Jared W. Henricksen
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Jared W. Henricksen, MD, MS-HPEd

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Primary Location

Primary Children's Hospital

Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
100 N Mario Capecchi Drive
Salt Lake City , UT 84113
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Dr. Henricksen is a Utah native who earned his medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin and completed his Pediatric Residency at the University of Arizona in Tucson. He specialized in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine through a Fellowship at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis. Additionally, he holds a master’s degree in Health Profession’s Education from the MGH Institute of Health Professions in Boston. He serves as a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics’ Division of Critical Care in the University of Utah Health system and concurrently as the Intermountain Health Simulation Consortium Medical Director. His interests include demonstrating the value of simulation in healthcare to promote patient safety, and nurturing a culture of high reliability and psychological safety within hospital settings.

Specialties

Dr. Henricksen is a Utah native who earned his medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin and completed his Pediatric Residency at the University of Arizona in Tucson. He specialized in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine through a Fellowship at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis. Additionally, he holds a master’s degree in Health Profession’s Education from the MGH Institute of Health Professions in Boston. He serves as a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics’ Division of Critical Care in the University of Utah Health system and concurrently as the Intermountain Health Simulation Consortium Medical Director. His interests include demonstrating the value of simulation in healthcare to promote patient safety, and nurturing a culture of high reliability and psychological safety within hospital settings.

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Pediatrics -Professor (Clinical)
Academic Divisions Critical Care

Education history

Undergraduate Psychology - University of Utah B.S.
Professional Medical Medicine - Medical College of Wisconsin M.D.
Residency Pediatrics - Arizona Health Science Center Resident
Fellowship Pediatric Critical Care Medicine - LeBonheur Children's Medical Center Fellow
Post Graduate Training Health Professions Education - MGH Institute of Health Professions MS-HPEd

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Barker LT, Meguerdichian M, Walker K, Janssens S, Szabo RA, Lopez C, Henricksen JW, Symon (2025). Value-based simulation in healthcare: a new model for metrics reporting. Advances in simulation (London, England), 10(1), 41.
  2. Coker, Angela; Caplin, Deirdre; Flaherty, Brian; Pease-Romero, Stefanie; Dahmen, Wendy; Presson, Angela; Ou, Zhining; Henricksen, Jare (2023). Simulation Stress: Positive Challenge or Negative Threat?. JAHSE:Pre,
  3. Troy L, Burch M, Sawicki JG, Henricksen J (2022). Pediatric rapid response system innovations. Hospital practice (1995), 1-6.
  4. Sawicki JG, Tower D, Vukin E, Workman JK, Stoddard GJ, Burch M, Bracken DR, Hall B, Henricksen J (2021). Association Between Rapid Response Algorithms and Clinical Outcomes of Hospitalized Children. Hospital pediatrics, 11(12), 1385-1394.
  5. Henricksen JW, Troy L, Siefkes (2020). Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Simulation Use Survey. Pediatric critical care medicine, 21(10), e908-e914.
  6. Henricksen JW, Caplin D, Hemond J, Turner KM, Madden (2020). The Complete Clinician Model . Proceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center), 14(33(3)), 492-496.
  7. Henricksen JW, Altenburg C, Reeder R (2017). Operationalizing Healthcare Simulation Psychological Safety: A Descriptive Analysis of an Intervention. Simulation in healthcare, 12(5), 289-297.

Book

  1. The Pediatric RRT Algorithm Committee - Jared W. Henricksen, Mary Burch, Debbie Bracken, and Brooke Hal (2020). Pediatric Rapid Response Team Algorithms, 2nd Edition. 2nd Edition,
  2. The Pediatric RRT Algorithm Committee - Jared W. Henricksen, Mary Burch, Debbie Bracken, and Brooke Hal (2018). Pediatric Rapid Response Team Algorithms.

Abstract

  1. Coker, Angela; Caplin, Deirdre; Flaherty, Brian; Pease-Romero, Stefanie; Dahmen, Wendy; Presson, Angela; Ou, Zhining; Henricksen, Jare (2021). Simulation Stress: Positive Challenge or Negative Threat? Poster presentation at the 2021 Pediatric Academic Society meeting. .

Other

  1. Written December 2025 by the Internal Relations Committee¿s Subcommittee on Sections, Special Interest Groups, and Affinity Groups, with additional contributions by Amy Daniels, Shannon DiMarco, Jared Henricksen, Helen Mills, and Janice Radway (2025). ‘How-To’ Manual for Successful Management of SSH Interest Groups.
  2. Jared W. Henricksen, Mary Burc (2020). Pediatric Rapid Response Team Algorithms [External Version] published by Intermountain Healthcare and University Health to be used during pediatric rapid response events in hospital systems other than Intermountain Healthcare. There are 8 algorithms in the publication to be used by in-patient caregivers and the Pediatric Rapid Response Team as a guide when recognizing and treating deteriorating hospitalized pediatric patients. The project is similar to the original Pediatric Rapid Response Algorithms book, but it is accessed through a QR code available at this website: https://intermountainhealthcare.org/redcapsurveys/surveys/?s=879X7933NW.

Video/Film/CD/Web/Podcast

  1. Jared Henricksen, Amy Locke, Ryan Murphy and Antonius Tsa (2022). "Coaching vs Mentoring: When and how to get started”, Accelerate University of Utah Health curriculum (2022).
  2. Deirdre Caplin, Joni Hemond, and Jared Henrickse (2021). "The Complete Clinician Model”, Accelerate University of Utah Health curriculum (2021).
  3. Jared W. Henrickse (2020). The Complete Clinician Model Video script written by me with video made by Kindea Labs at my direction. This short video describes The Complete Clinician Model which emphasizes the importance of gaining and improving relationship management skills as we engage in lifelong learning.