EM Education Research Strategies: More Than Pre/Post Tests
This Research Learning Series event will discuss practical approaches to education research in emergency medicine. It will provide tips for best practices and overcoming challenges associated with this type of research. It will also discuss additional approaches to research beyond the pre/post-test approach.
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Holly A. Caretta-Weyer, MD, MHPE
Director of Evaluation and Assessment
Stanford University
Dr. Holly Caretta-Weyer is associate residency program director and director of evaluation and assessment for the Stanford University emergency medicine residency program as well as EPA/CBME implementation lead at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Caretta-Weyer attended medical school at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, where she graduated Alpha Omega Alpha with honors in research. She stayed at Wisconsin for her emergency medicine residency, where she was also chief resident. Dr. Caretta-Weyer then completed her medical education scholarship fellowship at Oregon Health & Science University and earned her master's in health professions education at the University of Illinois-Chicago. She is a PhD candidate at Maastricht University studying residency selection in a competency-based system.
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Michael Cassara
Medical Director
Northwell Health Center for Learning and Innovation
Dr. Cassara is an academic emergency medicine physician with subspecialty expertise in healthcare simulation, health professions education, and educational scholarship. He serves as the Vice President for Interprofessional Education, Research, and Practice and Medical Director for the Northwell Health Center for Learning and Innovation. At Hofstra University, Dr. Cassara is Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Science Education at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine with joint appointments at the Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies at the Hofstra University School of Health Professions and Human Services. He has received multiple national and local awards for his teaching and editorial work in health professions education and healthcare simulation. -
Ryan Coughlin, MD
Associate Residency Program Director
Yale School of Medicine
Ryan Coughlin, MD, is an Associate Residency Program Director and Director of Residency Feedback and Assessment in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Yale School of Medicine. Dual board-certified in emergency medicine and EMS, he is currently involved in work focused on feedback quality, learner trajectories, and resident development. His scholarship examines characteristics of high-performing residents an innovations in assessment, and he has received national recognition for his contributions to medical education, including chairing the Education Committee within CORD and receiving the ACEP National Emergency Medicine Junior Faculty Teaching Award.
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Shaila Quazi, DO
Emergency Medicine Physician
Tower Health
Shaila Quazi, DO, is a practicing emergency medicine physician at Tower Health in Reading, PA. She has previously served as the Director of EM Simulation for several years and has served in various leadership roles within her hospital system and in other professional organizations. Dr. Quazi created several novel procedural task trainers, an expansive EM simulation curriculum, and set standards for evaluating procedural competency with unique assessment tools. She has also served as the Director and Chair of Faculty Development on the department, hospital-wide, and network-wide level in addition to more expansively for the Drexel University College of Medicine umbrella and developed and implemented medical education curricula for faculty and staff across graduate medical education in many clinical departments. Dr. Quazi has substantial experience in medical education, serving as core faculty for two EM residency programs over 17 years. Her commitment to excellence in education led her to pursue a Masters in Education of Health Professions (MEHP) through Johns Hopkins University. Additionally, she is a Co-Course Director for Foundations of Patient Care 2, a comprehensive clinical skills course at Drexel University College of Medicine. Her academic interests include assessment of procedural skills and procedural competency.