Jared W. Henricksen, MD, MS-HPEd

Languages Spoken: English

Dr. Henricksen received his medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin and completed his Pediatric Residency at the University of Arizona in Tucson and his Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis. He also received his MS-HPEd degree from MGH in Boston, MA. Dr. Henricksen is board-certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care. He is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics in the University of Utah School of Medicine. He also currently serves as the Intermountain Healthcare Simulation Consortium Medical Director for Intermountain Healthcare.

His academic interests include using simulation to enhance clinical education curriculums, improve patient safety initiatives and quality of patient care, and lead medicine towards high-reliability. A few specific goals related to simulation use include the following: enhance educational training and curriculum development; impact patient safety and quality improvement; improve training in relationship management skills; improve procedural techniques; teach leadership and communication skills; enhance team-training to teach reliability and psychological safety; improve hospital culture and clinician behaviors.

Patient safety, quality improvement, and risk management initiatives will all be impacted with simulation education and training. Incorporating simulation training into resident, fellow, and attending curriculum, as well as maintaining team training for all caregivers will lead to healthcare becoming an informed organization where learning and information sharing is constant. Simulation training will be used to teach generations of caregivers and Dr. Henricksen is dedicated to helping define what role simulation will play in the future of medicine.

Dr. Henricksen received his medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin and completed his Pediatric Residency at the University of Arizona in Tucson and his Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis. He also received his MS-HPEd degree from MGH in Boston, MA. Dr. Henricksen is board-certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care. He is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics in the University of Utah School of Medicine. He also currently serves as the Intermountain Healthcare Simulation Consortium Medical Director for Intermountain Healthcare.

His academic interests include using simulation to enhance clinical education curriculums, improve patient safety initiatives and quality of patient care, and lead medicine towards high-reliability. A few specific goals related to simulation use include the following: enhance educational training and curriculum development; impact patient safety and quality improvement; improve training in relationship management skills; improve procedural techniques; teach leadership and communication skills; enhance team-training to teach reliability and psychological safety; improve hospital culture and clinician behaviors.

Patient safety, quality improvement, and risk management initiatives will all be impacted with simulation education and training. Incorporating simulation training into resident, fellow, and attending curriculum, as well as maintaining team training for all caregivers will lead to healthcare becoming an informed organization where learning and information sharing is constant. Simulation training will be used to teach generations of caregivers and Dr. Henricksen is dedicated to helping define what role simulation will play in the future of medicine.