Erin Blanchard, Ph.D., MSN, R.N., CHSE, CMQ, led researchers from the UAB Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine who attended this year's International Meeting for Simulation in Healthcare in Orlando, Florida. While there, she presented a poster titled "Effects of Interprofessional Pain Medicine Simulation on Confidence and Knowledge Acquisition," co-authored by Peter Nagi, M.D.; Alethia Sellers, M.D.; Charity Morgan, Ph.D.; and Donnie Thomas, M.D.

Blanchard was given an award for Dedication and Service to the Anesthesiology Section from the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH). She then presented at two workshops during the conference: Interprofessional Scenario Design: A TeamSTEPPS Framework (joined by department co-presenter Andrea Hammett, MSN, R.N., NPD-BC) and All the Faculty are Doing It! Blanchard also moderated the panel for SSH Anesthesia Section's presentation for Addressing Safety Through Simulation and presented at the section meeting. 

Thank you to Dr. Blanchard and her collegues for representing the department so well on an international stage!