The Wilson Centre
The lab was recently awarded a project grant from The Physicians’ Services Incorporated Foundation to pursue a 2-year research study titled, The Tools and the Trade: an ethnographic study of checklist policy and performance, and implications for patient safety.
We are excited to partner on the project with Dr. Elise Paradis, the Canada Research Chair in Collaborative Healthcare Practice and scientist at The Wilson Centre.
The end of summer is synonymous with ‘back to school/work’. The lab would like to say thank you and acknowledge our CREMS and summer students.
Aliya Ramjaun is finishing her 20-month CREMS program with us. She will be entering 3rd year of medical school and starting clerkship. Aliya will continue to lead The Transformation Project and be involved in the research study on intra-operative handoff and interprofessional communication in the operating room.
Sydney McQueen is wrapping up a busy summer in the lab, working on the study of perceived and physiologic stress of surgeons in the OR. She will be returning to the lab full-time next summer as she begins work on her PhD. In the meantime, she is starting 2nd year of med school and continuing with her CREMS project during the school year.
Moses Cook is embarking on an internship at Ontario Power Generation. Moses is our research student assisting with the study of perceived and physiologic stress of surgeons in the OR. He is currently an undergraduate student working towards a double-major in biology and physics.
Lastly, we are happy to have Nicole Wright back with us. Nicole is a social anthropologist with extensive experience working in sociological statistics analysis and marketing. She will be carrying on the next phase of research and educational implementation for the study on intra-operative handoff and interprofessional communication.
We are welcoming back Dr. Michael Kim to the lab as he starts his PhD.
Dr. Michael Kim is a trauma surgeon currently pursuing a PhD in medical education. His studies will focus on remediation programs for surgical trainees and the possibility of identifying or screening for candidates in need of remediation.
Kirsten Gjeraa, an MD from Denmark, will be joining us at the Wilson Centre for the next month. She is working on a PhD, looking at the non-technical skills of operative and multi-professional teams in thoracic surgery.
Dr. Pierre-Louis Hénaux, a Visiting Scholar from France, will be joining our lab later this summer for a one year period. Dr. Hénaux is a neurosurgeon from Pontchaillou University Hospital and is interested in non-technical competence in surgery.
The lab is saying farewell to Brandon Girardi as he finishes his Masters in Education. Brandon will be returning to residency in Orthopedic Surgery. He is part of the Surgeon Scientist Training Program.
Brandon’s research was a qualitative assessment of surgical bootcamp training. He completed semi structured interviews of staff, residents and faculty to determine the competencies most valued in junior surgical trainees when starting their clinical duties within the hospital. The focus is on resident learning, patient safety and the transition from student to resident.
Sydney McQueen will be joining the lab in May as a CREMS and MD/PhD student.
Taking a Chance or Playing It Safe: Reframing Risk Assessment Within the Surgeon’s Comfort Zone.
Coaching faces unique challenges in the context of a powerful surgical culture that values the portrayal of competency and instills the value of surgical autonomy. This study suggests that hanging on to these tightly held values of competency and autonomy is actually limiting the ways, and extent to which, surgeons can improve their practice.
Coaching Surgeons: Is Culture Limiting Our Ability to Improve?
Mutabdzic D, Mylopoulos M, Murnaghan ML, Patel P, Zilbert N, Seemann N, Regehr G, Moulton CA. Ann Surg. 2015 Aug;262(2):213-6.
Ann Surg. 2015 Aug;262(2):213-6.