Goodman Surgical Education Center
News
March 2015
Resident Skills Leadership Challenge
Red Team Wins!
General Surgery residents put their leadership and communication skills to the test in the first annual Resident Leadership Challenge. The residents had to recreate a model using surgical materials while relying on a team member's visual memory and clear communication. Pictured: (from left) Katherine Blevins, Elizabeth George, Jared Forrester, and Miquell Miller
July 2014
Introducing our New Education Fellow for the 2014/2015
Laura Mazer, MD
Dr. Mazer is a General Surgery resident at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Boston, MA. She completed her PGY-3 year before starting as the Surgical Education Fellow at the Goodman Simulation Center. Prior to entering residency, she completed her undergraduate education at the University of Chicago and earned her M.D. from Emory University. She also completed a Master’s of Science in Clinical Research at Emory, with the support of an NIH TL1 grant. She is currently in her first year as the Surgical Education Fellow, and her research interests include resident assessments, curriculum development for graduate medical education, and nontechnical skills training.
February 2014
Stanford University School of Medicine
Department of Surgery Grand Rounds
"The Educational Environment in Surgery for Medical Students"
Presented By:
James Lau, MD
Clinical Associate Professor,
Division of General Surgery
14th Annual International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH).
Poster Presentation Cara Liebert, MD
September 2013
Poster Presentation, Dana Lin, MD
July 2013
First Stanford Surgical Education Fellow to Begin Master’s in Health Professions Education (MHPE)
Cara Liebert, MD
In the realization of the evolution of the Department of Surgery’s Education Fellowship, Dr. Cara Liebert became the first of our long line of fellows to apply for, gain acceptance into and complete her first core course in the Master of Health Professions Education degree program from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her acceptance into this program, into the oldest Department of Medical Education in the United States, was amongst competition from those usually well into their careers in medical education. Dr. Liebert will complete her Master’s Degree and thesis in her two years as a fellow between her 2nd and 3rd clinical years of her surgery residency.
Dana Lin, MD
Education Fellow, Dr. Dana Lin Becomes GSC Curriculum Director
2011-2013 Stanford Surgical Education Fellow, Dr. Dana Lin, will be joining the faculty as Clinical Instructor at the Palo Alto VA location and has accepted the position of Curriculum Director of the Goodman Simulation Center. Dana is a fellowship trained endocrine surgeon from the Massachusetts General Hospital and completed her residency at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ). She helps design and implement the surgical skills curriculum and has published in the area of emotional intelligence. Her scholarship in medical education includes work on feedback and clinical decision-making, as well as publication of a mobile e-book surgery guide.
Julia Park, MD
Dr. Julia Park Returns to Residency
2012 – 2013 Surgical Education Fellow, Dr. Julia Park, with a heavy heart returns to complete her surgical residency at Stanford. She brought fire and personality to the GSC and is missed. She continues her work on surgical decision-making as data from that project materializes. She presented her work on trends in resident evaluations at Stanford at the recent Women in Surgery Career Symposium in San Francisco in the poster format.
June 2013
First Annual Department of Surgery Laparoscopic ‘Judgment Day'
The first annual Department of Surgery Laparoscopic Judgment Day Competition for the surgery residency was held at the Immersive Learning Center this June. Teams competed in several laparoscopic events and were judged on time and accuracy. Pictured is the winning team but all teams performed well and showed evidence of practice and camaraderie. Yijun Chen, Kevin Helling, Kirellos Zamary, Sepideh Gholami, and Micaela Esquivel were on the winning team. The plaque is in the GSC and all the subsequent competition winners will join them as the years go by. Their hard work, practice, and coordination paid off.
Dr. Julia Park's poster at the 4th Annual Women in Surgery Career Symposium
