The Better Lab

Amazing job by @UCSFSurgery @UCSFGSResidency Dr. @hdecker731 sharing our early work with Project REACH - a partnership btw @SF_DPH WPIC & @ZSFGCare Surgery to improve surgical care access for people experiencing homelessness. Meeting people where they are, safely 🤲 #ACSQSC25

Noon PT today! @TheBetterLab @AmCollSurgeon @NCSP_UCSF

An incredible day of design to support trauma informed care for firearm injured people @TempleHealth @templemedschool @TempleTrauma! Thank you @healy_em @TheBetterLab @TheScottCharles for your partnership and to @ahephl for support. So many great ideas and so much ❤️!!

⁦@UCSFSurgery⁩ ⁦@amanda_sammann⁩ comes to ⁦@TempleHealth⁩ ⁦@TempleTrauma⁩ for collaborative design to support trauma informed care ❤️ ⁦@TheBetterLab⁩ ⁦@UCSFGSResidency⁩ ⁦@Oresanya_SurgEd⁩

📢Join us this Wednesday, April 5th at 2pm PT/ 5pm ET for our next #DesignWednesdays journal club with @rdietkus to discuss trauma-informed practices in design research and practice! RSVP link in bio or DM us. #traumainformed #humancentereddesign #designresearch

2/2 In September 2022, Dr. Sammann and Willow partnered with @UCSFGSResidency alum @jessicahbeard and @PCGVR to use human-centered design methods to develop “prototypes” (solutions) to advance empathetic, ethical and impactful journalism around gun violence in Philadelphia👇

1/2‼️Trauma Surgeon Dr. @amanda_sammann and her mentee Willow Frye (they/them) @willow_learns use human-centered design to develop novel strategies at @TheBetterLab to improve healthcare delivery and address health inequities in and out of the hospital👇

@UCI_Trauma @UCIrvineSurgery lucky to have ⭐️ surgeon and healthcare human-centered design trailblazer Dr. Amanda Sammann of @UCSFSurgery & founder of the Better Lab. Everyone should invite her for grand rounds!! @Jasosamd @JoeC_TraumaDoc @TraumaDocSF thebetterlab.org/about/

Truly unique, critical and outstanding work that is improving care delivery, team interactions, and outcome! We are truly fortunate to have Dr. Sammann as part of @UCSFSurgery @ZSFGCare

Big News‼️The Wraparound Project at @ZSFGCare has awarded a $3.77 million California Violence & Prevention (CalVIP) Grant to Drs. @amanda_sammann & Rebecca Plevin @rplevin, both of @UCSFSurgery, and Drs. Nancy Anaya & Lauren Chalwell, Department of Emergency Medicine @ucsfdem🥳

...is up to the task!

Finishing up a powerful week generating ideas to redesign end-of-life care for patients with dementia . Considering the complexity of their journey - and of their caregivers - is humbling but the ingenuity of @UCLA @UCLAHealth and @LizDzeng

@jessicahbeard @TempleTrauma @TempleSurgery @UCSFMedicine @ucsfccm @ZSFGCare @UCSFSurgery

@jessicahbeard @TempleTrauma @TempleSurgery @UCSFMedicine @ucsfccm @ZSFGCare

Sharing our gratitude for the invitation to support this critical work to collaborate with community advocates, journalists, and public health professionals to move the conversation on gun violence reporting forward!

@UCSFSurgery @MiNunez95 @AnyaGreenberg10 @UCSF @UCSFMedicine @UCSFDOM @UCSFODO @FilipinoSurgeon @HPB_Surgeon @TraumaDocSF @UCSFHospitals @PheoSurgeon @UCSFGSResidency Very proud of @willow_learns and their contributions to bringing human-centered design research to the field of surgery!

‼️Announcing Miguel Nunez @MiNunez95, Willow Frye, Anya Greenberg @AnyaGreenberg10, and Joey Lew as the 4⃣ Recipients of our Inaugural Awards for Sub-interns in Surgery👏🥳

Kicking off @acsTrauma pilot training in trauma-informed care with our first session with @TempleSurgRes. @miranda_haslam teaches us about trauma, trauma-informed care and the beloved community. @TempleTrauma @TempleHealth @rochelleami9 @RandiSmithMD @healy_em

Appreciative of the Better Gun Violence Reporting Workshop #pcgvr22 at Wyck House in #Philly this week. Here are some snaps of collective work to improve news coverage @pcgvr @TheBetterLab Meeting took place a day after four teens were shot at football scrimmage; 1 victim died

@_cnschmidt Congratulations!!! It has been a pleasure to work with you and we are rooting for you in #Match2023!

Submitted my application for #Match2023 AND one of my passion papers on improving perinatal care for families affected by addiction. A great day for this future #OBGYN #obgyntwitter

#BGVR22 brainstorming solutions for how to create episodic stories with multiple sources ⁦@TheBetterLab⁩ ⁦@PCGVR⁩