Dr. Barbara Sittner is Clinical Professor and Simulation Consultant at UNMC-College of Nursing, Omaha Division. Prior to this appointment she served as a Professor of Nursing and Simulation Center Director. Dr. Sittner’s clinical background includes perinatal nursing and interdisciplinary perinatal simulation outreach for rural hospitals in Nebraska. She is a Fellow in the National League for Nursing’s Academy of Nursing Education for her sustained nursing contributions to the science of simulation. Dr. Sittner has served as Chair of the International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning Standards Committee and was an Associate Editor for the 1st Healthcare Simulation Dictionary that was a collaborative initiative between the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and simulation experts from several international organizations to create a document for consistent simulation terminology in healthcare. She has taught in graduate and undergraduate nursing and simulation programs. Her present educational focus is formalized simulation training for educators and healthcare professionals.