Fellowship

Neurosurgical Anesthesiology-Neural Monitoring, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, 1997

Clinical Interests
Neurosurgical anesthesiology, neural monitoring, continuing certification, educational technology simulation

Research Interests
Medicine is an information-rich profession. The amount of medical information doubles every 5 years. The information explosion demands new ways of educating and assessing medical professionals. Successfully navigating information has profound implications for patient safety.

My research interests focus on the use of advanced computer technologies in the continuum of healthcare education. My current work utilizes various simulation techniques (desktop, virtual reality, and high fidelity simulation)in healthcare education and patient safety.

We have expanded our focus in the Human Simulation and Patient Safety Center. Our main areas of focus include: patient safety, human factors, and human performance.

Our research in the Simulation Center includes: 1) investigating the use of simulation in the development and implementation of clinical trials, 2) defining errors and optimizing human performance in clinical trials, 3) investigating "situation awareness" in the perioperative environment, 4) objectively measuring teamwork and communication in high risk medical environments, 5) exploring the use of simulators in the development and evaluation of new medical devices, 6) developing and assessing virtual interactive environments for team training, 7) comparing and contrasting traditional and new forms of team training, and 8) examining what factors differentiate novice and expert healthcare practioners.

Industry Relationships and Collaborations (What's this?)

This faculty member (or a member of their immediate family) has a working relationship (i.e. consulting, research, and/or educational services) with the companies listed below. These relations have been reported to the health system leadership and, when appropriate, management plans are in place to address potential conflicts.

Applied Research Associates
Bennett Aerospace
Guidepoint Global

Representative Publications
Corvetto MA, Hobbs GW, Taekman JM. Fire in the Operating Room. Simul Healthc. 2011 Feb 25. (2011) Abstract

Taekman JM, Shelley K. Virtual environments in healthcare: immersion, disruption, and flow. Int Anesthesiol Clin. 2010;48(3):101-21. (2010) Abstract

Taekman JM, Stafford-Smith M, Velazquez EJ, Wright MC, Phillips-Bute BG, Pfeffer MA, Sellers MA, Pieper KS, Newman MF, Van de Werf F, Diaz R, Leimberger J, Califf RM. Departures from the protocol during conduct of a clinical trial: a pattern from the data record consistent with a learning curve. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010 Oct;19(5):405-10. (2010) Abstract

Wright MC, Phillips-Bute BG, Petrusa ER, Griffin KL, Hobbs GW, Taekman JM. Assessing teamwork in medical education and practice: relating behavioural teamwork ratings and clinical performance. Med Teach. 2009 Jan;31(1):30-8. (2009) Abstract

Wright MC, Phillips-Bute B, Mark JB, Stafford-Smith M, Grichnik KP, Andregg BC, Taekman JM. Time of day effects on the incidence of anesthetic adverse events. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006 Aug;15(4):258-63. (2006) Abstract

Wright MC, Taekman JM, Barber L, Hobbs G, Newman MF, Stafford-Smith M. The use of high-fidelity human patient simulation as an evaluative tool in the development of clinical research protocols and procedures. Contemp Clin Trials. 2005 Oct 13. (2005) Abstract

Taekman JM, Hobbs G, Barber L, Phillips-Bute BG, Wright MC, Newman MF, Stafford-Smith M. Preliminary report on the use of high-fidelity simulation in the training of study coordinators conducting a clinical research protocol. Anesth Analg. 2004 Aug;99(2):521-7, table of contents. (2004) Abstract

Wright MC, Taekman JM, Endsley MR. Objective measures of situation awareness in a simulated medical environment. Qual Saf Health Care. 2004 Oct;13 Suppl 1:i65-i71. (2004) Abstract

Taekman JM, Kingsley CP, Shelley KH. HealthLineRX over the Internet. Acad Med. 1996 May;71(5):525. (1996) Abstract

Taekman JM, Kingsley CP, Shelley KH, Mentzer S. The Penn State Anesthesia Electronic Case Conference. Anesthesiology. 1995 Oct;83(4):887-8. (1995) Abstract