About the Facilities

AHC Simulation and IERC Services Request Form

Clinical Skills Assessment

Event Orientations

Directions to the IERC

Hear How Faculty Use the IERC

Meet the Staff

Policies and Procedures

Scheduling and Use Guidelines

Simulators

Standardized Patient Program



IERC Home

2-241 Phillips-Wangensteen Building
(Mayo Mail Code 261)
516 Delaware St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

phone (612) 624-9691
fax (612) 624-9690
e-mail: wollx003@umn.edu

Meet the Staff

Jane Lindsay Miller, Ph.D., Director

Jane Miller has been the Director of the IERC since its opening in January 2003. Before joining the Office of Education staff as the Director of Teaching and Learning Initiatives, she served as Director of the MnSCU Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) and the System Director for Academic Professional Development.

Dr. Miller’s areas of expertise include organizational and faculty development in higher education, especially in the design and delivery of effective instruction, assessing student outcomes, and designing and conducting classroom research.

Prior to coming to Minnesota, she served as a program officer with the United Nations Development Programme, evaluating and delivering maternal-child health care training programs in West Africa. As a doctoral candidate in medical anthropology at the New School for Social Research, she worked on a project sponsored jointly by Hunter College School of Public Health and the Columbia University School of Public Health to develop and assess culturally specific HIV/AIDS prevention programs for diverse communities in New York City.

Email: mille142@umn.edu Phone: 612-624-6989

Rebecca (Becky) Harrison, Simulations Coordinator

Email: harr0872@umn.edu Phone: 612-626-6339

Patricia Rizzi, Instructional Technology Coordinator

Pat Rizzi coordinates all training activities associated with the use of the Center's technology including closed circuit video equipment, computer laptops, B-Line Clinical Skills System (online exam management software), and teaching simulators. She is also the Center's Web Master.

Ms. Rizzi is a graduate of the University of Minnesota and has been an instructional designer in the Academic Health Center since 1973. She has worked with numerous faculty and staff from the AHC academic units on a variety of educational development projects. Her expertise is using multimedia to enhance teaching and learning.

Email: rizzi001@umn.edu Phone: 612-624-6166

Anne Woll, M.S., Center Manager and
Coordinator for the Standardized Patient Program

Anne Woll is the Center’s Manager and Coordinator for the Standardized Patient Program. She earned her Master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Educational Communications and Technology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

At Madison, Ms. Woll worked with a distance education program for clinicians transitioning into healthcare management careers. She also conducted research focused on understanding students’ experiences in distance education and the impact of program design on their participation and completion.

Prior to her graduate coursework, she worked within healthcare, managing a pediatric medical practice in Evanston, Illinois.

Email: wollx003@umn.edu Phone: 612-624-9691