University of New England

Cynthia Morris, MS, RN has been a professor with the University’s Department of Nursing for eleven years, teaching adult medical surgical nursing. Her special interest in clinical education ultimately lead her to develop and serve as the department’s first clinical coordinator.

In 2003, she discovered the value of using simulation as a means to help students practice clinical and communication skills. The student’s enthusiastic response to learning in the simulation lab led her to become a passionate advocate for its use.

She explored her interest in simulation training and coordinated the integration of simulation into the nursing program. She played an integral role in promoting the use of simulation to enhance classroom and clinical learning and began to focus her research on her interest in utilizing simulation for interdisciplinary team training.

Ms Morris earned a bachelor’s of arts degree in education from the University of New Hampshire. She has a bachelor of science degree in nursing and a master’s of science degree in nursing from the University of Southern Maine. She is currently associate professor of simulation education and is the coordinator of the clinical simulation program in the College of Health Professions.

Todd Dadaleares EMT-B  is the Clinical Simulation Program’s expert in the technical aspects human patient simulation utilizing both the Laerdal SimMan/SimBaby and the METI HPS systems. He has been a part of the program since it’s inception and with 15 years in high fidelity audio/video production, digital sequence creation software, multimedia production (on Macs and Windows), his experience makes him an invaluable member of the Clinical Simulation Program team.

He was the sole Westbrook College Campus Media Services specialist at UNE from 2001 to 2003 and attended USM and SMCC as a media studies/multimedia major and UMA as a vocal performance major.
 
Mr. Dadaleares is an established local recording artist, music producer, multi-instrumentalist, performance artist and DJ with 20 years experience in live performance, engineering and production. As the owner of a multi-track recording studio, he composes and produces his own music and other projects including a solo effort in 2002 called To Babble On. Mr. Dadaleares is an avid runner and health enthusiast, who just completed the Mount Desert Island Marathon in October 05 and in 2006, he received his EMT-B licensure.

John Alexander, M.D. is the medical director for the York County Center for Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine at York Hospital, York, Maine.  He also serves as an attending physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine.

He holds academic appointments as assistant professor at the University of New England and the University of Vermont College of Medicine.  Dr. Alexander serves as an alternate councilor for the Maine chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians.  He is a past board member of Maine Emergency Medical Services.

Dr. Alexander's research activities include publications in the areas of analgesia, pediatric analgesia, and pre-hospital medicine.  His academic interests include airway management, trauma care, and respiratory emergencies, and he is certified as an ACLS and PALS instructor.