Research Scientist at CAMES
Specialty: Medical Education
No. of publications: 57
H-index: 14
Keywords: medical education; simulation-based education; needs assessment; assessment; implementation science.
E-mail: leizl.joy.nayahangan@regionh.dk
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Leizl Joy Nayahangan is a full-time researcher at the Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation (CAMES) in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her main research centers on simulation-based education and curriculum development. Leizl has led national and international needs assessment processes to identify content for simulation-based curricula. She is interested in assessment of learning and is now focusing on implementation science of simulation. Leizl is a registered nurse with a Master’s degree in healthcare management and Master of Health Professions Education (MHPE) at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). She is currently working towards a PhD at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Leizl is the co-chair of the AMEE Simulation Committee and serves as Associate Editor for International Journal of Healthcare Simulation (IJOHS) and Editorial board member of simulation in Healthcare: The Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare.
Selected Publications
Lawaetz J, Soenens G, Eiberg J, Van Herzeele I, Konge L, Nesbitt C, Gentile F, Stavroulakis K, Weiss S, Nayahangan LJ. Facilitators and Barriers to Implementation of Simulation Based Education in Vascular Surgery in Europe. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2023 Jun 15:S1078-5884(23)00450-1. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2023.06.009. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37330202.
Breindahl N, Khan F, Skipper M, Nielsen AB, Friis ML, Paltved C, Jensen RD, Kurtzhals JAL, Konge L, Nayahangan LJ. Exploring training needs of newly graduated medical doctors to inform the undergraduate simulation-based curriculum: a national Delphi consensus study. Postgrad Med J. 2023 Mar 22;99(1167):37-44. doi: 10.1093/postmj/qgac002. PMID: 36947424.
Nayahangan LJ, Konge L, Park C, Dubrowski A, Yudkowsky R. Development of a Rubric to Evaluate Implementation Quality of Simulation-Based Courses: A Consensus Study. Simul Healthc. 2022 Sep 9. doi: 10.1097/SIH.0000000000000684. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36111989.