Director, Simulation Technology Program
Les has been the inaugural director at Rutgers University’s Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy Simulation Technology Program since 2018, managing the operational aspects of the 14,000 square foot simulation center at the School of Pharmacy and co-chair of the Rutgers Health HEALS Simulation Working Group. With almost 30 years of experience in emergency services, particularly in pre-hospital mobile healthcare and firefighting, he is currently pursuing a doctoral degree at the Rutgers Graduate School of Education. His research focuses on enhancing professional identity formation in healthcare learners and elevating patient safety within teams through the design of learning environments using simulation techniques.
Publications
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Safely gaining experience in death and dying: Simulation in palliative care and end-of-life education. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning, 16(9), 102133, Bridgeman, M. B., Barta, L., & Andrews, L. B. , 2024
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Subjective and objective benefits of a novel opioid‐related disorders simulation learning experience for pharmacy students. Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, 7(2), 133-139., Greer, D., Barta, L., Liu, M. T., & Andrews, L. B., 2024
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Simulation to teach pharmacist’s patient care planning and assessment of pain and agitation management in critical care. In International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH 2021) Technical Proceedings., Barbarello Andrews, L., & Barta, L., 2021
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Simulation as a tool to illustrate clinical pharmacology concepts to healthcare program learners. Current pharmacology reports, 6(4), 182-191., Andrews, L. B., & Barta, L., 2020