Faculty
Montgomery College/Maryland Clinical Simulation Resource Consortium (MCSRC)
RAQUEL BERTIZ, PhD, RN,CNE,CHSE
Lead Faculty, Maryland Clinical Simulation Resource Consortium (MCSRC)
Simulation Lead, Montgomery College Nursing Program
Raquel Bertiz is one of the lead faculty of the Maryland Clinical Simulation Resources Consortium, a state funded initiative to increase the use of simulations in nursing programs in Maryland. As a Lead Faculty, she designs, implements and evaluates the Simulation Education Leader Curriculum for nurse educators, and participates in various grant activities for MCSRC. She also currently serves as a Simulation Lead of Montgomery College(MC) Nursing Program, and as such leads the program in the integration of simulations in the curriculum and shares simulation expertise in implementing clinical simulations.
Raquel is a full-time professor at the Montgomery College Nursing Program, and was a part of various teams teaching academic courses such as Maternal-Child Nursing, Pediatric Nursing, Medical-Surgical Nursing, Health Assessment, Pharmacology and Fundamentals of Nursing for the past 15 years. One of her interests is advocating for the use of open educational resources(OERs) in higher education, and co-authored an on-line open educational resource for health assessment. She had actively took part in simulation education initiatives in the nursing program and the state. Her interest in curriculum development is apparent in her leading the MC Nursing Program in curriculum revision and took an active role in creating awareness and facilitating seamless transition of ADN graduates to BSN programs.
Raquel Bertiz obtained her PhD Nursing and BSN from the University of the Philippines College of Nursing. She also completed a Post-Master’s Certificate in Nursing Education at Georgetown University. As a lifelong learner, she is in continous pursuit for knowledge, and is now currently enrolled in a PhD program for Health Professions Education at the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute for Health Professions Education with specializations in Simulations and Interprofessional Education.