MMEL student Jared Kutzin presents at International Meeting of Simulation in HealthCare

Jared Kutzin DNP MPH (MMEL 2013) served as co-chair of podium presentations at the recent International Meeting of Simulation in HealthCare in Orlando, Jan. 26 鈥 Jan 31, 2013. During the conference he taught an immersive course on 鈥淯sing Simulation to Teach and Conduct a Root Cause Analysis鈥 with colleagues.

Dr. Kutzin also presented a session at IMSH titled "Can you hear me now? Engaging Patients in Medical Care as well as SimWARS". Dr. Kutzin is the director of simulation at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, N.J. Previously he was director of Nursing & Clinical Simulation at IMSAL (The Institute for Medical Simulation and Advanced Learning).

Kutzin received a bachelor鈥檚 degree from Hofstra University in community health education, a bachelor鈥檚 degree in nursing from Columbia University, a master of public health degree in health policy and management from Boston University, and his doctor of nursing practice degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where he focused on using simulation to improve the nursing graduates transition to practice. And now he will graduate with a master of science in medical education leadership from the University of 51小黄车 College of Osteopathic Medicine in May 2013.

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