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Departmental Achievements

  • An ETSU design team composed of Dr. Marty Olsen, Dr. Martin Eason, Bill Hemphill, Paul Sims, and Tom Robbins has made significant progress in the area of surgical simulation. A teaching device has been used to improve resident education and has also been used to access resident candidate skills in operative technique. Patent applications are in progress. The design team has contributed to the teaching mission of the institution. The team has also increased the scholarly activity for the institution with its presentation at the simulation conference in February, 2006 in Tampa, FL.
  • Dr. Norman Assad, Dr. Bruce Selman and Dr. Sheri Holmes have recently joined the OB/GYN practice, enhancing service to the Department in GYN oncology, Urogynecology, teaching and Endocrinology.
  • The Department matched three excellent residents last year including one ETSU AOA student.
  • Renovations have been made to the clinic and to the Dr. Ken Clark Conference Room.
  • In collaboration with Dr. Martin Eason, the resident education program has experienced rapid development in the area of simulation. Approximately 25 different scenarios have been created which allow residents to test their knowledge and skills in all areas addressed by the six competencies. Highlights include:
    1. The intoxicated attending scenario in which the residents had an opportunity to witness a disruptive attending and then discuss physician impairment after the scenario (Interpersonal Skills and Communication)
    2. The Medico-Legal scenario in which the residents had an opportunity to participate in a deposition conducted by a plaintiff’s attorney and a defense attorney after a simulated shoulder dystocia event resulting in Erbs Palsy (Systems Based Practice)
    3. The septic abortion scenario in which the residents performed a D&C on a papaya and the simulated patient then experienced the uncommon crisis of Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation after an illegal abortion. Residents were encouraged to use all information and all resources available to them to manage the patient (Practice Learning and Improvement)
    4. Amniotic Fluid Embolism scenario in which the residents have a chance to learn about a rare catastrophic medical condition (Medical Knowledge)
    5. The No Code scenario in which residents accidently perform a code after an iatrogenic event on a “no code” patient. Residents are forced to make rapid ethical decisions (Professionalism).
    6. Ruptured Ectopic scenario in which the residents are given a hospital system which is obstructionistic to their need to rush the patient to surgery (Patient Care).
  • Dr. Janet Drake was an APGO/Solvay Scholar and presented an abstract at the APGO/CREOG annual meeting.
  • Adjunct faculty member Bill Hemphill received a $4,000 IDC grant for “Model Design and Development for a System and Method of Teaching, Practicing, and Evaluating Surgical Techniques.”
  • The Department has proceeded with the establishment of an advanced reproductive technology program. Dr. Norman Assad has led this development as the Department moves toward the addition of Andrology and In Vitro Fertilization to the practice.
  • Dr. Marty Olsen served as chair of the Tennessee Section of ACOG 2005-2006.
  • The Dr. Elizabeth Craver Pryor Memorial Lectureship has been established and the 1st Annual lecture was held on October 11, 2006 with Dr. Frank Stritter as the first lecturer.