Margaret Verkuyl is a nursing professor at Centennial College in Canada. Since, 2013, she has been a leader in developing and researching virtual simulations and interactive textbooks. Over the years, she has received numerous prestigious local and international awards for her work. While gaining international attention, virtual simulations have become pervasive in nursing education globally. More recently, she developed an open-access Virtual Healthcare Experience consisting of eleven virtual gaming simulations that have had over 2 million plays! Concurrently, she has been involved in numerous research projects and OERs related to embedding virtual simulation effectively in the curriculum and different ways to debrief virtual simulations. Recently, she was recognized for her work with the following awards: the 2020 INACSL “Academic” Leadership Excellence Award; 2018 INACSL, Research Excellence Award, Hayden Vanguard Lectureship, and the Society for Simulation in Healthcare: 2021 Article of Influence. She has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals and authored books and disseminated them at national and international conferences.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/margaret-verkuyl-b83aa633/
Email: mverkuyl@centennialcollege.ca
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