Gynecologic Surgeons Unscrubbed

Gynecologic Surgeons Unscrubbed

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  • Growing up in CLE, systemic racism, and work life integration

    In this episode, Dr. Cara King speaks with Dr. Linda Bradley, Professor of Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Bradley is the first female African American surgeon to join the staff over 25 years ago and is the Medical Director of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists (AAGL). She talks with Dr. King about her upbringing in Cleveland and how she integrates her family into her work life. She also talks about her passion for cooking. Listen as she shares how to encourage more Black men and women to enter the medical profession and how to make the most out of a mentorship.

     

    Resources:

    • The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
  • Coach Sam's Inner Circle Foundation
  • Celebrate Sisterhood
  • American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists (AAGL)
  • 2018 Celebrate Sisterhood Flavor Over Fat: Cooking Made Simple! Cookbook
    • 46 min
  • Systemic Racism in Medical Education

    In this episode, Dr. Cara King speaks with LaShyra “Lash” Nolen, a medical student at Harvard Medical School and the school’s first Black woman student council president. Lash talks about the systemic racism she has seen during her medical education and what motivated her to address it through writing with her first article, “How Medical Education Is Missing the Bull’s-eye.” She also shares what advice she would give to young Black students interested in medicine as well as her thoughts on how healthcare professionals can use their position to help change these deep rooted issues within the institution.

     

    Resources:

     

    • "How Medical Education Is Missing the Bull’s-eye" by LaShyra Nolen
  • ACCEM
  • Becoming by Michelle Obama
  • LaShyra Nolen’s website
  • LaShyra Nolen on Twitter
    • 43 min
  • COVID-19: Reactivating services at the Cleveland Clinic

    On June 29, 2020, Dr. Cara King (@drcaraking) hosts Beri Ridgeway, MD (@beridgeway), Associate Chief of Staff, Cleveland Clinic. They discuss:

    • Reactivating services at the Cleveland Clinic
  • Decision making for re-opening
  • Space studies and design
  • COVID testing for surgery
  • Capacity for COVID testing
  • Ongoing plans if COVID rate increases
  • Better understanding virtual care being provided
  • Reimbursement for telehealth visits
  • Cleveland Clinic’s surgical reactivation workflow
  • Antibody testing for COVID at Cleveland Clinic

    • This podcast is developed in collaboration with the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons

    Email the show: [email protected]

    Interact with us on Twitter: @MDedgeObGyn @drcaraking @beridgeway

    For more MDedge Podcasts, go to mdedge.com/podcasts

    36 min
  • The state of graduate medical education

    Dr. Cara King (@drcaraking) hosts women’s health advocacy expert Megan Evans, MD, MPH (@MeganEvansMD). Dr. Evans is Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine, and Associate Program Director, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tufts Medical Center.

    They discuss: 

    • How GME is funded
  • Growth in resident training 
  • GME caps for hospitals
  • CMS’s GME programs
  • Projected physician shortage
  • Increased enrollment in medical schools
  • Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2019
  • Opioid Workforce Act of 2019

    • This podcast is developed in collaboration with the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons

    Email the show: [email protected]

    Interact with us on Twitter: @MDedgeObGyn @drcaraking @MeganEvansMD

    For more MDedge Podcasts, go to mdedge.com/podcasts

    16 min
  • Surgical coaching to improve performance

    Dr. Cara King (@drcaraking) hosts surgical researcher and educator Caprice Greenberg, MD, MPH, Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, and Morgridge Distinguished Chair in Health Services Research. 

    They discuss: 

    • Intraoperative surgical performance and the attending surgeon’s role in outcomes
  • Applying engineering factors to surgical performance 
  • Surgical coaching: Proof of concept
  • Differences in surgical mentors, teachers, and coaches
  • Attributes of good surgical coaches
  • Identifying surgeons who will be good coaches
  • Creating a culture change to allow coaches in surgery
  • Matching coachees with coaches
  • The Academy for Surgical Coaching and its goals
  • Video-based platforms for interactive surgical coaching
  • Video-based surgical assessment 
  • The Academy for Surgical Coaching’s summer 2020 summit 

    • Resources

    Academy for Surgical Coaching 

    This podcast is developed in collaboration with the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons

    Email the show: [email protected]

    Interact with us on Twitter: @MDedgeObGyn @drcaraking @MeganEvansMD

    For more MDedge Podcasts, go to mdedge.com/podcasts

    39 min
  • Should the OB be separated from the GYN in residency

    Dr. Javier Magrina joins host Dr. Cara King (@drcaraking) live at the 2019 annual AAGL conference. Other experts join in the discussion, including Pouran Malekzadeh, MD; Laura Cano, MD; Rashad Pasic, MD; and Luis Gonzalez, MD. 

    They discuss: 

    • Dr. Magrina’s path to pelvic surgery
  • The creation of ObGyn as a specialty 130 years ago
  • Limitations of low-volume surgeries 
  • General ObGyn residency programs vs tracking residency programs
  • What the United States can learn from other countries
  • When to incorporate experts from other specialties into pelvic surgery
  • Video review of surgery, and it role in evaluating surgical skill
  • Subspecializing in surgery
  • Assessing residents for surgical expertise
  • What makes a good mentor? 
  • Dr. Magrina’s most influential mentors
  • What can a mentee do to enhance the relationship with a mentor? 
  • Dr. Magrina’s advice to the graduating resident
  • Views from podcast listeners on, “Should the OB be separated from the GYN?”

    • This podcast is developed in collaboration with the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons

    Email the show: [email protected]

    Interact with us on Twitter: @MDedgeObGyn @drcaraking 

    For more MDedge Podcasts, go to mdedge.com/podcasts

    55 min
  • COVID-19: Resident/fellow safety and virtual curriculum

    On March 27, 2020, Dr. Cara King (@drcaraking) hosts Vicki Reed, MD, (@ReedVickiMD) Residency Program Director, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Vice Chair, Education, Cleveland Clinic

    They discuss:

    • Cleveland Clinic’s unique ObGyn residency program
  • Resident prep for treating COVID-19 patients
  • Online learning resources
  • Resident participation in virtual visits
  • Redeploying residents in a pandemic setting
  • Work-hour requirements
  • The impact to residents long-term
  • Opportunities in competency-based education
  • Involvement of medical students
  • Ongoing emotional support
  • Potential for pushing back the academic year

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    Resources

    Academy of Pelvic Surgery

    Rosh Review

    Open access SGS Video Library

    SurgeryU

    APGO

    CREOG

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    This podcast is developed in collaboration with the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons

    Email the show: [email protected]

    Interact with us on Twitter: @MDedgeObGyn @drcaraking @ReedVickiMD

    For more MDedge Podcasts, go to mdedge.com/podcasts

    31 min
  • COVID-19: AAGL joint guidelines on surgical safety during an infectious disease pandemic

    On March 27, 2020, Dr. Cara King (@drcaraking) hosts Sarah Cohen, MD, MPH, Division of Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

    They discuss:

    • AAGL guidelines – starting the discussion
  • Global collaboration among AAGL and other societies to craft guidelines
  • Potential viral spread during laparoscopic surgery
  • Potential viral spread during open procedures
  • Thinking outside of the box (minilaps and vaginal hysterectomy)
  • COVID-19 testing in surgical patients – what is possible today
  • Universal chest CT before surgery?
  • Recommended PPE for the OR
  • Rethinking MIGS surgical steps to optimize for infectious disease
  • Ideal surgical masks for the OR
  • Ongoing updates to AAGL joint statement guidance
  • Reliance on global colleagues

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    Resources


    COVID-19: Joint Statement on Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery

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    This podcast is developed in collaboration with the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons

    Email the show: [email protected]

    Interact with us on Twitter: @MDedgeObGyn @drcaraking

    For more MDedge Podcasts, go to mdedge.com/podcasts

    19 min
  • COVID-19: Staying safe in the minimally invasive operating room

    On March 27, 2020, Dr. Cara King (@drcaraking) hosts Jonathan Dort, MD (@JonathanDort1), Vice Chairman for Education in the Department of Surgery; Program Director, General Surgery Residency; and Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery at Inova Medical Group, Falls Church, Virginia

    They discuss:

    • SAGES’ COVID-19 resources
  • Assumptions being made about viral transmission during laparoscopic surgery
  • Should surgical patients be tested pre-surgery for COVID-19?
  • PPE for the surgical and anesthesia team in the operating room
  • Reducing operating teams to required personnel
  • Optimizing filtration systems
  • Which surgical cases are nonessential
  • Use of masks in the OR
  • COVIDsurg: Conoravirus global collaboration on surgical experience with COVID-19
  • Safety for residents and INOVA’s educational shift
  • A new way of conducting grand rounds
  • Working out virtual visit kinks for attendings and residents
  • GME start date of July 1: Should it be pushed?

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    Resources

    SAGES COVID-19 resources

    CDC Recommended Guidance for Extended Use and Limited Reuse of N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirators in Healthcare Settings

    Globalsurg.org/COVIDsurg

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    This podcast is developed in collaboration with the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons

    Email the show: [email protected]

    Interact with us on Twitter: @MDedgeObGyn @drcaraking @JonathanDort1 @MeganEvansMD

    For more MDedge Podcasts, go to mdedge.com/podcasts

    34 min
  • COVID-19: Cleveland Clinic’s plans for safety, resource optimization, and redeployment

    On March 27, 2020, Dr. Cara King (@drcaraking) hosts Beri Ridgeway, MD, (@beridgeway) Institute Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women’s Health, Cleveland Clinic.

    They discuss:

    • Ohio’s state of affairs regarding COVID-19
  • Testing sites and tests completed to date
  • Who can be tested for COVID-19, based on allocation of resources and underlying conditions
  • The virtual approach to testing using telephones, FaceTime, and Google Duo
  • Insurance coverage of virtual visits and charity care
  • In-patient and out-patient visitation policy and hospital entrance checkpoints
  • Wearing masks: current evidence-based approach
  • COVID-19 modeling for Cleveland Clinic: contingency plans for worst-case scenarios
  • Reducing nonessential operations
  • COVID-19 preparations with many unknowns
  • Elective surgeries: the slowdown of operations
  • Supertracking GYN and early OB patients in a COVID-19 hot zone
  • Redeployment strategy for now low-volume providers, including ObGyns
  • Supporting staff emotionally

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    This podcast is developed in collaboration with the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons

    Email the show: [email protected]

    Interact with us on Twitter: @MDedgeObGyn @drcaraking @beridgeway

    For more MDedge Podcasts, go to mdedge.com/podcasts

    31 min

About Gynecologic Surgeons Unscrubbed

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Host Cara King, DO, MS, gynecologic surgeon from the Cleveland Clinic, focuses on surgical and medical education, featuring interviews providing expert pearls, patient perspective, and practice-changing discussion.