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Shandra Jamison M.A. RRT
POSITION TITLE Simulation Manager
EDUCATION/TRAINING
FIELD OF STUDY
Respiratory Therapy – Parkland College- Champaign, IL AAS 5/1997
Business Administration- Capella University- Minneapolis, Minnesota BS 10/2018
Healthcare Administration - Capella University- Minneapolis, Minnesota MA 3/2020
Shandra Jamison is the Manager of Jump Simulation Center. Shandra has worked in healthcare for over 25 years before coming to Carle Illinois College of Medicine. Her background includes, but not limited to bedside acute care, hospital leadership, training and development of staff and students. Shandra oversees the day-to-day operations of the simulation center which duties include performance improvement, accreditation, acquisition of high-fidelity medical training equipment, student instruction and future healthcare research.

B. Positions and Honors
1997-2007 Staff Therapist, Respiratory Care. Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, IL
2007-2012 Maternal Child/ Emergency Room / Education Coordinator
2012 – 2020 Pulmonary Services Manager, Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana IL
2020 – Present Simulation Manager, Carle Illinois College of Medicine and Jump Simulation Center,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL

C. Additional Information: Research Support and/or Mentorship Award
Current
Provost's Initiative on Teaching Advancement Award 5/3/2023 to 5/2024
Foundations of Simulation: A Course for Teaching Simulation Basics to Faculty , Then Expanding to External Entities.

Jump ARCHES award 5/2021 to 10/2021
(PI: I Kim: co-PI’s: T. Kesavadas, J Michel, S Jamison)
Human Factors in the use of Telepresence Robots after the COVID-19 Pandemic.
The goal is to develop interactive protocols to allow patients to interact with telepresence robots for clinical assessment and office visit during a pandemic.

Jump ARCHES award 1/2022 to 1/2023
(PI: A Muralidharan Non-PI’s Placid M. Ferreira, PhD, S Jamison , D. McCarter
Facial pressure ulcer detection using a wearable sensor patch (WSP)
The main objective of this proposal is to develop a wearable sensor patch to detect the early onset of tissue damage due to pressure ulcers and alert the health professionals when excessive force occur between skin and NIV mask.
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