Deborah Lee, Ph.D., FNP, ACNP-BC, CHSE
University of Michigan School of Nursing
426 North Ingalls Building
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5482
Interests
- Critical Care
- Patient Safety
- Simulation
- XR (Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed) Technology
Deborah Lee, PhD, ACNP-BC, FNP, CHSE is an assistant clinical professor at the University of Michigan School of Nursing, where she teaches in the Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program. In addition to her teaching role, Dr. Lee is Director of the Clinical Learning Center at the School of Nursing. She is a certified healthcare simulation educator who provides oversight and support to faculty designing and developing simulation experiences for students. Dr. Lee has extensive experience in using a variety of simulation learning methods including extended realities to improve the care of patients and caregivers. She is actively engaged at the national level with the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF) and the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSiH).
Current Research Grants and Programs
- Cardiovascular Center Frankel Innovation Showcase Grant, “ECMO XR Procedural Simulation” $100,000 Co-I
- Coursera Massive Open Online Course, “The Nurse’s Toolkit” $200,000 PI
- The Doctor’s Company Foundation Grant “Immersive Medical & Nursing Education and Simulation for Trainees: Using a HoloPatient to Teach Bedside Procedures”, $200,000 Co-I
- National Institutes of Health National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering Small Business Innovative Research Program “Advanced Haptics Simulation Platform for Improved Nurse Skills” $48,809 Co-I
- Michigan Department of Health and Human Services “Academic Community Nursing Clinical Education Partnership: Caring for Our Veterans” $71,999 Co-I
- Center for Academic Innovation “Transforming Nursing Education Using Microsoft 365 Guides” $10,000 PI
Teaching
Dr. Lee teaches in the Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AG-ACNP) program and specializes in critical care. Dr. Lee possesses a passion for educating acute and critical-care nurses and nurse practitioner (NP) students and has more than 25 years of experience as a critical-care nurse, nurse practitioner, and faculty member. Dr. Lee maintains her advanced practice clinical skills as an acute care nurse practitioner in the medical intensive care units at Borgess Medical Center and Henry Ford Health System.
Affiliations / Service
- Vice President, Sigma Theta Tau Rho Chapter
- Member, Sigma Theta Tau Rho Chapter
- Member, American Association of Nurse Practitioners
- Member, American Association of Critical Care Nurses
- Member, Association of Medical Education in Europe
- Member, Society of Critical Care Medicine
- Member, Society of Simulation in Healthcare
Notable Awards / Honors
- Service Excellence Award, Borgess Medical Center, April 2013
- Most Outstanding Advanced Practice Student Nurse, Michigan State University, May 2010
- Star Performer for Clinical Excellence, Borgess Medical Center, November 2010
Education
- BSN, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 1995
- MSN, Family Nurse Practitioner Program, Michigan State University, Lansing MI 2010
- Post Master’s certificate, Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Rush University, Chicago IL, 2012
- PhD, Nursing, Michigan State University, Lansing MI, 2020
Publication Highlights
Lee, D., Bathish, M., & Nelson, J. (2024). Transforming nursing education: Developing augmented reality skills training. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking.
Woodall, W. J., Chang, E. H., Toy, S., Lee, D., Sherman, J. H., Liu, M., ... & Herur-Raman, A. (2024). Does extended reality simulation improve surgical/procedural learning and patient outcomes when compared with standard training methods?: A systematic review. Simulation in Healthcare: Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, 19(1S), S98–S111. https://doi.org/10.1097/SIH.0000000000000767
Lee, D., & Wilt, J. (2023). Professional, ethical, legal, and educational lessons in medicine: A problem-based learning approach. In Lalwani, A., Cohen, M., Choi, H., Robins, D., & Kirsch, T. (Eds.), Human Factors (pp. 250-265). Oxford University Press.
Aebersold, M., Lee, D., & Nelson, J. (2023). Using augmented and immersive VR in nursing education. In Jeffries, P. (Ed.), Clinical Simulations in Nursing Education: Advanced Concepts, Trends, and Opportunities (2nd ed., pp. 177-194). Wolters
Lee, D., & Nelson, J. (2023). Healthcare. In Design, Build, Operate. Microsoft HoloLens YouTube Channel Podcast, May 9, 2023. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/MicrosoftHoloLens
Jones, H. M., Ammerman, B. A., Joiner, K. L., Lee, D., Bigelow, A., & Kuzma, E. K. (2023). Evaluating an intervention of telehealth education and simulation for advanced practice registered nurse students: A single group comparison study. Nursing Open. https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1620
Salcedo, D., Regan, J., Aebersold, M., Lee, D., Derr, A., Berrocal, Y., ... & Kuzma, E. K. (2022). Frequently used conceptual frameworks and design principles for extended reality in health professions education. Medical Science Educator, 32, 1587-1595. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-022-01620-y
