Jason Kegg, MD

Jason Kegg, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Director of Simulation-Based Education

    About me

    Hometown: Kankakee, Illinois
    Academic interests: EMS, Simulation, TEMS/SOM, Austere medicine, Resuscitation
    What you enjoy most about the program: Our amazing residents, staff, faculty, and clinical partners
    Favorite things to do in Springfield: Spend time with my family, my kids' fine arts events, trail walks/hikes, golf, swimming

    Gender

    Male

    Education & training

    Positions
    Emergency Medicine Physician
    Board Certifications
    American Board of Emergency Medicine
    Medical School
    SIU School of Medicine, Springfield, IL
    Undergraduate Degree
    Olivet Nazarene University
    Residency
    Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN

    Certifications

    • Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) Instructor
    • Trauma Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) Instructor
    • Stop The Bleed (STB) Bleeding Control Instructor
    • Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE)

    Publications

    • J Hart MD, R Tracy MD, M Johnston MD, S Brown, C Stephenson, J Kegg MD, J Waymack MD.  "Recommendations for Prehospital Airway Management in Patients with Suspected COVID-19 Infection"
      • Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health (WestJEM)
         
    • Chinmay Patel, Jason Kegg, Myto Duong, Cassie Jaeger, David Griffen. “Emergency Medicine Resident Acceptance and Perception of Parental Involvement in a Simulated Diagnostic Error Curriculum.”
      • Great Plains Regional Meeting of the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine, Iowa City, IA
      • Midwest Healthcare Quality Alliance Symposium, Springfield, IL
      • Dept. of Surgery Resident Research and Quality Outcomes Day
         
    • Chinmay Patel, Jason Kegg, Myto Duong, Cassie Jaeger, David Griffen. “Emergency Medicine Resident Retention of a Simulation Based Education Program on Kawasaki Disease with Parental Involvement.”
      • Great Plains Regional Meeting of the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine, Iowa City, IA
      • Midwest Healthcare Quality Alliance Symposium, Springfield, IL
         
    • J. Kegg MD, R. Austin MD, J. dela Cruz MD, C. Patel DO, A. Helmerichs RN, M. Helmerichs RN, Z. Norman RN. “Use of Multidisciplinary Simulation to Improve Communication Skills, Interpersonal Relationships, and Job Satisfaction in Emergency Medicine Residents.”
      • Podium presentation at 2018 International Meeting for Simulation in Healthcare, Los Angeles, CA
      • Poster presented at 2017 International Meeting for Simulation in Healthcare, Orlando, Fl
      • Great Plains Regional Meeting of the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine, Iowa City, IA
      • Midwest Healthcare Quality Alliance Symposium, Springfield, IL
         
    • Kegg, J. dela Cruz, J. Waymack, J. Howe, K. Galanos, K. Jaeger, C. “Bridging the Gap – Collaborative and Simulated Mortality and Morbidity Conferences.”
      • Submitted to Simulation in Helathcare as SID-D-16-00120, in revision
         
    • Kegg J, dela Cruz J, Fulks T, Jain J, Jaeger C.  “A Low-Cost, Reusable Ultrasound Pericardiocentesis Simulation Model with Anatomical Landmarks Offering Both Subxiphoid and Parasternal Long Viewing."
      • Submitted to Simulation in Healthcare as SIH-D-16-00105, currently in revision
      • Presented at 2017 International Meeting for Simulation in Healthcare, Orlando, Fl
         
    • Pearson D, Bond M, Kegg J, Pillow T, Hopson L, Cooney R, Garg M, Khadpe J, Runyon M, Patterson L. "Evaluation of Social Media Use by Emergency Medicine Residents and Faculty."
      • Physician Weekly
         
    • Leuck, J. Pearson, D. Clarke, S. Swaminathan, A. Mahoney, H. Medwid, K. Kegg, J. Byars, D. Getto, L. Turner, J. Cooper, D. Bullard, M. Anderson, W.  “A Comparison of Evaluation Metrics for High-Fidelity ACLS-Based Simulation Cases for PGY-1 and PGY-3 Level Emergency Medicine Residents: A Pilot Study.”
      • Simulation in Healthcare: The Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare: Dec 2013- Vol 8 – Issue 6 – pp. 558-559.
         
    • Pearson D, Bond M, Kegg J, Pillow T, Hopson L, Cooney R, Garg M, Khadpe J, Runyon M, Patterson L. "Evaluation of Social Media Use by Emergency Medicine Residents and Faculty."
      • Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
         
    • Manis G., Pearson D, Bond M, Runyon M, Kegg J, Pillow T, Cooney R. “Institutional Risk of Social Media Utilization by Emergency Medicine Residents and Faculty.”
      • Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
         
    • Pearson D, Cooney R, Bond MC, Nomura JT, Hayes A, Rosh A, Husain A, Garg M, Larrabee H, Carbera D, Inboriboon PC, Huecker M, Kanter M, Joshi N, Pillow T, Swaminathan A, Nouhan P, Velez L, Krzyzaniak A, Khadpe J, Kegg J, Ahn J. “Recommendations from the Council of Residency Directors (CORD) Social Media Committee on the Role of Social Media in Residency Education and Strategies on Implementation.”
      • Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
         
    • Lopez, R., Kegg, J.  Book Chapter – “A 94-year-old Female with Altered Mental Status” 
       
    • Resident Readiness, Emergency Medicine. McGraw Hill Education; pp: 359-362.
      • Link available here.
         
    • Lopez, R., Kegg, J.  Book Chapter – “An Earthquake Strikes a Medium-sized City” 
       
    • Resident Readiness, Emergency Medicine.  McGraw Hill Education; pp: 363-370.
       
    • Cianciolo, A.  Kegg, J.  “Behavioral Specifications of the Entrustment Process”
      • Journal of Graduate Medical Education
         
    • Pillow, M., Hopson, L., Hernandez, V., Kegg, J., Pearson, D., Sule, H. et al. "Social Media Guidelines and Best Practices - Recommendations from the Council of Residency Directors (CORD) Social Media Taskforce"
      • Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
         
    • dela Cruz, J., Shabosky, J., Albrecht, M., Clark, T., Milbrandt, J., Kegg, J., Markwell, S.
       
    • ”A Comparison of Typed and Voice Recognition Data Entry for Electronic Health Record Charting: The Effect on Emergency Department Physician Time Utilization and Interruptions.”
      • Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
         
    • McDowell, C., Griffen, D., Kegg, J.  “Identifying Performance Problems Early in Residency.”
      • Austin Journal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine
         
    • Leuck, J., Clarke, S., Pearson, D., Kegg, J., Byars, D., Medwid, K., Mahoney, H., et al. “Establishing Baseline Performance of PGY-1 and PGY-3 Emergency Medicine Residents on High-Fidelity Simulation Cases Concerning Cardiac Dysrhythmias.”
      • Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
         
    • Leuck, J., Clarke, S., Pearson, D., Kegg, J., Byars, D., Medwid, K., Mahoney, H., et al. “Establishing Baseline Performance of PGY-1 and PGY-3 Emergency Medicine Residents on High-Fidelity Simulation Cases Concerning Cardiac Dysrhythmias.”
      • 2013 Council of EM Residency Directors Meeting

    Featured In

    May 11, 2022: Instructor/Proctor for ATLS Course
    April 26, 2022: Invited lecturer for International SP Workshop: “Training & Using Standardized Patients for Learning/Assessment”
    April 5, 2022: Instructor, SIUEM Resident Readiness Curriculum
    January 12, 2022: Speaker for NASEMSO Medical Director’s Council at Annual NAEMSP Meeting 2022
    September 29, 2021: Course instructor: e-FAST ultrasound hands-on session
    September 22, 2021: Instructor/Proctor for ATLS Course
    September 20, 2021: Instructor, ICEP ABEM Oral Boards Course
    September 2, 2021: Course faculty for SIUEM MedWars event
    August 26, 2021: Course Director & Moderator for ICEP Resident Career Day Live 2021
    August 23, 2021: Instructor, ICEP ABEM Oral Boards Course
    July 21, 2021: Instructor, SIUEM Resident Readiness Curriculum
    June 22 & 23, 2021: Instructor/Proctor for ATLS Course
    December 1, 2020: Instructor, ICEP ABEM Oral Boards Course
    September 10, 2020: Speaker/panelist for IDPH COVID-19 EMS Update webinar
    September 1, 2020: Instructor/Proctor for ATLS Course
    August 27, 2020: Judge for the Resident Speaker Forum at ICEP Resident Career Day Live 2020
    August 27, 2020: Course Director & Moderator for ICEP Resident Career Day Live 2020
    August 20, 2020: Speaker/panelist for IDPH COVID-19 EMS Update Webinar
    August 6, 2020: Program Coordinator for SIU EM Residency Virtual EMS Day
    July 23, 2020: Speaker/panelist for IDPH COVID-19 EMS Update webinar
    June 18, 2020: Speaker/panelist for IDPH COVID-19 EMS Update webinar on first-responder wellness
    May 21, 2020: Speaker/panelist for IDPH COVID-19 EMS Update webinar
    May 7, 2020: Speaker/panelist for IDPH COVID-19 EMS Update webinar
    April 23, 2020: Speaker/panelist for IDPH COVID-19 EMS Update webinar
    April 9, 2020: Speaker/panelist for IDPH COVID-19 EMS Update webinar
    March 26, 2020: Speaker/panelist for IDPH COVID-19 EMS Update webinar (Approx. 600 attendees)
    March 17, 2020: Speaker/panelist for IDPH COVID-19 EMS Update webinar (Approx. 800 attendees)
    March 2020: Keynote presenter at Illinois EMT Association Conference
    October 2019: Invited Speaker for US Dept of Justice - Methamphetamine Summit
    September 2019: Presenter at IDPH IL State EMS Meeting
    September 2019: Coordinated, organized and executed Medical Student SimWars Competition for Great Plains Society of Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Conference
    September 2019: Presenter/Clinical Instructor for Glenwood High School Stop the Bleed Course
    July 2019: Program Coordinator for SIU EM Residency EMS Day
    May 2019: Representative for IL/Presented IL Update at NASEMSO (National Assoc of State EMS Officials) Annual Conference
    March 2019: Keynote presenter at Illinois EMT Association Conference
    November 2018: Presented on EM at Career Day at St John’s Preschool
    July 2018: Keynote speaker for Kankakee Community College/Riverside Hospital's Paramedic Program Commencement ceremony
    May 2018: Course Medical Director for Trauma Combat Casualty Care Course for Warrensburg Fire (Warrensburg, IL)
    September 2014: Interview for SJR Newspaper Press Release after a Mass Casualty Incident – “The Silent Killer: What you need to know about carbon monoxide”
    May 2014: Interview for Farm World Magazine: “Heat Emergencies”
    January 2013: Regional On-Air Radio Interview: “Influenza Update”
    January 2013: Regional On-Air Television Interview: “Influenza Update”
    June 2012: Regional On-Air Radio Interview: “Fireworks Safety”
    June 2011: Regional On-Air Radio Interview: “Fireworks Safety”

    Awards

    •  October 2019: US Dept of Justice, Letter of Commendation, Speaker at Methamphetamine Summit
    • November 2018: SIU School of Medicine, Department of Surgery “Excellence in Teaching Award”
    • November 2016: SIU School of Medicine, Department of Surgery “Excellence in Teaching Award”
    • January 2012: LEAN Six Sigma Executive White Belt Course
    • November 2011: SIU School of Medicine, Department of Surgery “Excellence in Teaching Award”
    • MERC at CORD Scholar