Biography
Patricia S. O’Sullivan is a Professor of Medicine and Surgery and Director, Research and Development in Medical Education, at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. She holds the Endowed Chair in Surgical Education. At UCSF she co-directs the Teaching Scholars Program and oversees the advanced degree programs in health professions education as well as leads efforts in facilitating educational research. Her educational research studies have collaborators from medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and health related professions. The UCSF faculty development program that she led received the international ASPIRE for Excellence Award. Dr. O’Sullivan has led the Research in Medical Education Section of the AAMC, the RIME Program Planning Committee and the Division for Professions Education of the American Educational Research Association. She is a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association and recipient of the Merrill Flair Award from the GEA, of the Outstanding Career Achievements in Medical Education from the Society of General Internal Medicine and the UCSF Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award. In 2022 she received the Harmen Tiddens Medal from University Medical Center Utrecht The Netherland.
Education
Institution | Degree | Dept or School | End Date |
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University of California | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training | 2017 | |
Rosemont College | AB | Chemistry | 5/70 |
University of Houston | EdD | Education | 12/78 |
University of Pennsylvania | MS | Chemistry | 12/71 |
In the News
June, 20, 2018 | UCSF Department of Surgery
August, 20, 2014 | UCSF General Surgery Residency Program
Publications
MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 109
- Avoiding common pitfalls in mixed methods research?| | View in PubMed
- Who should proof my paper?| | View in PubMed
- What Do Medical Students Do and Want When Caring for "Difficult Patients"?| | View in PubMed
- Is Robotic Surgery Highlighting Critical Gaps in Resident Training?| | View in PubMed
- Microanalysis of video from a robotic surgical procedure: implications for observational learning in the robotic environment.| | View in PubMed
- What Makes "Difficult Patients" Difficult for Medical Students?| | View in PubMed
- Developing End-of-Training Entrustable Professional Activities for Psychiatry: Results and Methodological Lessons.| | View in PubMed
- Evidence for the Validity of the Psychopharmacotherapy-Structured Clinical Observation Tool: Results of a Factor and Time Series Analysis.| | View in PubMed
- Translating Theory Into Practice: Implementing a Program of Assessment.| | View in PubMed
- Using Technological Advances to Improve Surgery Curriculum: Experience With a Mobile Application.| | View in PubMed
- Performance Assessment of Pharmacotherapy: Results from a Content Validity Survey of the Psychopharmacotherapy-Structured Clinical Observation (P-SCO) Tool.| | View in PubMed
- Current robotic curricula for surgery residents: A need for additional cognitive and psychomotor focus.| | View in PubMed
- Learner, Patient, and Supervisor Features Are Associated With Different Types of Cognitive Load During Procedural Skills Training: Implications for Teaching and Instructional Design.| | View in PubMed
- Technical skill improvement with surgical preparatory courses: What advantages are reflected in residency?| | View in PubMed
- Burnout and Stress Among US Surgery Residents: Psychological Distress and Resilience.| | View in PubMed
- Developing and rewarding teachers as educators and scholars: remarkable progress and daunting challenges.| | View in PubMed
- A Sequential Implementation Model for Workforce Development: A Case Study of Medical Residency Training for Substance Use Concerns.| | View in PubMed
- Systems-Oriented Workplace Learning Experiences for Early Learners: Three Models.| | View in PubMed
- Excellence in PhD dissertations in health professions education: Toward standards and expectations.| | View in PubMed
- Mixed Methods in Health Professions Education Scholarship.| | View in PubMed
- Health Systems Science Curricula in Undergraduate Medical Education: Identifying and Defining a Potential Curricular Framework.| | View in PubMed
- Performance of a cognitive load inventory during simulated handoffs: Evidence for validity.| | View in PubMed
- Faculty development efforts to promote screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) in an internal medicine faculty-resident practice.| | View in PubMed
- The Health Professions Education Pathway: Preparing Students, Residents, and Fellows to Become Future Educators.| | View in PubMed
- Early learners as health coaches for older adults preparing for surgery.| | View in PubMed
- Influence of learner knowledge and case complexity on handover accuracy and cognitive load: results from a simulation study.| | View in PubMed
- What's in a learning environment? Recognizing teachers' roles in shaping a learning environment to support competency.| | View in PubMed
- Sequencing learning experiences to engage different level learners in the workplace: An interview study with excellent clinical teachers.| | View in PubMed
- Educational and individual factors associated with positive change in and reaffirmation of medical students' intention to practice in underserved areas.| | View in PubMed
- Home Video Curriculum for Basic Surgical Skills| | View in PubMed
- PIGS (Porcine Integrated General Surgery Simulation) Curriculum| | View in PubMed
- Designing standardized patients assessment to measure SBIRT skill for residents: A literature review and case study| | View in PubMed
- How to Succeed as a Medical Education Scholar: Identifying Your Individual Strategy and Creating a Roadmap For Scholarship| | View in PubMed
- Implementing SBIRT in pediatrics: Results of a needs assessment| | View in PubMed
- Using the AAMC Toolbox for Evaluating Educators: You be the Judge| | View in PubMed
- Reflections on the identity development of medical educators| | View in PubMed
- The UCSF Faculty Development Workshop on Critical Reflection in Medical Education: Training Educators to Teach and Provide Feedback on Learners' Reflections| | View in PubMed
- UCSF LEAP (Learning from your Experiences as a Professional): Guidelines for Critical Reflection| | View in PubMed
- Reframing research on faculty development.| | View in PubMed
- Enhancing Pharmacotherapy Competence with Performance Assessment: Development and Initial Testing of a Structured, Clinical Observation Tool| | View in PubMed
- Three Standardized Patient Cases to Measure Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) Skills in Primary Care Residents| | View in PubMed
- Collaborative research in medical education: a discussion of theory and practice.| | View in PubMed
- Adapting Mental Workload Theory to Construct Balanced Caseloads in Outpatient Continuity Clinics: A Method to Improve Resident Education and Patient Safety| | View in PubMed
- Reflective Ability Rubric and User Guide| | View in PubMed
- Becoming an academic doctor: perceptions of scholarly careers.| | View in PubMed
- Joe Thornton: Teaching and Assessing Medical Students Chronic Disease Management Skills Utilizing the Chronic Care Model and a Standardized Patient| | View in PubMed
- Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of the Transition from Paper and Pencil to Computer Assessment in the Medical Microscopic Anatomy Curriculum| | View in PubMed
- Educational development program for residency program directors and coordinators.| | View in PubMed
- GME Showcase Portfolio Assessment| | View in PubMed
- Medications and sleep in nursing home residents with dementia| | View in PubMed
- Predictors of daytime sleep in nursing home residents with dementia| | View in PubMed
- Development Program for Residency Program Directors and Coordinators| | View in PubMed
- Facilitating curricular change: An institutional approach to aiding residency program directors' efforts with ACGME competencies| | View in PubMed
- Portfolio assessment and self-directed learning| | View in PubMed
- Recognizing prodromal symptoms in women at risk for coronary heart disease| | View in PubMed
- Reliability of speech intelligibility ratings using the unified Parkinson's Disease rating scale| | View in PubMed
- The Richards-Campbell Sleep Questionnaire: Measurement of sleep in critically ill patients| | View in PubMed
- A comparison of scoring criteria for Clock Drawing Test| | View in PubMed
- Contexts and impacts of disruptive behavior in institutionalized elders| | View in PubMed
- Assessing disruptive behavior in older adults: The Disruptive Behavior Scale| | View in PubMed
- Neuropsychological test performance of older and younger patients with alcohol dependence| | View in PubMed
- Performance-based prevention/rehabilitation of falls in elderly veterans| | View in PubMed
- Age and denial of alcoholism severity| | View in PubMed
- Visual recognition training of older adults with speech spectrograms| | View in PubMed
- A learner-centered journal club| | View in PubMed
- Evaluating student performance in the experiential setting with confidence| | View in PubMed
- Increasing the accuracy of observer ratings by enhancing cognitive processing skills| | View in PubMed
- Recognizing volunteer practitioner-educators through intrinsic and extrinsic incentives| | View in PubMed
- The hot fudge sundae road to tenure| | View in PubMed
- An intrathecal fentanyl dose- response study in lower extremity revascularization procedures| | View in PubMed
- On becoming a physician: perspectives of students in combined baccalaureate-M.D. degree programs| | View in PubMed
- Research from the research utilization project environmental temperatures| View in PubMed
- Utilization of medical services by drug abusers in detoxification| | View in PubMed
- A fractured epidural needle: case report and study| | View in PubMed
- Perceptions of pediatricians' helpfulness: A national study of mothers of young disabled children| | View in PubMed
- The family environments of children with disabilities| | View in PubMed
- Effects of continuing education: Pain assessment and documentation| | View in PubMed
- Evaluation strategies selected by residents: the role of self-assessment, training level and sex| | View in PubMed
- A national study of mother's perception of family focused intervention| | View in PubMed
- Early intervention practices with families of children with handicaps| | View in PubMed
- Involving practicing nurses in research| | View in PubMed
- Maternal perceptions of early intervention services: A Scale for assessing family focused intervention| | View in PubMed
- Sibling relationships in mildly mentally retarded and nonretarded children| | View in PubMed
- The relationship of attitude, subjective norm, and behavioral intent to the documentation behavior of nurses| View in PubMed
- Comparison of hydrostatic weighing and bioelectric impedance measurements in determining body composition pre- and postdehydration| | View in PubMed
- Special education practices with young handicapped children| View in PubMed
- The family practices of service providers for young handicapped children| | View in PubMed
- Nursingconnections| | View in PubMed
- Assessment of learned helplessness in retarded and nonretarded children: a methodological investigation| | View in PubMed
- Changes in students' perceptions of the professional role| | View in PubMed
- Effects of route of fluid administration on severity of side effects with postmetrizamidemyelogram| | View in PubMed
- Learned helplessness in reflective and impulsive mentally retarded and nonretarded children| | View in PubMed
- Transition from student to physical therapist: changes in perceptions of professional role and relationship between perceptions and job satisfaction| | View in PubMed
- Comparative validity of two WAIS-R short forms with vocational rehabilitation clients| | View in PubMed
- Mildly mentally retarded and nonretarded children's learned helplessness| View in PubMed
- The effects of two sites of high frequency vibration on cutaneous pain threshold| | View in PubMed
- A study to determine what variables predict institutionalization of elderly people| | View in PubMed
- Detecting communication problems| | View in PubMed
- From wife to widow: Role transition in the elderly| View in PubMed
- Development of a cardiopulmonary resuscitation form.| | View in PubMed
- Analyzing communication patterns between an ED manager and staff members| | View in PubMed
- An easy method to detect communication problems| View in PubMed
- Vital sign documentation and primary nurses in the emergency department| | View in PubMed
- A model for the effect of an inservice program on junior high school student science achievement| | View in PubMed
- The National Teacher Examination: Can it Predict Classroom Performance| View in PubMed
- MCT: An alternative in high school chemistry| | View in PubMed
- A semiempirical theory of diamagnetic susceptibilities with particular emphasis on oxygen containing molecules| View in PubMed
- Calculation of bond angles in five-membered conjugated ring systems| | View in PubMed
- On the structure of cyclopentadiene| | View in PubMed