Clinical Faculty

Jeffrey M. Taekman, MD

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

Department:
Anesthesiology

Division:
Anesthesiology

Mailing Address:
DUMC 3094 Durham, NC 27710

Office Telephone:
919-660-0332

Fax:
919-681-4698

Training:
MD, Wake Forest University School of Medicine (North Carolina), 1991

Fellowship:
Neurosurgical Anesthesiology/Neural Monitoring, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, 1997

Residency:
Anesthesiology, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, 1996

Clinical Interests:
Neurosurgical anesthesiology, neural monitoring

Research Interests:
Medicine is an information-rich profession.  The amount of medical information doubles every 5 years.  The information explosion demands new ways of educating and assessing medical professionals. Successfully navigating information has profound implications for patient safety.

My research interests focus on the use of advanced computer technologies in the continuum of healthcare education.  My current work utilizes various simulation techniques (desktop, virtual reality, and high fidelity simulation)in healthcare education and patient safety.

We have expanded our focus in the Human Simulation and Patient Safety Center.  Our main areas of focus include: patient safety, human factors, and human performance.

Our research in the Simulation Center includes: 1) investigating the use of simulation in the development and implementation of clinical trials,  2) defining errors and optimizing human performance in clinical trials, 3) investigating "situation awareness" in the perioperative environment, 4) objectively measuring teamwork and communication in high risk medical environments, 5) exploring the use of simulators in the development and evaluation of new medical devices,  6) developing and assessing virtual interactive environments for team training, 7) comparing and contrasting traditional and new forms of team training, and 8) examining what factors differentiate novice and expert healthcare practioners.

Publications:
Hanson NA, Hobbs E, Taekman JM, Effective Management of Sarin Exposure, Simulation in Healthcare, 2008, 3(2): 116-118.

Taekman JM, Hobbs GW, Wright MC, Intraoperative Apnea; Medication Error with Disclosure, Simulation in Healthcare, 2007, 2: 39-42.

Sposito JA, Hobbs E, Taekman JM, Keep it Flowing: A Simulation in the Misuse of Anesthetic Gas Delivery Equipment, Simulation in Healthcare, 2007, 2(4): 241-245.

Wright MC, Phillips-Bute B, Mark JB, Stafford-Smith M, Grichnik KP, Andregg BC, Taekman JM. Time of day effects on the incidence of anesthetic adverse events. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006 Aug;15(4):258-63.

Wright MC, Taekman JM, Barber L, Hobbs G, Newman MF, Stafford-Smith M. The use of high-fidelity human patient simulation as an evaluative tool in the development of clinical research protocols and procedures. Contemp Clin Trials. 2005 Oct 13.

Wright MC, Taekman JM, Endsley MR. Objective measures of situation awareness in a simulated medical environment.  Qual Saf Health Care.  2004 Oct;13 Suppl 1:i65-i71.

Taekman JM, Hobbs G, Barber L, Phillips-Bute BG, Wright MC, Newman MF, Stafford-Smith M. Preliminary report on the use of high-fidelity simulation in the training of study coordinators conducting a clinical research protocol.  Anesth Analg.  2004 Aug;99(2):521-7, table of contents.

Taekman JM, Kingsley CP, Shelley KH. Medical education over the Internet. Acad Med. 1996 May;71(5):525.

Taekman JM, Kingsley CP, Shelley KH, Mentzer S. The Penn State Anesthesia Electronic Case Conference. Anesthesiology. 1995 Oct;83(4):887-8.