Lauren S. Cobbs M.D., M.Ed.

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1 EDUCATION Master of Education in Educational Psychology August December 2009 Texas Tech University College of Education MAJOR Adult learning/development MINOR Research measures and statistics Doctor of Medicine August May 1995 University of Maryland School of Medicine Bachelor of Arts in Sociology August May 1991 Johns Hopkins University School of Arts and Sciences POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING Research Fellowship Primary Care Research Fellowship July June 2000 Georgetown University Center for Clinical Bioethics RESEARCH FOCUS Medical professionalism/early professional development Internship and Residency General Internal Medicine Internship and Residency June June 1998 University of Maryland Medical Center PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Assistant Dean for Student Affairs Office of Student Affairs January Present Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine Assistant Professor Department of Internal Medicine January Present Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Locum Tenens Physician Houston Office September December 2010 Executive Health Exams, International Medical Director Standardized Patient Program June August 2008 Last revised qweqweqw111111/27/

2 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (cont.) Assistant Professor Department of Humanities in Medicine August August 2008 Assistant Professor of Medicine Department of Medicine June August 2008 Assistant Professor of Medicine Division of General Internal Medicine July September 2001 Georgetown University Medical Center CERTIFICATION American Board of Internal Medicine August Present Recertified October 2008 LICENSURE Texas Present District of Columbia HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS University Medical Center Lubbock, TX March Present ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Member Professionalism Remediation Committee November August 2008 Responsible for assisting course and clerkship directors in designing individualized remediation programs for student failures due to professionalism issues. Member Residency Evaluation & Advisory Committee July August 2008 Internal Medicine Residency Program Review the progress and promotion of Internal Medicine residents. Last revised qweqweqw111111/27/

3 ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS (cont.) Chair Subcommittee to develop an integrated curriculum on culture and diversity March December 2006 Member Dean s subcommittee on Assessment of Professionalism March December 2006 Charged with development of formal assessment tools for student professionalism skills and behaviors across all four years of medical school. Member Temple Curriculum Sub-Committee March April 2007 Responsible for oversight of the clinical years of the medical school curriculum. Vice Chair Ethics Committee February February 2008 Responsible for clinical consults and educational topics related to bioethical issues in medicine. Associate Clerkship Director Internal Medicine February August 2008 Administrator for all fourth year electives in the Department of Medicine. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Small group facilitator Early Clinical Experience II September Present Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine Clinical teaching faculty Internal Medicine Staff for PGY 1-3 residents April Present TTUHSC Internal Medicine Residency Ambulatory Clinic Faculty advisor and course coordinator Physician Heal Thyself March August 2008 Physician wellness series developed as part of the Texas A&M COM s Gold Humanism Honor Society s community service project. The goal of PHT is to increase medical students awareness of the recognition, consequences of, and basic strategies to combat maladaptive coping skills and ineffective stress management. Key teaching faculty Internal Medicine simulation curriculum August August 2008 Debriefing of standardized patient encounters; procedural skills training; airway management; code team training. Last revised qweqweqw111111/27/

4 TEACHING EXPERIENCE (cont.) Key teaching faculty Internal Medicine simulation curriculum August August 2008 Internal Medicine Residency Program Communication skills (jousting, disclosure); clinical ethics, professionalism, cultural awareness training. Small group facilitator Leadership in Medicine August May 2008 Primary teaching faculty Contemporary issues in medical student professionalism August May 2007 Medical humanities Year II elective. Primary teaching faculty Medical professionalism in the clinical environment July May 2008 Year III Internal Medicine clerkship. Clinical teaching faculty Year III Internal Medicine clerkship September July 2007 Ambulatory Medicine Clinic Clinical teaching faculty Year III Internal Medicine clerkship August August 2007 Temple Community Free Clinic Clinical teaching faculty Internal Medicine Staff for PGY 1-3 residents September June 2005 Ambulatory Clinic and Inpatient Medicine Teams Faculty lecturer and small group instructor Medical humanities Year I course August December 2007 Lectures: Diversity in Patient Populations and Cultural Awareness; Patients, Justice and Fairness: Allocating Scarce Resources in Health Care; Four Topics Method of Case Analysis; Foregoing Treatment in Incapacitated Patients; Professionalism in Medicine. Co-instructor Ethical Issues in Science 2000 Georgetown University Small group instructor Interdisciplinary curriculum in clinical ethics, Part II 2000 Georgetown University School of Medicine 4

5 TEACHING EXPERIENCE (cont.) Small group instructor Interdisciplinary curriculum in clinical ethics, Part I & II 1999 Georgetown University School of Medicine CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT Professionalism Workshop Series for Graduate Medical Education September May 2008 Purpose: Three phase GME workshop. Phase I - large group session on the principles of health care ethics. Phase 2 - small group discussion of paradigm cases involving issues of medical ethics/ professionalism at the GME level. Phase 3 - team clinical simulations that challenge medical professionalism, ethical decision making or cultural competency. Internal Medicine Simulation Curriculum December May 2008 Purpose: Development and implementation of an integrated curriculum using high fidelity simulators and standardized patients to teach clinical ethics, professionalism, and cultural awareness in UGME and GME. Curriculum development role: 1 identification of appropriate learning objectives based on level of medical learner; and 2 primary authorship of standardized patient and high fidelity simulation scenarios and evaluation checklists. Contemporary Issues in Medical Student Professionalism for Years III and IV June May 2008 Purpose: Year III and IV students participate in informal dinner discussions of issues and dilemmas they are experiencing as they go through their 3rd and 4th years of medical training. Contemporary Issues in Medical Student Professionalism Year II Elective August May 2007 Purpose: Expose Year II students to issues that face all medical professionals in a manner relevant and appropriate to their stage of medical training. Medical Professionalism in the Clinical Environment July May 2008 Purpose: Year III students during the Internal Medicine clerkship engage two one-hour interactive discussion sessions. Hour 1 includes how a profession is distinct from a job and challenges to the doctor-patient relationship. Hour 2 focuses on required elements that determine capacity for medical decision making and criteria for surrogate decision-making. Students are also invited to confidentially discuss any situations they have experienced as challenges to their professionalism since starting medical school. Peer Teaching of Clinical Ethics June 2006 Purpose: Fourth year medical students facilitate third year students in small group discussions of medical student specific ethical dilemmas. 5

6 INVITED PRESENTATIONS Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Ethics Series October 2011 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine Foregoing treatment and medical futility Texas Tech Black Faculty and Staff Association Keynote Address January 2009 Texas Tech University Inspiring change in the community 2008 Association of Standardized Patient Educators Panel July 2008 Society for Simulation in Healthcare Combining SPs and simulation devices for teaching ethical, cultural, and professionalism issues in health care Simulation User Network Conference April 2008 Simulation User Network Simulation of ethical, cultural, and professionalism issues in health care Bioethics Conference September 2007 Allocation of limited resources in health care: continuing education for physicians, nurses, social workers, clergy Bioethics Conference March 2007 Medical Futility: continuing education for physicians, nurses, social workers, clergy Integrating Simulation into the Curriculum Conference August 2006 Brooke Army Medical Center Bringing a clinical ethics and cultural awareness curriculum to life via high fidelity patient simulation Meet the Expert July 2006 Sun City Texas End of life issues and medical decision making Central Texas Conference on Clinical Simulation February 2006 Temple, TX Practical aspects of integrating a clinical ethics and cultural awareness curriculum into high fidelity simulation 6

7 INVITED PRESENTATIONS (cont.) Internal Medicine Conference August 2005 A few basics in medical professionalism and the doctor-patient relationship Joint Admissions Medical Program June 2005 Introduction to clinical case analysis Hospice Foundation of America National Teleconference Panelist April 2005 Ethical dilemmas at the end of life Year I Medical Humanities Presentation March 2005 Cultural, ethnic, and religious diversity and the practice of medicine Internal Medicine Conference July 2004 Physician burnout and residency training Joint Admissions Medical Program June 2004 Introduction to medical professionalism Year I Medical Humanities Presentation March 2004 Cultural, ethnic, and religious diversity and the practice of medicine Fort Hood Community Outreach Program February 2004 Fort Hood Army Base Choosing to pursue a career in the medical profession American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Annual Meeting October 2003 American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Contrasting the cases of Hugh Finn and Terry Schiavo 7

8 INVITED PRESENTATIONS (cont.) Internal Medicine Conference July 2003 Medical professionalism and residency education - Understanding the challenges to medical professionalism Bell County Medical Society Annual Meeting June 2003 Bell County Medical Society Foregoing treatment in incapacitated patients Graduate Medical Education Joint Conference June 2003 Foregoing treatment in incapacitated patients Graduate Medical Education Joint Conference April 2003 Medical professionalism and residency education Continuing Medical Education Forum September 2002 Texas Bioethics Resource Consortium Four topics method of case analysis Internal Medicine Conference September 2002 Medical professionalism BIBLIOGRAPHY Peer Reviewed Publications 1. Stevens T, Harris G, Aguirre-Munoz Z, Cobbs L. A case study approach to increasing teachers mathematics knowledge for teaching and strategies for building students maths self-efficacy. International Journal of Mathematics Education in Science and Technology 2009; 40, Cobbs LS. Academic Dishonesty in Medical Education: Possible Behaviorist Explanations and Interventions. Annals of Behavioral Science and Medical Education 2009; 15(1),

9 BIBLIOGRAPHY (cont.) Peer Reviewed Publications 3. Ogden, P, Cobbs, L, Howell, M, Sibbitt, S, & DiPette, D. Clinical Simulation: Importance to the Internal Medicine Educational Mission. The American Journal of Medicine (9), Cobbs, LS, Clark, P, Brusca, M. The Million Dollar Question. Hastings Center Report 2000; 30(5), Peer Reviewed Workshops 1. Cobbs, L, Howell, M. Teaching New Dogs Old Tricks: Integrating High Fidelity Simulation with Traditional Methods of Teaching Clinical Ethics, Professionalism and Cultural Awareness to Resident Learners. Southern Group on Educational Affairs 2007 Annual Meeting, Louisville, KY, Ogden, P, Cobbs, L, Sibbitt, S, Howell, M. The Integration of High Fidelity Simulation into an Undergraduate and Graduate Internal Medicine Curriculum. Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Cobbs, L, Howell, M. Integrating High Fidelity Simulation into a Clinical Ethics and Cultural Awareness Curriculum. 12th International Ottawa Conference on Clinical Competence, New York, NY, Published Abstracts 1. Stevens, T, Zebidi, A, Zaier, A, Cobbs, L, He, Z. Measurement of Perceived Social Barriers for Women in Mathematics. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, Cobbs, L. Using Simulation to Teach Ethics, Professionalism, and Cultural Awareness. 13th Ottawa International Conference on Clinical Competence, Melbourne, Australia, Cobbs, L, Howell, M. Using Simulation to Enhance Resident Learning of Ethics, Professionalism and Cultural Awareness. 8th Annual International Meeting on Simulation in Health Care, San Diego, CA, Burwinkle, T, Cobbs L, Howell, M. Integrating High-Fidelity Patient Simulation in an Internal Medicine & Pediatrics Curriculum (Poster presentation) 7th Annual International Meeting on Simulation in Health Care, Lake Buena Vista, FL,

10 BIBLIOGRAPHY (cont.) Published Abstracts 5. Cobbs, L. Perspectives on Ethics Training Preparedness of Internal Medicine Residents: From Medical School Through Residency. National Research Scholarship Award Trainee s Research Conference, Other Publications 1. Cobbs, L. Professionalism. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine Community Preceptor CME Module. July EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH Lauren Cobbs, M.D. (Primary Investigator) May May 2008 Using Simulation to Teach Ethics, Professionalism, and Cultural Awareness to Resident Learners The objective was to evaluate the effectiveness of incorporating hybrid medical simulations (high fidelity simulators and standardized patients) in combination with traditional methods for teaching clinical ethics, professionalism, and cultural awareness to resident physicians. FACULTY DEVELOPMENT Professionalism at Academic Medical Centers: Challenges and Opportunities October 2007 Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN Topics: Defining Medical Professionalism for the 21st Century; Clinical Judgement and Professionalism: From Etiquette to Habitus; Professionalism in Medical Education: Perspectives from the Carnegie Foundation s Preparation for the Professions Program ; Education: Teaching and Learning Professionalism; Promoting Professionalism. Site visit review of standardized patient programs March 2007 University of Texas Medical School at Houston University of Texas Medical Branch Review of regional medical schools SP programs for program development; integration and use of SPs in medical education for teaching and evaluation of UGME and GME learners. Comprehensive Workshop in Medical Simulation November 2006 Institute for Medical Simulation Center for Medical Simulation/Harvard-MIT, Cambrige, MA Topics: Patient simulation: history and context; Operating a simulation program; Teaching clinical thinking and skills; Teaching teamwork and crisis resource management; Developing debriefing skills; Introducing behavioral and educational research paradigms; Advancing simulation within one s institution. 10

11 FACULTY DEVELOPMENT (cont.) Cultural Sensitivity: A Blue Print for Success September 2006 Texas Tech Health Science Center El Paso, TX Topics: Teaching and Promoting Cultural Awareness in Health Care; Cultural Diversity in the Health Professions: Issues and Concerns; Health Disparities and Cultural Competency in Geriatrics; Ethical Issues and Challenges of Cross-Cultural Health Care education and Management; Cultural Awareness Issues for a Predominantly Hispanic Population; Ethics and Cultural Awareness. Early Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar December 2004 Association of American Medical Colleges Santa Fe, NM Topics: Nuts and Bolts of Effective Scientific Writing Workshop; Meeting the Challenges of Academic Career Building; Promotional Tracks and Career Pathways; Building a Case for Diversity Enhancement; Lessons from Our Lived Experience; Writing for Professional Journals; Writing Proposals & Winning Research Grants. Master Teachers Course February 2003 Topics: Cognitive & Affective Components of Learning; Foundations of Clinical Teaching; Clinical Teaching Skills, Teachers Roles, Styles, and Responsibilities; Effective Large Group Teaching in the Classroom; Web-Based Learning; Teaching Psychomotor Skills; Teaching on the Run; Teaching in a Busy Medical Practice; Principles of Evaluating Learner Performance; Case Based Learning; Problem Based Learning; Dealing with Challenging Residents; Writing Effective Multiple Choice Test Questions. Summer Seminar in Health Care Ethics August 2002 University of Washington Interactive, multidisciplinary one-week program designed to teach the analysis of ethical problems in clinical care. Teaching Skills August June 2000 Johns Hopkins University Topics: Feedback; Time management; Working effectively with others; Communication skills; Precepting skills; Teaching portfolio. Curriculum Development August June 2000 Johns Hopkins University MENTORING Mentor Year III medical student January August 2008 Mentored a third year medical student as part of remediation plan established by the Dean of COM following repeal of an expulsion based on failure for breaches in professionalism behaviors. 11

12 MENTORING (cont.) Faculty Advisor Year III medical students February August 2008 Advised third year medical students seeking residency in Internal Medicine. Mentor Third year Internal Medicine resident February May 2006 Internal Medicine residency program Mentored a third year Internal Medicine resident for remediation due to concern regarding deficiencies in professionalism behaviors. Faculty Advisor John L. Montgomery M.D. Chapter Gold Humanism Honor Society October August 2008 Society inducts top 10-15% of rising senior medical students who have demonstrated excellence in clinical care, leadership, compassion, and dedication to service during their medical school careers. Advisor Responsibilities: Oversight of the annual selection process; Chair of selection committee; planning and coordination of induction ceremony; oversight of the various GHHS community service projects. Mentor Repeating Internal Medicine intern June December 2004 Internal Medicine residency program Mentored repeating first year Internal Medicine resident due to concerns regarding professionalism issues. AWARDS AND HONORS Awarded membership 2010 The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi Texas Tech University Chapter Membership is by invitation only to top 10% of Texas Tech graduate students. Awarded membership 2009 Golden Key International Honour Society Texas Tech University Chapter Membership is by invitation only to top 15% of Texas Tech graduate students. America s Top Physicians 2008 & 2009 Consumer s Research Council of America Outstanding teaching in medical student education academic year 2007 Department of Internal Medicine 13

13 AWARDS AND HONORS (cont.) Awarded membership 2004 Arnold P. Gold Foundation Gold Humanism Honor Society Inducted as a faculty member into the Gold Humanism Honor Society. PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES Member Present American College of Physicians American Society of Internal Medicine PUBLIC SERVICE Volunteer faculty 2011 Lubbock Impact Free Clinic Supervision of medical students at a free community medical clinic. Volunteer December 2008 Texas Tech Teen Straight Talk Free community education seminars on STIs, contraception, and pregnancy for year olds, their parents or guardians. Certified R.A.D. Instructor for Basic Physical Defense December December 2008 Rape Aggression Defense Systems (R.A.D.) Self defense instruction courses to women for the purpose of defense against abduction. Volunteer faculty July May 2008 Martha s Kitchen Free Clinic Supervision of volunteer fourth year medical students at a free community medical clinic. Medical Director July 2007 The Joseph Alliance, Inc. Mission trip to the village of Tabre in Ghana, Africa. Mission focus: public health education (prevention of water borne illness and malaria, making safe drinking water, HIV awareness and prevention, prevention of neck and back musculoskeletal injuries, reducing risk for developing hypertension, understanding menopause). Medical Missionary June 2006 The Joseph Alliance, Inc. Basic medical screening/counseling to people in the village of Tabre in Ghana, Africa. 13