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Aimee K Gardner

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InstitutionUniversity of Colorado Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus
DepartmentSOM-SRG

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    1. Chen JH, Keyes SA, DeGregorio V, Gardner AK. Enhancing Perceptions of Social Support and Belonging in Surgery Residency Programs. J Surg Educ. 2025 09; 82(9):103612. PMID: 40682992.
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    2. Gardner A, Bilyeu C, Bazurto L, Michalsen K, Carlson C. Getting by with a little help from avatar friends: Use of AI-powered avatars to implement feedback training for faculty. Med Teach. 2025 Jul 17; 1-4. PMID: 40674545.
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    3. Keyes SA, Falla JT, Gardner A, Mullen A, Pereira F. Financially Responsible and Equitable Education for Medical, Science, and Health Professions Learners. Med Sci Educ. 2025 Jun; 35(3):1173-1174. PMID: 40626004.
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    4. Gardner AK, Pillow MT, Castillo J, Elliott A, Love SJ, Hysong SJ. Curriculum as Change Agent: Promoting Inclusivity through an Advanced Feedback Curriculum. Med Sci Educ. 2024 Dec; 34(6):1257-1259. PMID: 39758486.
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    5. Chen JH, Gardner AK. Going Above and Beyond With SJTs: Impact of Applicant Characteristics on Open Response SJT Participation. J Surg Educ. 2024 08; 81(8):1024-1033. PMID: 38839439.
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    6. Gardner AK, Costa P. Predicting Surgical Resident Performance With Situational Judgment Tests. Acad Med. 2024 08 01; 99(8):884-888. PMID: 38412475.
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    7. Chen JH, Costa P, Gardner AK. Maximizing Standardization While Ensuring Equity: Exploring the Role of Applicant Experiences, Attributes, and Metrics on Performance of a Surgery-Specific Situational Judgment Test. J Surg Educ. 2023 11; 80(11):1703-1710. PMID: 37365117.
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    8. Keyes SA, Gardner A. Autonomy lessons: Tips and tricks for building self-determination through the lens of a first time principal investigator. Med Teach. 2023 10; 45(10):1129-1133. PMID: 36972690.
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    9. Gardner AK, Costa P, Willis RE. Getting on the Same Page: The Impact of Interviewer Education and Structured Interviews on Interrater Agreement in Residency Interviews. J Surg Educ. 2022 Nov-Dec; 79(6):e12-e16. PMID: 35803882.
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    10. Gardner AK, Willis RE. Measuring the fire in their hearts: assessing passion for the profession among students pursuing surgical careers. Global Surg Educ. 2022; 1(1):6. PMID: 38624993.
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    11. Cavanaugh KJ, Costa PL, Willis RE, Dunkin BJ, Gardner AK. Is Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder? Differences in Residency Training Program Preferences Among Women and Minorities. J Surg Educ. 2022 Mar-Apr; 79(2):309-314. PMID: 34666933.
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    12. Gupta R, DeSandro S, Doherty NA, Gardner AK, Pillow MT. Medical and Physician Assistant Student Competence in Basic Life Support: Opportunities to Improve Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training. West J Emerg Med. 2020 Dec 15; 22(1):101-107. PMID: 33439814.
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    13. Costa P, Harris L, Rothstein DH, Beckman M, Flynn W, Hoffman A, Lukan J, Gardner A, Cavanaugh K, Dunkin B, Schwaitzberg SD. Dissecting a department of surgery: Exploring organizational culture and competency expectations. Am J Surg. 2021 02; 221(2):298-302. PMID: 33189315.
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    14. Weis HB, Pickett ML, Weis JJ, Dorsey O, Bailey LW, Gardner AK, Napier R, AbdelFattah KR. Faculty Emotional Intelligence Matters for Resident Education. J Surg Educ. 2020 Sep - Oct; 77(5):1132-1137. PMID: 32522560.
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    15. Feldman LS, Pryor AD, Gardner AK, Dunkin BJ, Schultz L, Awad MM, Ritter EM. SAGES Video-Based Assessment (VBA) program: a vision for life-long learning for surgeons. Surg Endosc. 2020 08; 34(8):3285-3288. PMID: 32415370.
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    16. Gardner AK, Cavanaugh KJ, Willis RE, Dunkin BJ. Can Better Selection Tools Help Us Achieve Our Diversity Goals in Postgraduate Medical Education? Comparing Use of USMLE Step 1 Scores and Situational Judgment Tests at 7 Surgical Residencies. Acad Med. 2020 05; 95(5):751-757. PMID: 31764083.
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    17. Gardner AK, Harris TB. Beyond Numbers: Achieving Equity, Inclusion, and Excellence. Ann Surg. 2020 03; 271(3):425-426. PMID: 31348042.
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    18. Gardner AK, Abdelfattah K. Getting better all the time? Facilitating accurate team self-assessments through simulation. BMJ Simul Technol Enhanc Learn. 2020; 6(1):31-34. PMID: 35514463.
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    19. Anton NE, Gardner AK, Stefanidis D. Priorities in surgical simulation research: What do the experts say? Am J Surg. 2020 07; 220(1):95-99. PMID: 31672307.
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    20. Gardner AK, Cavanaugh KJ, Willis RE, Dent D, Reinhart H, Williams M, Truitt MS, Scott BG, Dunkin BJ. Great Expectations? Future Competency Requirements Among Candidates Entering Surgery Training. J Surg Educ. 2020 Mar - Apr; 77(2):267-272. PMID: 31606376.
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    21. Ritter EM, Gardner AK, Dunkin BJ, Schultz L, Pryor AD, Feldman L. Video-based assessment for laparoscopic fundoplication: initial development of a robust tool for operative performance assessment. Surg Endosc. 2020 07; 34(7):3176-3183. PMID: 31512036.
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    22. Gardner AK, Dunkin BJ. Pursuing Excellence: The Power of Selection Science to Provide Meaningful Data and Enhance Efficiency in Selecting Surgical Trainees. Ann Surg. 2019 07; 270(1):188-192. PMID: 29727333.
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    23. Gardner AK, Cavanaugh KJ, Willis RE, Dunkin BJ. If You Build It, Will They Come? Candidate Completion of Preinterview Screening Assessments. J Surg Educ. 2019 Nov - Dec; 76(6):1534-1538. PMID: 31160211.
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    24. Gardner AK, Timberlake MD, Dunkin BJ. Faculty Development for the Operating Room: An Examination of the Effectiveness of an Intraoperative Teaching Course for Surgeons. Ann Surg. 2019 01; 269(1):184-190. PMID: 28817439.
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    25. Lim G, Gardner AK. Emotional Intelligence and Delivering Bad News: The Jury is Still Out. J Surg Educ. 2019 May - Jun; 76(3):779-784. PMID: 30401616.
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    26. Gardner AK, Smink DS, Scott BG, Korndorffer JR, Harrington D, Ritter EM. How Much Are We Spending on Resident Selection? J Surg Educ. 2018 Nov; 75(6):e85-e90. PMID: 30366686.
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    27. Gardner AK, Dunkin BJ. Applicant perceptions of new selection systems are a function of their performance in the selection procedure. Am J Surg. 2019 02; 217(2):272-275. PMID: 30297126.
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    28. Miller M, Mullen A, Gardner A. What clinical rotation factors have an impact on trainee success? Clin Teach. 2019 06; 16(3):263-268. PMID: 30216707.
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    29. Barnett M, Pillow MT, Carnell J, Rohra A, DeSandro S, Gardner AK. Informing the Revolution: A Needs Assessment of Ultrasound Knowledge and Skills Among Graduating Physician Assistant Students. J Physician Assist Educ. 2018 Sep; 29(3):173-176. PMID: 30086123.
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    30. Gardner AK, Dunkin BJ. How We Measure Surgical Trainee Performance Matters-Reply. JAMA Surg. 2018 09 01; 153(9):865. PMID: 29898213.
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    31. Gardner AK, Lim G, Minard CG, Guffey D, Pillow MT. A Cross-Specialty Examination of Resident Error Disclosure and Communication Skills Using Simulation. J Grad Med Educ. 2018 Aug; 10(4):438-441. PMID: 30154976.
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    32. Ritter EM, Lineberry M, Hashimoto DA, Gee D, Guzzetta AA, Scott DJ, Gardner AK. Simulation-based mastery learning significantly reduces gender differences on the Fundamentals of Endoscopic Surgery performance exam. Surg Endosc. 2018 12; 32(12):5006-5011. PMID: 30014324.
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    33. Gardner AK, Dunkin BJ. Evaluation of Validity Evidence for Personality, Emotional Intelligence, and Situational Judgment Tests to Identify Successful Residents. JAMA Surg. 2018 05 01; 153(5):409-416. PMID: 29282462.
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    34. Gardner AK. The Lessons We Learned From Each Other. Acad Med. 2018 04; 93(4):611. PMID: 30248084.
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    35. Timberlake MD, Stefanidis D, Gardner AK. Examining the impact of surgical coaching on trainee physiologic response and basic skill acquisition. Surg Endosc. 2018 10; 32(10):4183-4190. PMID: 29602994.
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    36. Gardner AK. How Can Best Practices in Recruitment and Selection Improve Diversity in Surgery? Ann Surg. 2018 01; 267(1):e1-e2. PMID: 28922209.
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    37. AbdelFattah KR, Spalding MC, Leshikar D, Gardner AK. Team-based simulations for new surgeons: Does early and often make a difference? Surgery. 2018 04; 163(4):912-915. PMID: 29229317.
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    38. Joshi K, Hernandez J, Martinez J, AbdelFattah K, Gardner AK. Should they stay or should they go now? Exploring the impact of team familiarity on interprofessional team training outcomes. Am J Surg. 2018 Feb; 215(2):243-249. PMID: 29132646.
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    39. Franklin BR, Placek SB, Gardner AK, Korndorffer JR, Wagner MD, Pearl JP, Ritter EM. Preparing for the American Board of Surgery Flexible Endoscopy Curriculum: Development of multi-institutional proficiency-based training standards and pilot testing of a simulation-based mastery learning curriculum for the Endoscopy Training System. Am J Surg. 2018 07; 216(1):167-173. PMID: 28974312.
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    40. Gardner AK, D'Onofrio BC, Dunkin BJ. Can We Get Faculty Interviewers on the Same Page? An Examination of a Structured Interview Course for Surgeons. J Surg Educ. 2018 Jan - Feb; 75(1):72-77. PMID: 28625496.
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    41. Gardner AK, Grantcharov T, Dunkin BJ. The Science of Selection: Using Best Practices From Industry to Improve Success in Surgery Training. J Surg Educ. 2018 Mar - Apr; 75(2):278-285. PMID: 28751186.
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    42. Ritter EM, Taylor ZA, Wolf KR, Franklin BR, Placek SB, Korndorffer JR, Gardner AK. Simulation-based mastery learning for endoscopy using the endoscopy training system: a strategy to improve endoscopic skills and prepare for the fundamentals of endoscopic surgery (FES) manual skills exam. Surg Endosc. 2018 01; 32(1):413-420. PMID: 28698900.
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    43. Gardner AK, Ujiki MB, Dunkin BJ. Passing the fundamentals of endoscopic surgery (FES) exam: linking specialty choice and attitudes about endoscopic surgery to success. Surg Endosc. 2018 Jan; 32(1):225-228. PMID: 28639045.
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    44. Nassour I, Spalding MC, Hynan LS, Gardner AK, Williams BH. The surgeon-performed ultrasound: a curriculum to improve residents' basic ultrasound knowledge. J Surg Res. 2017 06 01; 213:51-59. PMID: 28601332.
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    45. Gardner AK, Scott DJ, AbdelFattah KR. Do great teams think alike? An examination of team mental models and their impact on team performance. Surgery. 2017 05; 161(5):1203-1208. PMID: 28063607.
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    46. Gardner AK, Steffes CP, Nepomnayshy D, Nicholas C, Widmann WD, Fitzgibbons SC, Dunkin BJ, Jones DB, Paige JT. Selection bias: Examining the feasibility, utility, and participant receptivity to incorporating simulation into the general surgery residency selection process. Am J Surg. 2017 Jun; 213(6):1171-1177. PMID: 28029374.
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    47. Gardner AK, AbdelFattah K. Comparison of simulation-based assessments and faculty ratings for general surgery resident milestone evaluation: Are they telling the same story? Am J Surg. 2017 Sep; 214(3):547-553. PMID: 28668291.
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    48. Vyasa P, Willis RE, Dunkin BJ, Gardner AK. Are General Surgery Residents Accurate Assessors of Their Own Flexible Endoscopy Skills? J Surg Educ. 2017 Jan - Feb; 74(1):23-29. PMID: 27522346.
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    49. Al Fayyadh MJ, Heller SF, Rajab TK, Gardner AK, Bloom JP, Rawlings JA, Mullen JT, Smink DS, Farley DR, Willis RE, Dent DL. Predicting Success of Preliminary Surgical Residents: A Multi-Institutional Study. J Surg Educ. 2016 Nov - Dec; 73(6):e77-e83. PMID: 27395396.
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    50. Gardner AK, Ritter EM, Paige JT, Ahmed RA, Fernandez G, Dunkin BJ. Simulation-Based Selection of Surgical Trainees: Considerations, Challenges, and Opportunities. J Am Coll Surg. 2016 09; 223(3):530-6. PMID: 27321389.
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    51. Gardner AK, Scott DJ, Willis RE, Van Sickle K, Truitt MS, Uecker J, Brown KM, Marks JM, Dunkin BJ. Is current surgery resident and GI fellow training adequate to pass FES? Surg Endosc. 2017 01; 31(1):352-358. PMID: 27287896.
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    52. Gardner AK, Scott DJ. Repaying in Kind: Examination of the Reciprocity Effect in Faculty and Resident Evaluations. J Surg Educ. 2016 Nov - Dec; 73(6):e91-e94. PMID: 27211878.
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    53. Gardner AK, Russo MA, Jabbour II, Kosemund M, Scott DJ. Frame-of-reference training for simulation-based intraoperative communication assessment. Am J Surg. 2016 Sep; 212(3):548-551.e2. PMID: 27372147.
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    54. Gardner AK, Willis RE, Dunkin BJ, Van Sickle KR, Brown KM, Truitt MS, Uecker JM, Gentry L, Scott DJ. What do residents need to be competent laparoscopic and endoscopic surgeons? Surg Endosc. 2016 07; 30(7):3050-9. PMID: 26487226.
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    55. Gardner AK, Jabbour IJ, Williams BH, Huerta S. Different Goals, Different Pathways: The Role of Metacognition and Task Engagement in Surgical Skill Acquisition. J Surg Educ. 2016 Jan-Feb; 73(1):61-5. PMID: 26395402.
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    56. Gardner AK, Scott DJ, Hebert JC, Mellinger JD, Frey-Vogel A, Ten Eyck RP, Davis BR, Sillin LF, Sachdeva AK. Gearing up for milestones in surgery: Will simulation play a role? Surgery. 2015 Nov; 158(5):1421-7. PMID: 26013987.
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    57. Gardner AK, Scott DJ, Choti MA, Mansour JC. Developing a comprehensive resident education evaluation system in the era of milestone assessment. J Surg Educ. 2015 Jul-Aug; 72(4):618-24. PMID: 25623550.
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    58. Gomez PP, Willis RE, Schiffer BL, Gardner AK, Scott DJ. External validation and evaluation of an intermediate proficiency-based knot-tying and suturing curriculum. J Surg Educ. 2014 Nov-Dec; 71(6):839-45. PMID: 24924584.
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