Publications by authors named "Cortessa Russell"

Background: Clinician-educators in academic settings have often had no formal training in teaching or in giving feedback to trainees. We implemented a Clinician-Educator Track within the Department of Anesthesiology with the initial goal of improving teaching skills through a didactic curriculum and experiential opportunities for a broad audience of faculty, fellows, and residents. We then assessed our program for feasibility and effectiveness.

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Unlabelled: To evaluate changes in work satisfaction, work-life balance (WLB) satisfaction, stress, and turnover intention among U.S. critical care physicians during the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic of 2021-2022 compared with prepandemic levels in 2016.

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Background: Although use of mechanical circulatory support is increasing, it is unclear how providing such care affects clinicians' moral distress.

Objective: To measure moral distress among intensive care unit clinicians who commonly care for patients receiving mechanical circulatory support.

Methods: In this prospective study, the Moral Distress Scale-Revised was administered to physicians, nurses, and advanced practice providers from 2 intensive care units in an academic medical center.

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Purpose: To determine the degree of knowledge that medical students applying to the St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center anesthesiology residency program had regarding the core physician competencies mandated by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

Method: As a part of the department's annual resident-selection process, in the fall of 2008, 193 interviewed fourth-year U.

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