The Educational Simulation Research Collaborative is open to MCG faculty who are interested in conducting simulation research. The collaborative is supervised by Dr. A.J. Kleinheksel, Assistant Dean and Director of Research and Evaluation for the MCG Educational Simulation program. The collaborative facilitates processes, leverages resources, and yields innovative and productive scholarship. Please contact Dr. Kleinheksel for more information about joining the Educational Simulation Research Collaborative at akleinheksel@augusta.edu.
Scholarship from the MCG Educational Simulation team has been presented in regional, national, and international venues, and have been published in interdisciplinary journals. The selected publications and presentations below represent recent avenues of investigation.
Seehusen, D., Kleinheksel, A. J., Huang, H., Harrison, Z., & Ledford, C. (2023). The power of one word to paint a halo or a horn: Demonstrating the halo effect in learner handover and subsequent evaluation. Academic Medicine, 98(9), 929-933.
Etheridge, R., Hernlen, K., Tews, M., & Kleinheksel, A. J. (2022). Leveraging medical simulation for faculty development in interprofessional education. Journal of Allied Health, 50(1), 3-8.
McNutt, R., Tews, M., & Kleinheksel, A. J. (2021). Student performance during simulated patient encounter has no impact on debriefer adherence to PEARLS debriefing model. Medical Science Educator, 31, 1141-1148.
Wyatt, T. R., Kleinheksel, A. J., & Tews, M. (2021). Linking patient ownership and professional identity formation through simulation. Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 33(2).
Kleinheksel, A. J., & Tews, M. (2020). Teaching an educational simulation elective outside the simulation center. Canadian Medical Education Journal, 11(5), e134-e135.
Tien, L., Wyatt, T. R., Tews, M., & Kleinheksel, A. J. (2019). Simulation as a tool to promote professional identity formation and patient ownership in medical students. Simulation and Gaming, 50(6), 711-724.
Kleinheksel, A. J., Agabin, E., Guven, A., Jones, C., & Lyon, M. (2024, January). Evaluating regional differences in simulation performance across a statewide medical campus system. Oral presentation at the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, San Diego, CA.
Harper, M., & Kleinheksel, A. J. (2024, January). Simulation facilitator self-assessment tool: An adapted self-assessment instrument to serve as both an incentive to motivate enrollment in a faculty development course and to conduct peer observations. Oral presentation at the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, San Diego, CA.
Cunningham, M., & Kleinheksel, A. J. (2024, January). Applying project management principles to simulation operations. Oral presentation at the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, San Diego, CA.
Cunningham, M., Harper, M., Tews, M., & Kleinheksel, A. J. (2023, January). Optimizing tele-simulation for remote participation in team-based simulation. Workshop conducted at the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, Orlando, FL.
Kleinheksel, A. J., Jones, C., Cunningham, M., Agabin, E., Harper, M., & Lyon, M. (2023, January). Designing and implementing standardized, synchronous simulations across geographically-dispersed campuses. Oral presentation at the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, Orlando, FL.
Harper, M., Cunningham, M., Agabin, E., & Kleinheksel, A. J. (2023, January). The design and development of a cross-modality, comprehensive case template. Oral presentation at the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, Orlando, FL.
Broughton, R., Rodriguez, Y., Jones, C., Kleinheksel, A. J. & Lyon, M. (2023, January). Ensuring continuity of longitudinal telehealth clinical education with standardized patients. Oral presentation at the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, Orlando, FL.
Lezaj, S., Chen, M., Cushman, L., Mahaffey, M., Lakhani, F., Tews, M. & Kleinheksel, A. J. (2023, January). Design and implementation of a leadership assessment instrument to evaluate medical student leadership in team-based simulations. Poster presented at the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, Orlando, FL.
Kleinheksel, A. J., & Tews, M. (2022, January). A new simulation design framework to promote professional identity formation. Poster presented at the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, Los Angeles, CA.
Ali, I., Kleinheksel, A. J., & Tews, M. (2022, January). Exploring medical students' gender bias in the simulation of cardiac disease. Oral presentation at the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, Los Angeles, CA.
Kleinheksel, A. J., & Tews, M. (2021, January). Program evaluation for continuous improvement: Lessons from new simulation programs. Poster presented in live, virtual professor rounds at the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare Virtual Event.
Kleinheksel, A. J., & Tews, M. (2021, January). Effects of clerkship experience on simulated clinical performance. Poster presented in live, virtual professor rounds at the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare Virtual Event.
Smith, L., Kleinheksel, A. J., & Tews, M. (2020, January). Developing an instrument to measure faculty adherence to a debriefing model. Oral presentation at the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, San Diego, CA.
Xiong, A., Kleinheksel, A. J., Tews, M., & Sturgis, L. (2020, January). Predicting case presentation behaviors in emergent simulations. Oral presentation at the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, San Diego, CA.
Bathala, K., Kleinheksel, A. J., & Tews, M. (2019, January). Measuring facilitator adherence to a structured simulation debriefing model: Implications for training programs. Poster presented at the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, San Antonio, TX.
Moon, H. C., Chen, M., Cushman, L., Lakhani, F., Lezaj, S., Mahaffey, M., & Kleinheksel, A. J. (2023, November). Development and validation of a measure of medical student leadership in team-based simulations. Oral presentation at the Association of American Medical Colleges Learn Serve Lead Conference, Seattle, WA.
Kleinheksel, A. J., Harper, M., Agabin, E. (2023, June). Simulation design model for statewide, formative, longitudinal assessments of the AAMC Core EPAs. Oral presentation at the Association of American Medical Colleges Regional Medical Campus Conference, Savannah, GA.
Huang, H., Harrison, Z., Seehusen, D., Kleinheksel, A. J., & Ledford, C. (2023, April). The power of one word to paint a halo or a horn: Demonstrating the halo effect in learner handover and subsequent evaluation. Student poster presented at the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Annual Spring Conference, Tampa, FL.
Kleinheksel, A. J., Kornegay, K., Cunningham, M., Jones, C., & Lyon, M. (2022, June). Statewide, standardized, synchronous simulations: They're not impossible! Oral presentation at the Association of American Medical Colleges Regional Medical Campus Conference, Washington, DC.
Chen, M., Lakhani, F., Lezaj, S., Cushman, L., Mahaffey, M., Tews, M., & Kleinheksel, A. J. (2022, November). Design and implementation of a leadership assessment instrument to evaluate medical student leadership in team-based simulations. Poster presented at the Association of American Medical Colleges Learn Serve Lead Conference, Nashville, TN.
Wyatt, T. R., Kleinheksel, A. J., & Tews, M. (2020, November). Peering into the black box: Linking
patient ownership with professional identity formation. Poster presented at the Association of American Medical Colleges Learn Serve Lead Conference: The Virtual Experience.
Hernlen, K., Etheridge, R., Tews, M., & Kleinheksel, A. J. (2020, November). An evaluation of faculty perceptions and knowledge of interprofessional education after a faculty training course using medical simulation. Oral presentation at the American Association for Respiratory Care Congress virtual forum.
Hernlen, K., Etheridge, R., Tews, M., & Kleinheksel, A. J. (2020, November). The development of an interprofessional education faculty training course using medical simulations. Oral presentation at the American Association for Respiratory Care Congress virtual forum.
Tien, L., Wyatt, T. R., Tews, M., & Kleinheksel, A. J. (2019, November). Exploring third-year medical students' professional identity formation after clinical simulation. Oral presentation at the Association of American Medical Colleges Learn Serve Lead Conference, Phoenix, AZ.
Kleinheksel, A. J., Jones, C., Cunningham, M., Agabin, E., Harper, M., Kornegay, D., & Lyon, M. (2023, March). Designing and implementing standardized, synchronous simulations across geographically-dispersed campuses. Oral presentation at the Southern Group on Educational Affairs annual meeting, Nashville, TN.
Kleinheksel, A. J., Harper, M., Tews, M., & Cunningham, M. (2023, March). Tele-simulation for remote participation in team-based simulation: Lessons from and advances since the COVID shutdown. Workshop conducted at the Southern Group on Educational Affairs annual meeting, Nashville, TN.
Cushman, L., Lakhani, F., Chen, M., Lezaj, S., Mahaffey, M. & Kleinheksel, A. J. (2022, March). Design and implementation of a leadership assessment instrument to evaluate medical student leadership in team-based simulations. Poster presented at the Southern Group on Educational Affairs virtual annual meeting.
Guimbarda, N., Kleinheksel, A. J., Tews, M. (2021, February). Comparing two facilitator debriefing rubrics to assess post-simulation debriefings. Poster presented at Virtual Southern Regional Meeting of the American Federation for Medical Research.
Tien, L., Wyatt, T. R., Tews, M., & Kleinheksel, A. J. (2019, March). Exploring third-year medical students' professional identity formation after clinical simulation. Oral presentation at the Southern Group on Educational Affairs annual meeting, Orlando, FL.
Kleinheksel, A. J., Waller, J., & Tews, M. (2019, March). Formative assessment of clinical reasoning skills through simulation. Poster presented at the Southern Group on Educational Affairs annual meeting, Orlando, FL.
