Christopher Eric Mccoy MD, MPH

Dr. McCoy is an assistant clinical professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at UC Irvine. He attended University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine with an area of concentration in medical education and subsequently completed an emergency medicine residency at UC Irvine, where he served as director of simulation education during his chief year. Afterwards, McCoy completed an emergency medical services/disaster medical sciences (EMS/DMS) fellowship at UC Irvine while simultaneously pursuing a Master of Public Health at UCLA. His latest work in simulation is a randomized controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of simulation for teaching medical students the assessment and management of critically ill patients; available in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Emergency Medicine.

Dr. McCoy is the fellowship director for southern California’s first Emergency Medicine simulation fellowship training program. Since its inception in 2013, the medical simulation fellowship program has grown at a tremendous pace. The Emergency Medicine medical simulation fellowship program offers advanced training in simulation teaching, curriculum design, educational program implementation, research, and study design for graduates of accredited Emergency Medicine residency programs. He has also created an international medical simulation fellowship-training program for physician educators aspiring to build simulation programs at their home institutions in their respective countries. Fellows graduating from the program have been able to assume leadership roles in residencies, simulation centers, or healthcare institutions.