Jared W. Henricksen, MD

Languages Spoken: English

Dr. Henricksen received his medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin, 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. Dr. Henricksen is board-certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care. He currently serves as an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Utah in the Division of Critical Care Medicine. He is both the Simulation Medical Director of the George and Esther Gross Clinical Simulation Program at Primary Children’s Hospital and the Intermountain Simulation Medical Director. His specific goal is to improve patient safety and quality of patient care through simulation training that incorporates training for teams, procedures, communication, and leadership.

His academic interests include using simulation to enhance clinical education curriculum, improve patient safety initiatives, and lead medicine towards high-reliability. Specific goals include the following:

-Using simulation to enhance educational training and curriculum development to impact patient safety and quality improvement

-Improve training in relationship management skills and procedural techniques using simulation-based training

-Use simulation team-training to teach reliability and psychological safety to help improve the culture of hospitals and behaviors of clinicians

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 clinicians will lead to healthcare becoming a learning organization. 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, 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. Dr. Henricksen is board-certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care. He currently serves as an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Utah in the Division of Critical Care Medicine. He is both the Simulation Medical Director of the George and Esther Gross Clinical Simulation Program at Primary Children’s Hospital and the Intermountain Simulation Medical Director. His specific goal is to improve patient safety and quality of patient care through simulation training that incorporates training for teams, procedures, communication, and leadership.

His academic interests include using simulation to enhance clinical education curriculum, improve patient safety initiatives, and lead medicine towards high-reliability. Specific goals include the following:

-Using simulation to enhance educational training and curriculum development to impact patient safety and quality improvement

-Improve training in relationship management skills and procedural techniques using simulation-based training

-Use simulation team-training to teach reliability and psychological safety to help improve the culture of hospitals and behaviors of clinicians

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 clinicians will lead to healthcare becoming a learning organization. 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.