EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
- (ongoing) Do experience, age, or gender predict resident self-assessment of Milestones level relative to the Clinical Competency Committee?
- With the new ACGME Milestones, the Clinical Competency Committee (CCC) is tasked to assign each resident to a level for each milestone. As a starting point, our CCC requested the resident self-assign themselves to a level. This study seeks to estimate whether the residents under- or over-estimation could be predicted by age, gender, or experience level.
- Data collected; analysis in process.
- (ongoing) Utility of self-assessment in Milestones assignment by the CCC and resident self-reflection
- Self-assessment by the resident of their level on milestones has the potential to be useful in two ways: (1) it serves as a starting point for the CCC’s assignment and (2) it permits reconciliation at the semi-annual review of the resident’s own perception of their progress relative to the CCC’s assessment. This study seeks to clarify this question further.
- Data collection in process.
- An educational intervention to improve human papilloma virus (HPV) and cervical cancer knowledge among African American college students.
- Mentored Dr. Jeanine Staples in preparing a pre- and post-intervention assessment of a hands-on and didactic intervention at historically black colleges to improve knowledge around cervical cancer, HPV, and screening.
- Manuscript published in Gynecologic Oncology
- Use of a Perceptual Adaptive Learning Module results in improved accuracy and fluency of Fetal Heart Rate categorization by medical students
- The Perceptual and Adaptive Learning Module resulted in more accurate and fluent categorization of Fetal Heart Rate tracings compared to traditional lecture methods, and the effect persisted on delayed testing.
- Submitted:
- CREOG and APGO Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 2016.
- Electronic Point-of-Care Evaluations in Surgery, Clinic, Nursing, M&M, and Topic presentation evaluations results in increased frequency of evaluation
- In previous years, we received few surgical and nursing evaluations and no clinic, M&M, or topic evaluations. With the implementation of a QR-code based Electronic Point-of-Care evaluation system, we increased the numbers of evaluations received, though there was drift to declining numbers of nursing evaluations by the end of the evaluation period.
- Submitted:
- CREOG and APGO Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 2016.
- Laparoscopic Vascular Injury Simulation for Gynecology Residents
- Our residents rarely see laparoscopic vascular injuries and rarely learn about their management. This simulation showed durable improvement in resident knowledge, confidence, and dictation quality. It was widely accepted by the residents and unanimously chosen to be part of the annual curriculum.
- Accepted for oral presentation:
- CREOG and APGO Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, 2015.
- 44th AAGL Global Congress on MIGS, Las Vegas, NV, 2015.
- Electronic Point of Care Evaluations Result in Improvement in Nursing Evaluation of Residents.
- Milestone-specific question modifications, a feedback training session, and the E-POC system resulted in a greater quantity of and more effective evaluation of residents by labor and delivery nursing staff.
- Accepted for oral presentation:
- CREOG and APGO Annual Meeting, San Antonio, 2015.
- Teaching to Equivalents: a new paradigm for resident education in estimation of blood loss.
- A brief didactic session based principally on teaching to equivalents resulted in a meaningful and statistically significant improvement in estimation of blood loss.
- Accepted for oral presentation:
- CREOG and APGO Annual Meeting, San Antonio, 2015.
CLINICAL RESEARCH
My clinical research to date has been varied with a focus initially on preterm birth and cervical cerclage. Recently, my focus has shifted to postpartum hemorrhage and intrauterine balloon tamponade and health systems science including cost effectiveness analyses and big data analysis.
