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 healthcare simulation education practices. She is highly involved at an international level with healthcare 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 healthcare simulation educator (CHSE), chair of the INACSL Virtual Simulation Special Interest Group and an SSH Accreditation site reviewer.
Zweifel is a certified healthcare 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
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ and Scholarly Work
Areas of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ
- Healthcare 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 Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Poster: INACSL Conference (2022)
Grants
- Zweifel, A., Meyer, B. and Brennan, B. SDSU College of Nursing Collaborative Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Group Grant. A Collaborative Approach to Enhance Realism during an IP Healthcare Simulation, 2022-2023.
- Pravecek, B., Zweifel, A. and Arends, R. Sentinel U Nursing Simulation Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ 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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