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Katherine E McDaniel

Assistant Professor in Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery
Department of Neurosurgery, Box 3087, Durham, NC 27710
200 Trent Drive, Box 3087, Durham, NC 27710

Overview


Kate McDaniel is the Vice Chair of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, Director of Educational Initiatives, and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery. Before she became a member of the Neurosurgery faculty, she was the GME Educator in charge of Faculty Development at Duke University Hospital and Health System. In that role, she partnered with program directors and core faculty to promote quality teaching, learning, and evaluation across programs. She holds a Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration and a Masters in Social Work. Prior to joining Duke, Dr. McDaniel spent five years as the GME Education Specialist at St. Louis University School of Medicine.  

Dr. McDaniel currently works with clinical faculty in her department to develop cohesive curricula and assessment across the residency and fellowship programs. She has presented faculty development sessions at several departmental grand rounds and conferences throughout Duke University Health System and as an invited lecturer at other institutions.

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Assistant Professor in Neurosurgery · 2021 - Present Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery

Recent Publications


Quantifying the Opportunity Cost of Neurosurgical Resident Education.

Journal Article World Neurosurg · July 2023 BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: Education is at the core of neurosurgical residency, but little research in to the cost of neurosurgical education exists. This study aimed to quantify costs of resident education in an academic neurosurgery program using traditional ... Full text Link to item Cite

From Their Eyes: What Constitutes Quality Formative Written Feedback for Neurosurgery Residents.

Journal Article J Surg Educ · March 2023 BACKGROUND: The characteristics of quality feedback from the neurosurgery resident's perspective are not fully elucidated. The Surgical Autonomy Program is an intraoperative assessment tool based on Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD). SAP facili ... Full text Link to item Cite

Construct validity of the Surgical Autonomy Program for the training of neurosurgical residents.

Journal Article Neurosurg Focus · August 2022 OBJECTIVE: There is no standard way in which physicians teach or evaluate surgical residents intraoperatively, and residents are proving to not be fully competent at core surgical procedures upon graduating. The Surgical Autonomy Program (SAP) is a novel e ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Education, Training & Certifications


Saint Louis University · 2016 Ph.D.