Melih Elcin
Melih Elcin
Assistant Dean for Interprofessional Education
- Master of Science in Educational Sciences, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, 2007
- Family Physician, MoH Ankara Training & Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey, 1999
- Medical Doctor, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey, 1991
Melih Elcin started working as a faculty member at Hacettepe University in 2000 after eight years of clinical practice as a physician. He worked at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. He served as the head of the Department of Medical Education & Informatics for 15 years. He was the founding head of the Department of Simulation in Health Sciences, and the founding director of the Center for Interprofessional Collaboration and Simulation. He was the director of graduate programs in Medical Education and Simulation in Health Sciences. He was the recipient of the Association for Standardized Patient Educators Outstanding SP Educator Award in 2019.
Research Interests
- Interprofessional education
- Simulation-based education
- Medical humanities
- Quality and safety
Certifications and Memberships
Certifications
- Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator - Advanced, The Society for Simulation in Healthcare, 2014-present
- TeamSTEPPS Master Trainer, Johns Hopkins University, 2022
- Case Manager for Medical Simulation, NATO Centre of Excellence for Military Medicine, 2020
Memberships
- SSH (Society for Simulation in Healthcare) since 2016
- SESAM (Society for Simulation in Europe) since 2010
- ASPE (Association of SP Educators) since 2004
Courses Taught
- HSCI210 Introduction to Health Care Ethics
Selected Works
Presentations
- Elcin M. Impact of a Simulation-Based Training Program in Veterinary Medicine on Communication Skills in Telehealth Applications. IMSH 2026, San Antonio, TX, USA.
- Torres EA, Coppola A, Elcin M. Translating the Experiences of Home Health Occupational Therapy Practitioners & Occupational Therapy Students to Develop Home-based Simulations for Occupational Therapy Education to Promote Aging in Place. AOTA Education Summit 2025, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
- Coppola A, Torres EA, Elcin M. Use of Simulation to Prepare Occupational Therapy Students to Successfully Complete Home Safety Assessments with Community-Dwelling Older Adults. AOTA Education Summit 2025, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
- Elcin M. Use of Simulation as a Tool in Diagnosis and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy of Performance Anxiety: A Novel Intervention in a Nursing School. IMSH 2025, Orlando, USA.
- Caz B, Sarmasoglu Kilikcier S, Elcin M. The Effect of Virtual Reality on Nursing Students Learning about Patient and Employee Safety During COVID-19 Pandemia. SESAM 2022, Seville, Spain
- Sarmasoglu Kilikcier S, Senel E, Celik N, Elcin M. Home-Made Pediatric Severe Burn Moulages: Recipes and Impact on Team Members in In-Situ Simulations. SESAM Virtual 2021
- Sarmasoglu S, Yucel C, Koc G, Elcin M. Evaluation of Nontechnical Skills of Novice Nursing and Medical Students at Interprofessional Simulation Setting. SESAM 2019, Glasgow, UK
- Elcin M, Ciftci Atilgan B, Tasdelen Teker G, Bilge F. Using SP Encounters to Improve Psychological Counselling and Guidance Skills of the Final Year Students. ASPE 2019, Orlando, USA
- Elcin M. Improving Communication of Medical Students with Vulnerable Groups. ASPE 2019, Orlando, USA
- Arslan S, Duygulu S, Elçin M, Alinier G. Developing Nursing Students' Managerial Skills: Scenario-Based Simulation. SESAM 2018, Bilbao, Spain
Publications
- Dener, H., Elcin, M. Delivery of the TeamSTEPPS® communication module to the ophthalmatology operating room team: determining perceptions, experiences, and opinions. BMC Med Educ 25, 1546 (2025)
- Celik N, Sarmasoglu Kilikcier S, Tasdelen Teker G, Keskin G, Akın M, Ozmert S, et al. Anaesthesiologists’ Non-Technical Skills in Denmark Form: Cross-Cultural Adaptation, Reliability and Validity of Turkish Version in Paediatric Surgery Team. BMJ Open Quality. 2025;14: e003249.
- Dener H, Elçin M. Use of the measurement tools of TeamSTEPPS®: a scoping review. BMC Med Educ, Feb 3;25:172 (2025)
- Clark L, Doyle A, Elcin M, McNaughton N, Nicholas C, Owens T, Smith C, Szauter K, Xing K, Nestel D. Call to Action: Honoring Simulated Participants and Collaborating with Simulated Participant Educators. Simul Healthc. DOI: 10.1097/SIH.0000000000000840 (2024)
- Dener H, Elçin M. The experiences of cardiovascular surgeons and nurses with mutual support through interprofessional collaboration in the intensive care unit. Nurs Crit Care. DOI: 10.1111/nicc.13220 (2024)
- Delibalta B, Guner Y, Ucuncuoglu M, Duman Dilbaz A, Akturan S, Elcin M. Effect of the community of simulated participant model on the identity formation of simulated participants: A qualitative study. Journal of Adult and Continuing Education. DOI: 10.1177/14779714241292186 (2024)
- Dogu O, Bozkurt R, Ziyai NY, Elcin M, Aygin D. Use of Different Debriefing Methods After In Situ Simulation with Intensive Care Unit Nurses. Nurs Crit Care, Sep;29(5):953-961 (2024) [cited 1]
- Sommer I, Assa S, Bachmann C, Chen W, Elcin M, Funk E, Kamisli C, Liu T, Maass AH, Merse S, Morbach C, Neumann A, Neumann T, Quasinowski B, Störk S, Weingartz S, Wietasch G, Weiss A. Medical Care as Flea Market Bargaining? An International Interdisciplinary Study of Varieties of Shared Decision Making in Physician–Patient Interactions. Teaching and Learning in Medicine, DOI:10.1080/10401334.2024.2322456 (2024)
- Arıkan Dönmez A, Kuru Alıcı N, Kapucu S, Elçin E. The Effect of Laughter Yoga Applied Before Simulation Training on State Anxiety, Perceived Stress Levels, Self-Confidence and Satisfaction in Undergraduate Nursing Students: A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial. Nurse Education in Practice (70): 103636. (2023)
- Quasinowski B, Assa S, Bachmann C, Chen W, Elcin M, Kamisli C, Liu T, Maass AH, Merse S, Morbach C, Neumann A, Neumann T, Sommer I, Stoerk S, Weingartz S, Weiss A, Wietasch G. Hearts in their Hands—Physicians’ Gestures Embodying Shared Professional Knowledge around the World. Sociology of Health & Illness, 45, 1101-1122. (2023)
