About our Team
Our team's clinical and educational expertise allows us to design and facilitate realistic and effective workshops or single scenarios for practicing professionals as well as medical and nursing students. Clinical expertise ensures that the experience is realistic and clinically relevant to practice. Staff are also experienced educators and simulation experts and utilize their knowledge and skills to maximize learning.
Position Opening: Simulation Educator (Full time)
HealthPartners Clinical Simulation is accepting applications for a full-time simulation educator. To facilitate simulation-related educational experiences on behalf of .HealthPartners Clinical Simulation, a department within the Institute for Medical Education. The Simulation Educator provides clinical, educational, and technical expertise in the development, implementation, and evaluation of educational and performance assessment initiatives through the use of simulation-based assessment and education methodologies. The Educator collaborates with others to facilitate curriculum development and program evaluation. During simulation sessions, this individual operates the mannequins and other simulation equipment, programs scenarios, utilizes role-playing, props, clinical equipment and dialogue to create a realistic learning environment. Click here for more information
Simulation Staff
Gail Johnson
Director email: Gail Johnson office: 651-254-1022 cell: 612-219-9637 fax: 651-254-4187 Click on photo for additional information 
Krista Kipper, BSN
Simulation Educator/Coordinator email: Krista Kipper cell: 612-816-1329 fax: 651-254-4187 Click on photo for additional information 
Stacy Chew, MSN, RN, ONC
Simulation Educator email: Stacy Chew cell: 507-358-9375 fax: 651-254-4187 Click on photo for additional information 
Hans Lamkin, EMT-I
Simulation Specialist email: Hans Lamkin cell: 651-399-7598 fax: 651-254-4187 Click on photo for additional information 
| Adjunct Faculty/InstructorsAmanda Bettencourt, BSN, RN
Nurse Educator Emily Binstadt, MD Senior Staff Physician, Emergency Department, Regions Hospital Lindsay Byrnes, MD Internal Medicine Residency, Chief Resident Wendy Dahl, RN Nurse Educator Rachel Dahms, MD Senior Staff Physician, Emergency Department, Regions Hospital Cullen Hegarty, MD Assistant Emergency Medicine Residency Director Stephanie Hvinden, RN Nurse Educator Michael Holth, MD Internal Medicine Residency, Chief Resident Sarah Linhoff, MS, RN Staff Development Specialist Cathy Meadows, MSN, RN Staff Development Specialist Jessie Nelson, MD Senior Staff Physician, Emergency Department, Regions Hospital Molly Nelson, RN Nurse Educator Wayne Schneider, EMT-P Paramedic Cindy Thomkins Nurse Educator Melissa Wall, BSN, RN Nurse Educator |
Sharing Expertise
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Johnson, G. & Kipper, K. (2011, May). Designing a Simulation-Based "Recognizing and Responding to a Deteriorating Patient" Program. Pre-conference workshop
presented at the Annual Midwest Healthcare Educators’ Academy, Grand Forks, ND.
Johnson, G. (2011, May). Debriefing: A Cornerstone of Simulation. Conference session presented at Simulation Users Group Conference, Grand Forks, ND.
Johnson, G. & Kipper, K. (2011, Jan). Designing a Simulation-Based "Recognizing and Responding to a Deteriorating Patient" Program for Med-Surg Nurses—A
Precursor to Rapid Response Teams. Workshop presented at the annual International Meeting for Simulation in Healthcare, New Orleans, LA.
Johnson, G., Kipper, K., Mann, K. & Gowan, J. (2011, Jan). An In-situ Simulation-based Continuing Education Program to Manage Medical Emergencies in the Dental
Clinic. Poster presented at the annual International Meeting for Simulation in Healthcare, New Orleans, LA.
Publications
Denning, S., Johnson, C., Johnson, D., Loen, M., Patow, C. & Brannen, C. (2008). Partners in Simulation: Public Academic-Private Health Care Collaboration. In R. Kyle
& W. Murray (Eds.), Clinical Simulation Operations, Engineering, and Management (335-44). Burlington, MA: Elsevier.
Johnson, G. & Kipper, K. (2011, May). Designing a Simulation-Based "Recognizing and Responding to a Deteriorating Patient" Program. Pre-conference workshop
presented at the Annual Midwest Healthcare Educators’ Academy, Grand Forks, ND.
Johnson, G. (2011, May). Debriefing: A Cornerstone of Simulation. Conference session presented at Simulation Users Group Conference, Grand Forks, ND.
Johnson, G. & Kipper, K. (2011, Jan). Designing a Simulation-Based "Recognizing and Responding to a Deteriorating Patient" Program for Med-Surg Nurses—A
Precursor to Rapid Response Teams. Workshop presented at the annual International Meeting for Simulation in Healthcare, New Orleans, LA.
Johnson, G., Kipper, K., Mann, K. & Gowan, J. (2011, Jan). An In-situ Simulation-based Continuing Education Program to Manage Medical Emergencies in the Dental
Clinic. Poster presented at the annual International Meeting for Simulation in Healthcare, New Orleans, LA.
Publications
Denning, S., Johnson, C., Johnson, D., Loen, M., Patow, C. & Brannen, C. (2008). Partners in Simulation: Public Academic-Private Health Care Collaboration. In R. Kyle
& W. Murray (Eds.), Clinical Simulation Operations, Engineering, and Management (335-44). Burlington, MA: Elsevier.
