James Cleveland, PhD, RN, MSN
Director, Center for Simulation Innovation
School of Nursing, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Dr. James Cleveland is the Director for the Center for Simulation Innovation (CSI), and faculty member at UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing. He served in the Army as Lieutenant Colonel after nearly 28 years of combined military service specializing in Emergency and Trauma Nursing earning Certification in Emergency Nursing (CEN). He served in the Gulf War and Operation Joint Endeavor and was a member of a DOD initiative, The Joint Trauma Training Center, where he taught trauma care. He conducted research using simulation for trauma teams publishing use of high-fidelity patient simulation (HFPS) findings for military surgical teams.

Presenting at the Nexus Summit:

Background: The Quality Enhancement Plan at UT Health San Antonio, Linking Interprofessional Networks for Collaboration (LINC), serves as the institutional blueprint for transforming campus-wide interprofessional education (IPE). A key component of this plan includes cultivating knowledge and skills in faculty and staff to increase IPE opportunities for learners. The LINC Faculty and Staff Development Program was launched in Fall 2020 to achieve this goal. Design/Methodology: This program included three synchronous online workshops. The first workshop provided a broad overview of IPE…