University of California San Francisco

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Patricia O'Sullivan, EdD

Professor, Departments of Medicine and Surgery
Director, Office of Research and Development in Medical Education (RaDME)
Endowed Chair in Surgical Education

Address

521 Parnassus Avenue, #2228
San Francisco, CA 94117
United States

Email: [email protected]
Phone: 415-514-2281

ORCID: 0000-0002-8706-4095

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
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

Publications

MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 107
  1. What Do Medical Students Do and Want When Caring for "Difficult Patients"?
    Steinauer JE, Teherani A, Preskill F, Ten Cate O, O'Sullivan P| | View in PubMed
  2. Is Robotic Surgery Highlighting Critical Gaps in Resident Training?
    Green CA, Abrahamson D, Chern H, O'Sullivan PS| | View in PubMed
  3. Microanalysis of video from a robotic surgical procedure: implications for observational learning in the robotic environment.
    Green CA, O'Sullivan PS, Sarin A, Chern H| | View in PubMed
  4. What Makes "Difficult Patients" Difficult for Medical Students?
    Steinauer JE, O'Sullivan P, Preskill F, Ten Cate O, Teherani A| | View in PubMed
  5. Developing End-of-Training Entrustable Professional Activities for Psychiatry: Results and Methodological Lessons.
    Young JQ, Hasser C, Hung EK, Kusz M, O'Sullivan PS, Stewart C, Weiss A, Williams N| | View in PubMed
  6. Evidence for the Validity of the Psychopharmacotherapy-Structured Clinical Observation Tool: Results of a Factor and Time Series Analysis.
    Young JQ, Rasul R, O'Sullivan PS| | View in PubMed
  7. Translating Theory Into Practice: Implementing a Program of Assessment.
    Hauer KE, O'Sullivan PS, Fitzhenry K, Boscardin C| | View in PubMed
  8. Using Technological Advances to Improve Surgery Curriculum: Experience With a Mobile Application.
    Green CA, Kim EH, O'Sullivan PS, Chern H| | View in PubMed
  9. Performance Assessment of Pharmacotherapy: Results from a Content Validity Survey of the Psychopharmacotherapy-Structured Clinical Observation (P-SCO) Tool.
    Young JQ, Irby DM, Kusz M, O'Sullivan PS| | View in PubMed
  10. Current robotic curricula for surgery residents: A need for additional cognitive and psychomotor focus.
    Green CA, Chern H, O'Sullivan PS| | View in PubMed
  11. Learner, Patient, and Supervisor Features Are Associated With Different Types of Cognitive Load During Procedural Skills Training: Implications for Teaching and Instructional Design.
    Sewell JL, Boscardin CK, Young JQ, Ten Cate O, O'Sullivan PS| | View in PubMed
  12. Technical skill improvement with surgical preparatory courses: What advantages are reflected in residency?
    Green CA, Huang E, Zhao NW, O'Sullivan PS, Kim E, Chern H| | View in PubMed
  13. Burnout and Stress Among US Surgery Residents: Psychological Distress and Resilience.
    Lebares CC, Guvva EV, Ascher NL, O'Sullivan PS, Harris HW, Epel ES| | View in PubMed
  14. Developing and rewarding teachers as educators and scholars: remarkable progress and daunting challenges.
    Irby DM, O'Sullivan PS| | View in PubMed
  15. A Sequential Implementation Model for Workforce Development: A Case Study of Medical Residency Training for Substance Use Concerns.
    O'Sullivan PS, Yuan P, Satre DD, Wamsley M, Satterfield J| | View in PubMed
  16. Systems-Oriented Workplace Learning Experiences for Early Learners: Three Models.
    O'Brien BC, Bachhuber MR, Teherani A, Iker TM, Batt J, O'Sullivan PS| | View in PubMed
  17. Excellence in PhD dissertations in health professions education: Toward standards and expectations.
    Ten Cate O, Derese A, Durning SJ, O'Sullivan P| | View in PubMed
  18. Mixed Methods in Health Professions Education Scholarship.
    O'Brien BC, O'Sullivan PS| | View in PubMed
  19. Health Systems Science Curricula in Undergraduate Medical Education: Identifying and Defining a Potential Curricular Framework.
    Gonzalo JD, Dekhtyar M, Starr SR, Borkan J, Brunett P, Fancher T, Green J, Grethlein SJ, Lai C, Lawson L, Monrad S, O'Sullivan P, Schwartz MD, Skochelak S| | View in PubMed
  20. Performance of a cognitive load inventory during simulated handoffs: Evidence for validity.
    Young JQ, Boscardin CK, van Dijk SM, Abdullah R, Irby DM, Sewell JL, Ten Cate O, O'Sullivan PS| | View in PubMed
  21. Faculty development efforts to promote screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) in an internal medicine faculty-resident practice.
    Stone A, Wamsley M, O'Sullivan P, Satterfield J, Satre DD, Julian K| | View in PubMed
  22. The Health Professions Education Pathway: Preparing Students, Residents, and Fellows to Become Future Educators.
    Chen HC, Wamsley MA, Azzam A, Julian K, Irby DM, O'Sullivan PS| | View in PubMed
  23. Early learners as health coaches for older adults preparing for surgery.
    Kaplan JA, Brinson Z, Hofer R, O'Sullivan P, Chang A, Horvath H, Chang GJ, Finlayson E| | View in PubMed
  24. Influence of learner knowledge and case complexity on handover accuracy and cognitive load: results from a simulation study.
    Young JQ, van Dijk SM, O'Sullivan PS, Custers EJ, Irby DM, Ten Cate O| | View in PubMed
  25. What's in a learning environment? Recognizing teachers' roles in shaping a learning environment to support competency.
    O'Sullivan PS| | View in PubMed
  26. Sequencing learning experiences to engage different level learners in the workplace: An interview study with excellent clinical teachers.
    Chen HC, O'Sullivan P, Teherani A, Fogh S, Kobashi B, ten Cate O| | View in PubMed
  27. Educational and individual factors associated with positive change in and reaffirmation of medical students' intention to practice in underserved areas.
    Boscardin CK, Grbic D, Grumbach K, O'Sullivan P| | View in PubMed
  28. Home Video Curriculum for Basic Surgical Skills
    Chern H, Sheu L, O'Sullivan P, Kim E| | View in PubMed
  29. PIGS (Porcine Integrated General Surgery Simulation) Curriculum
    Chern H, Kim E, O'Sullivan P| | View in PubMed
  30. Designing standardized patients assessment to measure SBIRT skill for residents: A literature review and case study
    Wamsley MA, Julian KA, O'Sullivan P, Sartre DD, McCance-Katz E, Batki SL, Satterfield JM| | View in PubMed
  31. How to Succeed as a Medical Education Scholar: Identifying Your Individual Strategy and Creating a Roadmap For Scholarship
    Uijtdehaage S, Kalishman S, O'Sullivan P, Robins L| | View in PubMed
  32. Implementing SBIRT in pediatrics: Results of a needs assessment
    Buckelew S, Whittle A, Lum P, O'Sullivan P, Satterfield J| | View in PubMed
  33. Using the AAMC Toolbox for Evaluating Educators: You be the Judge
    Gusic M, Amiel J, Baldwin C, Chandran L, Fincher R, Mavis B, et al| | View in PubMed
  34. Reflections on the identity development of medical educators
    O'Sullivan PS| | View in PubMed
  35. The UCSF Faculty Development Workshop on Critical Reflection in Medical Education: Training Educators to Teach and Provide Feedback on Learners' Reflections
    Aronson L, Kruidering M, O'Sullivan P| | View in PubMed
  36. UCSF LEAP (Learning from your Experiences as a Professional): Guidelines for Critical Reflection
    Aronson L, Kruidering M, Niehaus B, O'Sullivan P| | View in PubMed
  37. Reframing research on faculty development.
    O'Sullivan PS, Irby DM| | View in PubMed
  38. Enhancing Pharmacotherapy Competence with Performance Assessment: Development and Initial Testing of a Structured, Clinical Observation Tool
    Young JQ, Lieu S, O'Sullivan P, Tong L| | View in PubMed
  39. Three Standardized Patient Cases to Measure Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) Skills in Primary Care Residents
    Wamsley M, Treit K, Satterfield J, Levitt D, McCance-Katz E, Moreno-John G, et al| | View in PubMed
  40. Collaborative research in medical education: a discussion of theory and practice.
    O'Sullivan PS, Stoddard HA, Kalishman S| | View in PubMed
  41. Adapting Mental Workload Theory to Construct Balanced Caseloads in Outpatient Continuity Clinics: A Method to Improve Resident Education and Patient Safety
    Young JQ, Niehaus B, Lieu SC, O'Sullivan PS| | View in PubMed
  42. Reflective Ability Rubric and User Guide
    O'Sullivan P, Aronson L, Chittenden E, Niehaus B, Learman L| | View in PubMed
  43. Becoming an academic doctor: perceptions of scholarly careers.
    O'Sullivan PS, Niehaus B, Lockspeiser TM, Irby DM| | View in PubMed
  44. Joe Thornton: Teaching and Assessing Medical Students Chronic Disease Management Skills Utilizing the Chronic Care Model and a Standardized Patient
    Wamsley M , Ng R, Chang A, Hauer K, OSullivan P, Alpers L, et al.| | View in PubMed
  45. Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of the Transition from Paper and Pencil to Computer Assessment in the Medical Microscopic Anatomy Curriculum
    Kane JM, Burns RE, O'Sullivan PS, Hart TJ, Thomas JR, Harrison IA| | View in PubMed
  46. Educational development program for residency program directors and coordinators.
    O'Sullivan PS, Heard JK, Petty M, Mercado CC, Hicks E| | View in PubMed
  47. GME Showcase Portfolio Assessment
    Jarvis RM, Guise JB, Clardy JA, Thrush CR, Moses A, O'Sullivan P| | View in PubMed
  48. Medications and sleep in nursing home residents with dementia
    Simpson KC, Richards KC, Enderlin CA, O'Sullivan PS, Koehn M| | View in PubMed
  49. Predictors of daytime sleep in nursing home residents with dementia
    Viegas SM, Richards KC, Beck CK, Lambert CW, O'Sullivan PS, Cole CS, Hutchison L, Shue VM| | View in PubMed
  50. Development Program for Residency Program Directors and Coordinators
    O'Sullivan PS, Petty MP, Heard JK| | View in PubMed
  51. Facilitating curricular change: An institutional approach to aiding residency program directors' efforts with ACGME competencies
    Petty ME, Allen RM, O'Sullivan PS, Heard JK| | View in PubMed
  52. Portfolio assessment and self-directed learning
    Thrush CR, O'Sullivan PS, Clardy JA, Vander Putten J, Kamin C| | View in PubMed
  53. Recognizing prodromal symptoms in women at risk for coronary heart disease
    McSweeney J, O'Sullivan P, Moser D, Clark L, Green A, Knight D| | View in PubMed
  54. Reliability of speech intelligibility ratings using the unified Parkinson's Disease rating scale
    Zraick RI, Dennie TM, Tabbal SD, Hutton TJ, Hicks GM, O'Sullivan PS| | View in PubMed
  55. The Richards-Campbell Sleep Questionnaire: Measurement of sleep in critically ill patients
    Richards KC, O'Sullivan PS, Phillips RL| | View in PubMed
  56. A comparison of scoring criteria for Clock Drawing Test
    Souder E, O'Sullivan P, Pechenik G| | View in PubMed
  57. Contexts and impacts of disruptive behavior in institutionalized elders
    Souder E, Heithoff K, O'Sullivan P, Lancaster AE, Beck C| | View in PubMed
  58. Assessing disruptive behavior in older adults: The Disruptive Behavior Scale
    Beck C, Heithoff K, Baldwin B, Cuffel B, O'Sullivan P, Chumbler NR| | View in PubMed
  59. Neuropsychological test performance of older and younger patients with alcohol dependence
    Wiseman EJ, Souder E, O'Sullivan P| | View in PubMed
  60. Performance-based prevention/rehabilitation of falls in elderly veterans
    Means KM, Rodell DE, O'Sullivan PS| | View in PubMed
  61. Age and denial of alcoholism severity
    Wiseman EJ, Souder E, O'Sullivan P| | View in PubMed
  62. Visual recognition training of older adults with speech spectrograms
    Drummond SS, Danger J, Casey BE, O'Sullivan P| | View in PubMed
  63. A learner-centered journal club
    O'Sullivan PS, Pinsker J, Jeremiah J, Wartman SA| | View in PubMed
  64. Evaluating student performance in the experiential setting with confidence
    Beck DE, Boh LE, O'Sullivan PS| | View in PubMed
  65. Increasing the accuracy of observer ratings by enhancing cognitive processing skills
    Beck DE, O'Sullivan PS, Boh LE| | View in PubMed
  66. Recognizing volunteer practitioner-educators through intrinsic and extrinsic incentives
    Beck DE, Aceves-Blumenthal C, Jirak J, Kawahara N, Morris N, O'Sullivan PS| | View in PubMed
  67. The hot fudge sundae road to tenure
    Vessey JA, O'Sullivan P, Monsen RB| | View in PubMed
  68. An intrathecal fentanyl dose- response study in lower extremity revascularization procedures
    Reuben SS, Dunn SM, Duprat KM, O'Sullivan P| | View in PubMed
  69. On becoming a physician: perspectives of students in combined baccalaureate-M.D. degree programs
    Epstein LC, Hayes J, Arnold L, O'Sullivan P, et al| | View in PubMed
  70. Research from the research utilization project environmental temperatures
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  71. Utilization of medical services by drug abusers in detoxification
    Stein MD, O'Sullivan PS, Ellis RJ, et al| | View in PubMed
  72. A fractured epidural needle: case report and study
    Dunn SM, Steinberg RB, O'Sullivan PS, Goolishian WT, Villa EA| | View in PubMed
  73. Perceptions of pediatricians' helpfulness: A national study of mothers of young disabled children
    O'Sullivan P, Mahoney G, Robinson C| | View in PubMed
  74. The family environments of children with disabilities
    Mahoney G, O'Sullivan PS, Robinson C| | View in PubMed
  75. Effects of continuing education: Pain assessment and documentation
    Camp-Sorrell D, O'Sullivan P| | View in PubMed
  76. Evaluation strategies selected by residents: the role of self-assessment, training level and sex
    O'Sullivan PS, Pinsker J, Landau C| | View in PubMed
  77. A national study of mother's perception of family focused intervention
    Mahoney G, O'Sullivan P, Dennebaum J| | View in PubMed
  78. Early intervention practices with families of children with handicaps
    Mahoney G, O'Sullivan P| | View in PubMed
  79. Involving practicing nurses in research
    O'Sullivan PS, Goodman PA| | View in PubMed
  80. Maternal perceptions of early intervention services: A Scale for assessing family focused intervention
    Mahoney G, O'Sullivan P, Dennebaum J| | View in PubMed
  81. Sibling relationships in mildly mentally retarded and nonretarded children
    Gargiulo RM, O'Sullivan P, Stephens D, Goldman R| | View in PubMed
  82. The relationship of attitude, subjective norm, and behavioral intent to the documentation behavior of nurses
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  83. Comparison of hydrostatic weighing and bioelectric impedance measurements in determining body composition pre- and postdehydration
    Pearman P, Hunter G, Hendricks C, O'Sullivan P| | View in PubMed
  84. Special education practices with young handicapped children
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  85. The family practices of service providers for young handicapped children
    Mahoney G, O'Sullivan P, Fors S| | View in PubMed
  86. Nursingconnections
    Brock AM, O'Sullivan P| | View in PubMed
  87. Assessment of learned helplessness in retarded and nonretarded children: a methodological investigation
    Gargiulo RM, O'Sullivan PS, Barr NJ| | View in PubMed
  88. Changes in students' perceptions of the professional role
    Corb DF, Pinkston D, Harden RS, O'Sullivan P, Fecteau L| | View in PubMed
  89. Effects of route of fluid administration on severity of side effects with postmetrizamidemyelogram
    Quinn CM, O'Sullivan PS, Patterson ET| | View in PubMed
  90. Learned helplessness in reflective and impulsive mentally retarded and nonretarded children
    Gargiulo RM, O'Sullivan PS, Barr NJ| | View in PubMed
  91. Transition from student to physical therapist: changes in perceptions of professional role and relationship between perceptions and job satisfaction
    Schwertner RM, Pinkston D, O'Sullivan P, Denton B| | View in PubMed
  92. Comparative validity of two WAIS-R short forms with vocational rehabilitation clients
    Clayton GA, Sapp GL, O'Sullivan PS, Hall L| | View in PubMed
  93. Mildly mentally retarded and nonretarded children's learned helplessness
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  94. The effects of two sites of high frequency vibration on cutaneous pain threshold
    Sherer CL, Clelland J, O'Sullivan P, Doleys DM, Canan B| | View in PubMed
  95. A study to determine what variables predict institutionalization of elderly people
    Brock AM, O'Sullivan PS| | View in PubMed
  96. Detecting communication problems
    O'Sullivan P| | View in PubMed
  97. From wife to widow: Role transition in the elderly
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  98. Development of a cardiopulmonary resuscitation form.
    Bradford JY, O'Sullivan PS| | View in PubMed
  99. Analyzing communication patterns between an ED manager and staff members
    McCall P, Sparger G, O'Sullivan P| | View in PubMed
  100. An easy method to detect communication problems
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  101. Vital sign documentation and primary nurses in the emergency department
    McCall P, O'Sullivan PS| | View in PubMed
  102. A model for the effect of an inservice program on junior high school student science achievement
    O'Sullivan PS, Piper MK, Carbonari JP| | View in PubMed
  103. The National Teacher Examination: Can it Predict Classroom Performance
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  104. MCT: An alternative in high school chemistry
    O'Sullivan PS, Pecsok RS| | View in PubMed
  105. A semiempirical theory of diamagnetic susceptibilities with particular emphasis on oxygen containing molecules
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  106. Calculation of bond angles in five-membered conjugated ring systems
    O'Sullivan PS, Hameka HF, de la Vega J| | View in PubMed
  107. On the structure of cyclopentadiene
    O'Sullivan PS, Hameka HF, de la Vega J| | View in PubMed