Biography
Patricia S. O’Sullivan is a Professor of Medicine and Surgery and Director, Research in Medical Education, at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. 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 the University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands. In 2024 she was honored by the Association of Surgical Educators as the Distinguished Master Educator. At UCSF, Dr. O'Sullivan is a member of the Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators and was the holder of the Department of Surgery Endowed Chair in Surgical Education from 2014-2024 (term-limited).
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 |
Publications
MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 109
- Avoiding common pitfalls in mixed methods research?| | PubMed
- Who should proof my paper?| | PubMed
- What Do Medical Students Do and Want When Caring for "Difficult Patients"?| | PubMed
- Is Robotic Surgery Highlighting Critical Gaps in Resident Training?| | PubMed
- Microanalysis of video from a robotic surgical procedure: implications for observational learning in the robotic environment.| | PubMed
- What Makes "Difficult Patients" Difficult for Medical Students?| | PubMed
- Developing End-of-Training Entrustable Professional Activities for Psychiatry: Results and Methodological Lessons.| | PubMed
- Evidence for the Validity of the Psychopharmacotherapy-Structured Clinical Observation Tool: Results of a Factor and Time Series Analysis.| | PubMed
- Translating Theory Into Practice: Implementing a Program of Assessment.| | PubMed
- Using Technological Advances to Improve Surgery Curriculum: Experience With a Mobile Application.| | PubMed