David L Rodgers

David Rodgers is the Director of the Interprofessional Simulation Center at Indiana University-Bloomington and Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine for the Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Rodgers earned his doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction and master’s degree in Communications Studies from Marshall University. Clinically, he is a paramedic with over 30 years of experience including time as a flight paramedic, EMS supervisor, and manager of a hospital-based critical care transport service. Dr. Rodgers has a wide range of experience in simulation center operations and simulation educational program development. He was the founding director of a large teaching-hospital based simulation center, helped expand the capabilities of an established pediatric simulation center, lead the simulation program at a major academic medical Center, and operated his own simulation education consulting company. In his role as a consultant, Dr. Rodgers worked with medical schools, nursing schools, hospitals, EMS agencies, and simulation industry entities on a variety of simulation projects. Additionally, Dr. Rodgers has been active as a volunteer with the American Heart Association (AHA) having served as chairperson of the Emergency Cardiovascular Care Education Subcommittee and as a member of the Program Administration Subcommittee (PROAD). He has been active with the AHA in international activities, serving as a member of ILCOR, conducting ACLS and BLS instructor courses in Ireland, Japan and Germany, presenting AHA programs in Brazil, and was an AHA representative to the Emergency Cardiovascular Care Consensus 2005 and 2010 conferences. Active as a speaker, Dr. Rodgers has conducted presentations and workshops at several international conferences including the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, The International Pediatric Simulation Symposia and Workshops, and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Update.