Pamela
R. Jeffries, DNS, RN, FAAN, ANEF
Associate Professor, Indiana University School
of Nursing
Dr. Pamela R. Jeffries is an associate professor and
associate dean for undergraduate programs at Indiana University
School of Nursing. Dr. Jeffries’ research and scholarship
of teaching is focused on studying learning outcomes, instructional
design, new pedagogies, innovative teaching strategies, and
incorporating the use of technology and simulated learning.
She has been awarded several grants to support her research
and has received several teaching awards including the NLN Lucile
Petry Leone Award for nursing education, the prestigious Elizabeth
Russell Belford Award for teaching excellence given by Sigma
Theta Tau, and numerous outstanding faculty awards presented
by the graduating nursing classes at I.U. School of Nursing.
Janis
Childs, PhD, RN
Associate Professor and Director of the Learning Resource
Center, University of Southern Maine
Dr. Childs has published and presented at numerous conferences
in the areas of simulation in nursing education, nursing learning
labs, and service learning courses for nursing students. She
has been awarded several teaching and research awards including
the 2005 International Nursing Association of Clinical Simulation’s
(INACSL) Research Award. Dr. Childs was also one of the founding
members of INACSL and served as the first Vice President for
Communication.
Clare
Lamontagne MS, RN, CNE
Professor of Nursing, Springfield Technical Community College
Professor Lamontagne has taught in the nursing program at Springfield
Technical Community College since 1988. Prior to that she taught
at Our Lady of the Elms College in Chicopee, MA. She graduated
summa cum laude from the University of Connecticut in 1987 with
a Master of Science Degree in Nursing. She received her Bachelor
of Science in Nursing from American International College and
her Associate Degree in Nursing from Springfield Technical Community
College. She is currently working on her PhD in nursing at the
University of Massachusetts.
In 2007, Professor Lamontagne was named to the NLN/Laerdal International
Simulation Faculty Development Grant. Professor Lamontagne received
the Joseph Deliso Endowed Chair Award for Excellence in Teaching
and College and Community Service in 2004. She was named to
Who’s Who in American Teachers in 2000 and 2005. She was
also a recipient of the National Institute for Staff and Organizational
Development Excellence Award in 1996.
Professor Lamontagne is a member of Sigma Theta Tau and the
National Education Association. She has published an article
on integrating simulation in the curriculum and given numerous
presentations on the use of multimedia and simulation in nursing.
