Building a Career in Simulation - Lessons Learned from a 'CV of Failures’

25 March 2025 | 20:00 UTC l 14:00 ET | 11:00 PT

IPSS Member: Free | Non-Member: $50

A typical CV offers a narrative of success that renders our setbacks invisible to ourselves and others.  A ‘CV of Failures’ is a record of every unsuccessful job application, refused grant proposal, rejected paper and every other monumental failure in your academic history.   The CV of Failures reminds us of the missing truths … and some of the essential steps of what it takes to become a scholar.  In this session, Adam Cheng shares stories from his CV of Failures, and uses these stories to illuminate lessons learned to build a career in healthcare simulation.

Meet the Speaker:               

Adam Cheng, MD

Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine

University of Calgary, Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute

Adam Cheng is Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine at the University of Calgary in Calgary, Canada.  As a scientist and researcher at the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, he oversees a program of simulation-based research focused on improving outcomes from cardiac arrest.  He co-founded the INSPIRE network, an international research simulation collaborative that has fostered the global dissemination of simulation-based research.  He has served on the Board of Directors and was named to the Academy of Fellows in the Society for Simulation in Healthcare.  He has provided leadership for various international simulation conferences and delivered lectures and workshops at conferences around the world.  Dr. Cheng conducts research with interests in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and debriefing, and has led numerous multicenter simulation-based research trials. He has edited several textbooks and authored various American Heart Association Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation guidelines and scientific statements.