Dr. Pau is the founding Faculty Director of Simulation at the Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine, where she is responsible for the development and implementation of a robust simulation curriculum, focusing on innovative application of simulation-based instruction and assessment for emerging competencies. Her academic interests include operationalization of competency-based medical education, the use of simulation-based assessment to determine developmental trajectories of clinical skills, and the use of simulation-based progress testing. Dr. Pau has received grant support from the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) to study curricularization of telehealth competencies and from the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation to develop a competency-based framework for uncertainty in medical education. She was a member of the Foundational Competencies Working Group to develop ACGME milestone-aligned competencies for undergraduate medical education and has worked extensively with the National Board of Medical Examiners to develop formative clinical reasoning assessment solutions as a member of the OSCE for Clinical Reasoning Creative Community. Dr. Pau is a Board-certified family physician; she received her medical degree from Stanford University School of Medicine and completed her residency training at the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Family Medicine Residency Program.