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
Education & training
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)
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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