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Sherralyn S.
Cox
Surgical Education
Associate Director of
Surgical Education
Associate Professor
Mailing Address:
East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine
Department of Surgery
Office of Surgical Education
Pitt County Memorial Hospital #301
Greenville, NC 27858-4354
FAX: 252.744.3156
Telephone: 252.744.5353 |
Current
professional and academic appointments:
Associate
Professor of Surgery,
ECU
Brody
School
of Medicine July 1998-Present
Associate
Director of Surgical Education, ECU Brody School of Medicine July
1998-Present
Adjunct
Associate Professor of Family Medicine-Dental Residency, ECU Brody
School of Medicine July 1998-Present
Undergraduate
education:
University of
Louisville,
School of Dentistry
BS, Dental Hygiene 1967
Postgraduate
education:
Western
Kentucky
University
MS, Public Health 1977
University of
Kentucky
Ph.D., Higher Education/Evaluation 1988
Research
Interests:
Current scholarly activity focuses upon curriculum design and
evaluation of faculty, student, and resident outcomes: 1)
Developing the Surgical Resident Curriculum for program
implementation; 2) Collaborating with a task force to prepare a
resident surgical geriatric curriculum; 3) Designing assessment
protocols for peer/resident/ student evaluation of surgical
teaching; 4) Developing interdisciplinary opportunities for
projects with Geriatrics and the ECU Dental Practice Residency;
5)Appointment to the National Institutes of Health-National
Institutes for Dental and Craniofacial Reconstruction RFA Review
Panel for written and oral critique of national proposals in
Bethesda; Prepare structured dental education input to plastic
surgery faculty.
Recent Grant Activity and Funded Research:
"Increasing Geriatrics Expertise in Non-Primary Care Specialists:
Developing a Geriatrics Curriculum for General Surgery Residents."
Creation of a national task force with curricular development
grant for general surgery residencies. Principal Investigator.
Source: John A. Hartford Foundation, New York through the American
Geriatrics Society. March, 1995-September, 1998. Awarded.
Grant extension for geriatric curriculum development and
implementation. Principal Investigator. Source: John A. Hartford
Foundation, New York through the American Geriatrics Society.
March, 1996-September, 1998. Awarded.
“Establishing a Surgical Geriatric Education Symposium in
SanFrancisco, California.” Design and implementation of a national
forum for leaders in surgery to promote geriatric education in
general surgery residencies. Project Director. Source: John A.
Hartford Foundation, New York through the American Geriatrics
Society. April 1996-December 1996. Awarded.
“Increasing Geriatrics Expertise through Support of Resident
Research.” Design and oversight of a national research stipend
fund to encourage resident scholarly investigations in geriatrics.
Co-Director (Walter Pories, PI). Source: John A. Hartford
Foundation, New York through the American Geriatrics Society, for
administration by the Association of Program Directors in Surgery.
June 1998-June 1999. Awarded.
“Faculty Development for Teaching Surgical Geriatrics.” Developing
surgical curricular materials through interaction with national
educators, especially those contributors to the Surgical Resident
Curriculum in conjunction with the Association of Program
Directors in Surgery. Project Director. June 1998-2002. Awarded.
“Geriatric Faculty Leadership Program.” Grant preparation and
project implementation to facilitate education activities at
national meetings administered by the Association of Program
Directors in Surgery. Project Co-Director (Walter Pories).
February, 1999-2001. Awarded.
“Increasing Geriatrics Expertise in Non-Primary Care Specialties.”
Phase II for curriculum support, special interest group (SIG) and
faculty teaching development, utilizing the surgical geriatric
curriculum. Funded by the American Geriatrics Society. Project
Director. April, 1999-2002. $27,000 awarded. SIG support
extension. July, 2005. Awarded.
“Increasing Geriatrics Expertise in the General Surgery Residency
at East Carolina University.” Surgical residency training grant.
Funded by the American Geriatrics Society. Project Director. July
2001-2003. Awarded.
“Surgical Faculty Program for Visiting Centers of Excellence in
Geriatrics and Surgical Geriatrics.” Support of national faculty
activities, through the Association of Program Directors in
Surgery, for building learning and networking opportunities.
Funded by discretionary funding from the American Geriatrics
Society. Project Co-Director (Walter Pofahl, PI). July, 2002.
Awarded.
“Promoting Living Renal Donation in the African American
Community.” Pitt Memorial Hospital Foundation, Inc.
Co-Investigator (Carl Haisch, PI, Kathryn Verbanac, et al.) July,
2002-2003. Awarded.
Recent Publications
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Cox SS, Patselas TN, Pories WJ, Foil MB. Geriatric curricula and
resources in general surgery residency programs. Current Surgery
1996;53(4):235-240.
Cox SS, Capps SR, Wooden WA, Pories WJ. An interactive opinion
survey identifies areas of surgical educator consensus. Current
Surgery 1996;53(6):359-363.
Cox SS. Surgical care for the elderly. Current Surgery
1996;53(9):488-90.
Cox SS, Pories WJ. Preliminary guidelines for resident education
in surgical geriatrics. Current Surgery 1996;53(9):534-36.
Cox SS. Effects of IL-372 on graduate surgical education:
Curriculum considerations. Current Surgery, 1997; 54(7):447-50.
Cox SS. Surgical geriatrics: how should we teach it? Current
Surgery, 1999;56(3):133-35.
Pofahl WE, Swanson MS, Cox SS, DaRe DM, Haisch CE, Pories WJ.
Performance standards improve American Board of Surgery
In-training Examination scores. Current Surgery,
2002;59(2):220-22.
Cox SS, Swanson MS. Identification of teaching excellence in
operating room and clinic settings. Am J Surg 2002;183(3):251-255.
Peer-Reviewed Illustrative Anatomy Series—Refereed Journal
Crombie CH, Cox SS, Pories WJ. Anatomy of the anterior abdominal
wall. Current Surgery 1995;52(9):512-517.
Cox SS, Crombie CH, Orlando DAP, Pories WJ. Hernias and congenital
defects of the anterior abdominal wall. Current Surgery
1996;53(2):113-118.
Cox SS, Crombie CH, Orlando DAP, Pories WJ. Indirect inguinal
hernia repair. Current Surgery 1996;53(4):241-247.
Cox SS, Crombie CH, Orlando DAP, Pories WJ. Direct inguinal and
femoral hernia repair. Current Surgery 1996;53(6):364-370.
Chapman WHH, Crombie CH, Cox SS, Orlando DAP, Pories WJ.
Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair. Current Surgery
1996;53(8):477-485.
Crombie CH, Wooden WA, Cox SS, Orlando DAP, Pories WJ. Posterior
abdominal wall. Current Surgery 1997;54(1):49-54.
Professional Journal Articles—Non-Refereed Journal
Cox SS. Dynamic response to a university mandate: faculty peer
evaluation of teaching. Focus on Surg Ed 1996;14(1):29-30.
Cox SS. A call for educators in surgical geriatrics. Focus on Surg
Ed 2000;18(1):34-36.
Cox SS. Academic memberships: How many is too many? Focus on Surg
Ed 2002;19(1):
26-27.
Peer-Reviewed Abstracts in Surgical Publications/Proceedings
Cox SS, Patselas TN, Pories WJ. Faculty peer evaluation of
teaching: focusing on system structure and balance. Focus on Surg
Ed 1996;13(2):10.
Cox SS, Swanson MS, Patselas TN. Designing a protocol for learners
assessing teaching: mechanisms of feedback to faculty. Focus on
Surg Ed 1997;14(2):11,15.
Cox SS, Pories WJ, Foil MB, Patselas TN. An implementation
workshop for resident curricula in surgical care of the elderly.
Association of Program Directors in Surgery, Meeting Proceedings
1998; 23.
Pories WJ, Cox SS, Hoey BA. The new curriculum for the residency
in surgery: what’s new and how can we use it? Association of
Program Directors in Surgery, Meeting Proceedings 2000.
Cox SS, Swanson MS. Identification of teaching excellence in
operating room and clinic settings using a longitudinal,
resident-based assessment system. Association for Surgical
Education, Meeting Proceedings 2001: 55.
Pofahl WE, Swanson MS, Cox SS, et al. Performance standards
improve American Board of Surgery In-Training Examination (ABSITE)
scores. Association of Program Directors in Surgery, Meeting
Proceedings 2001:59.
Cox SS, Fitzpatrick JC. Is grade inflation a factor in measuring
resident competency? Association of Program Directors in Surgery,
Meeting Proceedings 2002: 53.
Cox SS, Pories WJ, Pofahl WE II. Structuring methods for
incorporating surgical geriatrics into residents’ education.
Association of Program Directors in Surgery, Meeting Proceedings
2002: 84.
Cox SS, Pofahl WE II, Pories WJ. Resident competency formulation
procedures to meet ACGME Outcomes Project expectations.
Association of Program Directors in Surgery, Meeting Proceedings
2003: (In press).
Presentations
Papers
Association for Surgical Education, Annual Meeting.
“Identification of teaching excellence in operating room and
clinical settings using a longitudinal resident-based assessment
system.” SS Cox, Presenter; MS Swanson. Nashville, Tennessee,
March 29, 2001.
Association of Program Directors in Surgery. “Performance
standards improve American Board of Surgery In-Training
Examination (ABSITE) scores.” WE Pofahl II, MS Swanson, SS Cox,
et.al. Nashville, Tennessee, March 30, 2001.
Association of Program Directors in Surgery. “Is grade inflation a
factor in measuring resident competency?” SS Cox, Presenter; JC
Fitzpatrick. Baltimore, Maryland, April 3, 2002.
Panels/Oral Presentations
Association of Program Directors in Surgery. "An Update on the
1995 Surgical Resident Curriculum." SS Cox Presenter; WJ Pories.
Chicago, Illinois, October 11, 1994.
Association of Program Directors in Surgery. “Curriculum
Development Workshop for Increasing Surgical Geriatric Expertise.”
SS Cox, Presenter. New Orleans, Louisiana, October 25, 1995.
Association for Surgical Education. “Faculty Peer Evaluation
Workshop.” SS Cox Presenter; TN Patselas, WJ Pories. Lexington,
Kentucky, April 11, 1996.
Department of Surgery. “Peer Evaluator Training Course.” M Clay
and SS Cox Presenters. Greenville, North Carolina, August 22,
1996.
Association of Program Directors in Surgery/American Geriatrics
Society “Surgical Geriatric Education Symposium.” SS Cox Program
Director; WJ Pories Co-Director and Moderator. San Francisco,
California, October 8, 1996.
Association of Program Directors in Surgery. “The Effects of
IL-372 on the Surgical Curriculum.” SS Cox Presenter. San Diego,
California, April 3, 1997.
Association for Surgical Education. “Designing a protocol for
Learners Assessing Teaching: Mechanisms of Feedback to Faculty.”
SS Cox and MS Swanson Presenters; TN Patselas. Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, April 10, 1997.
Department of Surgery, Surgical Grand Rounds. “Surgical Evaluation
Schemes: Will More Make Us Better?” SS Cox Presenter. Greenville,
North Carolina, June 25, 1997.
Association of Program Directors in Surgery. “An Implementation
Workshop for Resident Curricula in Surgical Care of the Elderly.”
SS Cox, Presenter. Baltimore, Maryland, April 24, 1998.
Association of Program Directors in Surgery. “How Should We Teach
Surgical Geriatrics?”
Panel Presentation for Curriculum Development and Teaching in
Surgical Care of the Elderly. SS Cox, Presenter. Orlando, Florida,
March, 18, 1999.
Association of Program Directors in Surgery. “A Workshop for
Surgical Faculty—The New Curriculum: What’s New and How Can We Use
It?” SS Cox, Presenter with WJ Pories and BA Hoey. Phoenix,
Arizona, April 28, 2000.
Association of Residency Coordinators in Surgery. “A Selection of
Organizational Choices for Conducting Student Interviews for the
MATCH.” DM DaRe, SS Cox. Nashville, Tennessee, March 29, 2001.
Association of Program Directors in Surgery. “Structuring methods
for incorporating surgical geriatrics into residents’ education.”
SS Cox, WJ Pories, WE Pofahl II. Baltimore, Maryland, April 2,
2002.
Department of Surgery. “Peer Evaluator Training Course.” SS Cox
Presenter. Greenville, North Carolina, October 17, 2002.
Association of Program Directors in Surgery. “Resident competency
formulation procedures to meet ACGME Outcomes Project
expectations.” Cox SS, Pofahl WE II, Pories WJ. Vancouver B.C.
Canada, May 9, 2003.
Exhibits-Poster Presentations
Association for Surgical Education. "A national curriculum for
surgery residents: the second edition." SS Cox Presenter; WJ
Pories, MB Foil, TN Patselas. Tucson, Arizona, May, 1995.
Department of Surgery Research Day. “The Surgical Resident
Curriculum.” SS Cox Presenter; WJ Pories, MB Foil, TN Patselas.
Greenville, North Carolina, June, 1995.
American Geriatrics Society. “Geriatrics Education in the Surgical
Residency at East Carolina University.” WE Pofahl II Presenter; SS
Cox, KK Steinweg. Washington, DC, May 10, 2002.
Contributions to Curriculum
Citations below are copyrighted in: Cox SS, Pofahl WE II, Pories
WJ, eds. Surgical Resident Curriculum, 4th ed. Arlington, VA:
Association of Program Directors in Surgery. 2002.
Cox SS, Pories WJ. Surgical resident curriculum goals. Pages 1-6.
Cox SS. Curriculum utilization to gauge professional competence.
Pages 7-12.
Cox SS. Teaching and learning in surgery. Pages 13-18.
Cox SS. Educational outcomes assessment and program evaluations.
Pages 19-26.
Cuenca RE, Cox SS. Palliative Care. Pages 242-245.
Dissertation Research
Cox SS. Values Change and Personality as Indices of Development in
the Berea College Class of 1966: A 24-Year Longitudinal Study
Using the Study of Values and Omnibus Personality Inventory.
Professor Leonard Baird, Chairman. Lexington: University of
Kentucky. April 12, 1988. 204 pp.
Professional Organizational Memberships
American College of Surgeons-Professional Associate status
American Dental Hygienists' Association-Member
American Educational Research Association-Member
American Geriatrics Society-Member
Association of Program Directors in Surgery-Associate
Member status
Association for Surgical Education-Member
Sigma Phi Alpha-Member
Sigma Xi-Member
Professional and Scholarly Activities
Coordinator for the Alphabet Retreat of professional surgical
organizations through the
Association of Program Directors in Surgery. Chicago, Illinois.
November, 1995 and June, 1996.
Ad Hoc Scientific Reviewer, National Institutes of Health,
Comprehensive Oral Health Research Centers Programs. Department of
Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland. 1998-2000.
Special Emphasis Panel Member, Grant Review Program-Division of
Extramural Research,
National Institutes of Health, Review of Centers for Research to
Reduce Oral Health Disparities. Public Health Research Centers
Programs. Department of Health and Human Services. Bethesda,
Maryland. 2000-2001.
RFA Reviewer, National Institutes of Dental and Craniofacial
Research, National Institutes of Health, Review of Health
Disparities Applications for Pilot and Planning Studies. Bethesda,
Maryland. July 15-17, 2002.
Scientific Reviewer, American Educational Research Association
Abstracts, Division I: Education in the Professions. August, 2002.
Committee Assignments
School of Medicine
M3-M4 Curriculum Committee. Ad hoc Member. 1998-Present.
PhD Educator Interdisciplinary Evaluation Research Group.
Member.
2001-2002.
Task Force on Women. Member. 1995-Present.
Buddy System Transition Team Volunteer for New Faculty
Orientation. July, 2002.
Department of Surgery
Surgical Education Committee. Member. 1994-Present.
Subcommittee Responsibilities:
Peer Evaluation, Resident and Student Performance Assessment
Resident and Student Performance Evaluation
Personnel Committee, Member. 2002-2003.
ACGME-RRC Accreditation preparation for competency development.
2000-Present.
AgroMedicine Research Group. 1999-2003.
University-wide
Faculty Senate. Senator from School of Medicine. 1999-2005.
Academic Committees:
Teaching Grants. School of Medicine
Representative. 2001-2004.
Radiation Safety, Basic Science Subcommittee for Non-human use.
Member as ECU-Chairman of the Faculty Senate Delegate. 1994-2001.
Teaching Grants. School of Medicine Representative. 2001-2004.
Copyright Policy Committee. Member as Chairman of Faculty Senate
Representative. 2001-2005.
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