Sara M. Lamb
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Sara M. Lamb, MD

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Primary Children's Hospital

Salt Lake City
801-662-3645
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  • Since her faculty appointment in 2004, Dr. Sara Lamb has been invested in improving the education of residents and students at the University of Utah. She has been a residency program director for the Combined Internal Medicine and Pediatric Training Program and an Associate Program Director for the Internal Medicine Training Program since 2004. In 2010, Dr. Lamb was recruited to the position of Associate Dean of Education, Curriculum, and since that time has spent a great deal of time orchestrating the ongoing reform of the new medical school curriculum. Dr. lamb continues to work clinically as a hospitalist within the Division of Inpatient Pediatrics and as an internist in the Division of General Internal Medicine. She is fortunate to have the opportunity to continue to care for patients, to teach medical students and residents both in the classroom and at the bedside, and to be provide leadership for the ever-evolving projects aiming to improve the educational programs as the University of Utah in her roles as a clinician, educator and administrator.

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  • Since her faculty appointment in 2004, Dr. Sara Lamb has been invested in improving the education of residents and students at the University of Utah. She has been a residency program director for the Combined Internal Medicine and Pediatric Training Program and an Associate Program Director for the Internal Medicine Training Program since 2004. In 2010, Dr. Lamb was recruited to the position of Associate Dean of Education, Curriculum, and since that time has spent a great deal of time orchestrating the ongoing reform of the new medical school curriculum. Dr. lamb continues to work clinically as a hospitalist within the Division of Inpatient Pediatrics and as an internist in the Division of General Internal Medicine. She is fortunate to have the opportunity to continue to care for patients, to teach medical students and residents both in the classroom and at the bedside, and to be provide leadership for the ever-evolving projects aiming to improve the educational programs as the University of Utah in her roles as a clinician, educator and administrator.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Internal Medicine -Professor (Clinical)
    Pediatrics -Adjunct Professor
    Academic Divisions General Medicine
    Hospital Medicine

    Education history

    Residency Internal Medicine/Pediatrics - University of Utah School of Medicine Resident
    Internship Internal Medicine/Pediatrics - University of Utah School of Medicine Intern
    Professional Medical Medicine - Michigan State University M.D.
    Undergraduate Biology - Albion College B.A.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Colbert-Getz JM, Good B, Stevenson A, Moore KB, Lamb S (2021). Systems Thinking to Solve Wicked Problems Like Mistreatment. Acad Med, 96(11S), S180-S181. (Read full article)
    2. Van Eck RN, Gullett HL, Lamb SM, Krouse HJ, Mazzurco LW, Lage OG, Lewis JH, Lomis KD (2021). The power of interdependence: Linking health systems, communities, and health professions educational programs to better meet the needs of patients and populations. Med Teach, 43(sup2), S32-S38. (Read full article)
    3. Colbert-Getz J, Chow C, Li M, Weber T, Hannon P, Hammad I, Good B, Bonnett R, Sakaeda M, Robson J, Lamb S (2021). Times of Medical Education Crisis Require New Evaluation Approaches: Proof of Concept of a System-Based Program Evaluation Model. Med Sci Educ, 31(3), 1-6. (Read full article)
    4. Lamb S, Chow C, Lindsley J, Stevenson A, Roussel D, Shaffer K, Samuelson W (2020). Learning from failure: how eliminating required attendance sparked the beginning of a medical school transformation. Perspect Med Educ, 9(5), 314-317. (Read full article)
    5. Lamb SM, Chow CJ, Richards B, Wilson RD, Hobson-Rohrer W (2020). Coached Peer Review: Beneficial for Early Career Faculty, Not Just Learners. Acad Med, 95(4), 490-491. (Read full article)
    6. Jensen RL, Alzhrani G, Kestle JRW, Brockmeyer DL, Lamb SM, Couldwell WT (2017). Neurosurgeon as educator: a review of principles of adult education and assessment applied to neurosurgery. J Neurosurg, 127(4), 949-957. (Read full article)
    7. Colbert-Getz JM, Baumann S, Shaffer K, Lamb S, Lindsley JE, Rainey R, Randall K, Roussel D, Stevenson A, Cianciolo AT, Maines T, OBrien B, Westerman M (2016). What's in a Transition? An Integrative Perspective on Transitions in Medical Education. Teach Learn Med, 28(4), 347-352. (Read full article)

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