Out And About

Out And About

Our staff and faculty regularly travel on behalf of CMS for teaching, speaking and consulting engagements. Here is a compilation of the regular travelers and their commitment list. Perhaps you'll meet them Out & About...

Amanda Berube, Simulation Specialist
Jeff Cooper, PhD, Executive Director
Roxane Gardner, MD, Faculty - L&D program
Jordan Halasz, Operations Manager
Dan Raemer, PhD, Operations Director
Jenny Rudolph, PhD, Faculty - IMS
Robert Simon, EdD, CPE, Education Director
Sandra Slarsky, Business Development Director
Toni Beth Walzer, MD, Faculty - L&D program

October 2004	13: Raemer. NYU Anesthesia Dept. Grand Rounds
November 2004	5: Walzer. American Association of Medical Colleges annual meeting, Boston, MA. Simulation demonstration teleconference from CMS 19: Walzer. MIMEPS (Malpractice Insurers Medical Error Prevention Study) Colloquium on Patient Safety, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Simulation demonstration teleconference from CMS
December 2004	14 - 16: Cooper, Raemer, Simon, Gardner, Walzer. Society for Medical Simulation International Meeting on Medical Simulation, Obstetrical Simulation: State-of-the-Art 2005
January 2005
February 2005	3,4: Raemer & Simon. University of California, Davis Medical Center. Lecture and consultation. 17: Gardner. Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, MA. Grand Rounds 23 - 24: Lewis. Halasz. METI HPSN, Annual Meeting. Tampa, FL.
March	2: Raemer. University of Massachusetts, Department of Anesthesia. Grand Rounds 23: Cooper. University of Cincinnati, Department of Anesthesia. Grand Rounds, "Perioperative High Reliability Organizations." 30: Cooper. Abington Hospital, Pennsylvania. Medical Grand Rounds & Special Patient Safety Lecture, "High Reliability Organizations."
April	28, 29: Simon. Region Skåne Simulation Conference, Malmö, Sweden. Address and demonstration
May	2, 3: Simon. Malmö Center for Medical Simulation , Malmö, Sweden. Consultation 11 - 12: Raemer. 2nd annual AIMS (Advanced Initiatives in Medical Simulation) Conference and Congressional Exhibition. Washington, D.C. 17: Cooper. Harvard Medical School. Anesthesia Update and Review Address, "Perioperative High Reliability Organizations." 19 - 21: Raemer. SESAM (Society for Europe for Simulation in Applied Medicine) Annual Meeting, Bristol Medical Simulation Centre, Bristol, UK. Workshop & Poster exhibition 20 - 21: Gardner. NNEPQIN (Northern New England Perinatal Quality Improvement Network) Annual Spring Conference, Fairlee, VT. Address: "Effective Simulation Debriefing"
June	16 - 17: Raemer. Competency and Credentialing Institute (CCI), Philadelphia, PA 'The Future of Learning: Building a Bridge between Competency and Patient Safety.' Think Tank participant.
July	July 12-13: Simon. Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio. Lecture and consulting. 18: Cooper & Staff. AORN (Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses)/ ACS (American College of Surgeons) / ASA (American Society of Anesthesiologists), Executive Leadership Session: Live simulation videoconference. 20: Lewis. Massachusetts ACOG (American College of Obstetrician/Gynecologists) meeting. Exhibitor. Massachusetts Medical Society, Waltham, MA. 27: Cooper. Raemer. Simon. Rudolph. The Commonwealth Fund, New York, NY. Staff Retreat.
August	8: Cooper. Boston Medical Center. Anesthesia Grand Rounds. "Patient Safety and High Reliability Organization Theory for Anesthesia." Boston, MA. 10 - 11: Simon. Metropolitan State University. St. Paul, MN. "Transforming Healthcare Education: Introduction to Simulation." Keynote address. 17: Cooper. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Anesthesia Grand Rounds. "Safety Climate in Anesthesia." Boston, MA.
September	6: Raemer. Children's Hospital. Nursing Leadership Retreat. Lecture & Workshop: "Teamwork in Healthcare: How We Solve Problems in the Team." Cambridge, MA 12 - 14: Simon. Raemer. Rudolph. Mt. Hood Community College. Gresham, OR. "Simulation as a Teaching Tool: Instructor Training." 12 - 14: Lewis. ASPE (Association for Standardized Patient Educators) Annual Conference. Exhibitor. Chicago, IL. 17: Gardner. Harvard Medical School's Center of Excellence in Women's Health. Women with Disabilities Symposium Workshop, "Reproductive Care: Providing Appropriate Screening, Counseling, and Treatment." Boston, MA. With Jennifer Potter, MD and Jo-Anna Rorie, CNM, MSN, MPH, FACNM 21: Cooper. University of Massachusetts Medical Center. Anesthesia Grand Rounds. "Safety Climate in Anesthesia." Worcester, MA.
October	14: Raemer. Children's Hospital Boston. Critical Care Transport Program. Pediatric - Neonatal Critical Care Transport Conference. Lecture: "Crisis Resource Management/ Simulation Demonstration." Boston, MA. 20: Cooper. APSF (Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation) Board Workshop. "The Patient Perspective in Anesthesia Patient Safety." Atlanta, GA. 21: Raemer. Harvard Medical School. The Patient Safety Imperative. Lecture: "High Realism Simulation Training." Boston, MA. 21: Gardner. Harvard University. Harvard Interfaculty Program for Health Systems Improvement Third Annual Symposium. Co-chair for racial/ethnic healthcare disparities, "Reducing Disparities through Quality Improvement Efforts: Measurement and Organizational Challenges." Cambridge, MA 25 - 26: Lewis. MEDi Conference. Hartford, CT. 25 - 27: Simon. Raemer. Rudolph. Southern Alberta Institute of Technology. Calgary, Alberta, Canada. "Simulation as a Teaching Tool: Instructor Training."
November	1 - 3: Raemer. Queensland Health Skills Development Centre and Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital. Simtect 2005. Simulation Debriefing Workshops. Brisbane, Australia. 2: Cooper. American College of Chest Physicians. "Applications of Simulation to Patient Safety." Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 3 - 5: Simon. University Hospital Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain. I Reunion Nacional Sobre Simulacion Clinica y I Curso Instructores en Simulacion Medica. Keynote speaker and Workshop Director. 4: Cooper. Massachusetts Assocation for Healthcare Quality. "Teamwork in Healthcare." Sturbridge, MA. 8:Raemer. St. George Hospital. OR Department. Lecture: "Teamwork." Sydney, Australia. 10: Simon. Baystate Medical Center. Anesthesia Grand Rounds: "History and Basis for Patient Simulation." Springfield, MA. 11: Raemer. American Heart Association. Resuscitation Science Symposium. Session: "Simulation of Cardiac Resuscitation (Overview and Demonstration). Dallas, TX. 15: Cooper. LiveData workshop. Keynote address: "Patient Safety." Harvard Club, Boston, MA. 16: Gardner. Cambridge Health Alliance. "Perinatal Patient Safety Team Training - Train the Champions Day." With Allan Frankel, MD, Laura Maynard and Jeff Cooper. 29: Gardner. Montefiore Medical Center. OB Grand Rounds, "Perinatal Patient Safety: The Role of Obstetrical Simulation." New York, NY. 30: Cooper. Baylor College of Medicine. Anesthesia Grand Rounds. "Patient Safety and High Reliability Organization Theory for Anesthesia." Houston, TX. 30: Raemer. University of Cincinnati. Department of Anesthesia. Grand Rounds: "Two-challenge Rule." Cincinnati, OH.
December	12: Cooper. NYSSA (New York State Society of Anesthesiologists) Post Graduate Assembly. "Simulation and CME." New York, NY. 12 - 14: Lewis. IHI 17th National Forum on Quality Improvement in Healthcare. Exhibitor. Orlando, FL.
2006 January	14 - 17: Cooper. Raemer. Simon. Lewis. Gardner. Walzer. Halasz. Berube. 6th Annual IMMS (International Meeting on Medical Simulation). Workshop, Poster presentation, Exhibit, Keynote Address. San Diego, CA.
February
March	11: Simulation Saturday Open House. Center for Medical Simulation in association with the Amercian Society of Anesthesiologists. Cambridge, MA.
April
May	10 - 12. Cooper. Lewis. 8th Annual National Patient Safety Foundation Congress. Speaker and Exhibitor. San Francisco, CA. 13: Cooper. Raemer. Simon. Walzer. Gardner. Massachusetts Medical Society. Annual Education Program Session. "An Innovative Approach to Teamwork and Patient Safety." Boston, MA. 22 - 23: Berube. Simon. 12th International Ottawa Conference on Clinical Competence. Exhibitor. New York, NY.