Professor Clare Lamontagne has more than 30 years of experience as a nursing leader in academic, managerial and consultant roles. Her areas of expertise include education, simulation, and relational coordination. Lamontagne’s research focuses on the use of simulation as a teaching methodology. Similarly, her doctoral dissertation focuses on nursing student’s perception of relational coordination with other health care providers. She has presented across the world on faculty development, designing and debriefing simulation scenarios, integrating concepts throughout simulation, and authenticity and complexity in simulation. She has also published articles on simulation and intimidation