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Margaret Verkuyl, NP-PHC MN

Nursing Professor
Centennial College
Toronto, ON, Canada

Margaret Verkuyl NP:PHC, MN is a nursing professor at Centennial College for over 16 years. Since 2013 she has been a leader in developing and researching virtual gaming simulations. Over the years, these simulations received nine prestigious local and international awards. She developed an open access Virtual Healthcare Experience with numerous different virtual gaming simulations. Globally, these simulations have become pervasive in nursing education with millions of plays in 25 countries. In addition, she leads research to evaluate learning outcomes and ways to effectively embed virtual simulations in education. Since 2016, she has published over 35 articles in peer-reviewed journals and authored a book chapter on virtual simulation. In addition, she received over a million dollars to create virtual simulations, research outcomes and develop faculty resources. Her research in virtual simulation was recognized with the 2018 INACSL, Research Excellence Award and this year one of her publications received Society for Simulation in Healthcare: 2021 Article of Influence award. She regularly disseminates her work through webinars and at national and international conferences.

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