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Leigh Evans, MD

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine; Executive Director, Yale Center for Medical Simulation; Director, Resident Research

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Leigh Evans, MD

Mailing Address

  • Emergency Medicine

    PO Box 208053

    New Haven, CT 06520-8053

    United States

Yale Medicine

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Research Summary

Dr. Evans' research focuses on the transfer of clinical skills from the simulation laboratory to the hospital setting. Her primary focus has been on central venous catheter insertion performance by resident physicians. Her AHRQ funded study demonstrated that residents trained to competence in the simulation laboratory perform better in the clinical setting. She is currently investigating skills decay in procedural skills.

Specialized Terms: Emergency Medicine; Simulation in Undergraduate Medical Education; Invasive Procedure Simulation

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Research Interests

Education, Medical, Undergraduate; Emergency Medicine; Internship and Residency; Patient Simulation; Central Venous Catheters

Selected Publications

  • Simulation training in central venous catheter insertion: improved performance in clinical practice.Evans LV, Dodge KL, Shah TD, Kaplan LJ, Siegel MD, Moore CL, Hamann CJ, Lin Z, D'Onofrio G. Simulation training in central venous catheter insertion: improved performance in clinical practice. Academic Medicine : Journal Of The Association Of American Medical Colleges 2010, 85: 1462-9. PMID: 20736674, DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181eac9a3.
  • Simulation and patient safety: evaluative checklists for central venous catheter insertion.Evans LV, Dodge KL. Simulation and patient safety: evaluative checklists for central venous catheter insertion. Quality & Safety In Health Care 2010, 19 Suppl 3: i42-46. PMID: 20959318, DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2010.042168.
  • Information loss in emergency medical services handover of trauma patients.Carter AJ, Davis KA, Evans LV, Cone DC. Information loss in emergency medical services handover of trauma patients. Prehospital Emergency Care : Official Journal Of The National Association Of EMS Physicians And The National Association Of State EMS Directors 2009, 13: 280-5. PMID: 19499462, DOI: 10.1080/10903120802706260.
  • The development of an independent rater system to assess residents' competence in invasive procedures.Evans LV, Morse JL, Hamann CJ, Osborne M, Lin Z, D'Onofrio G. The development of an independent rater system to assess residents' competence in invasive procedures. Academic Medicine : Journal Of The Association Of American Medical Colleges 2009, 84: 1135-43. PMID: 19638785, DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181acec7c.
  • Attracting surgical clerks to surgical careers: role models, mentoring, and engagement in the operating room.Berman L, Rosenthal MS, Curry LA, Evans LV, Gusberg RJ. Attracting surgical clerks to surgical careers: role models, mentoring, and engagement in the operating room. Journal Of The American College Of Surgeons 2008, 207: 793-800, 800.e1-2. PMID: 19183524, DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2008.08.003.
  • Teaching and assessing procedural skills using simulation: metrics and methodology.Lammers RL, Davenport M, Korley F, Griswold-Theodorson S, Fitch MT, Narang AT, Evans LV, Gross A, Rodriguez E, Dodge KL, Hamann CJ, Robey WC. Teaching and assessing procedural skills using simulation: metrics and methodology. Academic Emergency Medicine : Official Journal Of The Society For Academic Emergency Medicine 2008, 15: 1079-87. PMID: 18828833, DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00233.x.
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