Deborah Rooney
Clinical Professor of Learning Health Sciences
Medical School
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Deborah Rooney
Clinical Professor
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      MExperts-Center for Global Health Equity
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    • Journal Article
      Procedural Education for Family Medicine Residents: Innovative Independent Suturing Training With Asynchronous Coaching and Feedback
      Little S, Kelley S, Cooke J, Rooney D. MedEdPORTAL, 2025 Jun 13; 2025 (21): 11534 - 11534. DOI:10.15766/mep_2374-8265.11534
    • Journal Article
      Simulation-based training improves developmental hip dysplasia examination and diagnosis skills on newborns
      Gupta S, Nemetz T, Skoczylas M, Burrows HL, Craig C, Rooney D. 2025 Jan 21;
    • Journal Article
      Analysis of implementation science strategies to train laparoscopic surgical skills among Liberian surgeons using ALL-SAFE
      Reynolds CW, Cassell A, Mabanza T, Rooney DM, Kollie R, O’Reggio R, Moore-Wilson Y, Ketia A, Lemfuka DA, Jeffcoach D, Kim GJ. Surgical Endoscopy, 2025 Jan 1; 39 (1): 582 - 593. DOI:10.1007/s00464-024-11340-6
      PMID: 39455451
    • Journal Article
      Pilot Study: Development and Evaluation of Validity Evidence of a Low-Cost, Low-Fidelity Hand Model to Teach Clinical Assessment of Small Joint Swelling in Inflammatory Arthritis
      Gad I, Podgorski C, Springer K, Bishnoi A, Rooney DM, Zickuhr L. Journal of Clinical Rheumatology, 2025 Jan 1; DOI:10.1097/RHU.0000000000002252
    • Journal Article
      The Paper Perineum Model: An Accessible Three-Dimensional Model for Obstetric Laceration Simulation and Surgical Education
      Hong CX, Shrosbree B, Levin PJ, Rooney DM, Schmidt PC. International Urogynecology Journal, 2025 Jan 1; DOI:10.1007/s00192-025-06111-3
    • Journal Article
      Infant bronchial tree simulator: Success of a built-from-scratch model for single lung isolation
      Patel RK, Gupta R, Reinhart ES, Putnam E, Weadock W, Rooney DM. Surgery (United States), 2024 Dec 1; 176 (6): 1683 - 1687. DOI:10.1016/j.surg.2024.08.011
      PMID: 39307672
    • Journal Article
      Assessment of laparoscopic surgery practice, knowledge, and training goals in Liberia: A mixed-methods study among Liberian surgeons
      Reynolds C, Mabanza T, Cassell A, Rooney DM, Moore-Wilson Y, Ketia A, Kollie R, Jeffcoach DR, Kim E, Bidwell S, Zatz M, Hider A, Kim GJ. World Journal of Surgery, 2024 Sep 19; 2024: 1 - 12. DOI:10.1002/wjs.12330
    • Journal Article
      Multi-institutional beta testing of a novel cervical esophagogastric anastomosis simulator
      Lin J, Rooney D, Yang S, Antonoff M, Jaklitsch M, Pickens A, Ha J, Sudarshan M, Bribriesco A, Zapata D, Weiss K, Johnson C, Hennigar D, Orringer MB. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2023 May 9;
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    Rooney Finalist In Global Surgery Grant
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    Rooney invited to join ACS Academy of Master Surgeon Educators
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    AME Seminar Features Cooke and Rooney
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