A TATRC-West/SUMMIT Workshop
Jan. 25, 2005 in Long Beach, CA
SUMMIT is a center in the School of Medicine dedicated to putting Stanford University at the forefront of medical and life-sciences education through the innovative use of information technology.
E-mail: simworkshop@stanford.edu
Workshop Sponsor
TATRC
The Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC)
TATRC is charged with managing core Research Development Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) and congressionally mandated projects in telemedicine and advanced medical technologies.
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Gaming and Simulations Based Learning: Applications for Medicine
Speaker Profile: Carla M. Pugh, MD, PhD
Dr Carla Pugh is currently Assistant Professor of Surgery and Associate
Director of the Center for Advanced Surgical Education at Northwestern
University. She also holds an appointment in the School of Education
at Northwestern. Dr Pugh obtained her undergraduate degree in Neurobiology at U.C. Berkeley and her medical degree at Howard University School of Medicine. Upon completion of her surgical training at Howard University Hospital, she went to Stanford University and obtained a PhD in Education. Her thesis project was, Evaluating Simulators for Medical Training: The Case of the Pelvic Exam Simulator.
Dr. Pugh holds a patent on the method of simulation used to design
the Pelvic exam simulator and is currently engaged in the design
of other simulators using similar technology. Dr. Pugh has a broad
interest in the use of technology for medical and surgical education,
and is especially interested in how medical professionals learn.
In addition to her appointments at Northwestern, Dr Pugh also holds
an appointment at the Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research
Center (TATRC) as Special Assistant to the Director. At TATRC, Dr.
Pugh manages the Advanced Distributed Learning Portfolio and the
Medical Skills Proficiency area.
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