Sylvia Bereknyei Merrell

Mom, wife, educator, researcher in qualitative and mixed methods, cook, gardener, rabid reader of books. tweets are my own.

[Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli]

Together with @keheala, we developed and tested a mobile phone platform to support TB patients. It reduced unsuccessful TB treatment by 68%. Out in @NEJM today. 1/X

https://t.co/h5n002LnRA

[Sylvia Bereknyei Merrell @sbereknyei]

Elegant example of #qualitativeresearch using focus groups and interviews with local villagers on water access behaviors in high-risk #schistosomiasis region. Great intersection of #globalhealth and #environmentalhealth. @JanineBruce @AJTMH @StanfordEarth https://t.co/ylfLKxmxYX

[Sylvia Bereknyei Merrell @sbereknyei]

Love that #residents have a say in their #educationneeds & want formative observations of communications with patients such as #coaching!

[Stanford Surgery @StanfordSurgery]

❤️ that this new pub not only identifies barriers but also proposes strategies for improvement! https://t.co/yubFfLnddj @sbereknyei @GSEC_Surgery @StanfordSPIRE @brittnhasty #neurology #medEd #research

[Sylvia Bereknyei Merrell @sbereknyei]

Congrats to our amazing #medstudents & @StanfordSurgery clinicians who lectured to enable #servicethroughsurgery course, both recognizing surgeons’ service and inspiring it in others! And, great effort @pmarinnevz @AnnaLC123 @TS_Bryant to compile findings!

[Sylvia Bereknyei Merrell @sbereknyei]

Intriguing article about the impact (and challenge) of fertility counseling and fertility issues on genetic counselors themselves - proud to support #geneticcounseling students doing #qualitativeresearch and expanding the field! @JanineBruce https://t.co/uGrfGmHpcL

[Sylvia Bereknyei Merrell @sbereknyei]

Congrats to the awesome team who partnered with community advocates and food distributors to feed children and their caretakers over the summers #foodinsecurity #mobilemeals #feedthechildren #stophunger @JanineBruce @Mon1caDLC @StanfordPedsAdv #JournalofCommunityHealth

[Stanford Office of Child Health Equity @StanfordOCHE]

Congratulations to our team for publishing their article entitled “Combating Child Summer Food Insecurity: Examination of a Community-Based Mobile Meal Program” in the #JournalofCommunityHealth! #foodinsecurity #mobilemeals
https://t.co/euw6cBMvrj

[Sylvia Bereknyei Merrell @sbereknyei]

@ShipraAryaMD @toddhwagner @StanfordSPIRE Thanks for the primer on regression discontinuity - so many practical applications to health services and public health research!

[Sylvia Bereknyei Merrell @sbereknyei]

Ever wonder what to do with all your #qualitativedata? Want an intro to tackling your open-ended survey questions? Come to LK 130 Wed 11/7 5:15-6:45pm for the #clinicalteachingseminarseries with yours truly! @GSEC_Surgery @StanfordSPIRE

[Sylvia Bereknyei Merrell @sbereknyei]

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[Sylvia Bereknyei Merrell @sbereknyei]

Importance of non-traditional #scholarlyconcentration training in #biomedicalethics & #humanities, even years later. Wonderful @StanfordMed #medicalstudent #qualitative research with @audreyshafer!

[Stanford Surgery @StanfordSurgery]

Congrats to @GSEC_Surgery's @sbereknyei on her new publication w/ @VAPaloAlto & @PennMedicine studying the long-term impact of a comprehensive scholarly concentration program in biomedical ethics and medical humanities https://t.co/y6wrI5zB1c via @BioMedCentral #research #medEd

[Sylvia Bereknyei Merrell @sbereknyei]

@Edmund_Lee12 @GSEC_Surgery @StanfordSPIRE @Alan__Schwartz @YoonSooPark2 Like everything, it takes ongoing practice!

[Sylvia Bereknyei Merrell @sbereknyei]

So proud to continue this work and show the need for more systematic and rigorous study designs to mitigate student #mistreatment @drlauramazer @jnlau67 @brittnhasty @LaneLibStanford

[Laura Mazer @drlauramazer]

Mistreatment of trainees: we know it’s a problem. Question is what to do about it. Check out our review in @JAMANetworkOpen with @jnlau67 @sbereknyei @brittnhasty and Chris Stave https://t.co/PNnL8F8j68

[Sylvia Bereknyei Merrell @sbereknyei]

Educators must start addressing and studying student #mistreatment programs - interview about recent #jamaopen article w/ @drlauramazer! @jnlau67 @brittnhasty @LaneLibStanford https://t.co/9f8NC37Z3N

[Sylvia Bereknyei Merrell @sbereknyei]

@GSEC_Surgery Looking forward to seeing your work on #disabilitycurriculum for #medicalstudents - much-needed work so that we train healthcare professionals to better care for all patients!!!

[Sylvia Bereknyei Merrell @sbereknyei]

#scrubtraining relevance to #meded - thoughts on assessing skill post training? What booster is needed? Future studies! @brittnhasty @GSEC_Surgery #SIMECIII watch scrub training video here: https://t.co/bEmUCReHyn

[Sylvia Bereknyei Merrell @sbereknyei]

@GSEC_Surgery surgical education fellow Dr Hasty @brittnhasty discusses innovative scrub training program at Stanford - increase knowledge/skills/attitudes in sterile technique for pt safety & expose students earlier to OR #SIMECIII #meded watch here: https://t.co/bEmUCReHyn

[Sylvia Bereknyei Merrell @sbereknyei]

Stanford #meded conf plenary speakers: educate along pipeline thru diversity/social justice programming, lead principles improve night float teach, pedscardio fellowship boot camps, SPICE up nursing geriatric education, & scrub training for med students #SIMECIII @GSEC_Surgery

[Sylvia Bereknyei Merrell @sbereknyei]

What 3 words describe you as educator? Kicking off #SIMECIII with @myheroistrane on educators finding their teaching voices - with a little jazz thrown in! @GSEC_Surgery #meded

[Sylvia Bereknyei Merrell @sbereknyei]

@Edmund_Lee12 @GSEC_Surgery @StanfordSPIRE Thanks! Use good research to leverage dissemination - and don’t forget about publishing your curriculum!

[Sylvia Bereknyei Merrell @sbereknyei]

Congrats again to the @StanfordSurgery team!

[Sylvia Bereknyei Merrell @sbereknyei]

@StanfordSurgery physicians Drs Bronk & Lau @jnlau67 exemplify values in promoting humanism - recognition of compassionate mentorship #stanfordteachingawards #meded #recognizeyourmedicalteachers @GSEC_Surgery