Evaluation and Measurement of
Clinical Simulation-Based Experiences

Jill Sanko is an award winning simulation researcher with over 20 years experience in the healthcare simulation space. She began her career in simulation-based education at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center as the founding Associate Director of the Simulation and Patient Safety Program. Moving back to Miami 2008 for the next 12 years she worked in several research and teaching positions for U of Miami and Jackson Memorial Hospital further establishing herself as a leading expert in healthcare simulation to improve healthcare safety.

Dr. Sanko holds several certifications across related areas including, board certification as an Acute Care NP, as an Advanced Certified Simulation Educator, a Friday Night at the ER Team Learning Simulation Leader, and a Fellow of the Society for Simulation Academy. Her research interests include the intersection of simulation-based inter-professional team education to improve patient safety and the incorporation of systems thinking and systems-based practice in healthcare settings and education. She has over 40 articles, book chapters and other publications and has presented her work nationally and internationally. Her research efforts have also garnered awards from the Society for Simulation in Healthcare for her work Exploring the Relationship Between Team Cohesion and Team Performance, Simulation to Improve Situational Awareness, Simulation to Test a Hand Hygiene Reminding System, Simulation as a Means to Improve Adverse Event Reporting, and Exploration of Systems Thinking on Patterns of Adverse Event Reporting.

She is active in her community of practice as well; currently serving in several roles within the Society for Simulation in Healthcare including as co-chair of the distance simulation affinity group, chair of the meetings oversight committee, and chair of the Academy of Simulation Fellows. She is also part of the executive team for the Distance Simulation Collaboration.

Lance W. Baily, BA, EMT-B is the Founder / CEO of HealthySimulation.com, the world’s leading healthcare simulation resource website which supports thousands healthcare professionals a month. As an experienced entrepreneur, digital media producer and administrative professional, Lance has the background and the experience necessary to help guide the clinical simulation industry to mass adoption.

Lance is also the Founder of SimGHOSTS.org, the leading 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to supporting healthcare professionals operating clinical simulation technologies which has organized over twenty hands-on training conferences around the globe since 2011. His co-edited  book “Comprehensive Healthcare Simulation: Operations, Technology, and Innovative Practice” provides 400 pages of in-depth articles supporting the technical integration of medical simulation in any sized program.

Formerly he served as Director of the Nevada System of Higher Education’s Clinical Simulation Center of Las Vegas, Simulation Technician for the LA Community College District, and volunteer Fire-Fighter, after receiving his BA in Film and Digital Media Production and working on Hollywood production sets. He currently lives with his wife and two young daughters in Las Vegas.

Teresa Gore, PhD, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, CHSE-A, FSSH, FAAN - Dr. Gore has experience in educating future nurses in the undergraduate and graduate nursing programs. Dr. Gore has a PhD in Adult Education, a DNP as a family nurse practitioner, and a certificate in Simulation Education. Dr. Gore is an innovative, compassionate educator and an expert in the field of healthcare simulation. In 2007l Teresa started her journey in healthcare simulation. She is involved in INACSL and SSH. She is a Past-President of INACSL and is a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator Advanced (CHSE-A). In 2018, she was inducted as a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN). In 2021, she was inducted as a Fellow in the Society of Simulation in Healthcare Academy (FSSH) and selected as a Visionary Leader University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing Alumni. During her career, Dr. Gore has led in the development and integration of simulation into all undergraduate clinical courses and started an OSCE program for APRN students. Her research interests and scholarly work focus on simulation, online course development and faculty development. She has numerous invited presentations nationally and internationally on simulation topics.