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.
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Recent Publications
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World Neurosurg
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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 ...
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J Surg Educ
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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 ...
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Neurosurg Focus
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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 ...
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Education, Training & Certifications
Saint Louis University ·
2016
Ph.D.