GSEC Research Funding
Without the generous support of our grant funders, the work of the Goodman Surgical Education Center undoubtedly would not be where it is today. From a flipped classroom curriculum to scrub training videos on YouTube, funding from grants has allowed us to improve surgical education for all levels of learners, not just at Stanford Surgery, but across the nation. In the coming years, the GSEC hopes to continue our work, disseminate what we learn, and incite a research-based revolution. Thank you for making this possible!
GSEC Grants in Action
Revenue Sharing Innovation Grant
"With the support of Stanford’s Teaching and Mentoring Academy, we were able to design an asynchronous scrub training curriculum for all of our medical students and physician assistant students here at Stanford. Not only have our students benefited, but we uploaded the scrub training video to Youtube where it has been viewed more than 56,000 times."
-Brittany Hasty, MD
Surgical Education Fellow
Teaching and Mentoring Academy Innovation Grant
“The TMA grant funds will be used to create 3D models of different vascular pathology including abdominal aortic aneurysms, carotid artery stenosis, and peripheral vascular disease. These will be used both as anatomic models and simulation-based endovascular trainers for students on the third-year medical student surgery clerkship. Our hope is that this can meet a need for more exposure to endovascular techniques earlier in medical training. Unfortunately many students complete their surgery clerkship without ever doing a vascular surgery rotation, so their exposure is limited. And with the rise of more integrated vascular surgery programs, students must select this specialty much earlier in their training, despite often limited experience in the field.”
- LaDonna Kearse, MD
Surgical Education Fellow
Association for Surgical Education Gold Grant
“We received grant funding through the Association for Surgical Education to provide all general surgery residents with individualized VARK learning profiles. The VARK questionnaire is a 16-item test that assigns learners to visual, aural, read/write, or kinesthetic learning preferences, or a multimodal preference (any combination of the above). Every year general surgery residents take the in-service exam (ABSITE) – there are tons of available resources to study and it can be challenging to decide which resources to focus on. We designed a session for all residents that was a comprehensive review of available study resources, organized by VARK category. We also reviewed some successful study plans and went over the steps to making an individualized study plan. We plan to survey the residents during ABSITE season to see which resources they used and if they were aligned with their preferred learning preference. We hope to find out if this has any impact on ABSITE scores and perceptions of self-efficacy.”
-Rachel Jensen, MD
Surgical Education Fellow
GSEC Grants
2021
Teaching and Mentorship Academy Innovation Grant
An Innovative Endovascular Surgery Simulation Module Using 3-Dimensional (3D) Printed Models
LaDonna Kearse, MD; Mike Sgroi, MD; Thomas Pham, MD
Association for Surgical Education Gold Grant
Does an early assessment of surgical interns’ learning preferences using the VARK questionnaire combined with a targeted review of available resources and study tools impact ABSITE scores and perceptions of self- efficacy?
Rachel Jensen, MD; LaDonna Kearse, MD; James R. Korndorffer, MD MHPE
2018
SUMIT Seed Grant
The Risk Authority Stanford
In-Situ Inter-Professional Education in the Operating Room for Teamwork and Communication
James Lau MD MHPE
2017
Center for Excellence in Surgical Education, Research and Training (CESERT) Grant
Association for Surgical Education
Linking Interdisciplinary Team-Based In-Situ Operating Room Simulations to Patient Outcomes and Culture Change: A Community-Based Participatory Mixed-Methods Study
Brittany Hasty MD, Paloma Marin-Nevarez MS, James Lau MD MPHE
Stanford Teaching and Mentoring Academy Innovation Grant
Stanford Teaching and Mentoring Academy
Service Through Surgery
Paloma Marin-Nevarez MS, Jecca Steinberg MS, James Lau MD MHPE
SUMIT Seed Grant
The Risk Authority Stanford
In-Situ Inter-Professional Education in the Operating Room for Teamwork and Communication
James Lau MD MHPE
2016
Stanford Teaching and Mentoring Academy Innovation Grant
Stanford School of Medicine
Intensive Integrated Surgical Immersion Curriculum
Brittany Hasty MD, Sarah Miller MS, James Lau MD MHPE
Revenue Sharing Innovation Grant
Stanford School of Medicine
Student Support Program for Medical Students
James Lau MD MHPE
ASE/APDS Collaborative Grant
Association of Program Directors in Surgery (APDS) and Association for Surgical Education (ASE)
Bridging the gap between simulation center and patient bedside: a point of care video-based curriculum for common, low-risk bedside procedures.
Edward Shipper MD, Laura Mazer MD, Sylvia Bereknyei Merrell DrPH, Dana Lin MD, James Lau MD MHPE
Academy Innovation Grant
Stanford University Teaching and Mentoring Academy
Why do residents leave? A multi-institutional study investigating the impact of culture on attrition from surgical residency
James Lau MD, Laura Mazer MD, Sylvia Bereknyei Merrell DrPH
Academy Innovation Grant
Stanford University Teaching and Mentoring Academy
The Impact of an Evidence-Based Emotional Intelligence Curriculum for Physicians on Physician EI and Well-being
Dana Lin MD, Cara Liebert MD, Micaela Esquivel MD, Sylvia Bereknyei Merrell DrPH, James Lau MD, Claudia Mueller MD
2015
SAGES Research Grant
Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
A Google Glass Driven Validated Competency Metric Platform For Real Time Surgical Performance
Vivian de Ruijter MD, James Lau MD
2014
Innovation in Teaching and Researching Online and Blended Courses Grant
Vice Provost for Online Learning, Stanford University
Faculty Development in Increasing the Quality and Reliability of the Clinical Assessment of Trainee Performance
James Lau MD, Dana Lin MD, Laura Mazer MD
Postgraduate Research Award
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
Interdisciplinary Simulation-Based Crisis Resource Management Training Curriculum for General Surgery and Anesthesia Residents
James Lau MD, Cara Liebert MD
2013
Innovation in Teaching and Researching Online and Blended Courses Grant
Vice Provost for Online Learning, Stanford University
The Clerkship Educational Environment and Mistreatment
James Lau MD, Cara Liebert MD
Innovation in Teaching and Researching Online and Blended Courses Grant
Vice Provost for Online Learning, Stanford University
Creation of a Flipped Classroom Curriculum for the Surgery Core Clerkship
James Lau MD, Cara Liebert MD
2012
CME Grant
Stanford School of Medicine
Surgery Decision Making Gaming Platform CME
James Lau MD, Dana Lin MD
Medical School Technology Grant
Stanford School of Medicine
Resident/Student Surgery Survival Guide
Dana Lin MD, Aarthy Kannappan MD, James Lau MD