Dr. Gardner is a board-certified Obstetrician-Gynecologist and Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School. Since 1999, she has been a faculty member of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where she helped develop and co-directs a simulation-based perinatal team training and obstetrical safety drills program.
In 2002, Dr. Gardner joined CMS and has helped design, implement and co-direct a human simulation-based team training program for labor and delivery personnel as well as simulation instructor education. Patient safety, team training and simulation are the focus of her research.
Contact: [email protected]
Course Faculty:
Healthcare Simulation Essentials: Design and Debriefing
Media:
Publications:
Association of Simulation Training With Rates of Medical Malpractice Claims Among Obstetrician-Gynecologists. Obstetrics and Gynecology (The Green Journal). 2021 08 01; 138(2):246-252. PMID: 34237759.
Cumulative sum learning curve for cordocentesis among maternal-fetal medicine fellows in a low-cost simulation model. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2024 Nov; 167(2):625-630. PMID: 38736305.
Clinical triggers and vital signs influencing crisis acknowledgment and calls for help by anesthesiologists: A simulation-based observational study. J Clin Anesth. 2023 11; 90:111235. PMID: 37633044.
Continuing professional development challenges in a rural setting: A mixed-methods study. Perspect Med Educ. 2022 10; 11(5):273-280. PMID: 35943696; PMCID: PMC9360663.
Office Patient Safety. Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am. 2019 Jun; 46(2):339-351. PMID: 31056135.
Simulation to Improve Trainee Knowledge and Comfort About Twin Vaginal Birth. Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Oct; 128 Suppl 1:34S-39S. PMID: 27662004.
Rapid Learning of Adverse Medical Event Disclosure and Apology. J Patient Saf. 2016 09; 12(3):140-7. PMID: 24583959.
Medical student simulation training in intrauterine contraception insertion and removal: an intervention to improve comfort, skill, and attitudes. Contracept Reprod Med. 2016; 1:3. PMID: 29201393; PMCID: PMC5675054.
Introduction to debriefing. Semin Perinatol. 2013 Jun; 37(3):166-74. PMID: 23721773.
Speaking across the drapes: communication strategies of anesthesiologists and obstetricians during a simulated maternal crisis. Simul Healthc. 2012 Jun; 7(3):166-70. PMID: 22569284.
Risks of complications by attending physicians after performing nighttime procedures. JAMA. 2009 Oct 14; 302(14):1565-72. PMID: 19826026.
Simulation in obstetrics and gynecology. Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am. 2008 Mar; 35(1):97-127, ix. PMID: 18319131.
Obstetric simulation as a risk control strategy: course design and evaluation. Simul Healthc. 2008; 3(2):119-27. PMID: 19088652.
Using the Communication and Teamwork Skills (CATS) Assessment to measure health care team performance. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007 Sep; 33(9):549-58. PMID: 17915529.