5 yrs ago, I sat in Dr. Joel Howell's U-M IHPI Nat’l Clinician Scholars Program at U-M IHPI seminar on Sims & VVF. I was disgusted and incredulous about Sims' claims of 'success'. Joel mentored me & Shenelle Wilson, MD (she/her) to develop this hypothesis & explore primary sources. Neurourol Urodyn onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/na…

Surgical residents interested in a gap year? Learn surgical quality improvement and patient safety skills as the Ann Arbor VA CRQS starting July 2024. If interested, email [email protected]

Come hang with Kristin Chrouser & I at the #AUA24 Young Urologists Forum We’ll be discussing ways to improve your physical health in / out of the OR. Relevant to trainees and faculty alike 💪 Society of Surgical Ergonomics Amer. Urol. Assn.

Making the case for improved transparency of disability insurance and worker's compensation claims data to study work-related injuries among surgeons 🤕🧮💸 Thank you AmJSurgery & Jenny Shao, MD, FACS (she/her) for letting us share our thoughts Society of Surgical Ergonomics Kristin Chrouser americanjournalofsurgery.com/article/S0002-…

If you a urologist or uro resident, please take this survey which addresses "instrument fit." It's time to advocate that industry develop/adapt instruments to be more equitable for all hand sizes and strengths! Sarah Razavi Society of Surgical Ergonomics tinyurl.com/27df8mzy

#SWIUScholars Weekly Feature 📚 "Female urologists may be disproportionately affected by poor ergonomics compared to their male colleagues." Kim et al. localize sex-based differences in muscle use during ureteroscopy in AmJSurgery shorturl.at/djlqU

This is great! We Society of Surgical Ergonomics should consider making a consensus statement on content/duration of an ergonomics timeout for each surg approach w/ input from surgeons/human factors experts Jenny Shao, MD, FACS (she/her) Julie Hallet Hamid Norasi Amy Park, MD Tara Cohen Kristin Chrouser Geeta Lal

Excited to publish this new tool designed for resident burnout assessment and prevention at both personal and institutional levels. Special thx to Laura Zebib, MD, MPH rdcu.be/dJpnf BMC

Refreshing to see Amer. Urol. Assn. give a voice to the topic of Surgical Ergonomics at #AUA24 / #AUANews To optimally care for others, we must also learn to care for ourselves Society of Surgical Ergonomics Kristin Chrouser auanews.net/issues/article…

Excited to finally publish this practical tool for managing urinary retention in the hospital (infographic in the supplement). Thanks to a tremendous team effort! Greta L. Krapohl Jennifer Meddings Samantha Hendren jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

📢 Kicking off #SSE24 with the Presidential Address is Dr. Susan Hallbeck Dr. Hallbeck is a bastion for surgeon health and human factors research Mayo Clinic and among her other many accomplishments, she is known for work studying intraoperative microbreaks

Having an ergonomic intervention that is efficacious is great, but without a good implementation strategy it is unlikely to be incorporated into clinical practice Implementation requires thoughtful consideration of cost, schedule, sustainability, and regulatory impact -- key to

Key elements for sustainable success in implementing change #SSE2024

#SSE2024 Dr Devin Singh speaking on cognitive ergonomics and the importance of reducing the cognitive load to improve patient care

Tina Dalager discusses the use of IPET for improving surgeon ergonomics. #sse24 Society of Surgical Ergonomics

So thankful to Dr Colin West for sharing his wealth of expertise in physician wellbeing this week with our HSR group and Urology Department Grand Rounds! Michigan Urology Colin West Dow Division HSR

Retirement of Drs. Catherine deVries and Robert Stephenson. Two icons in pediatric urology and urologic oncology. They both contributed so much -> IVUmed and a personal relationship that helped start the Huntsman Cancer Institute. You will me missed! University of Utah Health UofUSurgery

New data on pain & burnout in OR teams in AmJSurgery by Kristin Chrouser Among all team members 😣62% pain from surgery 😖31% pain from 💻work 😞42% burnout - correlated with pain ⚡️ Better ergonomics could help with this! linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S…