Bridget O'Brien | UCSF Profiles

Bridget O'Brien, PhD

Title(s)	Associate Adjunct Professor, Medicine
School	School of Medicine
Phone	415-519-7935
Email	Bridget.Obrien@ucsf.edu
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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

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, 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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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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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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