Dr. Cynthia Mosher is a primary care physician and medical educator dedicated to advancing healthcare education through simulation-based learning and research. Her work focuses on enhancing the knowledge, skills, and performance of healthcare students and professionals across all stages of their training and careers.
Dr. Mosher’s research explores learner engagement in distance simulation and distance debriefing, contributing to the development of emerging international standards and best practice guidelines in this area. Her scholarly work also includes systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and umbrella reviews examining the effectiveness of simulation-based education and the integration of artificial intelligence, virtual, and augmented reality in health professions training. Through these projects, she aims to build the evidence base that informs innovation and quality improvement in healthcare education.
She is a member of the Healthcare Distance Simulation Collaboration, an initiative bringing together 33 international simulation societies to advance research and scholarship in distance simulation. Dr. Mosher also serves as Treasurer and Board Member of the Global Network for Simulation in Healthcare (GNSH), where she contributes to global efforts that promote collaboration, standardization, and professional growth in simulation.
As Director of the Alfaisal University Simulation Center at the College of Medicine, Alfaisal University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Dr. Mosher leads clinical skills and simulation-based training for healthcare learners and professionals. Her extensive experience in the Middle East provides her with a unique cross-cultural perspective that informs her teaching and collaboration. She has been instrumental in developing and launching the MGH Institute of Health Professions Master’s in Health Professions Education – Simulation Track (Hybrid) at Alfaisal University—the first program of its kind in the Middle East.
- MBBBS, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- MSHS, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham Alabama
- PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions
