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Biography

Dr. Mindi Anderson is an early pioneer in healthcare simulation education and one of the world’s foremost experts in the field. She is the inaugural and current program director of the Healthcare Simulation graduate program at the UCF College of Nursing. Anderson’s research includes virtual and game-based simulation, new simulation technologies, standardized patients, interprofessional education using simulation, and the use of simulation in preparing students for nursing practice.

She has been widely published and presented both nationally and internationally. Her findings over the last 14 years have advanced nursing science and helped establish best practices in healthcare simulation education. In addition, Anderson is part of an interdisciplinary team at UCF that has been issued two patents on advances in simulation and training.

Association Fellow
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse; Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner; Certified Nurse Educator; Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator-Advanced; Academy of Nursing Education Fellow; Fellow, Society for Simulation in Healthcare; Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing
College
College of Nursing
Department
Nursing

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