Nicole Harder, RN, PhD, CHSE
Nicole Harder is an Assistant Professor with the College of Nursing, and the Mindermar Professor in Human Simulation, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba. Nicole has been with the University of Manitoba since 2000 in a variety of positions, including serving as the Coordinator for the College of Nursing Simulation Learning Centre. Her practice background has been as a women’s health nurse practitioner with the Canadian military, as well as several years working in the Canadian high arctic in remote health centers. Nicole has conducted several education sessions nationally and internationally educating faculty members on facilitation and debriefing techniques in simulation, and how to create effective simulation-based learning experiences. She is the Editor-in-Chief for the peer reviewed journal Clinical Simulation in Nursing, and serves on the Board of Directors for the International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning, and with the Réseau Simulation Canada Network. In addition, she has served as the Co-Chair of the Canadian Association for Schools of Nursing (CASN) Taskforce on Clinical Education, was the former Chair of the CASN Simulation Special Interest Group, and is the a Past-President of the Western and Northern Region-CASN.
Suzanne Hetzel Campbell, RN, PhD, IBCLC, FCNEI , CCSNE
Dr. Suzanne Hetzel Campbell, Emeritus Professor at the University of British Columbia, School of Nursing, Vancouver, Canada, is a seasoned global educator who uses technology and experiential learning pedagogy to build capacity in simulation. She provides ongoing leadership in facilitating faculty development workshops, mentoring new and seasoned authors to share their simulation designs in her award winning co-edited textbook and encouraging inter-professional simulations led by nurses. Understanding the complexities of bringing classrooms to life, she helps bridge the gap between education and practice. She is advancing interprofessional education, research, and practice by incorporating technical and non-technical skills such as communication, therapeutic relationship, leadership and team-building in her simulation research and international presentations and publications. Advancing nursing’s role in the development of knowledge, partnerships, and collaboration begin with the support of nursing faculty – Dr. Campbell’s commitment to professional development of nursing faculty spans two decades. Her clinical work in the area of lactation with underserved populations has led her to global and interdisciplinary work that melds with the goals of simulation. Enjoying didactic, clinical, and technological teaching she is excited to share her years of experience with the next generation of nursing faculty.
Marian Luctkar-Flude, RN, PhD
Dr. Marian Luctkar-Flude is an Assistant Professor at the Queen’s University School of Nursing. She has over 20 years’ experience as a medical-surgical nurse and over 15 years’ experience as an educator. She has been involved in simulation education since 2005 when she was appointed as the Nursing Lab Coordinator and helped to take the new high-fidelity simulators out of the box. During that time she led the development of the Queen’s nursing simulation program and collaborated with colleagues from the School of Medicine and the School of Rehabilitation Therapy to develop, implement and evaluate a series of interprofessional simulation modules for prelicensure students. She now holds a tenure track faculty position, but continues to be involved in curriculum development using various simulation strategies, and was awarded the Queen’s University Faculty of Health Sciences Education Award for Excellence and Innovation in Teaching in 2014.
Marian has been an active member of the International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning (INACSL) since 2010 and currently serves on the Research Committee and the Editorial Board of the journal Clinical Simulation in Nursing. She is also a member of other simulation organizations such as the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH), the SIM-one Healthcare Simulation Network, is a founding member and current Co-President of the Ontario Simulation Alliance (OSA) and the Canadian Network of Nurse Educators using Simulation (CAN-SIM), and is on the steering committee for the Canadian Virtual Simulation Community of Learning. She teaches in simulation design and research courses for the OSA/CAN-SIM, SIM-one, and the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN).
Her program of research initially focused on curriculum development and interprofessional education using simulation, and in 2016 she was the recipient of the INACSL Excellence in Research Award in recognition of this work. Her current research interests include faculty development, presimulation preparation, and virtual simulation games. She is the recipient of numerous educational research grants, has published widely in the field of simulation-based education, and has presented at numerous regional, national and international conferences and scientific conferences. She is known as a collaborator and mentor amongst her nursing and interprofessional colleagues in the simulation community.
Jane Tyerman, RN, PhD
Jane Tyerman, RN, PhD, CCSNE, is an associate professor at the University of Ottawa School of Nursing. She has over 29 years of experience in acute care clinical practice and 15 years of academic teaching experience at the graduate and undergraduate levels. She has an in-depth understanding of what it means to be a nurse in the complex and challenging environments in which nursing students learn and nurses work. Dr. Tyerman has made significant contributions to nursing education by advancing the pedagogy that underpins the effective use of clinical simulation and through her innovative use of technology to expand equity and access to high-quality teaching and learning resources. Dedicated to providing faculty development supporting simulation-based learning, she contributed to developing the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN) Certified Canadian Simulation Nurse Educator program and instructs course modules focusing on simulation design, evaluation, and scholarship. She received the 2020 International Nursing Association for Clinical and Simulation Learning Spirit of Leadership Award, the 2021 Canadian Network for Innovation in Education Excellence and Innovation In Instructional Design Award, the 2021 CASN Ethel Johns Award for distinguished service to nursing education in Canada, the 2022 University of Ottawa Health Science Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Prize, and the 2023 Society for Simulation in Healthcare Virtual Simulation Award for Innovation. Dr. Tyerman’s research and publications focus on developing nursing simulation, using curriculum integration, and using serious games and virtual simulation. Collaborating with nurse educators across Canada and internationally, she has authored multiple publications on simulation and virtual simulation games. Her expertise has led to co-creation of over 185 virtual simulation games, many available in French. Dr. Tyerman is known for her innovations, collaborations, and mentorship, encouraging nurse educators to excel in the delivery of simulation-based education.
Holldrid Odreman PhD, MScN-Ed, RN, CCNS, CCSNE
Dr. Holldrid Odreman is a Professor and Program Coordinator of the Honours Bachelor of Science in Nursing program in the School of Nursing at Niagara College in Welland, Ontario, a Canadian Certified Nurse Educator, and Canadian Certified Simulation Nurse Educator with the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN). His professional background is grounded in nursing education, with expertise in curriculum design, evidence-based practice, simulation-based learning, clinical teaching, and faculty development.
Dr. Odreman has taught across diploma and degree nursing programs, contributing to undergraduate and graduate nursing education. He has delivered presentations at national and international conferences on topics such as simulation, psychological safety, clinical reasoning, and transformational leadership in nursing students. His scholarly work includes peer-reviewed publications in journals such as Clinical Simulation in Nursing and Nursing Education Perspectives, as well as book chapters and conference proceedings focused on simulation and innovative teaching strategies.
Dr. Odreman is an active researcher and Principal Investigator on multiple funded studies exploring simulation-based training, student self-confidence, performance anxiety, and clinical skill development in nursing education. In addition, he serves as a reviewer for several peer-reviewed journals, including Clinical Simulation in Nursing and the Journal of Research in Interprofessional Practice and Education, and holds memberships in key professional organizations such as the International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning, the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, and the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing.