Ferooz Sekandarpoor is the Simulation Technology Specialist at the Faculty of the Medicine University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. He is also the simulation subject matter expert for the faculty of medicine for the province of British Columbia. He is working as an integral member of the Digital Solutions aka MedIT faculty of medicine UBC, where his position provides simulation technology leadership and expertise for the health professions education programs within the Faculty of Medicine, UBC. This role supports the development and operational transition of the Faculty of Medicine’s simulation centers throughout British Columbia. He was one of the founders and chair of the BC Simulation Technology Working Group in the province. The BC Simulation Network, aka (STWG), currently acts as a provincial community of practice to aid British Columbia based simulation centers with a forum in which to discuss and advance ideas in the intersection of health professions simulation and technology. The Centre of Excellence for Simulation Education and Innovation, where Ferooz Sekandarpoor previously worked as IT manager, is one of the very first centers to be accredited by the American College of Surgeons USA and the first center to be accredited by Royal College of the physician of Canada. He has over 18 years of experience as an IT professional, Simulation Technology Specialist, and AV Specialist in Healthcare and Academic Environment. To highlight his passion for Simulation Technology beyond UBC in 2018, Ferooz was elected as a President for The Gathering of Healthcare Simulation Technology Specialists (SimGHOSTS), an international non-profit organization based in the USA. This innovative organization provides annual hands-on training events to those operating simulation-based technology. His responsibilities will include leadership as a member of the board with the primary focus of engaging with the medical simulation-based community and the vendors. In addition to the simulation expertise on the design of spaces that he has helped to deliver within British Columbia and abroad, He has also been fortunate enough to help simulation manufacture on the development of simulation products. To know more about Ferooz find him on his LinkedIn page or his email Ferooz@gmail.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ferooz/
Website: https://simghosts.org/
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