Lori Persico, Ph.D., RN CHSE, is the Director of Simulation Education and is an Assistant Professor at Barbara H. Hagan School of Nursing and Health Sciences for Molloy University. For over a decade, she has been involved in simulation-based education for nursing fellowships, hospital-based systems, interprofessional teams, and graduate and undergraduate nursing programs. Recently, she obtained an Endorsement from INACSL for best practices for the university’s simulation program. Dr. Persico is the chair of the Healthcare Simulation Standards of Best Practice Committee™ and the lead for the HSSOBP™ Committee for Prebriefing: Preparation and Briefing. Her scholarship includes HSSOBP: Facilitation™, and her dissertation Comparison of Two Debriefing Methods was recently published. She is a Teaching and Learning Journal reviewer as a content expert on debriefing. Dr. Persico has mentored countless educators on the best practices for simulation-based education and collaborates with colleagues to develop simulation programs that develop critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and sound clinical judgment.

Heather is an Associate Professor at Mount Royal University (MRU) in Calgary AB and a current member with International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning (INACSL). As an ongoing member of an INACSL international subcommittee she continues to provide support to international INACSL members. As a Registered Nurse for 35 years Heather has held numerous positions in the adult health population with most of her experience in cardiology including the clinical nurse educator role (CNE) prior to joining MRU in 2009. She continues to practice in acute care and maintains currency of practice. Recent research interests in simulation have focused on modalities that support student learning including understanding the observer and active participant roles in simulation Tag-Team Simulation Rapid cycle deliberate practice (RCDP) speaking up for patient safety and a growing interest in virtual simulation.

Robert Catena is an Associate Professor at Mount Royal University-School of Nursing and Midwifery (SoNM). He has over 8 years of simulation-based experience. Robert continues to be involved in the SoNM simulation program contributing to the development and integration of simulation-based education in the SoNM curriculum. In addition Robert continues to be involved as a senior facilitator within the KidSIM Simulation Program at the Alberta Children’s Hospital focusing on interprofessional education. Robert has taken many simulation-based professional development courses/workshops notably: the Comprehensive Instructor Workshop from the Center for Medical Simulation-Institute for Medical Simulation (Harvard) TeamSTEPPS Master Trainer Canadian Certified Simulation Nurse Educator (CCSNE) and Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE).