Bryan Harmer, PhD, CCP, FAEMS

Assistant Professor

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bryanharmer@creighton.edu
College of Nursing
Faculty - EMS Education

Bryan Harmer, PhD, CCP, FAEMS

Assistant Professor


Dr. Bryan Harmer serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Paramedicine at Creighton University's College of Nursing. He obtained his Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Health Sciences from Western Michigan University and holds a Master of Arts in Health Professions Education from Michigan State University. He completed his postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Michigan School of Medicine, where he conducted human factors research in virtual reality-based simulation.
Dr. Harmer's research employs a human factors approach to investigate clinical effectiveness and patient safety incidents in prehospital pediatric care. His notable work in the Augmenting the On-Scene Medic (ATOM) study examines the use of novel technology aimed at reducing pediatric medication dosing errors. His doctoral dissertation identified the latent conditions and characteristics of these errors. For his achievements in EMS, Dr. Harmer was honored as a Fellow of the Academy of Emergency Medical Services by the National Association of EMS Physicians.
 

Teaching Interests

  • Patient Safety, Research, and Education in Paramedicine

Research Focus

Human Factors in Prehospital Pediatric Patient Safety

Department

Paramedicine

Position

Assistant Professor

General

  • Lecznar Adam, Christopher Katherine, Wells Lee, Fredericks Tycho, Harmer Bryan, Edwards Autumn P., Dunwoody Sue, Hong Guan, Hoyle John, Quantifying Use of Time for Paramedics and EMTs in Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Scenarios 2025
  • Dam\csa Crina and Echeverria, Harmer Bryan, Enhancing Team-Based Medical Simulations: Learning Through Reflection with Analytics and AI Tools 2025

Publications

  • Prehospital emergency care
    Harmer Bryan M., Mahajan Prashant, Hong Guan, Rantz William, Popov Vitaliy, Fogarty Kieran, Edwards Autumn, Hoyle Jr John D., Wells Lee, Fredericks Tycho, Dunwoody Sue, Lecznar Adam, Christopher Kathryn, A Simulation-Based Root Cause Analysis of Pediatric Medication Dosing Errors in Emergency Medical Services, p. 1 - 9 2026
  • Prehospital emergency care
    Harmer Bryan M., Hoyle John D., Edwards Autumn, Hong Guan, Wells Lee, Lecznar Adam, Fredericks Tycho, Christopher Kathryn, Dunwoody Sue, Rantz William, Popov Vitaliy, Mahajan Prashant, Fogarty Kieran, Assessing the Influence of a Statewide Dosing Reference Aid on Prehospital Pediatric Medication Dosing Errors: A Mixed-Methods Simulation-Based Investigation, p. 1 - 8 2026
  • Simulation in healthcare : journal of the Society for Medical Simulation
    Harmer Bryan, Hartley Sarah, Erickson Jacob, Ross Shane, Bhatnagar Dhruv, Dowker Stephen, Park Hyunmin, Sample Alanson P., Cooke James, Cole Michael, Popov Vitaliy, Development and Evaluation of a Multimodal Debriefing Dashboard for Virtual Reality Cardiac Arrest Simulation
    21:1, p. 48 - 56 2026
  • ACM transactions on computing for healthcare
    Li Kaylee Yaxuan, Huang Kunpeng, Popov Vitaliy, Ducharme Casey, Heasman Benjamin, Falahee Eleanor, Cooke James, Cole Michael, Harmer Bryan, Sample Alanson, AutoCLC: Towards Automated Assessment and Feedback on Closed-Loop Communication in Team-based Healthcare Simulation Training
    7:1, p. 1 - 31 2026
  • Computersupported collaborative learning
    Popov Vitaliy, Harmer Bryan, Cooke James, Cole Michael, Li Yaxuan, Huang Kunpeng, Sample Alanson, Leveraging AI for automated evaluation of closed-loop communication in VR-based acute care team training 2025
  • Annals of Medicine
    Popov Vitaliy, Cooke James M., Harmer Bryan, Raphael Sophie, Scott Isabella, Sample Alanson P., Cole Michael, Elucidating cognitive processes in cardiac arrest team leaders: a virtual reality-based cued-recall study of experts and novices
    57:1, p. 2470976 2025
  • International Journal of Paramedicine
    Harmer Bryan, Fogarty Kieran, Hoyle Jr John, Ivey Melissa, Examining Cognitive Aid Use in Emergency Medical Services: A Cross-Sectional Survey, p. 48 - 61 2024
  • International Journal of Paramedicine
    Harmer Bryan, Ivey Melissa, Hoyle Jr John, Fogarty Kieran, Factors Associated with Increased Use of Cognitive Aids in Emergency Medical Services, p. 94 - 105 2024
  • Harmer Bryan M., A Mixed Methods Investigation of Pediatric Medication Administration Dosing Errors in Emergency Medical Services 2023
  • Journal of environmental health
    Fogarty Kieran, Harmer Bryan, Kaml Craig, Weiss Chris, Dezendorf Paul K., Wojtala Gerald, Governmental Food Safety Professional Workforce Estimation Model.
    84:8 2022