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A comparison of faculty and resident perception of resident learning needs in the operating roomCarla M Pugh
Department of Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
J Surg Educ 64:250-5. 2007..Our hypothesis is that surgical faculty and residents have significantly different perceptions of residents' learning needs...
Fear of causing harm: use of mannequin-based simulation to decrease student anxiety prior to interacting with female teaching associatesCarla M Pugh
Department of Surgery, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, 201 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611 2908, USA
Teach Learn Med 21:116-20. 2009..There is a paucity of research assessing the potential benefits of mannequin trainers when preparing students to interact with teaching associates...- A retrospective review of TATRC funding for medical modeling and simulation technologiesCarla M Pugh
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Simul Healthc 6:218-25. 2011..During the past 9 years, TATRC has funded more than 175 projects relating to simulation... - Faculty evaluation of simulation-based modules for assessment of intraoperative decision makingC M Pugh
Department of Surgery, Northwestern University, 676 North St Clair, Suite 650, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Surgery 149:534-42. 2011.... - Outcome measures for surgical simulators: is the focus on technical skills the best approach?Carla Pugh
Department of Surgery, Northwestern University, 676 North St Clair, Suite 650, Chicago, IL 60610, USA
Surgery 147:646-54. 2010..However, previous simulation studies have largely focused on technical skills and measures. This study investigates changes in operative performance when assessment and feedback focus on decision making... - Fear of missing a lesion: use of simulated breast models to decrease student anxiety when learning clinical breast examinationsCarla M Pugh
Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 201 East Huron Street, Galter 10 105, Chicago, IL 60611 2908, USA
Am J Surg 193:766-70. 2007..The purpose of the current study was to identify sources of student anxiety when learning clinical breast examinations (CBEs) and to evaluate the effects of simulated breast models on student comfort... - A simulation-based assessment of clinical breast examination technique: do patient and clinician factors affect clinician approach?Carla M Pugh
Department of Surgery, Northwestern University, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, 201 East Huron Street, Galter 10 105, Chicago, IL 60611 2908, USA
Am J Surg 195:874-80. 2008..In support of CBE training and assessment, the purpose of our study was to quantify CBE palpation techniques using simulation technology and assess the affects of clinical presentation and clinician background on CBE techniques... - Residents' self-reported learning needs for intraoperative knowledge: are we missing the bar?Carla M Pugh
Department of Surgery, Northwestern University, 201 East Huron St, Galter 10 105, Chicago, IL 60611 2908, USA
Am J Surg 199:562-5. 2010..The purpose of this study was to compare the intraoperative learning needs and educational resource use of junior and senior residents. Our goal was to gain a better understanding of the progression of learning needs in surgical training... - Intra-operative decision making: more than meets the eyeCarla M Pugh
Northwestern University, Department of Surgery, Chicago, IL, USA
J Biomed Inform 44:486-96. 2011..Cognitive task analysis methods were used to extract the knowledge, thought processes, goal structures and critical decisions that provide the foundation for surgical task performance. A triangulated and iterative approach is presented... - Surgical education in the internet eraCarla M Pugh
Department of Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
J Surg Res 156:177-82. 2009..This paper highlights presentations about the challenges as well as the rewards of surgical education in the age of the Internet from the 2009 Academic Surgical Congress... - Validity and reliability of a sensor-enabled intubation trainer: a focus on patient-centered dataNabil Issa
Northwestern University, Department of Surgery, Chicago, Illinois 60611 2908, USA
J Surg Res 177:27-32. 2012..Prior work using simulation for assessing intubation skills has largely focused on the use of observer-generated performance measures in the form of checklists and global ratings scales... - Administrative considerations when implementing ACS/APDS Skills CurriculumDeborah Rooney
Department of Surgery, Northwestern University, 240 E Huron Street, Olson Pavilion, LC460, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Surgery 147:614-21. 2010..Our purpose is to describe a successful curriculum administrative structure that promoted faculty buy-in and accountability, learner responsibility, and acceptable resource usage... - Use of simulation to understand the effects of task complexity and time away on clinical confidenceElaine Cohen
Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin Madison, WI, USA
Stud Health Technol Inform 184:92-5. 2013..This decay is noted after two months of time away. Longer periods of time away did not show increased differences... - Introducing simulation technology to new faculty: do not let them playJonathan Salud
Northwestern University, Department of Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
Stud Health Technol Inform 173:421-3. 2012..Our study shows that, when teaching a clinical examination using simulation, the clinical presentation of a commercial simulator should be defined based on the consensus of experienced clinicians instead of the commercial label... - Moving past normal force: capturing and classifying shear motion using 3D sensorsCalvin Kwan
Northwestern University, Department of Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine
Stud Health Technol Inform 173:245-9. 2012..This study incorporated the use of newly developed shear force sensors to extend a framework for quantifying hands-on performance... 
Learning kinematic mappings in laparoscopic surgeryFelix C Huang
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, 345 East Superior St, Room 1308, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2010:2097-102. 2010..In addition, our findings suggest that an understanding of absolute tool position is critical to coping with mechanical interactions between the tool and trochar...- Use of sensor technology to explore the science of touchLawrence H Salud
Northwestern University, Department of Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Stud Health Technol Inform 163:542-8. 2011..We have found that Klatzy and Lederman's previously defined touch maneuvers are used during the clinical breast examination and can be identified and quantified for the first time using sensor technology... - Toward a simulation and assessment method for the practice of camera-guided rigid bronchoscopyLawrence H Salud
Northwestern University, Department of Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Stud Health Technol Inform 163:535-41. 2011..Moreover, our results show that experts exert significantly less soft tissue pressure compared to novices... - Modification of commercially available simulators to elicit decision making behaviorJonathan Salud
Northwestern University, Department of Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
Stud Health Technol Inform 173:418-20. 2012..By adding a specific, clinically oriented modification to a commercially available simulator, we were able to elicit first-year emergency medicine resident perceptions, actions, and decisions... - Developing performance criteria for the e-Pelvis simulator using visual analysisJonathan Silverstein
Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Stud Health Technol Inform 125:436-8. 2007..We describe our use of visual representation of the data that enabled expert physician/investigators to discover patterns of palpation... - The changing face of surgical education: simulation as the new paradigmDaniel J Scott
Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
J Surg Res 147:189-93. 2008..This paper highlights presentations about these topics from a panel of experts convened at the 2008 Academic Surgical Congress... - A pilot study to integrate an immersive virtual patient with a breast complaint and breast examination simulator into a surgery clerkshipAdeline M Deladisma
Department of Surgery, Medical College of Georgia, School of Medicine, 1120 15th St, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
Am J Surg 197:102-6. 2009..We aimed to determine if an immersive virtual patient (VP) with a breast complaint and a breast mannequin could prepare third-year medical students for history-taking (HT) and clinical breast examination (CBE) on a real patient... - The Surgical Illustrator: a web enabled computer program for documenting clinical and procedural detailsCarla M Pugh
Department of Surgery, Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, USA
Stud Health Technol Inform 98:304-9. 2004..The future of the EMR will be a direct result of research and development devoted to creating innovative means of conveying clinically pertinent data. Our goal is to make a major contribution to this effort... - Markov model assessment of subjects' clinical skill using the E-Pelvis physical simulatorThomas R Mackel
Rockwell Collins, Inc, Mail Stop 182 108, 400 Collins Road NE Cedar Rapids, IA 52498 0001, USA
IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 54:2133-41. 2007..Unique state transitions as well as pressure magnitudes for corresponding states were found to be skill dependent. The "white box" nature of the model provides insight into the examination process performed... - Development and validation of assessment measures for a newly developed physical examination simulatorCarla M Pugh
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305 5466, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 9:448-60. 2002..Define, extract and evaluate potential performance indicators from computer-generated data collected during simulated clinical female pelvic examinations... - Visual representations of physical abilities: reverse haptic technology?Carla M Pugh
Stanford University Medical Media and Information Technologies, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA
Stud Health Technol Inform 85:380-1. 2002 - Qualitative and quantitative analysis of pressure sensor data acquired by the E-Pelvis simulator during simulated pelvic examinationsCarla M Pugh
Stanford University Medical Media and Information Technologies Group, Stanford University, USA
Stud Health Technol Inform 85:376-9. 2002
Research Grants
- Validation of Sensorized Breast Models for High-Stakes Clinical Skills AssessmentCarla M Pugh; Fiscal Year: 2010..Our results will help set clinical performance standards. ..