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Bridget O'Brien, PhD

Title(s)	Adjunct Professor, Medicine
School	School of Medicine
Phone	415-519-7935
Email	Bridget.Obrien@ucsf.edu
ORCID	0000-0001-9591-5243
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Biography

Education and Training

Cornell University	BS	2000	School of Industrial and Labor Relations
UC Berkeley	MS	2002	Haas School of Business
UC Berkeley	PhD	2006	Graduate School of Education
University of California, San Francisco, CA		2018	Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training

Overview

Bridget O’Brien, PhD has been a faculty member in the Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, since 2008. As an Associate Professor affiliated with the Office of Medical Education, Research and Development in Medical Education unit (RaDME), she teaches and mentors faculty and learners in several programs, including the UCSF-University of Utrecht doctoral program in Health Professions Education, the Health Professions Education Pathway and the Teaching Scholars Program. At the San Francisco VA, she directs scholarship and evaluation for the Center of Excellence in Primary Care Education and a Fellowship in Health Professions Education Evaluation and Research. In 2015 she was selected as one of five national Macy Faculty Scholar, supported by the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation.

As a co-author of Educating Physicians: A Call for Reform of Medical School and Residency, she brought workplace learning to the forefront of educational innovation and reform. Her current research focuses on workplace learning in the context of longitudinal relationships, interprofessional team-based care, and systems improvement. Dr. O’Brien received her Master's in Organizational Behavior from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley and her PhD in Education from the Graduate School of Education at UC Berkeley.

Interests

Qualitative Research Methods, Health Professions Education, Interprofessional Learning, Interprofessional Education, Team-Based Care, Workplace Learning, Program Evaluation

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Publications

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O'Brien BC, Battista A. Situated learning theory in health professions education research: a scoping review. Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract. 2019 Jun 22. PMID: 31230163.

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Valbuena G, O'Brien B, Ten Cate O, O'Sullivan P. Inquiry in the Medical Curriculum: A Pedagogical Conundrum and a Proposed Solution. Acad Med. 2019 Jun; 94(6):804-808. PMID: 30920445.

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O'Brien BC, Reed DA. Exploring the Intersections of Education and Healthcare Delivery Using a Clinical Learning Environment Framework. J Gen Intern Med. 2019 May; 34(5):654-656. PMID: 30993626.

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Gardner AL, Shunk R, Dulay M, Strewler A, O'Brien B. Huddling for High-Performing Teams. Fed Pract. 2018 Sep; 35(9):16-22. PMID: 30766382.

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Colbert-Getz JM, Baumann S, Shaffer K, Lamb S, Lindsley JE, Rainey R, Randall K, Roussel D, Stevenson A, Cianciolo AT, Maines T, O'Brien B, Westerman M. What's in a Transition? An Integrative Perspective on Transitions in Medical Education. Teach Learn Med. 2016 Oct-Dec; 28(4):347-352. PMID: 27700251.

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van Schaik SM, O'Brien BC, Almeida SA, Adler SR. Perceptions of interprofessional teamwork in low-acuity settings: a qualitative analysis. Med Educ. 2014 Jun; 48(6):583-92. PMID: 24807434.

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Sheu L, O'Brien B, O'Sullivan PS, Kwong A, Lai CJ. Systems-based practice learning opportunities in student-run clinics: a qualitative analysis of student experiences. Acad Med. 2013 Jun; 88(6):831-6. PMID: 23619068.

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Poncelet AN, Wamsley M, Hauer KE, Lai C, Becker T, O'Brien B. Patient views of continuity relationships with medical students. Med Teach. 2013 Jun; 35(6):465-71. PMID: 23477473.

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Hauer KE, O'Brien BC, Hansen LA, Hirsh D, Ma IH, Ogur B, Poncelet AN, Alexander EK, Teherani A. More is better: students describe successful and unsuccessful experiences with teachers differently in brief and longitudinal relationships. Acad Med. 2012 Oct; 87(10):1389-96. PMID: 22914512.

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Hauer KE, Hirsh D, Ma I, Hansen L, Ogur B, Poncelet AN, Alexander EK, O'Brien BC. The role of role: learning in longitudinal integrated and traditional block clerkships. Med Educ. 2012 Jul; 46(7):698-710. PMID: 22691149.

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O'Brien BC, Poncelet AN, Hansen L, Hirsh DA, Ogur B, Alexander EK, Krupat E, Hauer KE. Students' workplace learning in two clerkship models: a multi-site observational study. Med Educ. 2012 Jun; 46(6):613-24. PMID: 22626053.

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Wamsley M, Staves J, Kroon L, Topp K, Hossaini M, Newlin B, Lindsay C, O'Brien B. The impact of an interprofessional standardized patient exercise on attitudes toward working in interprofessional teams. J Interprof Care. 2012 Jan; 26(1):28-35. PMID: 22233365.

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O'Brien B, Teherani A. Using workplace learning to improve patient care. Acad Med. 2011 Nov; 86(11):e12. PMID: 22030660.

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Sheu LC, Zheng P, Coelho AD, Lin LD, O'Sullivan PS, O'Brien BC, Yu AY, Lai CJ. Learning through service: student perceptions on volunteering at interprofessional hepatitis B student-run clinics. J Cancer Educ. 2011 Jun; 26(2):228-33. PMID: 20652476.

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Hauer KE, Mazotti L, O'Brien B, Hemmer PA, Tong L. Faculty verbal evaluations reveal strategies used to promote medical student performance. Med Educ Online. 2011; 16. PMID: 21629669.

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O'Brien BC, Cai VL, Azzam A. Understanding the educational value of first-year medical students' patient encounter data. Med Teach. 2011; 33(4):e218-26. PMID: 21456981.

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O'Brien BC, Poncelet AN. Transition to clerkship courses: preparing students to enter the workplace. Acad Med. 2010 Dec; 85(12):1862-9. PMID: 20978432.

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Irby DM, Cooke M, O'Brien BC. Calls for reform of medical education by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching: 1910 and 2010. Acad Med. 2010 Feb; 85(2):220-7. PMID: 20107346.

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Poncelet AN, Hauer KE, O'Brien B. The longitudinal integrated clerkship. Virtual Mentor. 2009 Nov 01; 11(11):864-9. PMID: 23206999.

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Teherani A, O'Brien BC, Masters DE, Poncelet AN, Robertson PA, Hauer KE. Burden, responsibility, and reward: preceptor experiences with the continuity of teaching in a longitudinal integrated clerkship. Acad Med. 2009 Oct; 84(10 Suppl):S50-3. PMID: 19907386.

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Wamsley MA, Dubowitz N, Kohli P, Cooke M, O'Brien BC. Continuity in a longitudinal out-patient attachment for Year 3 medical students. Med Educ. 2009 Sep; 43(9):895-906. PMID: 19674297.

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Poncelet A, O'Brien B. Preparing medical students for clerkships: a descriptive analysis of transition courses. Acad Med. 2008 May; 83(5):444-51. PMID: 18448897.

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Rusthoven J, Obrien B, Rocchi A. Ondansetron versus metoclopramide in the prevention of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting - a metaanalysis. Int J Oncol. 1992 Sep; 1(4):443-50. PMID: 21584565.

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