Bridget O'Brien, PhD, MS

Professor In Residence

Bridget O’Brien, PhD has been a faculty member in the Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, since 2008. She is a professor of medicine and director of research in the Office of Medical Education's Center for Advancing Scholarship in Education (CASE). As co-director of the Teaching Scholars Program and director of the UCSF-University of Utrecht Health Professions Education doctoral program she teaches and mentors faculty and learners interested in education research and scholarship. At the San Francisco VA, she directs the Advanced Fellowship in Health Professions Education Evaluation and Research. In 2015 she was selected as one of five national Macy Faculty Scholars supported by the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation and in 2021 she was selected as a KIPRIME Fellow at the Karolinska Instituet. She is a deputy editor for the journal Academic Medicine

Dr. O'Brien's research focuses primarily on understanding and improving workplace learning among health professionals. Her work has explored learning processes in interprofessional, team, and longitudinal clinical experiences. Her current work focuses on educator development, including engagement in education scholarship and core activities of clinical education (teaching, supervision, feedback). Dr. O'Brien has expertise in qualitative research and has authored and co-authored several articles on qualitative methods, including guidelines for reporting on qualitative research.

Education
2018 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California
PhD, 2006 - Graduate School of Education, UC Berkeley
MS, 2002 - Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
BS, 2000 - School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University
Honors and Awards
  • Academy of Medical Educators, UCSF, 2022
  • KIPRIME Fellow, Karolinska Institutet, 2021-2022
Publications

  1. Hitchner L, Kuruvilla P, Hauer KE, O'Brien BC. Exploring the Nature and Impact of Coaches' Application of Coaching Skills Across Contexts. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2026. PMID: 41739687


  2. Maristany D, Hauer KE, Grospe V, Hunderfund ANL, Elks ML, O'Brien BC. Judging Oneself and the Feedback: Using a Feedback Literacy Lens to Explore How Learners Experience Professionalism Feedback. Perspectives on medical education 2026. PMID: 41659167


  3. Alkhatib M, Samanani S, Murphy M, O'Brien B, Zaidi Z. Charged Topics in Medical Education: Students' Perspectives on Power, Voices, and Faculty Engagement. Perspectives on medical education 2026. PMID: 41659168


  4. Beck J, O'Hara K, van der Schaaf M, O'Brien BC. Exploring how pediatric supervisors conceptualize the optimal stress zone for resident learning. Medical teacher 2026. PMID: 41552875


  5. Brondfield S, O'Brien B, Rangachari D. Modernizing Medical Education: Educational Strategies to Meet Emerging Needs in Hematology/Oncology. JCO oncology practice 2025. PMID: 41385759


  6. Beck J, O'Hara K, van der Schaaf M, O'Brien BC. How supervisors leverage stress to facilitate trainee learning in clinical settings: A six-element model. Medical education 2025. PMID: 41196223


  7. Kahlke R, O'Brien BC, Varpio L. Qualitative research interviews for health professions education: AMEE Guide No. 185. Medical teacher 2025. PMID: 40772485


  8. Chambers T, O'Brien B. "This Is Not For Me": A Counterstory on BIPOC Experiences of DEI Trainings. Teaching and learning in medicine 2025. PMID: 40760969


  9. Fulton TB, Penner JC, Collins SA, van der Schaaf M, O'Brien BC. "It's Always There, Right?" Exploring Internal Medicine Teams' Use of Basic Science Knowledge on Inpatient Rounds. Perspectives on medical education 2025. PMID: 40486978


  10. Lin-Martore M, Kornblith A, Firnberg M, Haque A, O'Brien B. Trust of Artificial Intelligence-Augmented Point-of-Care Ultrasound Among Pediatric Emergency Physicians. Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open 2025. PMID: 40528866


  11. Brown MEL, Stalmeijer RE, O'Brien BC. Transferability in three dimensions (3D): applicability, theoretical engagement, and resonance. Advances in health sciences education : theory and practice 2025. PMID: 40366523


  12. Beck J, O'Hara K, van der Schaaf M, O'Brien BC. Can Stress Be Good for Learning? Pediatric Resident Perspectives on the Beneficial Influence of Stress on Learning and the Role of the Supervisor. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2025. PMID: 40249864


  13. Young ME, Dubé T, Schumacher DJ, Lubarsky S, Ryan AT, O'Brien BC. Characterizing Research Teams. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2024. PMID: 40009723


  14. Roberts LW, O'Brien BC, DeVilbiss MB. The Contributions of RIME in Furthering Medical Education Scholarship. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2024. PMID: 39475299


  15. O'Brien BC, Stalmeijer RE, Hoffman M, Thammasitboon S, Balmer DF, Brown MEL. The transferability triad: Exploring possibilities for applicability, resonance and theoretical engagement in health professions education scholarship. The clinical teacher 2024. PMID: 39166763


  16. O'Brien BC, Collins S, Haddock LM, Sani S, Rivera JA. More Than Maintaining Competence: A Qualitative Study of How Physicians Conceptualize and Engage in Lifelong Learning. Perspectives on medical education 2024. PMID: 38974779


  17. Lyons PG, Gause SA, Eakin MN, O'Brien BC, Santhosh L. Seven Practical Recommendations for Designing and Conducting Qualitative Research in Medical Education. ATS Scholar 2024. PMID: 38957495


  18. Nina W. Zhao, Lindsey M. Haddock, Bridget C. O’Brien. Not so simple: evaluating consequences validity evidence for a workplace-based assessment in surgery. Treatment of Spine Disease in the Elderly 2024. PMID:


  19. Ellaway RH, O'Brien BC, Sherbino J, Maggio LA, Artino AR, Nimmon L, Park YS, Young M, Thomas A. Is There a Problem With Evidence in Health Professions Education? Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2024. PMID: 38574241


  20. Bochatay N, Ju M, O'Brien BC, van Schaik SM. A Scoping Review of Interprofessional Simulation-Based Team Training Programs. Simulation in healthcare : journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare 2024. PMID: 38526045


  21. Stalmeijer RE, Brown MEL, O'Brien BC. How to discuss transferability of qualitative research in health professions education. The clinical teacher 2024. PMID: 38497107


  22. Erickson JA, O'Brien BC, Nouri S. How Primary Care Clinicians Process Patient Death: Logistics, Emotions, and Opportunities for Structural Support. Journal of general internal medicine 2024. PMID: 38459411


  23. Cianciolo AT, O'Brien BC, Klamen DL, Mellinger J. Building on Strengths: An Affirmational and Systems-Level Approach to Revisiting Character in Medicine. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2024. PMID: 38466581


  24. Ajjawi R, Bearman M, Luong V, O'Brien BC, Varpio L. Researching lived experience in health professional education. Medical education 2024. PMID: 38439162


  25. Haas MRC, Maggio LA, O'Brien BC, Artino AR. Strategies for Navigating Authorship. Journal of graduate medical education 2024. PMID: 38304597


  26. Boscardin C, Larsen D, O'Brien BC, Hauer KE. How Teachers Can Promote Assessment for Learning During All Phases of Learning. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2023. PMID: 36972113


  27. Fulton TB, Nixon LJ, Wilson-Delfosse AL, Harris DM, Ngo KD, Fall LH, O'Brien BC. Using a boundary crossing lens to understand basic science educator and clinical educator collaboration in instructional design. Medical teacher 2023. PMID: 38100767


  28. Bridget C. O'Brien, Louise Allen, Ahsan Sethi, Marieke vander Schaaf, and Claire Palermo. Introducing Pragmatic Approaches in Health Professions Education Research. Foundations of Health Professions Education Research 2023. PMID:


  29. Lisi J. Gordon, Anique Atherley, Anna T. Ciancioloand, Bridget C. O'Brien. Publishing in Health Professions Education Research. Foundations of Health Professions Education Research 2023. PMID:


  30. Maristany D, Hauer KE, Leep Hunderfund AN, Elks ML, Bullock JL, Kumbamu A, O'Brien BC. The Problem and Power of Professionalism: A Critical Analysis of Medical Students' and Residents' Perspectives and Experiences of Professionalism. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2023. PMID: 37983394


  31. Phinney LB, Fluet A, O'Brien BC, Seligman L, Hauer KE. Beyond Checking Boxes: Exploring Tensions With Use of a Workplace-Based Assessment Tool for Formative Assessment in Clerkships. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2022. PMID: 35703235


  32. Lee SL, Rees CE, O'Brien BC, Palermo C. Identities and roles through clinician-educator transitions: A systematic narrative review. Nurse education today 2022. PMID: 36054976


  33. Haddock L, Rivera J, O'Brien BC. Learning Together: Co-Learning Among Faculty and Trainees in the Clinical Workplace. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2022. PMID: 35830270


  34. Fulton TB, Collins S, van der Schaaf M, O'Brien BC. Connecting Biochemistry Knowledge to Patient Care in the Clinical Workplace: Senior Medical Students' Perceptions about Facilitators and Barriers. Teaching and learning in medicine 2022. PMID: 35796605


  35. Leep Hunderfund AN, Kumbamu A, O'Brien BC, Starr SR, Dekhtyar M, Gonzalo JD, Rennke S, Ridinger H, Chang A. "Finding My Piece in That Puzzle": A Qualitative Study Exploring How Medical Students at Four U.S. Schools Envision Their Future Professional Identity in Relation to Health Systems. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2022. PMID: 35797546


  36. Ju M, Bochatay N, Robertson K, Frank J, O'Brien B, van Schaik S. From ideal to real: a qualitative study of the implementation of in situ interprofessional simulation-based education. 2022. PMID: 35449012


  37. O'Brien BC, Zapata J, Chang A, Pierluissi E. Bridging medical education goals and health system outcomes: An instrumental case study of pre-clerkship students' improvement projects. 2022. PMID: 35394613


  38. Santhosh L, Abdoler E, O'Brien BC, Schwartz B. How do internal medicine subspecialty societies support clinician-educator careers? A qualitative exploratory study. 2022. PMID: 35361197


  39. O'Brien BC, Lypson ML, Chan TM, Coverdale J, DeVilbiss MB, West CP, Roberts LW. Academic Olympism and Authorship: Honoring Contributions to Collaborative Scholarship. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2022. PMID: 35212673


  40. Robertson K, Ju M, O'Brien BC, van Schaik SM, Bochatay N. Exploring the role of power during debriefing of interprofessional simulations. Journal of interprofessional care 2022. PMID: 35109751


  41. Katherine Gruenberg, Emily Abdoler, Bridget C. O'Brien, Brian S. Schwartz, Conan MacDougall. How Do Pharmacists Select Antimicrobials? A Model of Pharmacists’ Therapeutic Reasoning Processes. 2021. PMID:


  42. Konopasky A, O'Brien BC, Artino AR, Driessen EW, Watling CJ, Maggio LA. I, we and they: A linguistic and narrative exploration of the authorship process. Medical education 2021. PMID: 34796535


  43. O'Brien BC, Artino AR, Costello JA, Driessen E, Maggio LA. Transparency in peer review: Exploring the content and tone of reviewers' confidential comments to editors. PloS one 2021. PMID: 34843564


  44. Phinney LB, Fluet A, O'Brien BC, Seligman L, Hauer KE. Using Activity Theory to Explore How Changes in a Work-Based Assessment Tool Can Alter Feedback Systems in Clerkships. 2021. PMID: 34705714


  45. Colbert-Getz JM, Bierer SB, Berry A, Bradley E, Han H, Mooney C, Szauter K, Teal CR, Youm J, O'Brien BC. What Is an Innovation Article? A Systematic Overview of Innovation in Health Professions Education Journals. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2021. PMID: 34348369


  46. Zhao NW, Haddock LM, O'Brien BC. Are You Thinking What I'm Thinking? Exploring Response Process Validity Evidence for a Workplace-based Assessment for Operative Feedback. Journal of surgical education 2021. PMID: 34666934


  47. Mindy Ju, Naike Bochatay, Kathryn Robertson, James Frank, Bridget O’Brien, Sandrijn van Schaik. From ideal to real: a qualitative study of the implementation of in situ Interprofessional Simulation-Based Education. 2021. PMID:


  48. Lin-Martore M, Kant S, O'Brien BC. Procedural skill maintenance: Perspectives and motivations of pediatric emergency medicine faculty. AEM education and training 2021. PMID: 34671710


  49. Sawatsky AP, O'Brien BC, Hafferty FW. Autonomy and developing physicians: Reimagining supervision using self-determination theory. Medical education 2021. PMID: 34091940


  50. Zaidi Z, Henderson RR, O'Brien BC. Exploring how physician educators approach politically charged topics with learners. Medical education 2021. PMID: 34013562


  51. Valbuena G, van der Schaaf M, O'Sullivan P, O'Brien B. When I say…attitude. Medical education 2021. PMID: 33555059


  52. Gruenberg K, Hsia S, O'Brien B, O'Sullivan P. Exploring Multiple Perspectives on Pharmacy Students' Readiness for Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences. American journal of pharmaceutical education 2021. PMID: 34283732


  53. Irby DM, O'Brien BC, Stenfors T, Palmgren PJ. Selecting Instruments for Measuring the Clinical Learning Environment of Medical Education: A Four-Domain Framework. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2020. PMID: 32590472


  54. van Schalkwyk S, O'Brien BC, van der Vleuten C, Wilkinson TJ, Meyer I, Schmutz AMS, Varpio L. Exploring perspectives on health professions education scholarship units from sub-Saharan Africa. Perspectives on medical education 2020. PMID: 32930985


  55. Pearson M, Barker AM, Battistone MJ, Bent S, Odden K, O'Brien B. Implementing an established musculoskeletal educational curriculum in a new context: a study of effectiveness and feasibility. Medical education online 2020. PMID: 32379582


  56. Durning SJ, O'Brien BC, West CP, Coverdale J, DeVilbiss MB, Roberts LW. Innovation Reports: Guidance From the Editors. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2020. PMID: 33109959


  57. O'Brien BC, West CP, Coverdale JH, Durning SJ, Roberts LW. On the Use and Value of Reporting Guidelines in Health Professions Education Research. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2020. PMID: 33109958


  58. O'Brien BC, Teherani A, Boscardin CK, O'Sullivan PS. Pause, Persist, Pivot: Key Decisions Health Professions Education Researchers Must Make About Conducting Studies During Extreme Events. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2020. PMID: 32496292


  59. Park YS, Zaidi Z, O'Brien BC. RIME Foreword: What Constitutes Science in Educational Research? Applying Rigor in Our Research Approaches. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2020. PMID: 32769461


  60. Varpio L, O'Brien B, Rees CE, Monrouxe L, Ajjawi R, Paradis E. The applicability of generalisability and bias to health professions education's research. Medical education 2020. PMID: 32779251


  61. Bochatay N, van Schaik S, O'Brien B. Medical trainees as job crafters: Looking at identity formation through another lens. Medical education 2020. PMID: 32772425


  62. Dulay M, Saxe JM, Odden K, Strewler A, Lau A, O'Brien B, Shunk R. Promoting Quality Improvement in Primary Care Through a Longitudinal, Project-Based, Interprofessional Curriculum. MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources 2020. PMID: 32934977


  63. West CP, Durning SJ, O'Brien BC, Coverdale JH, Roberts LW. The USMLE Step 1 Examination: Can Pass/Fail Make the Grade? Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2020. PMID: 32841991


  64. Floren LC, Ten Cate O, Irby DM, O'Brien BC. An interaction analysis model to study knowledge construction in interprofessional education: proof of concept. Journal of interprofessional care 2020. PMID: 32811214


  65. Bowen JL, Chiovaro J, O'Brien BC, Boscardin CK, Irby DM, Ten Cate O. Exploring current physicians' failure to communicate clinical feedback back to transferring physicians after transitions of patient care responsibility: A mixed methods study. Perspectives on medical education 2020. PMID: 32514883


  66. Abdoler EA, O'Brien BC, Schwartz BS. Following the Script: An Exploratory Study of the Therapeutic Reasoning Underlying Physicians' Choice of Antimicrobial. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2020. PMID: 32379146


  67. Newell S, O'Brien B, Brienza R, Dulay M, Strewler A, Manuel JK, Tuepker A. Experiences of Patient-Centered Medical Home Staff Team Members Working in Interprofessional Training Environments. Journal of general internal medicine 2020. PMID: 32728958


  68. Byerly LK, Floren LC, Yukawa M, O'Brien BC. Getting outside the box: exploring role fluidity in interprofessional student groups through the lens of activity theory. Advances in health sciences education : theory and practice 2020. PMID: 32705403


  69. Hafferty FW, O'Brien BC, Tilburt JC. Beyond High-Stakes Testing: Learner Trust, Educational Commodification, and the Loss of Medical School Professionalism. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2020. PMID: 32079955


  70. Block BL, Anderson D, O'Brien B, Babik J. Getting Neighborly in 2030: A Shared Fellow Workspace Improves Communication, Teaching, and Burnout. Journal of graduate medical education 2020. PMID: 32595866


  71. Humphrey-Murto S, O'Brien B, Irby DM, van der Vleuten C, Ten Cate O, Durning S, Gruppen L, Hamstra SJ, Hu W, Varpio L. 14 Years Later: A Follow-Up Case-Study Analysis of 8 Health Professions Education Scholarship Units. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2019. PMID: 31789843


  72. Moore KA, O'Brien BC, Thomas LR. "I Wish They Had Asked": a Qualitative Study of Emotional Distress and Peer Support During Internship. Journal of general internal medicine 2020. PMID: 32232665


  73. Sheu L, Hauer KE, Schreiner K, van Schaik SM, Chang A, O'Brien BC. "A Friendly Place to Grow as an Educator": A Qualitative Study of Community and Relationships Among Medical Student Coaches. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2019. PMID: 31348059


  74. Floren LC, Mandal J, Dall'Era M, Shin J, Irby DM, Cate OT, O'Brien BC. A Mobile Learning Module to Support Interprofessional Knowledge Construction in the Health Professions. American journal of pharmaceutical education 2020. PMID: 32226076


  75. Bowen JL, Ilgen JS, Regehr G, Ten Cate O, Irby DM, O'Brien BC. Reflections From the Rearview Mirror: Internal Medicine Physicians' Reactions to Clinical Feedback After Transitions of Responsibility. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2019. PMID: 31192795


  76. Edwards ST, Hooker ER, Brienza R, O'Brien B, Kim H, Gilman S, Harada N, Gelberg L, Shull S, Niederhausen M, King S, Hulen E, Singh MK, Tuepker A. Association of a Multisite Interprofessional Education Initiative With Quality of Primary Care. JAMA network open 2019. PMID: 31747038


  77. O'Brien BC, Karani R, Park YS. Foreword: The Moment of Discovery: How Do You Know When You Hit a Question That's Pure Gold? Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2019. PMID: 31365412


  78. van Schaik SM, Chang A, Fogh S, Haehn M, Lyndon A, O'Brien B, O'Sullivan P, Ranji S, Rosenbluth G, Sehgal N, Tabas J, Baron RB. Jump-Starting Faculty Development in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Education: A Team-Based Approach. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2019. PMID: 31663959


  79. Emily Abdoler, Bridget O’Brien, Brian Schwartz, Brian Schwartz. 1946. An Exploratory Study of the Therapeutic Reasoning Underlying Antimicrobial Selection. Open forum infectious diseases 2019. PMID:


  80. Bowen JL, Boscardin CK, Chiovaro J, Ten Cate O, Regehr G, Irby DM, O'Brien BC. A view from the sender side of feedback: anticipated receptivity to clinical feedback when changing prior physicians' clinical decisions-a mixed methods study. Advances in health sciences education : theory and practice 2019. PMID: 31552531


  81. Maggio LA, Artino AR, Watling CJ, Driessen EW, O'Brien BC. Exploring researchers' perspectives on authorship decision making. Medical education 2019. PMID: 31475382


  82. O'Brien BC, Battista A. Situated learning theory in health professions education research: a scoping review. Advances in health sciences education : theory and practice 2019. PMID: 31230163


  83. O'Brien BC, Irby DM, Durning SJ, Hamstra SJ, Hu WCY, Gruppen LD, Varpio L. Boyer and Beyond: An Interview Study of Health Professions Education Scholarship Units in the United States and a Synthetic Framework for Scholarship at the Unit Level. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2019. PMID: 30720531


  84. O'Brien BC. Do You See What I See? Reflections on the Relationship Between Transparency and Trust. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2019. PMID: 30870153


  85. Valbuena G, O'Brien B, Ten Cate O, O'Sullivan P. Inquiry in the Medical Curriculum: A Pedagogical Conundrum and a Proposed Solution. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2019. PMID: 30920445


  86. Rogers T, Andler C, O'Brien B, van Schaik S. Self-Reported Emotions in Simulation-Based Learning: Active Participants vs. Observers. Simulation in healthcare : journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare 2019. PMID: 30601465


  87. O'Brien BC, Reed DA. Exploring the Intersections of Education and Healthcare Delivery Using a Clinical Learning Environment Framework. Journal of general internal medicine 2019. PMID: 30993626


  88. Patel S, O'Brien BC, Dulay M, Earnest G, Shunk RL. Team Retreats for Interprofessional Trainees and Clinic Staff: Accelerating the Development of High-Functioning Teams. MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources 2018. PMID: 30800986


  89. Bridget C. O'Brien, Kirsty Forrest, Marjo Wijnen-Meijer, Olle Cate. A Global View of Structures and Trends in Medical Education. 2018. PMID:


  90. Miller KH, O'Brien B, Karani R. Foreword: The Role of Relevance in Medical Education Research. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2018. PMID: 30365422


  91. Murthy VK, O'Brien B, Dhaliwal G. An Inquiry Into the Early Careers of Master Clinicians. Journal of graduate medical education 2018. PMID: 30386474


  92. Gardner AL, Shunk R, Dulay M, Strewler A, O'Brien B. Huddling for High-Performing Teams. Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS 2018. PMID: 30766382


  93. O'Brien BC. What to Do About the Transition to Residency? Exploring Problems and Solutions From Three Perspectives. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2018. PMID: 29419551


  94. Floren LC, Donesky D, Whitaker E, Irby DM, Ten Cate O, O'Brien BC. Are We on the Same Page? Shared Mental Models to Support Clinical Teamwork Among Health Professions Learners: A Scoping Review. Volume 93 of Issue 3. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2018. PMID: 29028635


  95. Bowen JL, O'Brien BC, Ilgen JS, Irby DM, Ten Cate O. Chart stalking, list making, and physicians' efforts to track patients' outcomes after transitioning responsibility. Medical education 2018. PMID: 29383741


  96. Bowen JL, Ilgen JS, Irby DM, Ten Cate O, O'Brien BC. "You Have to Know the End of the Story": Motivations to Follow Up After Transitions of Clinical Responsibility. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2017. PMID: 29065023


  97. Karani R, Varpio L, May W, Horsley T, Chenault J, Miller KH, O'Brien B. Commentary: Racism and Bias in Health Professions Education: How Educators, Faculty Developers, and Researchers Can Make a Difference. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2017. PMID: 29065016


  98. Dulay M, Laponis R, O'Brien BC, Gupta R, Ramanan RA, Julian K. An Intensive Continuity Clinic Immersion Experience for Interns: A Springboard to Confidence and Satisfaction With Continuity Clinic. Journal of graduate medical education 2017. PMID: 29075384


  99. O'Brien BC, Little JW, Wamsley M, Cook JG, Yuan P, Rivera J, Cianciolo AT, Dahlgren MA, Ng SL, Stillsmoking KL. Emergent is Authentic: A Sociomaterial Perspective on Simulation-Enhanced Interprofessional Education. Teaching and learning in medicine 2017. PMID: 29020519


  100. O'Brien BC, Balmer DF, Maggio LA. Finding Our Way Through Shades of Gray: 6 Virtues to Guide Researchers in Planning, Conducting, and Writing Up Research. Journal of graduate medical education 2017. PMID: 29075370


  101. Byerly LK, O'Sullivan PS, O'Brien BC. Three Lenses on Learning: Frames for Residency Education. Journal of graduate medical education 2017. PMID: 29075390


  102. Varpio L, O'Brien B, J Durning S, van der Vleuten C, Gruppen L, Ten Cate O, Humphrey-Murto S, Irby DM, Hamstra SJ, Hu W. Health Professions Education Scholarship Unit Leaders as Institutional Entrepreneurs. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2017. PMID: 28121653


  103. O'Brien BC, Patel SR, Pearson M, Eastburn AP, Earnest GE, Strewler A, Gager K, Manuel JK, Dulay M, Bachhuber MR, Shunk R. Twelve tips for delivering successful interprofessional case conferences. Volume 39 of Issue 12. Medical teacher 2017. PMID: 28685632


  104. Lo D, Zhang N, Eubank K, Harper GM, Yukawa M, O'Brien B. Changing Spaces and Learning Environments to Improve Inpatient Interprofessional Education for Internal Medicine Residents. Volume 9 of Issue 3. Journal of graduate medical education 2017. PMID: 28638524


  105. O'Brien BC, Bachhuber MR, Teherani A, Iker TM, Batt J, O'Sullivan PS. Systems-Oriented Workplace Learning Experiences for Early Learners: Three Models. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2017. PMID: 27254010


  106. Varpio L, O'Brien B, Hu W, Ten Cate O, Durning SJ, van der Vleuten C, Gruppen L, Irby D, Humphrey-Murto S, Hamstra SJ. Exploring the institutional logics of health professions education scholarship units. Medical education 2017. PMID: 28418162


  107. O'Brien BC, O'Sullivan PS. Mixed Methods in Health Professions Education Scholarship. Journal of graduate medical education 2017. PMID: 28439364


  108. Varpio L, Gruppen L, Hu W, O'Brien B, Ten Cate O, Humphrey-Murto S, Irby DM, van der Vleuten C, Hamstra SJ, Durning SJ. Working Definitions of the Roles and an Organizational Structure in Health Professions Education Scholarship: Initiating an International Conversation. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2017. PMID: 27580432


  109. Connor DM, Conlon PJ, O'Brien BC, Chou CL. Improving clerkship preparedness: a hospital medicine elective for pre-clerkship students. Medical education online 2017. PMID: 28395598


  110. Amber Fitzsimmons, Kimberly S. Topp, Bridget C. O'Brien. Investigation into Physical Therapist Students’ Interprofessional Experiences During an 8-Week Clinical Clerkship: A Qualitative Study. Journal of Physical Therapy Education 2017. PMID:


  111. Varpio L, Ajjawi R, Monrouxe LV, O'Brien BC, Rees CE. Shedding the cobra effect: problematising thematic emergence, triangulation, saturation and member checking. Medical education 2017. PMID: 27981658


  112. Artemeva N, Rachul C, O'Brien B, Varpio L. Situated Learning in Medical Education. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2017. PMID: 28030424


  113. O'Brien BC, Ruddick VJ, Young JQ. Generating Research Questions Appropriate for Qualitative Studies in Health Professions Education. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2016. PMID: 27749306


  114. O'Brien BC, May W, Horsley T. Scholarly Conversations in Medical Education. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2016. PMID: 27779504


  115. Colbert-Getz JM, Baumann S, Shaffer K, Lamb S, Lindsley JE, Rainey R, Randall K, Roussel D, Stevenson A, Cianciolo AT, Maines T, O'Brien B, Westerman M. What's in a Transition? An Integrative Perspective on Transitions in Medical Education. Teaching and learning in medicine 2016. PMID: 27700251


  116. Larson C, O'Brien B, Rennke S. GeriWard Falls: An Interprofessional Team-Based Curriculum on Falls in the Hospitalized Older Adult. MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources 2016. PMID: 31008190


  117. Kohlwes J, O'Brien B, Stanley M, Grant R, Shunk R, Connor D, Cornett P, Hollander H. Does Research Training During Residency Promote Scholarship and Influence Career Choice? A Cross-Sectional Analysis of a 10-Year Cohort of the UCSF-PRIME Internal Medicine Residency Program. Volume 28 of Issue 3. Teaching and learning in medicine 2016. PMID: 27143394


  118. Paradis E, O'Brien B, Nimmon L, Bandiera G, Martimianakis MA. Design: Selection of Data Collection Methods. Journal of graduate medical education 2016. PMID: 27168901


  119. Calvin L. Chou, Alice Ainsworth, Bridget C. O'Brien. An assessment strategy for interprofessional interactions of primary care practitioner trainees. Journal of interprofessional education & practice 2016. PMID:


  120. Wright S, O'Brien BC, Nimmon L, Law M, Mylopoulos M. Research Design Considerations. Journal of graduate medical education 2016. PMID: 26913111


  121. Maggio LA, ten Cate O, Chen HC, Irby DM, O'Brien BC. Challenges to Learning Evidence-Based Medicine and Educational Approaches to Meet These Challenges: A Qualitative Study of Selected EBM Curricula in U.S. and Canadian Medical Schools. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2016. PMID: 26200580


  122. Vesel TP, O'Brien BC, Henry DM, van Schaik SM. Useful but Different: Resident Physician Perceptions of Interprofessional Feedback. Teaching and learning in medicine 2016. PMID: 27064716


  123. Maggio LA, Cate OT, Irby DM, O'Brien BC. Designing evidence-based medicine training to optimize the transfer of skills from the classroom to clinical practice: applying the four component instructional design model. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2015. PMID: 25993279


  124. Soones TN, O'Brien BC, Julian KA. Internal Medicine Residents' Perceptions of Team-Based Care and its Educational Value in the Continuity Clinic: A Qualitative Study. Journal of general internal medicine 2015. PMID: 26173512


  125. Stanley M, O'Brien B, Julian K, Jain S, Cornett P, Hollander H, Baron RB, Kohlwes RJ. Is Training in a Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Associated with a Career in Primary Care Medicine? Journal of general internal medicine 2015. PMID: 26173526


  126. O'Brien BC, Hirsh D, Krupat E, Batt J, Hansen LA, Poncelet AN, Ogur B, Hauer KE. Learners, performers, caregivers, and team players: Descriptions of the ideal medical student in longitudinal integrated and block clerkships. Medical teacher 2015. PMID: 25894329


  127. van Schaik S, O'Brien B. More chickens, fewer eggs? On team-based learning, team performance and teamwork skills. Medical education 2015. PMID: 25800291


  128. Willard-Grace R, Dubé K, Hessler D, O'Brien B, Earnest G, Gupta R, Shunk R, Grumbach K. Panel management, team culture, and worklife experience. Volume 33 of Issue 3. Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare 2015. PMID: 25730504


  129. van Schaik S, Plant J, O'Brien B. Challenges of interprofessional team training: a qualitative analysis of residents' perceptions. Education for health (Abingdon, England) 2015. PMID: 26261115


  130. Maggio LA, Cate OT, Moorhead LL, van Stiphout F, Kramer BM, Ter Braak E, Posley K, Irby D, O'Brien BC. Characterizing physicians' information needs at the point of care. Perspectives on medical education 2014. PMID: 24865885


  131. O'Brien BC, Harris IB, Beckman TJ, Reed DA, Cook DA. Standards for reporting qualitative research: a synthesis of recommendations. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2014. PMID: 24979285


  132. van Schaik SM, O'Brien BC, Almeida SA, Adler SR. Perceptions of interprofessional teamwork in low-acuity settings: a qualitative analysis. Medical education 2014. PMID: 24807434


  133. Rosenbluth G, O'Brien B, Asher EM, Cho CS. The "zing factor"-how do faculty describe the best pediatrics residents? Journal of graduate medical education 2014. PMID: 24701319


  134. Shunk R, Dulay M, Chou CL, Janson S, O'Brien BC. Huddle-coaching: a dynamic intervention for trainees and staff to support team-based care. Volume 89 of Issue 2. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2014. PMID: 24362383


  135. . Development and Evaluation of an Interprofessional Collaborative Case Conference Series in Primary Care. 2014. PMID:


  136. O'Brien BC. Validating workplace-based assessments: continuity, synthesis and a qualitative heart. Medical education 2013. PMID: 24206146


  137. Patel S, Bachhuber M, O'Brien B. An interprofessional home visit curriculum for high-risk patients. Medical education 2013. PMID: 24117584


  138. Masters DE, O'Brien BC, Chou CL. The third-year medical student "grapevine": managing transitions between third-year clerkships using peer-to-peer handoffs. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2013. PMID: 23969370


  139. Maggio LA, Steinberg RM, Moorhead L, O'Brien B, Willinsky J. Access of primary and secondary literature by health personnel in an academic health center: implications for open access. Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA 2013. PMID: 23930091


  140. Maggio LA, Tannery NH, Chen HC, ten Cate O, O'Brien B. Evidence-based medicine training in undergraduate medical education: a review and critique of the literature published 2006-2011. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2013. PMID: 23702528


  141. Glenn Rosenbluth, Emily Stumpf, Bridget O'Brien, Christine Cho. The “Zing Factor” - Factors Used By Faculty to Identify the Best Pediatric Residents. Academic pediatrics 2013. PMID:


  142. Sheu L, O'Brien B, O'Sullivan PS, Kwong A, Lai CJ. Systems-based practice learning opportunities in student-run clinics: a qualitative analysis of student experiences. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2013. PMID: 23619068


  143. Poncelet AN, Wamsley M, Hauer KE, Lai C, Becker T, O'Brien B. Patient views of continuity relationships with medical students. Medical teacher 2013. PMID: 23477473


  144. O'Brien BC, Irby DM. Enacting the Carnegie Foundation call for reform of medical school and residency. Teaching and learning in medicine 2013. PMID: 24246101


  145. Hauer KE, O'Brien BC, Hansen LA, Hirsh D, Ma IH, Ogur B, Poncelet AN, Alexander EK, Teherani A. More is better: students describe successful and unsuccessful experiences with teachers differently in brief and longitudinal relationships. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2012. PMID: 22914512


  146. O'Brien BC, Niehaus B, Teherani A, Young JQ. Residents' perspectives on the final year of medical school. International journal of medical education 2012. PMID: 28029642


  147. Hauer KE, Hirsh D, Ma I, Hansen L, Ogur B, Poncelet AN, Alexander EK, O'Brien BC. The role of role: learning in longitudinal integrated and traditional block clerkships. Medical education 2012. PMID: 22691149


  148. O'Brien BC, Poncelet AN, Hansen L, Hirsh DA, Ogur B, Alexander EK, Krupat E, Hauer KE. Students' workplace learning in two clerkship models: a multi-site observational study. Medical education 2012. PMID: 22626053


  149. Plant JL, Corden M, Mourad M, O'Brien BC, van Schaik SM. Understanding self-assessment as an informed process: residents' use of external information for self-assessment of performance in simulated resuscitations. Advances in health sciences education : theory and practice 2012. PMID: 22419435


  150. Wamsley M, Staves J, Kroon L, Topp K, Hossaini M, Newlin B, Lindsay C, O'Brien B. The impact of an interprofessional standardized patient exercise on attitudes toward working in interprofessional teams. Journal of interprofessional care 2012. PMID: 22233365


  151. O'Brien B, Teherani A. Using workplace learning to improve patient care. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2011. PMID: 22030660


  152. Sheu LC, Zheng P, Coelho AD, Lin LD, O'Sullivan PS, O'Brien BC, Yu AY, Lai CJ. Learning through service: student perceptions on volunteering at interprofessional hepatitis B student-run clinics. Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education 2011. PMID: 20652476


  153. Hauer KE, Mazotti L, O'Brien B, Hemmer PA, Tong L. Faculty verbal evaluations reveal strategies used to promote medical student performance. Medical education online 2011. PMID: 21629669


  154. Bridget O’Brien. Envisioning the Future. 2011. PMID:


  155. . Interprofessional Standardized Patient Exercise (ISPE): The Case of “Paul Harris”. 2011. PMID:


  156. O'Brien BC, Cai VL, Azzam A. Understanding the educational value of first-year medical students' patient encounter data. Medical teacher 2011. PMID: 21456981


  157. Lindsay A. Mazotti, Bridget C. O'Brien, Heidi E. Kirsch. Improving integration of clinical clerkship didactic curriculum. Medical Education Development 2010. PMID:


  158. O'Brien BC, Poncelet AN. Transition to clerkship courses: preparing students to enter the workplace. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2010. PMID: 20978432


  159. David M. Irby, Molly Cooke, Bridget C. O'Brien. The Important Role of Medical Licensure in the United States. Academic Medicine 2010. PMID:


  160. Irby DM, Cooke M, O'Brien BC. Calls for reform of medical education by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching: 1910 and 2010. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2010. PMID: 20107346


  161. Poncelet AN, Hauer KE, O'Brien B. The longitudinal integrated clerkship. The virtual mentor : VM 2009. PMID: 23206999


  162. Teherani A, O'Brien BC, Masters DE, Poncelet AN, Robertson PA, Hauer KE. Burden, responsibility, and reward: preceptor experiences with the continuity of teaching in a longitudinal integrated clerkship. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2009. PMID: 19907386


  163. Wamsley MA, Dubowitz N, Kohli P, Cooke M, O'Brien BC. Continuity in a longitudinal out-patient attachment for Year 3 medical students. Medical education 2009. PMID: 19674297


  164. Poncelet A, O'Brien B. Preparing medical students for clerkships: a descriptive analysis of transition courses. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2008. PMID: 18448897