SEPTEMBER 29, 2018


Optimizing Health Professions Education with Simulation-Based Learning

WEILL CORNELL MEDICINE-QATAR

Joanne Davies, MSc, RM, CHSE

Joanne Davies

Director – Simulation Center and Life Support Training
Sidra Medical & Research Center

Joanne Davies RM, MSC, CHSE is from the UK and currently holds the position of Director – Simulation Center and Director of Life Support Training at Sidra Medical and Research Center, Doha , Qatar. www.sidra.org.

Joanne has been a clinician for 23 years, holds a Master’s Degree in Health Science and Education, is a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator and has a Simulation Instructor Training certification from the Center for Medical Simulation-Harvard. Joanne’s international career includes leadership positions in the UK, several Middle Eastern countries and Australia. Joanne has published and presented at numerous international conferences in the field of medical simulation including 2 chapters in a new clinical simulation book. Joanne is also co-founder of the Qatar Simulation Consortium (QSC), an active member of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSIH) and other international societies. Joanne is passionate about educating teams in team training principles, feedback and leadership skills to help improve outcomes in healthcare practices. Her work to date within Sidra has included building a simulation team, an extensive simulation program and working with international architects on the design and build of a state of the art simulation center.