Grand Rounds, September 4, 2025

September 3, 2025

Presentation Title: Using Data to Move from Surgical Competence to Surgical Excellence

Speakers: Gabrielle Fernandez Castillo, PhD, and Eric Thomas, MD, MPH, Professor and Associate Dean for Healthcare Quality, Griff T Ross Professor in Humanities and Technology in Health Care, UTHealth – UTHealth, McGovern Medical School

Date: Thursday, September 4, 2025
Time: 7:00 AM ‐ 8:00 AM
Location: Medical School Building
Learning Format: In‐Person

Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • List the seven “Cs” of teamwork
  • Define psychological safety and summarize four ways to foster it
  • Define shared mental models (SM Ms) and explain how debriefing can be used to build SM Ms in practice

Credit Designation:

  • McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 Hour(s) Attendance w/ No Credit. Participants should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Event Disclosures:

Speakers:
Gabrielle Fernandez Castillo, PhD and Eric Thomas, MD, MPH, Professor and Associate Dean for Healthcare Quality, Griff T Ross Professor in Humanities and Technology in Health Care, UTHealth have no financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re­selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients to disclose.

Planners and other Administrative Support:
David Wainwright, MD, Sasha Adams, MD, Associate Professor, Acute Care Surgery Program Director, General Surgery Residency Vice-Chair for Education, Department of Surgery, Lillian Kao, MD, Professor, Surgery, Natalie Drucker, MD, and Tamara Saunders, MD have no financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients to disclose.

Mark Hobeika, MD has disclosed a financial relationship with one or more ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re­selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients:

  • TransMedics, Inc – Contracted Research – Relationship Ended

Steven Canfield, MD has disclosed a financial relationship with one or more ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re­selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients:

  • AngioDynamics – Advisory Committee Member – Relationship Has Not Ended

Erik Wilson, MD has disclosed a financial relationship with one or more ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients:

  • Johnson & Johnson – Teaching – Relationship Has Not Ended
  • Gore – Teaching – Relationship Has Not Ended
  • Medtronic – Teaching – Relationship Has Not Ended
  • GI Windows – Independent Contractor – Relationship Has Not Ended
  • Boston Scientific – Teaching – Relationship Has Not Ended

Laura Moore, MD has disclosed a financial relationship with one or more ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients:

  • Frontline Medical Technologies – Advisory Committee Member – Relationship Has Not Ended

Shinil Shah, DO has disclosed a financial relationship with one or more ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients:

  • GI Windows – Contracted Research – Relationship Has Not Ended

Commercial Support:
This activity is not commercially supported.

Accreditation Statement:
McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

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