International editorial board: meet the members

Guillaume Alinier is currently the simulation programme co-ordinator for the Sidra Medical and Research Center in Qatar where he is involved in the development of a new state-of-the-art simulation training facility that will be used for the on-boarding of staff to the new Sidra hospital.

Guillaume's career in healthcare education started in 2000 at the University of Hertfordshire as British Heart Foundation research co-ordinator with a background in physics. Following a rapid academic career progression, he became the equivalent of an Associate Professor in 2005, as well as Secretary to the Society in Europe for Simulation Applied to Medicine (SESAM) where he served until 2009 when he was invited to the join the Executive Committee of the UK Association for Simulated Practice in Healthcare (ASPiH) as Treasurer.

Guillaume was instrumental in the development of simulation education at the University of Hertfordshire and what became the largest university-based UK multiprofessional clinical simulation centre, called the Hertfordshire Intensive Care and Emergency Simulation Centre (HICESC).