Simon Turner
Contact
Term Asst Prof, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Post Grad Medical Education
- sturner@ualberta.ca
Term Asst Prof, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Post Grad Medical Education
- sturner@ualberta.ca
Term Lecturer, Faculty of Education - Master of Educational Studies
- sturner@ualberta.ca
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
competency assessment competency based medical education Thoracic surgery surgical education lung cancer Invasive Mediastinal Staging stigma
About
Dr. Simon Turner is the Tom Williams Endowed Chair in Surgical Education. He is an Associate Professor in the Division of Thoracic Surgery, where he holds the positions of Research Director and Residency Program Director. He is also the Chair of the General Surgery Competence Committee. Dr. Turner’s research focuses on competence assessment and other aspects of surgical education, as well as clinical research in thoracic oncology.
Research
Active Research:
1. Competency Assessment Tools in Thoracic Surgery-developing instruments to assess surgical trainees’ ability to perform core operations in thoracic surgery.
2. Novel Strategies in Mediastinal Staging for Lung Cancer-using blood tests and new ultrasound scoring systems to assess the risk of cancer spread to lymph nodes in patients with lung cancer.
3. Lung Cancer Stigma-examining the qualitative experiences of patients with lung cancer.
4. Simulation in Cardiac Surgery-Development of patient-specific simulators for common operations in cardiac surgery.
Courses
EDHS 508 - Assessment in Health Sciences II
Priority given to graduate students in the Master of Education in Health Sciences Education program. This course focuses on applying educational assessment theory to inform context-specific assessment design, implementation, and evaluation. Sections are offered at an increased rate of fee assessment.
Featured Publications
Jogiat U.M., Sun W.Y.L., Dang J.T., Mocanu V., Kung J.Y., Karmali S., Turner S.R., Switzer N.J.
SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES. 2022 July; 36 (7):5398-5407 10.1007/s00464-021-08866-4
Sullivan K.A., Farrokhyar F., Leontiadis G.I., Patel Y.S., Churchill I.F., Hylton D.A., Xie F., Seely A.J.E., Spicer J., Kidane B., Turner S.R., Yasufuku K., Hanna W.C.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY. 2022 July; 164 (1):254-261.e1 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.11.062
White A., Muller Moran H.R., Ryan J., Mador B., Campbell S., Turner S.R.
Journal of Surgical Education. 2022 July; 79 (4):1016-1023 10.1016/j.jsurg.2022.02.014
Turner SR, Louie BE, Molena D, Dunst C, Bedard ELR
Foregut. 2022 March; 2 (1):18-27 https://doi.org/10.1177%2F26345161221081041
Jogiat U., Mocanu V., Birch D.W., Switzer N.J., Turner S.R., Karmali S.
OBESITY SURGERY. 2022 March; 32 (3):696-703 10.1007/s11695-021-05882-0
Ryan J.F., Mador B., Lai K., Campbell S., Hyakutake M., Turner S.R.
Annals of Surgery. 2022 March; 275 (3):482-487 10.1097/SLA.0000000000005207
Luc J.G.Y., Reddy R.M., Corsini E.M., Carrott P.W., David E.A., Shemanski K., Fabian T., McCarthy D.P., Okereke I., Oliver A.L., Turner S.R., Vaporciyan A.A., Antonoff M.B.
Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2021 December; 33 (4):1158-1168 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2021.02.025
Mador B., Daniels V.J., Oswald A., Turner S.R.
Medical Science Educator. 2021 December; 31 (6):2061-2064 10.1007/s40670-021-01380-1
Nasralla A., Turner S.R.
Mediastinum. 2021 December; 5 10.21037/MED-21-48
Nasralla A., Laing B., Turner S.R.
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 2021 December; 16 (1) 10.1186/s13019-021-01619-3
Turner S.R., Mador B., Lai H., White J., Kim M.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY. 2021 December; 222 (6):1139-1145 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2021.01.045
White A., Singh G., Moon M.C., Zheng B., Turner S.R.
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. 2021 October; 37 (10):1639-1643 10.1016/j.cjca.2021.04.020
Hylton D.A., Kidane B., Spicer J., Turner S., Churchill I., Sullivan K., Finley C.J., Shargall Y., Agzarian J., Seely A.J.E., Yasufuku K., Hanna W.C.
CHEST. 2021 June; 159 (6):2470-2476 10.1016/j.chest.2020.12.050