Beth Hallmark
Director of Education
Center for Interprofessional Engagement & Simulation
Biography
Beth Fentress Hallmark, PhD, RN, CHSE-A, ANEF started at Belmont in 1996 as an instructor of nursing, teaching Child and Family Nursing from 1996-2007. Currently she is the Director of Education at the new Center for Interprofessional Engagement and Simulation and an Associate Professor of Nursing. Beth completed Her ADN (Samford '86), BSN (Belmont, ‘89) and MSN (Vanderbilt ‘94). In 2010, she completed her PhD in Educational Leadership where she examined the impact of faculty debriefing training on the cognitive outcomes of students. From 2006-2010 she also served as Lab Coordinator over the simulation and lab space in Inman. Upon completion of her PhD, she became the Director of Simulation in the College of Health Sciences and Nursing (2010) while continuing to teach in the School of Nursing. Since her promotion to Associate Professor, in 2017 Beth continued to lead the simulation program for the CHS and Nursing while also teaching courses in the School of Nursing. In August of 2023 she transitioned to her new role in the simulation center. Throughout her career, she has had a substantial and sustained influence advocating for effective simulation pedagogy in health professionals' education, leading to tangible improvements in patient safety, inclusivity, and interprofessional collaboration.
Nursing Education
Professional Development of the Simulation Educator
Culturally Relevant Simulation
International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning
National League of Nursing
Association of Standardized Patient Educators
Society for Simulation in Healthcare
Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society
Tennessee Simulation Alliance
International Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning: Board of Directors (elected) 2022- 2024
National League for Nursing: Academy of Nursing Education Fellow 2019
NLN TEQ Blog Editorial Board: Art and Science of Teaching 2019-2025
Tennessee Simulation Alliance: Board Member (Founding Member) 2016-Present
March of Dimes Nurse Educator of the Year, Tennessee 2017
International Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning: Nominations and Elections Committee (Elected) 2017-2019
Tennessee Simulation Alliance: Past President 2015-2016
Meharry Vanderbilt Alliance Interprofessional Faculty Member 2012-2023
Health Information Technology Scholars Program (HITS) ITNEP Grant 2011
National League for Nursing: Ambassador Belmont University 2009-2011
Debra Spunt International Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning Research Grant Recipient 2009
Tennessee Simulation Alliance: President/Director 2008-2015
Saving Lives at Birth in India: Laerdal Foundation $40,000.00 Participant 2023-Present
Interdisciplinary Simulations for Clinical Services for Older Adults, Kendal Charitable Funds, Kendal Charitable Funds Submitted July 2022_ Not Funded 2022
Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development: National Endowment for the Humanities Submitted September 1, 2022_ Not funded 2022
Prevention of Catheter Associate Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) 2014 $10,000 for the development of free educational tools for prevention of CAUTI in Health Care settings. Published on TN Hospital Association Website 2014
Tennessee Center for Patient Safety: Patient Safety Foundation Education and Competency Collaborative Program: $6,500.00 2013
AHRQ Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA): PAR11-024, Title - ADVANCES IN PATIENT SAFETY THROUGH SIMULATION RESEARCH (R18). EHRs and Simulation to Improve Patient Safety Submitted with UTK Bridging Submitted not funded 2013
Baptist Healing Trust: Delivering compassionate care to the older adult: Developed Simulations and piloted. $4,000.00 2013
Pipeline Grant: Tennessee Center for Patient Safety/THA in Collaboration with CMC 2012-14; Train students using simulation to better prepare them for practice. $5,000.00 2012-2014 Tennessee Simulation Alliance, Project Director INTEP Grant in collaboration with Vanderbilt 2011-2014
Debra Spunt INACSL Mini Grant: The Relationship between Faculty Training on Debriefing and Students’ Learning Achievement, Reflective Thinking, Learning Style and Student Feelings about Debriefing 2009
NLN AHA CPR Study, $3,000.00 funded, $20,000 equipment 2008
Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative Brief Proposal, The Value of Nursing in Preventing Medical Errors and Other Complications: Preparing future generations of nurses to be a catalyst of improved patient care outcomes, December 2008, not funded 2008
Tennessee Simulation Alliance: ITNEP Grant Project Director 2011-2014
RWJ Partners in Nursing Grant Tennessee Center for Nursing: Simulation Education in Tennessee; Program Director 2007-2011
Watts, P., Smith, T., Hallmark, B.F., Damazo, B. (2024). Seeking Excellence in Simulation for Nursing Education and Practice: Accreditation, Certification, and Standards of Best Practice. In Kutzin, J., Waxman, K.T., Lopez, C., Kiegaldie, D. (Eds.) Comprehensive Healthcare Simulation: Nursing. (449-455). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31090-4_42
Hallmark, B. & Johnson, K. (in press) . Creating an Effective Simulation Environment. Nursing Clinics of North America. Beroz, S., Hallmark, B., & Watts, P. (2024). Healthcare Simulation Standards of Best Practice and Nurse Practitioner Education. In Jeffries, P. & Slaven-Lee, P.. (Eds.), A Practical Guide for Nurse Practitioner Faculty Using Simulation in Competency-Based Education. (101-124). Wolters Kluwer Health
Legge, T. R., Holthaus, A., Hallmark, B., & Alexander, K. (2023). Preparing for the Next Generation NCLEX Using a Virtual Simulation. The Journal of nursing education, 1–5. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20230713-01
Watts, P.I., Rossler, K., Bowler, F., Miller, C., Charnetski, M., Decker, S., Molloy, M.A., Persico, L., McMahon, E., McDermott, D., Hallmark, B. (2021). Onward and upward: Introducing the healthcare simulation standards of best practice ™. Clinical Simulation in Nursing (58):1–4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecns.2021.08.006 INACSL
Standards Committee, Hallmark, B., Brown, M., Peterson, D.T., Fey, M., & Morse, C. (2021, September). Healthcare Simulation Standards of Best Practice Professional Development. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 58, 5-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecns.2021.08.007.
Gentry, C. Espiritu, E., Schorn, M. Hallmark. B. , Bryan, M., Prather, P., Villalta-Gil, V.,Offodile, R., &Wilkins, C.(2021)Engaging the community through a longitudinal, interprofessional, interinstitutional experiential learning collaboration,. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning, 13, 169-176, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cptl.2020.09.012.
Watts, P. I., Hallmark, B. F., & Beroz, S. (2021). Professional development for simulation education. Annual Review of Nursing Research, 39(1), 201–221. doi:10.1891/0739-6686.39.201.
Hallmark, B (2020). Replacing Clinical with Simulation Amid the COVID-19 Crisis. The Tennessee Nurse, 83(2). https://assets.nursingald.com/uploads/publication/pdf/2076/Tennessee_6_20__1_.pdf
Gentry, C., Espiritu, E., Schorn, M. N., Hallmark, B., Bryan, M., Prather, P., Villalta-Gil, V., Offodile, R., & Wilkins, C. (2021). Engaging the community through a longitudinal, interprofessional, interinstitutional experiential learning collaboration. Currents in pharmacy teaching & learning, 13(2), 169–176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cptl.2020.09.012
Espiritu EW, Busby S, Hunt JW, Brown R, Hallmark BF, Cochran K, et al. Students’ SelfPerceptions of Self-Awareness/Self-Regulation when Experiencing Unexpected Situations in an Interprofessional Clinical Simulation. The Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice. 2021 Jan 06;19(1), Article 1
Espiritu, E. W., Can, T. M., Michaels, N. N., Koch, A., & Hallmark, B. F. (2020). Effectiveness of Instructor-Led Discussion versus Simulation to Prepare Students for Fieldwork. Journal of Occupational Therapy Education, 4 (4). https://doi.org/10.26681/jote.2020.040407
Murabito, S. & Hallmark B.F. (2018). Complications of kidney disease. Nursing Clinics of North America, 53(4), 579-588.
Bond, L & Hallmark, B. (2017). Educating nurses in the intensive care unit about gastrointestinal complications using an algorithm embedded into simulation. Critical Care Clinics of North America, 30(1), 75-85.
Hallmark, B.F. (2015). Faculty Development in Simulation Education. Nursing Clinics of North America, 50(2), 389-397
Hallmark, B., Mechan, P. & Shores, L. (2015). Ergonomics: Safe patient handling and mobility. Nursing Clinical of North America, 50(1), 153-166.
Hallmark, Beth Fentress, Thomas, Cynthia M., Gantt, Laura. (2014). The educational practices construct of the NLN Jeffries simulation framework: State of the science. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 10(7), NLN/Jeffries Framework Project Papers Special Edition. 345-352.
Hallmark, B. F., Thomas, C. M., & Gantt, L. (2013). The educational practices construct of the NLN Jeffries simulation framework: State of the science. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, Vol(X), e1e8
Oermann, M.H., Hallmark, B.F., Haus, C., Kardong-Edgren, S.E., McColgan, J.K., Rogers, N. (2012). Conducting multisite research studies in nursing education: Brief practice of CPR skills as an exemplar. Journal of Nursing Education, 51(1), 23-28. Doi: 0.3928/01484834-20111130- 05
Oermann, M.H., Kardong- Edgren, S., Odom-Maryon, T., Hallmark, B.F., Hurd, D. et al.(2011). Deliberate practice of practice of motor skills in nursing education. CPR as an exemplar. Nursing Education Perspectives, 32(5), 311-315. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5480/1536-5026-32.5.311
Oermann MH, Kardong-Edgren S, McColgan JK, Hurd D, Haus C, Snelson C, Hallmark BF, Rogers, NE, Kuerschner DR, Ha Y, Tennant MN, Dowdy SW, Lamar J. (2010). Advantages and barriers to use of HeartCode™ BLS with voice advisory manikins for teaching nursing students. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship, 7(1), Article 26. doi: 10.2202/1548- 923X.1949
Kardong-Edgren, S.E., Oermann, M.H., Ha, Y., Tennant, M.N., Snelson, C., Hallmark, E., Rogers, N., & Hurd, D. (2009). Using a wiki in nursing education and research. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship, 6(1), Article 6. doi: 10.2202/1548-923X.1787