Anna Nannicelli, Project Coordinator, presented the abstract Raising the Bar: Enhancing the Fidelity of In-situ Simulation in a Collaborative, Multi-institutional Team Training Project at the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH) Interprofessional Education and Healthcare Simulation Symposium on January 28th, 2012. This presentation described the logistical processes adopted to increase realism of the in-situ experience as part of the AHRQ and Michael Reese Health Trust-funded project: “Risk-Informed In-Situ Simulation for Pediatric Emergency Transfers” (PI: Holl/Woods).

Donna Woods, EdM PhD and a team of Co-Investigators at Northwestern were awarded one of the CHIPRA Pediatric Measures - Center of Excellence grants in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin Medical Center (PI), the American Medical Association (AMA), the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).  This research team included faculty from the Center for Healthcare Studies, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medical Social Sciences, Hospital Medicine, Children's Memorial Hospital, and Maternal Fetal Medicine.  Here is Dr. Woods' extraordinary team of Co-Investigators:  Jane Holl, MD, MPH, Romana Hasnain-Wynia, PhD, Steve Persell, MD, Jin-Shei Lai, PhD, David Cella, PhD, Elizabeth Hahn, MA, Susan Magasi, PhD, Nan Rothrock, PhD, Mark Williams, MD, Susanna McColley, MD, Bill Grobman, MD MBA