Director of Education for the Weill Cornell Medicine/NewYork-Presbyterian Simulation Center, Dr. Timothy Clapper received a grant from the NewYork-Presbyterian (NYP) MDxPx Program for his research, “An innovative instructional design model to improve delivery of bad or difficult news for PGY-2 residents across multiple specializations.”
The award follows the NYP Patient Experience Group’s awarding Dr. Clapper funding to support the successful implementation of delivering bad or difficult news training for interdisciplinary fellows from five adult and pediatric subspecialty training fellowships.
He and his co-researchers, including faculty and staff from our Department of Pediatrics (Aliza Solomon, DO; Christine Joyce, MD: Kevin Ching, MD; Winnie Shen, and Kyle P. Burns) found significant improvements in fellow’s ability to deliver difficult news and value for the evidence-based, innovation framework that includes targeted feedback.