image: Jared M. Kutzin (right) receives a gavel in honor of becoming the new President of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare
Credit: Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH)
The Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) has named Jared M. Kutzin, DNP, MS, MPH, RN, the Senior Director of the Simulation Teaching and Research (STAR) Center at The Mount Sinai Hospital, as its new President. He was elected this month during the annual International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH) in Orlando, Florida. He is the first Mount Sinai faculty member to hold this position and will serve as the 20th President of SSH.
Health care simulation is the practice of using immersive and innovative technology in health professions education. SSH promotes the profession of health care simulation by setting standards and championing health care simulation through advocacy and collaboration, and serves the simulation community through continuing education, professional development, and the advancement of research and innovation.
Dr. Kutzin will lead SSH over the next year, focusing on ensuring that it has the structure and processes to achieve its goals. He will launch a new website and management systems and help expand affiliations and strategic partnerships around the world. Dr. Kutzin will work on developing relationships with emergency medical services partners and with other fields that use simulation. He will also expand the certification and accreditation offerings provided by SSH.
“The position is a highlight of my professional career, and being elected by a group of interprofessional members demonstrates my commitment, engagement, and passion for the profession,” says Dr. Kutzin, who is also a Professor of Emergency Medicine, and Medical Education, at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. “As an emergency nurse, leading an international and interdisciplinary organization is extremely rewarding yet challenging to ensure we meet the needs of all of our members, including helping them advocate for the continuation and advancement of simulation in their own organizations.”
Dr. Kutzin, an emergency nurse, has been instrumental in helping Mount Sinai’s STAR Center become one of the few centers in the world to earn prestigious accreditations from SSH in Research, Teaching, and Education; Systems Integration; and Fellowship Program. These awards honor the Center’s industry-leading simulation-based education and training programs and recognize compliance with the SSH’s strict international standards.
The Simulation Teaching and Research Center—part of Mount Sinai’s Department of Emergency Medicine—provides simulation-based training to health care professionals across the Mount Sinai Health System, including those in the Institute for Critical Care Medicine; the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Science; the Department of Pediatrics; the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine; Emergency Medical Services, and nursing staff. The STAR Center recreates a clinical environment using advanced patient simulators that mimic patients, including their breathing, speaking, and pulse. It tailors training programs for each area of medicine to improve staff knowledge, skills, and attitudes, ultimately leading to improved patient care and patient outcomes.
Dr. Kutzin will hold a one-year term as the new President of SSH. The organization has 5,400 members from nearly 70 countries.
About the Mount Sinai Health System
Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with 48,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 600 research and clinical labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time—discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it.
Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 9,000 primary and specialty care physicians and 11 free-standing joint-venture centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida. Hospitals within the System are consistently ranked by Newsweek’s® “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals, Best in State Hospitals, World Best Hospitals and Best Specialty Hospitals” and by U.S. News & World Report's® “Best Hospitals” and “Best Children’s Hospitals.” The Mount Sinai Hospital is on the U.S. News & World Report® “Best Hospitals” Honor Roll for 2024-2025.
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About the Society for Simulation in Healthcare
The Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) seeks to improve performance and reduce errors in healthcare through the use of simulation. The purpose of SSH is to serve a global community of practice enhancing the quality of healthcare.
SSH (www.ssih.org) is a 501(c)(3) organization with more than 5,400 members from nearly 70 countries. The mission of SSH is to serve its members by fostering education, professional development, and the advancement of research and innovation; promote the profession of healthcare simulation through standards and ethics; and champion healthcare simulation through advocating, sharing, facilitating, and collaborating. SSH was established in 2004.