Sandra K. Oza

ORCID: 0000-0002-4474-8753
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Research Areas
  • Innovations in Medical Education
  • Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills
  • Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
  • Radiology practices and education
  • Health Sciences Research and Education
  • Healthcare cost, quality, practices
  • Health and Wellbeing Research
  • Evaluation of Teaching Practices
  • Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
  • Infection Control in Healthcare
  • Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
  • Food Safety and Hygiene
  • Healthcare Systems and Technology
  • Student Assessment and Feedback
  • Antibiotic Use and Resistance
  • Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare

Albert Einstein College of Medicine
2018-2022

Montefiore Medical Center
2018-2021

John Brown University
2020

Fordham University
2020

Brown University
2020

University of California, San Francisco
2014-2018

University of Colorado Denver
2018

Loma Linda University Children's Hospital
2018

University of Pennsylvania
2015

University of California System
2015

Context Clinical supervisors oversee trainees' performance while granting them increasing opportunities to work independently. Although the factors contributing supervisors' trust in their trainees conduct clinical have been identified, how development of is shaped by these remains less clear. Objectives This study was designed determine develop and experience resident (postgraduate years 2 3) workplace. Methods Internal medicine in-patient at two institutions were interviewed about meaning...

10.1111/medu.12745 article EN Medical Education 2015-07-07

Student evaluations of curricular experiences and instructors are employed by institutions to obtain feedback guide improvement. However, be effective, must prompt faculty action. Unfortunately, evaluative comments that engender strong reactions may undermine the process hindering innovation improvement steps. The literature suggests interpret evaluation as a judgment not just on their teaching ability but personal professional identity. In this context, critical evaluations, even when...

10.1080/10872981.2022.2154768 article EN cc-by Medical Education Online 2022-12-06

Background: To understand how third-year medical student interprofessional collaborative practice (IPCP) is affected by self-efficacy and experiences (extracurricular formal curricula).Methods: The authors measured learner IPCP using an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) with a standardized nurse (SN) patient (SP) during statewide performance examination. At four California schools from April to August 2012, SPs SNs rated (10 items, range 0–100) patient-centered communication...

10.3109/0142159x.2014.970628 article EN Medical Teacher 2014-10-14

ABSTRACT Background While leadership training is increasingly incorporated into residency education, existing assessment tools to provide feedback on skills are only applicable in limited contexts. Objective We developed an instrument, the Leadership Observation and Feedback Tool (LOFT), for assessing clinical leadership. Methods used iterative process develop tool, beginning with adapting Practices Inventory create open-ended survey identification of behaviors. presented these experts who...

10.4300/jgme-d-18-00113.1 article EN Journal of Graduate Medical Education 2018-09-25

Clinical reasoning skills are essential for sound medical decision-making. Though many have suggested that clinical instruction should begin in pre-clerkship curricula, neither director perspectives nor extent of is known. This survey study serves as part a needs assessment United States school curricula.United course directors were surveyed about perceived importance formal on concepts, inclusion these concepts the barriers to instruction, and familiarity with clerkship curricula. Results...

10.1515/dx-2021-0016 article EN Diagnosis 2021-07-01

Introduction:The head-to-toe approach to teaching the physical examination (PE) focuses on technique and performing a comprehensive PE whereas core + clusters hypothesis-driven (HDPE) approaches integrate clinical reasoning into focused PE.These can be implemented in developmental sequence.We report implementation evaluation of an HDPE educational session.Methods: We designed 3-hour session as part transition clerkship program.For each five vignettes, rising third-year students worked pairs...

10.15766/mep_2374-8265.11043 article EN cc-by-nc MedEdPORTAL 2020-11-24

Background and Objectives: Antibiotic misuse contributes to antibiotic resistance is a growing public health threat in the United States globally. Professional medical societies promote stewardship education for students, ideally before inappropriate practice habits form. To our knowledge, no tools exist assess student competency communication skills necessary engage patients this endeavor. The aim of study was develop novel instrument measure students’ patient counseling. Methods: We...

10.22454/fammed.2020.935298 article EN Family Medicine 2020-05-05
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