- Innovations in Medical Education
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare
- Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare
- Medical Education and Admissions
- Cultural Competency in Health Care
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills
- Patient Safety and Medication Errors
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Surgical Simulation and Training
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Workplace Violence and Bullying
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Athletic Training and Education
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Health and Medical Research Impacts
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
Stanford University
2015-2024
Center for Health and Gender Equity
2024
Stanford Medicine
2012-2022
Loyola University Chicago
2022
University of California, Santa Cruz
2021
VA Palo Alto Health Care System
2021
Arista (United States)
2021
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
2020
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
2020
University of Illinois Chicago
2017-2019
Background: Informed decision-making has been widely promoted in several medical settings, but little is known about the actual practice orthopaedic surgery and there are no clear guidelines on how to improve process this setting. This study was designed explore quality of informed identify excellent time-efficient examples with older patients. Methods: We recruited surgeons, patients sixty years age or older, a Midwestern metropolitan area for descriptive performed through analysis...
Emergency manuals (EMs), context-relevant sets of cognitive aids or crisis checklists, have been used in high-hazard industries for decades, although this is a nascent field health care. In the fall 2012, Stanford clinically implemented EMs, including hanging physical copies all operating rooms (ORs) and training OR clinicians on use of, rationale for, EMs. Although simulation studies shown effectiveness EMs similar tools when by teams during crises, there are little data clinical...
Background: Excellent communication between surgeons and patients is critical to helping make informed decisions a key component of both high quality care patient satisfaction. Understanding racial disparities in essential provide all patients. Objective: To examine the content process decision-making (IDM) orthopedic elderly white versus African American assess association race satisfaction with surgeon communication. Research Design: Analysis audiotape recordings office visits...
Background: Current recommendations advise patients to participate in the decision-making for selecting a colorectal cancer (CRC) screening option. The degree which providers communicate information necessary prepare participation this process is not known. Objective: To assess level of informed occurring during actual patient-provider communications on CRC and test association between behavior. Research Design: Observational study audiotaped clinic visits their primary care at Veterans...
<h3>Objective</h3> The number of persons living with HIV/AIDS, the new infections and at risk for HIV infection are foundations evidence-based prevention, treatment care planning. However, few jurisdictions have complete accurate estimates these indicators. HIV/AIDS case reporting, which includes only diagnosed reported to health departments, does not reflect all cases, thus underestimating true size epidemic. Obtaining direct measures incidence is methodologically challenging. Moreover, no...
The National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer is a collaborative effort to improve the quality of rectal cancer care, including multidisciplinary assessment, treatment planning, and documentation using synoptic radiology, pathology, operative reports.The purpose this study was examine implementation use report cancer.This convergent mixed-methods electronic medical record data, surveys, qualitative interviews.The conducted at US centers.Colorectal surgeons were included.After...
There is a strong and growing interest in biomedical ethics medical humanities (BEMH) within education for facilitating key components of professionalism ethics, clinical communication observational skills, self-care reflective practices. Consequently, United States (US) institutions have begun to incorporate BEMH through formal Scholarly Concentrations (SCs). This the first study examine impact US SC, from student experience school post-graduate development, as perceived by graduate...
Early exposure to surgery in a positive learning environment can contribute increased student interest. The primary objectives of this study included developing comfort the operating room (OR) environment, confidence surgical skills, and mentorship for students interested surgery.The course comprised seven 2-hour sessions covering both nontechnical technical skills facilitated by attending resident surgeons. Sessions training, basic knot tying suturing, laparoscopic high-fidelity operative...
Purpose. To measure the extent of informed decision making (IDM) about prostate cancer screening in physician-patient encounters, describe coding process, and assess reliability IDM measure. Methods. Audiorecoded encounters 146 older adult men their primary care physicians were obtained a randomized controlled trial mediated support related to screening. Each encounter was dual coded for presence or absence 9 elements that reflect several important dimensions IDM, such as information...
Purpose To review mistreatment reports from before and after implementation of a program, student ratings qualitative responses to the program evaluate short-term impact on students. Method In January 2014, video- discussion-based was implemented for surgery clerkship at Stanford University School Medicine. The aims help students establish expectations learning environment; create shared personal definition mistreatment; promote advocacy empower ment address mistreatment. Counts types were...
Behavioral treatments reduce anxiety, yet many older adults may not have access to these efficacious treatments. To address this need, we developed and evaluated the feasibility acceptability of a video-delivered anxiety treatment for Veterans. This program, BREATHE (Breathing, Relaxation, Education Anxiety Treatment in Home Environment), combines psychoeducation, diaphragmatic breathing, progressive muscle relaxation training with engagement activities.A mixed methods concurrent study...
Objective: This study explores the experiences of adolescents and young adults with craniofacial microsomia, including impact growing up this condition on daily life sense self. The results may guide future research optimally supporting individuals microsomia during critical phase. Design Setting: Participants were recruited through a center, online patient support groups, social media sites. Eleven individual semistructured interviews participants between 12 22 years old conducted by single...
Background and Purpose: Competency in serious illness communication is mandated by the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education. Previous efforts to teach skills have been hampered intensive time requirements. In this study, we developed evaluated a brief goals-of-care curriculum for neurology residents. Methods: We implemented two-part based on themes identified from needs assessment: (1) fundamental physician-patient skills; (2) counseling surrogate decision makers providing...