Dean and Professor
Vanderbilt School of Nursing
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Pamela Jeffries is an internationally recognized leader and researcher in nursing and health care education, with a reputation for innovation in teaching strategies, experiential learning, new pedagogies and the use of technology. She became the ninth dean of Vanderbilt University School of Nursing on July 1, 2021.
Dean Jeffries has been principle investigator on federal, state and organization grants from entities such as the National Institute of Health, Health Resources and Service Administration, National League for Nursing and the National Council of State Boards of Nursing. She is recognized for the development of the NLN Jeffries Simulation Theory, considered the major contribution to simulation scholarship.
Prior to being named VUSN dean, she served as the second dean of the George Washington University School of Nursing. In her six-year tenure, she expanded the infrastructure and processes and standards for the emerging school, leading it through a significant period of growth. Before joining George Washington University, she had a series of progressively responsible leadership roles at The Johns Hopkins University, where she was professor of nursing, associate dean for academic programs and vice dean of faculty for the School of Nursing before being appointed vice provost for digital initiatives for the university.
Dean Jeffries is a popular national and international speaker who has also served as a consultant on clinical education, simulations and other emerging technologies. She has published extensively and is the editor of four books, Simulations in Nursing Education: From Conceptualization to Evaluation (3nd edition), The NLN Jeffries Simulation Theory Monograph, Developing Simulation Centers Using the Consortium Model and Clinical Simulations in Nursing Education: Advanced Concepts, Trends, and Opportunities.
Dean Jeffries is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN), fellow of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare Academy (FSSH), fellow of the Academy of Nurse Educators (ANEF), inductee into the Sigma Theta Tau International Research Hall of Fame, and recipient of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Excellence Award. She is also a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Executive Fellow. She is active in a variety of professional organizations, including the National League for Nursing and Society for Simulation in Healthcare, Global Network for Simulation in Healthcare (GNSH), and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Nursing and GNSH.
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Saturday, June 17, 2023
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EDT