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Alyssa Zweifel

Alyssa Zweifel

Title

Director of the Healthcare Simulation Center/ Assistant Professor (Sioux Falls)

Office Building

Off-Campus

Mailing Address

SDSU Nursing - Sioux Falls
2300 Career Ave Ste 260, Room 284
Sioux Falls, SD 57107

Biography

Dr. Zweifel has been teaching in undergraduate nursing programs since 2015, with involvement in simulation-based learning since 2010. Her master's thesis and Ph.D. dissertation research were both focused on healthcare simulation education practices. She is highly involved at an international level with healthcare simulation through the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH), International Nursing Association for Clinical and Simulation Learning (INACSL) and Association of Standardized Patient Educators (ASPE). Dr. Zweifel is a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE), Chair of the INACSL Virtual Simulation Special Interest Group and an SSH Accreditation Site Reviewer.

Committees and Professional Memberships

  • Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH)
  • International Nursing Association for Clinical and Simulation Learning (INACSL)
  • Association of Standardized Patient Educators (ASPE)
  • Member of Phi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International

Awards and Honors

  • SSH Accreditation Site Reviewer (2022-current)
  • College of Nursing Leadership Challenge (2022-2023)
  • Awarded Best Research Poster: INACSL Conference (2022)

Grants

  • Zweifel, A., Meyer, B. and Brennan, B. SDSU College of Nursing Collaborative Research Group Grant. A Collaborative Approach to Enhance Realism during an IP Healthcare Simulation, 2022-2023.
  • Pravecek, B., Zweifel, A. and Arends, R. Sentinel U Nursing Simulation Research Grant. The Impact of Screen-Based Simulation in Nurse Practitioner Students: A Clinical Comparison, 2022.
  • Zweifel, A. and Schievelbein, D. SDSU College of Nursing Seed Grant. Expanding Nursing Education in the Classroom using Standardized Patients, 2021.

Areas of Research

  • Healthcare simulation
  • Interprofessional education
  • Team-based learning
  • Ortho/Neuro clinical research 

Publications

Exploring learning effectiveness for participant roles during healthcare simulation

Department(s)