Kathryn Smalley Hoffman, MA, CHSE

IPE Project Manager
STEPS Research Coordinator

Organization:

West Virginia University School of Medicine

Department:

WV STEPS

Classification:

Staff

Project Manager

Organization:

West Virginia University Health Sciences Center

Department:

Interprofessional Education (IPE)

Classification:

Staff

• MA, West Virginia University, 2023
• BA, West Virginia University, 2014

Kathryn "Katie" Hoffman currently serves as the Project Manager for the Department of Interprofessional Education (IPE) and Research Coordinator for STEPS Simulation Lab. She began her journey into simulation and IPE in 2013 when she became a standardized patient. In 2016, she joined STEPS full-time as a Simulation Information Specialist. Katie is an active member of STEPS’s Research Committee, Evaluation, Quality, & Inspection (EQI) Committee, and Policy & Procedure Committee. Katie became a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE) in 2019, and has presented the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH), the Human Patient Simulation Network (HPSN) World Conference, and the IPE NEXUS Summit.