Sara M. Lamb
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Sara M. Lamb, MD

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Primary Location

Primary Children's Hospital

100 N Mario Capecchi Drive
Salt Lake City , UT 84113
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.

Specialties

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 Hospital Medicine
General Medicine

Education history

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

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Lamb SM, Chow CJ, Richards B, Wilson RD, Hobson-Rohrer (2020). Coached Peer Review: Beneficial for Early Career Faculty, Not Just Learners. Academic medicine, 95(4), 490-491.
  2. Jensen RL, Alzhrani G, Kestle JRW, Brockmeyer DL, Lamb SM, Couldwell W (2017). Neurosurgeon as educator: a review of principles of adult education and assessment applied to neurosurgery. Journal of neurosurgery, 127(4), 949-957.
  3. Colbert-Getz JM, Baumann S, Shaffer K, Lamb S, Lindsley JE, Rainey R, Randall K, Roussel D, Stevenson A, Cianciolo AT, Maines T, O'Brien B, Westerman (2016). What's in a Transition? An Integrative Perspective on Transitions in Medical Education. Teaching and learning in medicine, 28(4), 347-352.
  4. Lamb S, Chow C, Lindsley J, Stevenson A, Roussel D, Shaffer K, Samuelson (2020). Learning from failure: how eliminating required attendance sparked the beginning of a medical school transformation. Perspectives on medical education, 9(5), 314-317.
  5. Van Eck RN, Gullett HL, Lamb SM, Krouse HJ, Mazzurco LW, Lage OG, Lewis JH, Lomis K (2021). The power of interdependence: Linking health systems, communities, and health professions educational programs to better meet the needs of patients and populations. Medical teacher, 43(sup2), S32-S38.
  6. Colbert-Getz JM, Good B, Stevenson A, Moore KB, Lamb (2021). Systems Thinking to Solve Wicked Problems Like Mistreatment. Academic medicine, 96(11S), S180-S181.
  7. Colbert-Getz J, Chow C, Li M, Weber T, Hannon P, Hammad I, Good B, Bonnett R, Sakaeda M, Robson J, Lamb (2021). Times of Medical Education Crisis Require New Evaluation Approaches: Proof of Concept of a System-Based Program Evaluation Model. Medical science educator, 31(3), 1-6.
  8. Shaffer K, Lamb SM, Chow C (2026). Inside Out: The Influence of Identity, Context and Time on Faculty Motivation and Engagement. The clinical teacher, 23(1), e70280.
  9. Gordon LJ, Shaffer K, Finn GM, Lamb S, Brown MEL, Chow (2025). The Unique Possibilities of Longitudinal Qualitative Research in Health Professions Education. The clinical teacher, 22(4), e70126.
  10. Drum B, Shi J, Peterson B, Lamb S, Hurdle JF, Gradick (2023). Using Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning to Identify Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Values in Applications. Academic medicine, 98(11), 1278-1282.
  11. Lappé K, O'Donohoe J, Bonnett R, Colbert-Getz J, Campbell H, Hastings K, Brownson KE, Lamb S, Chow (2026). Medical Student Perceptions of Psychological Safety in the Clinical Learning Environment. The clinical teacher, 23(2), e70342.

Review

  1. Drum B, Lamb S, Gradick (2023). Values-Based Resident Selection in an Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program. Journal of general internal medicine, 38(6), 1410-1416.

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