Tom McCarthy

Instructional Systems Designer, Booz Allen Hamilton

Tom McCarthy is an instructional systems designer with Booz Allen Hamilton who designs innovative training solutions that motivate student learning. He uses storytelling techniques to develop case studies and learning games, and 2.5-D and 3-D immersive simulations to teach complex topics, such as locomotive mechanics, confined-space rescue, and patient-centered care. Tom co-authored and presented “Virtual Preceptoring and Virtual Patient Medical Records” at the 2011 Interservice Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference, a paper that describes fictional patient medical records he designed for physicians to practice their disability evaluation skills. The curriculum received the 2012 USDLA Bronze Award for best practices in distance-learning programming.