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“Rethinking Disability Education: Bringing Lived Experience into the Simulation Center“
Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026
2:00 PM ET
Webinars are one hour in length. Space is limited.
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Please note we have agreed not to record this session as Dr. Solman will be sharing her story and the personal stories of others.
We appreciate your understanding.
Session Overview
Overview:
People with disabilities often experience suboptimal healthcare due to inaccessible medical equipment, limited provider training, and missed opportunities for preventive care, diagnosis, and treatment. Addressing these inequities requires preparing future healthcare professionals through meaningful disability-focused education.
Drawing on lived experience and patient stories, this presentation will illustrate how disability-focused learning experiences were developed and integrated into a medical school curriculum in partnership with a simulation center. Participants will explore approaches that engage people with disabilities as educators and provide learners with practical experience through patient interviews, safe transfer training, and other experiential activities.
By integrating lived experience with simulation-based education, health professions programs can help learners develop the knowledge, skills, and confidence needed to provide more equitable care for people with disabilities.
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
Describe the essential planning components required to design and coordinate a large-scale interprofessional mass casualty incident simulation.
Apply practical recommendations from a large-scale MCI simulation to inform the planning, implementation, and evaluation of future simulation-based disaster exercises.
Presented by:
Susan Solman, DPM, RPh
President
Retired Associate Professor
FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine/MPAS
Tom Waring, CHSOS
Lead Simulation Technologist
NAIT Centre for Advanced Medical Simulation
Lisa George, M.Ed., CLXT, CHSE
Associate Chair
NAIT Centre for Advanced Medical Simulation
About the Presenter: Susan Solman, DPM, RPh, is President of Solman Disability Consultants and a retired Associate Professor at FIU’s Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine/MPAS. She pioneered the use of people living with paralysis as educators in disability-focused healthcare education. In partnership the Simulation Center, she developed immersive learning experiences designed to help future healthcare professionals build the knowledge, skills, and confidence needed to provide appropriate care for people with disabilities.
As a national speaker and consultant, Dr. Solman draws on her lived experience with paralysis, clinical expertise, and background in health professions education to advance disability inclusion and health equity in healthcare.
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About the presenter: Craig Park, FSMPS, Assoc. AIA is an Associate Principal and Director of Digital Experience Design at Clark & Enersen, a national architecture/engineering/design practice based in Lincoln, NE. Craig is a member of the C&E Science & Technology team, which advises college, university, civic, and healthcare clients on space planning, user experience, and integrating technology into advanced research and learning environments. Trained as an architect (Cal Poly SLO), Craig brings over 40 years of experience in architecture, engineering, and technology systems planning to his projects. Craig has written and spoken nationally on technology planning, learning environments, and the future of campus experience for the Society of College & University Planning (SCUP) and the Association of Physical Plant Administrators (APPA). He is a Fellow of the Society for Marketing Professional Services, an AIA Associate member, and the host of EdUp Smart Space: The Future of Campus Technology podcast. Craig is based in Charleston, SC, and can be reached at craig.park@clarkenersen.com.
Craig Park, FSMPS, Associate AIA
Director of Digital Experience Design
Associate Principal
Clark & Enersen