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About the author:

Dr. Stefan Mönk is an anesthesiologist and a specialist in Emergency Medicine. He also

holds an additional diploma from the European Academy of Anesthesiologists (DEAA). For

several years, he has worked in the German Air Rescue Service and has been Chief

Emergency Physician of the City of Mainz, Germany.

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In 1997 Dr. Stefan Mönk co-founded the Mainz Simulation Center of the department of

Anesthesiology at the University of Mainz in Germany, where he worked as senior consultant

in anesthesia. This was the first center that used full-scale, physiologically modelled driven

simulators in continental Europe. At this center, he began to actively pursue his genuine

interest in Medical Education with simulation to promote patient safety. This also started the

beginning of his development in becoming an expert in medical simulation. During that time,

he initiated and conducted numerous simulation classes either as a facilitator or course

director. Thereafter, he focused on developing simulation education and contributed his

knowledge and experience by creating courses to train-the- trainer for doctors and staff.

In 2005, Dr. Stefan Mönk joined AQAI Simulation Center in Mainz, a privately owned

company, where he presently holds the position of Vice President. His area of responsibilities

encompasses production, research and development. AQAI is the international support center

for METI, manufacturer and world leader of cutting-edge simulation technology.

For METI he is currently working on several projects in the business expansion and

development of education technology and content. He currently holds the position of

Manager of Medical Education International. This includes project management, development

support, in-house and on-site education. He also manages the international medical adjunct

faculty group.

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Dr. Stefan Mönk is also an active member of several organizations:

1. METI’s modeling consortium and educational faculty;

2. European Society of Intensive Care Medicine where he transformed PACT

training program (Patient-Centered Acute Care Training) to a simulation

curriculum (PACT Simulation Learning Module);

3. SESAM (Society in Europe for Simulation Medicine) for which he was

President from 2003 to 2005. SESAM held the annual meeting in Mainz

Simulation Center in 2009;

4. SSH (Society for Simulation in Healthcare) and has acted as Abstract Chair,

Workshop Chair and Program Chair during its meetings;

5. DGAI (German Society for Anesthesia and Intensive Care) for which he

coordinates the initiative for simulation in all German Medical Universities.

He is presently Simulation Program manager of its Education and Simulation

Committee member of the working groups for undergraduate and postgraduate

curriculum development in anesthesia; and,

6. HPSN Europe (Human Patient Simulation Network) for which he was co-host

since 2005.

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Dr. Stefan Mönk has authored, co-authored and contributed to the following:

1. The German requirements for Simulation in Anesthesia of DGAI;

2. Chapters in publications relevant to simulation in medicine: Richard Kyle, W.

Bosseau Murray (Eds.): Clinical Simulation, Academic Press, 2007 and

Richard H. Riley (Ed.): A Manual of Simulation in Healthcare, Oxford

University Press, 2008;

3. Austral-Asian College of Emergency Medicine development of nationwide

training for emergency physicians; and,

4. Global simulation and education initiatives contribution.

Dr. Stefan Mönk’s main professional interest and focus is essentially to positively improve

and impact the level of Medical Education for ultimately promoting healthcare and patient

safety through simulation. Human Factors and Crisis Resource Management are equally

important topics to him, as well as learning and teaching traditional medical content. The use

of technology to achieve his goal should never be an end in itself; however, in his view it is

certainly instrumental and absolutely essential.