AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES
Amanda Burden, MD, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care
Amanda Burden is vice chair of Faculty Affairs, professor of Anesthesiology, and assistant dean for Clinical Skills and Simulation Education at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University and Cooper University Healthcare in Camden, New Jersey. She is an active member of the medical education research and patient safety communities. Her research and publications address the use of simulation to explore a range of physician education and patient safety issues, particularly involving critical thinking and decision-making during crises. Dr. Burden is a recipient of an Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Safety Scientist Career Development Award and funding from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. She has been an invited speaker at national and international anesthesiology, surgery, and simulation meetings, as well as at the United States Department of Education and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, to discuss the use of simulation education to improve patient safety.
Working with a diverse team, Dr. Burden built and directs a successful multidisciplinary interprofessional simulation program that is nationally recognized. She serves as vice chair for the Closed Claims Committee for the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) and Anesthesia Quality Institute, editor-in-chief of the ASA Simulation-Based Education Editorial Board, and as an associate editor of the ASA Editorial Board for Interactive Computer-Based Education.
Caitlyn Allen, MPH, Patient Safety Authority
Caitlyn Allen (caiallen@pa.gov) is director of External Affairs for the Patient Safety Authority (PSA) and managing editor for Patient Safety, the PSA’s peer-reviewed journal. Before joining PSA, she was the project manager for Patient Safety at Jefferson Health, where she also was the only nonphysician elected to serve on the House Staff Quality and Safety Leadership Council.
*Corresponding author
Eugene Myers, BA, Patient Safety Authority
Eugene Myers is the associate editor of Engagement and Publications for the Patient Safety Authority. He previously served as editor-in-chief of Communications, Office of Institutional Advancement, at Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Columbia University, is a graduate of the Clarion West Writers Workshop, and is a New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of books for children and young adults.
ABSTRACT
In the fast-paced, often chaotic, and ever-changing environment of medicine, we know how important it is to keep people at the heart of healthcare—but that may be easier said than done. Dr. Amanda Burden, professor of Anesthesiology and assistant dean for Clinical Skills and Simulation Education at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, sat down with Patient Safety managing editor, Caitlyn Allen, to share how they put people first and collaborate to be ready for anything.
