David M. Gaba, M.D.

Administrative Appointments

• Associate Dean for Immersive and Simulation-based Learning, Stanford University School of Medicine (2004 - present)

Honors and Awards

• IARS Teaching Achievement Award, International Anesthesia Research Society (2007)
• David M. Worthen Award, Department of Veterans Affairs (2003)
• SEA/Duke Award for Innovation in Anesthesia Education, Society for Education in Anesthesia (October, 2003)

Professional Education

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

• Anesthesia
• Health Research and Policy

Web Site Links

• Center for Immersive & Simulation-based Learning Web Page

Industry Relationships

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Research Interests

Improving patient safety through a variety of means, including applying theories of organizational safety to health care; developing and testing the application of immersive and simulation-based techniques for education, training, performance assessment, and research, measuring and intervening in hospital safety cultures

Publications

• Identifying organizational cultures that promote patient safety. Singer SJ, Falwell A, Gaba DM, Meterko M, Rosen A, Hartmann CW, Baker L. Health Care Manage Rev. 2009 Oct-Dec; 34 (4): 300-11
• Do as we say, not as you do: using simulation to investigate clinical behavior in action. Gaba DM, Simul Healthc. 2009; 4 (2): 67-9
• Procedural risks in thoracentesis: process, progress, and proficiency. Gaba DM, Dunn WF. Chest. 2009; 135 (5): 1120-3
• Coordination patterns related to high clinical performance in a simulated anesthetic crisis. Manser T, Harrison TK, Gaba DM, Howard SK. Anesth Analg. 2009; 108 (5): 1606-15
• How does patient safety culture in the operating room and post-anesthesia care unit compare to the rest of the hospital? Kaafarani HM, Itani KM, Rosen AK, Zhao S, Hartmann CW, Gaba DM. Am J Surg. 2009; 198 (1): 70-5