News + Updates

Dr. Sutkin attended and presented at the International Association for Health Professions Education in August 2025 in Barcelona, Spain.

Dr. Sutkin presented at the American College of Surgeons- Quality and Safety Control Conference in San Diego, CA. on July 16-19, 2025. 

Dr. Ken Catchpole, Ph.D., BSC, C. ErgHF, MCIEHF came to visit UMKC School of Medicine to provide a special lecture about Human Factors, Teamwork, Complex Systems and Patient Safety. 

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Our research on Speech Communication Interference in the OR is getting noticed! This article focuses on our collaboration with Dr. Paul Rudy, of the UMKC Conservatory. You can read the full story here...

Amber Davies, CRNA, is our collaborator, and one of the people featured in an article in the March issue of AORN highlighting our Speech Communication Interference research Study.

Six to 10% of US patients sustain a surgical complication costing between $1.5-$5.9 billion annually, and half of these may be preventable. Miscommunication is the most common cause of surgical error...

Faculty donation leads to collaboration between professors in the School of Medicine and UMKC Conservatory to yield safer surgeries

Article highlighting our work with our colleague, Dr. Andrew McKenzie, a Linguist at KU.

Dr. Sutkin and Dr. Brommelsiek co-presented this research virtually at a Webinar hosted by KU’s Center for Interprofessional Practice, Education, Policy, and Research (iPEPR) program