Alyssa Zweifel
Director of the Healthcare Simulation Center/Assistant Professor (Sioux Falls)
Biography
Dr. Alyssa Zweifel has been teaching in undergraduate nursing programs since 2015, with involvement in simulation-based learning since 2010. Her master's thesis and Ph.D. dissertation research were both focused on health care simulation education practices. She is highly involved at an international level with health care simulation through the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH), International Nursing Association for Clinical and Simulation Learning (INACSL) and Association of Standardized Patient Educators (ASPE).
Zweifel is a certified health care simulation educator (CHSE), chair of the INACSL Virtual Simulation Special Interest Group and an SSH Accreditation site reviewer.
Zweifel is a certified health care simulation educator (CHSE), chair of the INACSL Virtual Simulation Special Interest Group and an SSH Accreditation site reviewer.
Academic and Professional Experience
Committees and Professional Memberships
- Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH)
- International Nursing Association for Clinical and Simulation Learning (INACSL)
- Association of Standardized Patient Educators (ASPE)
- Member of Phi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International
Research and Scholarly Work
Areas of Research
- Health care simulation
- Interprofessional education
- Team-based learning
- Orthopedic/neurological clinical research
Awards and Honors
- SSH Accreditation Site Reviewer (2022-current)
- College of Nursing Leadership Challenge (2022-2023)
- Awarded Best Research Poster: INACSL Conference (2022)
Grants
- Zweifel, A., Meyer, B. and Brennan, B. SDSU College of Nursing Collaborative Research Group Grant. A Collaborative Approach to Enhance Realism during an IP Health Care Simulation, 2022-2023.
- Pravecek, B., Zweifel, A. and Arends, R. Sentinel U Nursing Simulation Research Grant. The Impact of Screen-Based Simulation in Nurse Practitioner Students: A Clinical Comparison, 2022.
- Zweifel, A. and Schievelbein, D. SDSU College of Nursing Seed Grant. Expanding Nursing Education in the Classroom using Standardized Patients, 2021.
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