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Program, Abstracts, and Emerging Ideas

Welcome from Simulation Center Leaders

On behalf of the UT Southwestern Simulation Center, we are thrilled to have you join us for our ninth annual Charles Morris Ginsburg Simulation-Based Quality Improvement and Research Forum. Since opening the Center in 2018, we have hosted high-quality simulation activities for a large volume of learners and offered a variety of content and simulation methods.

We are grateful for the overwhelming institutional support for this effort. This forum aims to recognize the tremendous amount of scholarly activity that students, trainees, faculty, scientists, and educators are generating within our simulation community. We embrace further growth of these activities as our participants continue to explore innovative aspects of simulation. We would like to thank our presenters for their contributions, and we are delighted to welcome Dr. Laurah Turner as our keynote speaker.

Daniel Scott, M.D., FACS

Daniel Scott, M.D., FACS

Assistant Dean of Simulation and Student Integration

  • Professor, Department of Surgery
  • Director, Simulation Center
Krystle Campbell, D.H.A., M.S., CHSE, FACHDM

Krystle Campbell, D.H.A., M.S., CHSE, FACHDM

Assistant Vice President, Education Operations – Academic Affairs

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
  • Director of Operations, Simulation Center

John D. Beaver, M.P.A., M.Ed., CCRP, CHSE

Assistant Director of Clinical Operations, Simulation Center

Keynote Speaker

Headshot of Laurah Turner, Ph.D. 

Laurah Turner, Ph.D.

Turner presents “What Happens When Artificial Intelligence Meets the Art of Medical Education?” Dr. Turner has spent her career answering that question – and her work is reshaping how clinicians learn, grow, and deliver safer care. She serves as Associate Dean for Artificial Intelligence and Educational Informatics and Associate Professor of Biostatistics, Health Informatics, and Data Sciences and Medical Education at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. She is also co-founder of 2-Sigma, an educational technology company building AI-powered platforms designed to bring personalized, mastery-based learning to health care training at scale.

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    An interdisciplinary scholar with deep expertise in artificial intelligence, natural language processing, fuzzy logic, and educational informatics, Dr. Turner leads national and international initiatives to integrate AI responsibly and equitably into medical education. Her research harnesses multiagent architectures, learning analytics, and adaptive assessment systems to advance precision medical education – meeting each learner where they are and accelerating the path to clinical competence.

    Her contributions to the field extend well beyond the classroom and simulation suite. Dr. Turner has secured multiple competitive grants, holds several patents pending on AI-driven educational platforms, and has been invited to serve on advisory committees for the AAMC, AMA, ABMS, and the International Advisory Committee on AI in Health Professions Education. She is a sought-after voice on the global stage, delivering invited keynotes, grand rounds, and workshops at leading institutions around the world.

    At the heart of her work is a deceptively simple conviction: Every learner deserves individualized, high-quality feedback – and AI can make that possible for everyone, not just the few. By scaling feedback, fostering equity, and capturing the nuance of clinical reasoning, Dr. Turner envisions a future where mastery-based medical training is no longer a privilege of circumstance but a standard of care.

Program Overview

The ninth annual Charles Morris Ginsburg Simulation-Based Quality Improvement and Research Forum is offered to the medical and scientific community to increase interprofessional collaboration in simulation, to provide guidance in translating simulation training to clinical outcomes, and to showcase high-quality simulation-related education, research, and quality improvement projects. This forum is designed to bring these teams together to learn with and from one another, creating a collaborative, safe learning environment in which learners from a variety of professions have an opportunity to learn about efforts across campus, share their own projects, gain others’ feedback on ideas, and seek mentoring opportunities. The format features a keynote speaker, abstract presentations with an interactive Q&A, a panel discussion on emerging ideas in simulation, poster sessions with interactive Q&A, and a breakout workshop.

Target Audience

This program is designed for physicians, residents, advanced practice providers, nurses and other health care workers, health educators, students, researchers, administrators, simulation team members, patient advocates, health legislators, engineers, and regional and partner health care organizations.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this symposium, attendees will be able to:

  • List translational science studies that use simulation-based education to improve patient outcomes.
  • Describe how simulation-based interventions can shape learners’ competency.
  • Measure different simulation outcomes, including opportunities to gauge return on investment (ROI) within attendees’ own work.
  • Describe advantages of simulation-based education and mastery learning over traditional education strategies.
  • Apply newly learned knowledge to the development of simulation-based interventions in education, assessment, and quality improvement efforts.

Educational Methods

Didactic and abstract presentations and Q&A sessions will synthesize complex theory with practical applications.

Agenda

  • 7-8 a.m. — Welcome Remarks
    • Speakers: Daniel Scott, M.D., Sherry Huang, M.D., and John Beaver, M.P.A., M.Ed., CCRP, CHSE
    • Keynote Address: Applied Intelligence: Integrating AI Technologies Into Health Professions Education
    • Laurah Turner, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Artificial Intelligence and Educational Informatics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
  • 8-8:15 a.m. — Poster Viewing and Coffee Break
    • Poster Viewing and Coffee Break
  • 8:15-9:40 a.m. — Oral Presentations

    Moderators: Anna Silberman, M.D., and Kavita Joshi, M.D.

    Presentations:

    1. UT Southwestern Simulation Center GME Core Curriculum TeamSTEPPS 2025
      Presenter: Ellie Jang, B.S.A
    2. How Virtual Reality Curriculum Design Shapes Bioanastomotic Learning Curves in Robotic Simulation
      Presenter: Samy Castillo, M.D.
    3. Accelerating Validity in AI-Assisted Clinical Skills Assessment: Using Item and Factor Analysis to Optimize a Pediatric OSCE Rubric
      Presenter: Ngoc Van Horn, M.D., CHSE
    4. Raising the Bar in Simulation-Based Training: Feasibility, Perceptions, and Early Outcomes of the Advanced Training in Laparoscopic Suturing (ATLAS) Curriculum for Surgical Trainees
      Presenter: Sofia Garces Palacios, M.D.
    5. Utilizing the ‘Poverty Simulation’ as Training for Managing Student-Run Free Clinics
      Presenter: Benjamin Popokh, B.S., B.S.A.
    6. Enhancing Nurse Residency with Mobile, Low-Fidelity Simulation
      Presenter: Jolly Varughese Thomas, M.S.N., RN, NPD-BC
    7. From Clicks to Shocks: Can Virtual Practice Improve Real-Time Performance?
      Presenter: Rosalind Ma, M.D.
    8. Reducing Falls in Hospitalized Adult Psychiatric Patients Through Simulation Training
      Presenter: Natalie Ramirez, B.S.N., RN, PMHN-BC
  • 9:40-9:55 a.m. — Poster Viewing and Coffee Break
    • Poster Viewing and Coffee Break
  • 9:55-11:10 a.m. — Emerging Ideas Oral Presentations

    Moderators: Sneha Bhat, M.D. and Rosalind Ma, M.D.

    Presentations:

    1. Intuagen: Generating Clinical Intuition Through Patient Simulation
      Presenter: Darlene King, M.D.
    2. Evaluating the Impact of Simulation-Based Competency Training on Emergency Department Procedural Sedation Outcomes
      Presenter: Rosalind Ma, M.D.
    3. Building a Simulation-Ready, Validated Assessment Tool for RAMIE: Integrating Scoping Review Findings, Task Analysis, and Delphi Consensus
      Presenter: Bryanna Stukes, M.D.
    4. Stringing the PEARLS: Adapting the Promoting Excellence and Reflective Learning in Simulation (PEARLS) Debriefing Framework to Address Gaps in Clinical Reasoning and Communication Skills in Pediatric Clerkship Comprehensive Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (COSCEs)
      Presenter: Erica Scott, M.D.
    5. Preparing Clinicians for Palliative Extubation: A Simulation Enhanced Learning Model
      Presenter: Peter Jang, M.D.
    6. SIM-Possible: Reimagining the MS1 Integrative Simulation Experience
      Presenters:Sarah Cunningham, MS2, Ngoc Van Horn, M.D., CHSE, Julie Nguyen, MS2, Rachel Prince, MS2, and Heath Yancey, MS3
    7. Integrating AI-Supported OSCEs with Narrative Reflection
      Presenter: Benjamin Popokh, B.S., B.S.A.
  • 11:15 a.m.-Noon — Panel Discussion

    AI Augmented Education in Science and Medicine: Transforming Learning across Health Care

    • Moderators: Daniel Scott, M.D., FACS, and Stuart Ravnik, Ph.D.
    • Panelists:
      Laurah Turner, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Artificial Intelligence and Educational Informatics; Associate Professor of Medical Education; Associate Professor of Biostatistics, Health Informatics. and Data Sciences, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
      Wendy Chapman, Ph.D., Associate Dean, Health Informatics, Chief Learning Health Officer
    • Thomas Dalton, M.D., Associate Professor of Internal Medicine; Director of Academic Colleges
    • Ruan Peifeng, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Quantitative Biomedical Research
    • Ashley F. Holroyd, Ed.D., BIE, CSSBB, CPXP, CPPS, Associate Vice President, Quality and Operational Excellence
    • Andrew Jamieson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Lyda Hill Department of Bioinformatics
  • Noon-12:45 p.m. — Appreciation Lunch
    • Appreciation Lunch
  • 12:45-1 p.m. — Simulationist of the Year Award
    • Simulationist of the Year Award
  • 1-4 p.m. — Southwestern Academy of Teachers Symposium
    • Southwestern Academy of Teachers Symposium

View Poster and Oral Presentations

Continuing Education

  • Continuing Medical Education (CME)

    Accreditation and Credit Designation Statements

    The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim credit only commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • Nursing Continuing Professional Development (NCPD)

    UT Southwestern Medical Center is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This activity provides 4.0 NCPD credits for the morning session attendance and 6.0 NCPD credits for all-day attendance.

  • Disclosure of Financial Relationships

    As an organization accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Office of Continuing Education (UTSW CE) requires that the content of CME activities and related materials provide balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor. Planning must be free of the influence or control of any ineligible company and promote improvements or quality in health care. In accordance with ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, all persons in the position to control the content of an education activity are required to disclose all financial relationships in any amount occurring within the past 24 months with any ineligible company producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by or used on patients. UT Southwestern also considers ineligible those companies producing, marketing, selling, reselling, or distributing health care products in development for future use on patients, such as health care research companies.

  • Exception for Disclosure of Financial Relationships

    Accredited providers do not need to identify, mitigate, or disclose relevant financial relationships for accredited education that is nonclinical, such as leadership or communication skills training. In accordance with this exception, this activity content has been designated as exempt from the disclosure identification and mitigation process.

  • CME and NCPD Certificates

    CME and NCPD certificates will be available online. Confirmation of successful completion of this activity is provided to the Office of Continuing Education and Nursing Professional Development by the Simulation Center. You will receive an email upon confirmation of your attendance at the conference, seven business days after the program. The email will contain instructions for you to claim credit. Sessions eligible for CME and NCPD credit are noted in the agenda. If you have any questions about claiming CME credit, please email ceoffice@utsouthwestern.edu. If you have questions regarding NCPD credits, please nursingcontinuingprofessionaldevelopment@utsouthwestern.edu the Nursing Continuing Professional Development team.

  • Disclaimer

    This CME program or activity has been planned to be well-balanced and objective in discussion of comparative treatment regimens and allows for the free scientific exchange of ideas. All treatment recommendations in a CME program or activity must be based on evidence that is accepted within the profession of medicine as adequate justification for their indications and contraindications in the care of patients. All scientific research referred to, reported, or used in CME in support or justification of a patient care recommendation conforms to the generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection, and analysis. Information and opinions offered by the speakers represent their viewpoints. Conclusions drawn by the audience should be derived from careful consideration of all available scientific information.

Acknowledgments

The UT Southwestern Simulation Center wishes to acknowledge members of the Forum Planning Group, the Simulation Center’s technical team and staff, the Office of Communications, Marketing, and Public Affairs, and the Office of Continuing Education for their dedicated efforts and teamwork.

  • Daniel Scott, M.D., FACS
  • Krystle Campbell, D.H.A., M.S., CHSE, FACHDM
  • John Beaver, M.P.A, M.Ed., CCRP, CHSE
  • Ciara Berry, D.N.P., RN, CHSE, CNEcl
  • Billie Paschal, B.A.A.S.,
    M.S.-H.P.Ed., CHSOS
  • Meghan Michael, M.D.
  • Kavita Joshi, M.D.
  • Vraj Shah
  • Kimberly Nelson, M.S.N., RNC-OB
  • Mark Vinciguerra, M.Div.
  • Archana Nilaweera
  • Ian Nazareno
  • Rosalind Ma, M.D.
  • Anna Silberman, M.D.
  • Sneha Bhat, M.D.
  • Stuart Ravnik, P.h.D.
  • Dan Sepdham, M.D.
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