecturer in adult Nursing at the Swansea University, Wales, UK. Where she is predominantly involved teaching widely within BSc. And MSc. nursing programme including leading undergraduate nursing modules. Jyoti is a NMC registered adult nurse and teacher. As an acute care nurse, Jyoti has worked in various medical and surgical acute care settings in NHS. Jyoti is particularly interested in cardiac nursing, acute care, simulation based learning and clinical skills.

Henrique Alexandrino

MD, PhD, FACS

Prof. Henrique Alexandrino is Professor of Surgery in Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra and a Consultant Surgeon (General, Emergency and Hepatobiliary) in Coimbra University Hospital Center. He is also Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) and Definitive Trauma Care (DSTC) instructor and course director, and European Trauma Course (ETC) full instructor. His current educational interests include trauma and emergency surgery, as well as teamwork and non-technical skills, both in the undergraduate and postgraduate setting.

Thania Lineth Espinal

Dra. en Medicina y Cirugía
MD

Coordinadora de simulación de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, UNITEC Honduras. Entrenamiento en simulación por Laureate Sciences Academy, nivel mentor, Master en Gestión de servicios de salud.

Pablo César García-Sánchez

Fisioterapeuta, PhD Neurociencias

Educador, Fisioterapeuta y Consultor especializado en Razonamiento clínico, Innovación y Tecnología. Ayudo a los Profesionales de la Salud a mejorar la experiencia de los pacientes. Profesor adjunto al Departamento de Fisioterapia de la Universidad Europea de Madrid desde 2006.

Oscar Martinez

MD, PhD

Dr Oscar Martínez Pérez
Especialista obstetricia y Ginecología
Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro .Madrid.España
Director Aula Simulación Hospital Puerta de Hierro
Cátedra de Simulación Universidad Católica de Murcia
Coordinador de Registro Español ObsCOVid

Oscar Oliva

Profesor del departamento de enfermería de la Universidad Europea de Madrid (UEM)
RN, Prof.

Enfermero asistencial en Pediatria y neonatos, profesor en Enfermería de la UEM y coordinador de la simulación en Enfermería de la UEM.

Scarllen Perez

Médico General
MD

La Dra. Scarllen Pérez es egresada de la carrera en Medicina del Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC) en 2016. Realizó estudios en Gerencia de Emergencias de la Universidad Pedro Henríquez Ureña y un curso en Simulación en Salud de Drexel University en 2019. Es instructora de los cursos de American Heart Association e International Trauma Life Support. Actualmente se desempeña como simulacionista del Laboratorio de Simulación Médica del INTEC, posición desde la cual diseña escenarios y coordina las actividades docentes del centro.

Manuel José Párraga Ramírez

Doctor en Medicina, Especialista en Medicina Intensiva
MD, PhD

Doctor en Medicina por la Universidad de Murcia. Especialista en Medicina Intensiva. Instructor en Soporte vital avanzado Cardiologico y en Soporte vital avanzado al traumatizado por el Plan Nacional de RCP de la SEMICYUC. Resposable de la docencia en reanimación cardiopulmonar del Plan transversal comun del Residente de la Región de Murcia y del M Ilustre Colegio de Médicos de la Región de Murcia. Jefe de Estudios de la Unidad Docente Hospital M Meseguer. Director de la Catedra de simulación y habilidades clínicas del Grado de Medicina UCAM-Murcia.

Rodolfo Paredes

Director Académico de Educación Clínica y Simulación, Dirección General de Educación Clínica y Simulación, Vicerrectoría Académica, Universidad Andrés Bello
DMV, PhD

Médico Veterinario, Máster en Recursos Humanos y Habilidades Directivas y Doctor en Ciencias Biomédicas. Instructor de Simulación Clínica dictado por IMS y el Hospital Virtual de Valdecilla. Profesor Titular e investigador en áreas de docencia universitaria e inmunoparasitología. Actualmente es Director Académico de Educación Clínica y Simulación del Hospital de Simulación y Presidente Comité de Bioética Institucional de la Universidad Andrés Bello.

Soledad Armijo

MD, CHSE-A

Physician, Nuclear Medicine Specialist, Master in Medical Education, CHSE-A, Graduate from EuSIM and CMS Instructor courses and Latinamerica Faculty for EuSIM group.

Specialist in simulation and medical education, with broad experience in undergraduate, postgraduate and interprofessional healthcare education and academic management. Advocate for innovation in education through simulation, demonstrated history of working in national and international leadership roles & committees, involved in innovation and research projects. Skilled in English, Education, Assessment, Academic Management, Patient Safety and Systems Integration.

Actual position: Director del Núcleo de Simulación Interdisciplinar and Associate professor of Facultad de Medicina Clínica Alemana-Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile.

Paata Tsagareishvili

MD

Paata Tsagareishvili is Vice Dean in Medical Education at AIETI Medical School of David Tvildiani Medical University. He is Executive Board Member of European Board of Medical Assessors.

He had significant involvement in establishing Medical Education Center (MEC) at David Tvildiani Medical University through European Commission-funded project ePBLnet. Since 2014 his work with MEC includes delivery of seminars, workshops and trainings on Medical Education topics, such as running, facilitation and assessment of Problem-Based Learning sessions, use of online platforms to enhance and support learning and teaching etc. at institutional and national levels. He is actively involved in PBL tutoring at educational programs delivered by David Tvildiani Medical University. He has experience in running European Commission-funded projects, including MD curriculum transformation one embedding Virtual Patients and Problem-Based Learning.

Research interests include methodologies and design for teaching and assessment of clinical reasoning skill in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education.

Hugrun Ösp Egilsdottir

PhD candidate, MSc, RN

Currently Ms. Egilsdottir is a PhD Candidate with full scholarship three-year position at the University of South Eastern Norway, while working at Vestre Viken Hospital Trust Drammen, in Norway as RN in the General Intensive Care unit.
Prior to this, from 2012 to 2019, worked as Assistant Professor full-time at University of South-Eastern Norway, and from 2009 to 2012 as a Research Assistant at Buskerud University Collage, in Norway, while working at Vestre Viken Hospital Trust Drammen, in Norway as RN in the General Intensive Care unit.

Paweł Więch

PhD, DSc

Paweł Więch, PhD, DSc, CEN; Institute of Health Sciences, Medical College of University of Rzeszow, University of Rzeszow, Poland.
University professor. Head of the Department of Nursing and Health Sciences at the Medical College of the University of Rzeszów.
Since 2009, he has been associated with the University of Rzeszów and since 2020 with the State Higher School of Eastern Europe in Przemyśl. In the years 20018-2013, he was professionally associated with the Intensive Therapy and Anesthesiology Department of the Clinical Hospital in Rzeszów.
A long-time lecturer in specialist courses as part of postgraduate education for nurses and midwives. Certified International Medical Simulation Instructor.
Author or co-author of 76 scientific publications, reviewer scientific journals. The main scientific interests include the issues of nutritional status, emergency medicine and medical simulation.

Lorraine Betts

MN, RN, CHSE

Lorraine Betts is currently a Nursing Professor and Academic Simulation Coordinator at George Brown College located in Toronto, Canada. She is passionate about simulation education and has extensive experience in using simulation for both learning and teaching. Prior to joining George Brown College in 2002, Lorraine practice as an Emergency nurse and prior to that she was a CPR and First Aid Instructor.

Ms. Betts completed both the Comprehensive and the Advanced Instructor Courses from Centre for Medical Simulation in Boston and is a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator. Lorraine is member of Society for Simulation in Healthcare, the International Nursing Association for Clinical and Simulation Learning, and Simulation Canada.

She has recently expanded her portfolio to include research and virtual simulation, has several publications and has presented her work on integrating body interact into nursing education both nationally and internationally.

Kimberly Whitten

MEd, NRP

Kimberly Whitten-Chung, EdD (cand), M.Ed., NRP is the Director of Paramedic education at Pikes Peak Community College. With over 20 years in EMS and more than 15 years of leadership experience. Ms. Whitten-Chung has successfully motivated students and employees to the highest levels of success.

She has recently expanded her portfolio to include research and virtual simulation, has several publications and has presented her work on integrating body interact into nursing education both nationally and internationally.

Miguel Padilha

PhD, CRRN, RN

Professor Coordinator at Nursing School of Porto in Portugal.
Master and Specialization in Rehabilitation Nursing coordinator
http://estudar.esenf.pt/ms-enfermagem-de-reabilitacao/
PI-Tech4EduSim/ CINTESIS
http://cintesis.eu/en/tech4edusim-technologies-for-education-and-simulation-in-healthcare/
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6631-776X

Sandra Goldsworthy

PhD, RN, CNCC(C), CMSN(C) CCSNE

Dr. Sandra Goldsworthy is a nurse education leader who is recognized as a simulation and critical care expert, researcher and author. She is the recipient of the Canadian Nurses’ Association Order of Merit in Education and was one of 10 University of Calgary inaugural Teaching Scholars. Sandra is author or editor of nine books including: ‘Simulation Simplified: A Practical Guide for Nurse Educators’, ‘Simulation Simplified: Student Lab Manual for Critical Care Nursing’ and ‘The Compact Clinical Guide for Mechanical Ventilation’. Dr. Goldsworthy’s is currently an Associate Professor in the School of Nursing at Nipissing University. Sandra’s previous positions have included: Associate Dean Teaching, Learning and Technology, Director of Blended and Online Learning and Associate Professor (with tenure) in the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Calgary. In addition, she held a Research Professorship in Simulation from 2015-2019. The Research Professorship resulted in the development of a research team, research collaborations (locally, nationally and internationally) and design and implementation of more than 15 active research projects of which she is principal investigator. Sandra holds three national certifications: Canadian Nurses Association credentials in Critical Care and Medical Surgical Nursing as well as CASN Canadian Certified Nurse Simulation Educator credential (CCNSE). She is a member of a number of national and international committees including her roles as a Vice President of the World Federation of Critical Care Nurses Association and Co-chair of the CASN Virtual Simulation Advisory Board. Dr. Goldsworthy is passionate about improving patient safety and provider preparation through simulation. Her research program focuses on the impact of simulation in building competence in recognition and response to the deteriorating patient, reduction of medication errors and improving health team communication competencies through interprofessional simulation education.

Ahmed Rhassane El Adib

MD

President of pedagogical commission of the Faculty of Medicine of Marrakesh
Educational Manager of Marrakesh Simulation and Innovation in Health Sciences Center
Vice-President of the Moroccan Society of Medical Simulation (Morocco Sim)
Head of Anesthesia and Critical Care in Gynecology-Obstetrics Department
Mother and child hospital, Mohammed VI University Hospital, School of medicine, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakesh, Morocco

Elizabeth Barrera Villanueva

MD, MPA, PhD

Técnica en Enfermería por el CECyT #6 Miguel Othón de Mendizábal
Médica Cirujana y Partera egresada de la Escuela Superior de Medicina del Instituto Politécnico Nacional. Maestra en Administración de Hospitales y Salud Pública y Doctora en Administración de Hospitales y Salud Pública por el Instituto de Estudios Superiores en Administración Pública y Privada de México.
Licenciada en Relaciones Internacionales por la Universidad Tecnológica de México.
Comenzó desde hace 5 años como docente en la Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud de UNITEC México, se integró al equipo de Simulación en uno de sus campus y continuó su colaboración en el Corporativo de Ciencias de la Salud como Coordinadora de Estructura y Función y Simulación Clínica, donde ha colaborado en distintos proyectos como Concursos Intercampus de Body Painting, Jornadas de Simulación Interprofesionales, ECOE´s virtuales, entre otros. Se ha consolidado como mentora del Modelo Educativo de la Universidad y dentro de sus actividades actuales se desempeña como Secretaria del Comité de Investigación de UNITEC México y Docente de la Facultad de Medicina.

Jessy Mariel Escobar Cantarero

MD, MBA, PhD

Doctora en Medicina y Cirugía por la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, MBA por la Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana y Doctora en Educación por la Universidad Iberoamericana. Miembro fundador de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud de la Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana en Honduras. Actualmente es Directora de Modelo Educativo y Nuevas Tecnologías para Ciencias de la Salud en la Universidad Tecnológica de México, teniendo a su cargo de la estandarización del modelo educativo en los 9 campus de la UNITEC, manejando 9 centros de simulación en todo el país. Su línea de trabajo ha evolucionado en torno a las nuevas herramientas y metodologías para la enseñanza y el aprendizaje en ciencias de la salud, figurando como líder internacional en el componente de Estructura y Función. De igual manera ha fortalecido la simulación en la carrera de Enfermería, convirtiendo a la UNITEC en referente en esta área, con contribuciones en capacitación docente, evaluación del aprendizaje con la realización de ECOE´S masivos y simulación virtual, las cuales la han hecho acreedora a reconocimentos nacionales e internacionales.

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Bergen Morehouse

BA

Bergen Morehouse is the Director of Competitive Events for HOSA – Future Health Professionals, overseeing the implementation of 84 competitions and over 10,000 participants annually. Her background is in rural healthcare workforce strategies including a focus on pipeline activities which connect K-12th grade students to healthcare industry resources and post-secondary education options. She also has experience in physician and allied health recruitment to rural and frontier areas and has been with HOSA since 2013.

Bethany Eytchison-Fung

MSN, RN

Bethany has been in nursing practice for 14 years working in critical care. She worked at Chabot College in Hayward California teaching the nursing program fundamentals and advance med surg students from 2019-2021.

Eliana Escudero Zuñiga

CNM, Mag.

Nurse- Midwife, Certification in Medical Education, Master in Education Sciences. Instructor and trainer at the Clinical Simulation Center from the Pennstate Hershey University, USA.

Member of the OMS “Community Global Patient Safety Network”.
Member of the International Affairs Committee, INACSL.

Currently, Dean of the Faculty of Health and Dentistry in Universidad Diego Portales, Chile

Founding partner and secretary of the Asociación Latinoamericana de Simulación Clínica, ALASIC, currently designated FLASIC. Founding partner and president of the Sociedad Chilena de Simulación Clínica y Seguridad del Paciente, in Chile, SOCHISIM.

Internationally recognized by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, at the IMSH 2015 New Orleans USA, due to the role in the development, leadership, and work in clinical simulation in Latin America.

Awarded by the International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning (INALCS) in the category: “Spirit of Simulation” Leadership Excellence Award: Advancing the field of Nursing Simulation & Clinical Laboratories 2016.

Past board member (January 2019 to January 2021) of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH), USA.
Author of books chapters, scientific publications, and investigation projects.

Jan Mould

RN, BSN, MEd

Jan Mould is the Deputy Director of Competitive Events for HOSA – Future Health Professionals. With 39 years as a registered nurse, twenty-five years of those years were spent in the classroom as a Health Science Instructor. Mrs. Mould has been involved with HOSA-Future Health Professionals in Competitive Events since 2004 and joined the staff in 2015.

Pablo Garcia-Sanchez

Physiotherapist, PhD

Educator, Physiotherapist and Specialized consultant in Clinical Reasoning, Innovation and Technology.
I help Health Professionals to improve patients’ experience.
Assistant Professor at the Physiotherapy Department in Universidad Europea at Madrid, since 2006.

Redante D. Mendoza

MD

A medical doctor and pathologist by training, Red has been involved with education and training for more than 15 years. Originally based in Singapore, he is now in the Philippines where he is currently the Head of Teaching Innovations and e-Learning at the St Luke’s Medical Center College of Medicine – WHQM. His advocacy is digitalization in medical education.

Taysir Said Garadah

Professor

Professor of medicine and cardiology
College of Medicine and Medical Sciences (CMMS)
Arabian Gulf University (AGU)
Kingdom of Bahrain
Director of medical skills and simulation center (MSSC) in AGU

Antonio Marttos

MD

Dr. Antonio Marttos’ current academic rank is Associate Professor of Surgery, Director of Global e-Health/Trauma Telemedicine, Co-Director of the William Lehman Injury Research Center, Ryder Trauma Center- Jackson Memorial Hospital -University of Miami.

Dr. Marttos completed his Medical (1993) and Surgical Residency training in Brazil in 1997. He was professor of Emergency Medicine and Trauma Surgeon at ABC Foundation Medical School in Brazil and Chief of Surgery at Santa Marina Hospital in Brazil. In 2004 he joined Jackson Memorial Hospital for Surgical Critical Care and Trauma Fellowship. At the end of his appointment, in 2006 he joined the University of Miami faculty in the division of Trauma and Critical Care.

Dr. Marttos, a pioneer in Trauma Telemedicine has been involved in numerous studies and clinical activities for the Defense Department, the U.S. Department of State, and the Florida Department of Health. He created a statewide Trauma Telemedicine Network and received the health department’s Outstanding Leadership Award and also the First Annual State Surgeon General Health Innovation, Prevention, and Management Award for these efforts. He is also deeply involved in developing telemedicine solutions to provide expert support in multiple trauma environments, including the Resuscitation and Intensive Care units, the operating room, pre-hospital and mass casualty.

He led the Telemedicine Education and Advice for Military Medicine (TEAMM) project, which linked the Ryder Trauma Center with the U.S. Air Force, and has explored the use of telemedicine in mass casualty exercises with the U.S. Army Forward Surgical Teams, as well as in exercises conducted at multiple hospitals across Florida.
Most recently, Dr. Marttos has created an unparalleled Global Telemedicine program funded by the Department of State to provide trauma telemedicine support services in Iraq. The program has received national attention and is now considered the gold standard for such programs.
Dr. Marttos was a finalist for the 2011 Community Health Promotion Award, International Health Promotion Awards and is involved in the creation of multiple networks like the one in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the Soccer World Cup and the Olympic Games.

In 2011, Dr. Marttos was named the Brazilian Olympic Committee Team Physician for the 2012 London Olympic Games as well as the 2015 Toronto PanAmerican Games. In 2015, Dr. Marttos was in charge of Emergency Medical Services and MCI Response for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games being also the physician in responsible for the medical care for all VIP and foreign countries chief of states at the opening and closing ceremonies for Rio 2016 Omylpics Olympics and Paralympic Games.
Dr. Marttos is currently the President of the Panamerican Trauma Society and is the Chief Medical Officer for the Miami Formula 1 GP.

Dea Goderdzishvili

MD

Medical Education and Research Specialist at Petre Shotadze Tbilisi Medical Academy (Georgia), coordinating integration of the Body Interact digital platform throughout the 6-year medical education programme of the university.

Dr. Goderdzishvili is specializing in the field of medical education and focusing on practical application and impact evaluation of innovative technologies in undergraduate medical studies.

Student Delegate at the 2019 World Health Assembly and the high-level meeting of the Global Parliamentarians Network UNITE at the European Parliament.

Pierrot Alemany Sekelj

CRNA

Apart of being a nurse over the last 15 years in critical care and anesthesia, Pierrot has been working with simulation-based training of healthcare professionals since 2009. After gathering experiences as simulation technician and debriefing facilitator he is now full time responsible for technical solutions and course development at the Learning and Research Center, Hospital of Southern Jutland, Denmark.

Gül Şahin Karaduman

Phd, RN, Assistant Prof.

Gül Şahin Karaduman received her undergraduate degree from Gülhane Military Medical Academy, School of Nursing. She worked as a operating room nurse and clinical nurse for 11 years. Now, she is working as an assistant professor in the University of Health Sciences Turkey, Gülhane Faculty of Nursing. She has been interested in simulation in nursing education and has several publications on this.

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Pedro Pinto, CEO

Daniela Abreu, Instructional Designer

Yau Sui Yu Ivy, PhD, MBA(HSM), MNurs, PGDE, BNurs(Hons), RN, RT

Lulu Sherif, MD, CHSE-A, MSc (HSP)

David Abarca, MD

Claudia Regina Dias Siqueira, MD

Camila Picharillo, BSN, RN (Health Management)

Jyoti Shrestha, MSc., PGCert., BN, RN (Adult)

Sara Morris, MEd, MA, BN, RN (Adult and Child), SFHEA

Gül Şahin Karaduman, Phd, RN, Assistant Prof.

Meet our 2023 speakers

Camila Picharillo

Claudia Regina Dias Siqueira

David Abarca

Gül Şahin Karaduman

Jyoti Shrestha

Lulu Sherif

Sara Morris

Yau Sui Yu Ivy

Virtual Patient Simulator

About Body Interact

Soledad Armijo

MD, CHSE-A

Jorge Alvarado

MD

Alváro Priale Z.

MD

Ana Pinto de Oliveira

MD, PhD Student

Ana Olivia Rodriguez Fernández

MD

Josefina Serrano Pérez

MD, MEM

Beatriz Martinez

PhD

Yau Sui Yu Ivy

PhD, MBA(HSM), MNurs, PGDE, BNurs(Hons), RN, RT

David Abarca

MD

Claudia Regina Dias Siqueira

MD

Camila Picharillo

BSN, RN (Health Management)

Sara Morris

MEd, MA, BN, RN (Adult and Child), SFHEA

Lulu Sherif

MD, CHSE-A, MSc (HSP)

Jyoti Shrestha

MSc., PGCert., BN, RN (Adult)

Henrique Alexandrino

MD, PhD, FACS

Thania Lineth Espinal

Dra. en Medicina y Cirugía MD

Pablo César García-Sánchez

Fisioterapeuta, PhD Neurociencias

Oscar Martinez

MD, PhD

Oscar Oliva

Profesor del departamento de enfermería de la Universidad Europea de Madrid (UEM) RN, Prof.

Scarllen Perez

Médico General MD

Manuel José Párraga Ramírez

Doctor en Medicina, Especialista en Medicina Intensiva MD, PhD

Rodolfo Paredes

Director Académico de Educación Clínica y Simulación, Dirección General de Educación Clínica y Simulación, Vicerrectoría Académica, Universidad Andrés Bello DMV, PhD

Soledad Armijo

MD, CHSE-A

Paata Tsagareishvili

MD

Dra. en Medicina y Cirugía
MD

Profesor del departamento de enfermería de la Universidad Europea de Madrid (UEM)
RN, Prof.

Médico General
MD

Doctor en Medicina, Especialista en Medicina Intensiva
MD, PhD

Director Académico de Educación Clínica y Simulación, Dirección General de Educación Clínica y Simulación, Vicerrectoría Académica, Universidad Andrés Bello
DMV, PhD