Artist | Simulationist

CV (condensed)

Education

2020 Master of Science in Healthcare Simulation University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

2014 Bachelor of Fine Arts Studio University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

1995 BA Communications / Journalism Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL

Professional Experience

2022 Operations Specialist | Independent Consultant and Developer | Moulage Artist

2018 - 2022 Creative Specialist | Equipment Technician

2015 – 2018 Clinical Simulation Equipment Technician.

Teaching

Stop the Bleed | Wound Management I clientele grant

Simulation-Design, Facilitation, Debriefing, and Coaching | IMSH Workshop

Wound Management | Workshop/Community Outreach,

Technical Enhancement and Moulage Basics | Workshop, Master of Science in Healthcare

Creating Scenario Based Moulage | Workshop, Innovation Academy

Operational Efficiency/Procedural Simulation | Poster Presentation

Successful In Situs: A Simulation Specialist’s Perspective SimGhost2019 Miami

Technical Enhancements to Increase Fidelity, Breakout Session JCCC, Kansas

Intermediate Moulage Workshop. SimGhost2018, Memphis TN

Technical Enhancements/Modifications in Healthcare Simulation | Workshop

Beginner Level Moulage Practices and Applications Train the Trainer Course

Professional Development

2019 Innovation Academy | University of Alabama at Birmingham

2017 TeamStepps Master Training | Duke University, NC.

2016 Mini-Quality Academy UAB School of Health Professions

Link to Full CV

During the Summer of 2015, I found myself volunteering for a small team of UAB staff in their Office of Interprofessional Simulation. As a UAB alumni from the Department of Art and Art History I approached this volunteer position with an investigative eye and would at least come away with a documentary photography project. What I came away with proved to be so much more. I took a leap of faith and presented the co-director with a personal observation. and justification for why they needed someone who could devote the dedicated time required in maintaining all the various equipment that was required in the delivery of simulation. I was eyeing one particular area where I could thrive. Moulage. I was hired full-time on the fourteenth of November 2015. My birthday.

I spent nearly 7 years with the University of Alabama at Birmingham simulation center, a non-profit orgainization promoting better training for medical and healthcare professionals while improving patient safety and clinical practice.