Sandrijn van Schaik, MD, PhD

Sandrijn M. van Schaik, MD PhD is Professor of Clinical Pediatrics with a clinical appointment in the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at UCSF. She is the inaugural Baum Family Presidential Chair for Experiential Learning and serves as the Education Director of UCSF’s Simulation Center. She is also the Director of Faculty Development for the Learning and Caring Environment in the Center for Faculty Educators at UCSF and Vice-Chair for Education in the Department of Pediatrics. Dr. van Schaik earned her medical degree at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She earned a PhD degree studying the pathogenesis of Respiratory Syncytial Virus infection at the University of Utrecht, The Netherlands. She completed pediatric residency at the Floating Hospital, Tufts University, Boston followed by Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship training at UCSF. She completed the Teaching Scholar Program followed by a 2-year Medical Education Research Fellowship at UCSF, and was subsequently selected for the Josiah Macy Jr Foundation Faculty Scholar program. Her educational research focuses on interprofessional collaboration and communication, simulation, and faculty development. In 2020, she was selected as inaugural member to the National Academy for Distinguished Educators in Pediatrics in the Academic Pediatric Association.
Education
2017 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California
2008 - Teaching Scholars Program, University of California
2006 - Pediatric Critical Care, University of California
2003 - Pediatrics, Tufts University/Floating Hospital for Children
PhD, 2000 - RSV disease, University of Utrecht
M.D., 1993 - School of Medicine, University of Amsterdam
Honors and Awards
  • National Academy of Distinguished Educators in Pediatrics, Academic Pediatric Association, 2020
  • Baum Family Presidential Chair for Experiential Learning, University of California, 2018
  • University of California San Francisco Excellence and Innovation Award in Graduate Medical Education, University of California San Francisco, 2016
  • University of California San Francisco Pathways Program Mentoring Award, University of California San Francisco, 2016
  • Pediatric Fellows Leadership and Advocacy Group (FLAG) Leadership Award, University of California San Francisco, 2013
  • Faculty Scholarship Award, Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, 2012
  • Department of Pediatrics Faculty Teaching Award, University of California San Francisco, 2009
  • Exceptional Physician Award, University of California San Francisco, 2006
Websites

  1. Andler C, Daya S, Kowalek K, Boscardin C, van Schaik SM. E-ASSESS: Creating an EPA Assessment Tool for Structured Simulated Emergency Scenarios. Journal of graduate medical education 2020. PMID: 32322347


  2. Sheu L, Hauer KE, Schreiner K, van Schaik SM, Chang A, O'Brien BC. "A Friendly Place to Grow as an Educator": A Qualitative Study of Community and Relationships Among Medical Student Coaches. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2020. PMID: 31348059


  3. Ju M, van Schaik SM. Effect of Professional Background and Gender on Residents' Perceptions of Leadership. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2019. PMID: 31365402


  4. van Schaik SM, Chang A, Fogh S, Haehn M, Lyndon A, O'Brien B, O'Sullivan P, Ranji S, Rosenbluth G, Sehgal N, Tabas J, Baron RB. Jump-Starting Faculty Development in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Education: A Team-Based Approach. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2019. PMID: 31663959


  5. Hauer KE, Boscardin C, Brenner JM, van Schaik SM, Papp KK. Twelve tips for assessing medical knowledge with open-ended questions: Designing constructed response examinations in medical education. Medical teacher 2019. PMID: 31282798


  6. van Schaik SM, Reeves SA, Headrick LA. Exemplary Learning Environments for the Health Professions: A Vision. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2019. PMID: 30844927


  7. Meeks L, Richards A, Chang A, van Schaik S. Working with students with disabilities: simulation-based faculty development. Medical education 2017. PMID: 29024147


  8. Patel T, Schwan K, Hoover S, O'Hollaren A, Sadat S, Siu A, Bains T, van Schaik S. Doing More With Less: A Centralized Model for Fellowship Program Coordination. Journal of graduate medical education 2017. PMID: 28824770


  9. van Schaik SM, Regehr G, Eva KW, Irby DM, O'Sullivan PS. Perceptions of Peer-to-Peer Interprofessional Feedback Among Students in the Health Professions. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2016. PMID: 26556298


  10. Madigosky W, van Schaik S. Context matters: groupthink and outcomes of health care teams. Medical education 2016. PMID: 26995474


  11. van Schaik SM, O'Sullivan PS, Eva KW, Irby DM, Regehr G. Does source matter? Nurses' and Physicians' perceptions of interprofessional feedback. Medical education 2016. PMID: 26812997


  12. Vesel TP, O'Brien BC, Henry DM, van Schaik SM. Useful but Different: Resident Physician Perceptions of Interprofessional Feedback. Teaching and learning in medicine 2016. PMID: 27064716


  13. Shaw-Battista J, Belew C, Anderson D, van Schaik S. Successes and Challenges of Interprofessional Physiologic Birth and Obstetric Emergency Simulations in a Nurse-Midwifery Education Program. Journal of midwifery & women's health 2015. PMID: 26624963


  14. van Schaik S, O'Brien B. More chickens, fewer eggs? On team-based learning, team performance and teamwork skills. Medical education 2015. PMID: 25800291


  15. Kornblith AE, van Schaik S, Reynolds T. Useful but not used: pediatric critical care physician views on bedside ultrasound. Pediatric emergency care 2015. PMID: 25706921


  16. van Schaik SM, O'Brien BC, Almeida SA, Adler SR. Perceptions of interprofessional teamwork in low-acuity settings: a qualitative analysis. Medical education 2014. PMID: 24807434


  17. Burman NJ, Boscardin CK, Van Schaik SM. Career-long learning: relationship between cognitive and metacognitive skills. Medical teacher 2014. PMID: 24796358


  18. van Schaik S, Plant J, O'Sullivan P. Promoting self-directed learning through portfolios in undergraduate medical education: the mentors' perspective. Medical teacher 2012. PMID: 23102105


  19. Reeves S, van Schaik S. Simulation: a panacea for interprofessional learning? Journal of interprofessional care 2012. PMID: 22524159


  20. Plant JL, Corden M, Mourad M, O'Brien BC, van Schaik SM. Understanding self-assessment as an informed process: residents' use of external information for self-assessment of performance in simulated resuscitations. Advances in health sciences education : theory and practice 2012. PMID: 22419435


  21. Aramburo A, van Schaik S, Louie J, Boston E, Messenger S, Wright C, Lawrence Drew W. Role of real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction for detection of respiratory viruses in critically ill children with respiratory disease: Is it time for a change in algorithm? Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies 2011. PMID: 20711084


  22. van Schaik SM, Plant J, Diane S, Tsang L, O'Sullivan P. Interprofessional team training in pediatric resuscitation: a low-cost, in situ simulation program that enhances self-efficacy among participants. Clinical pediatrics 2011. PMID: 21525088


  23. Plant JL, van Schaik SM, Sliwka DC, Boscardin CK, O'Sullivan PS. Validation of a self-efficacy instrument and its relationship to performance of crisis resource management skills. Advances in health sciences education : theory and practice 2011. PMID: 21264508


  24. van Schaik SM, Von Kohorn I, O'Sullivan P. Pediatric resident confidence in resuscitation skills relates to mock code experience. Clinical pediatrics 2008. PMID: 18474898


  25. van Schaik SM, Abbas AK. Role of T cells in a murine model of Escherichia coli sepsis. European journal of immunology 2007. PMID: 17948264


  26. Verhave M, Krasinski SD, Christian SI, Van Schaik S, Van Den Brink GR, Doting EM, Maas SM, Wolthers KC, Grand RJ, Montgomery RK. Regulatory regions in the rat lactase-phlorizin hydrolase gene that control cell-specific expression. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2004. PMID: 15319629


  27. van Schaik SM, Obot N, Enhorning G, Hintz K, Gross K, Hancock GE, Stack AM, Welliver RC. Role of interferon gamma in the pathogenesis of primary respiratory syncytial virus infection in BALB/c mice. Journal of medical virology 2000. PMID: 11002257


  28. van Schaik SM, Welliver RC, Kimpen JL. Novel pathways in the pathogenesis of respiratory syncytial virus disease. Pediatric pulmonology 2000. PMID: 10922135


  29. van Schaik SM, Tristram DA, Nagpal IS, Hintz KM, Welliver RC, Welliver RC. Increased production of IFN-gamma and cysteinyl leukotrienes in virus-induced wheezing. The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 1999. PMID: 10200012


  30. Sayos J, Wu C, Morra M, Wang N, Zhang X, Allen D, van Schaik S, Notarangelo L, Geha R, Roncarolo MG, Oettgen H, De Vries JE, Aversa G, Terhorst C. The X-linked lymphoproliferative-disease gene product SAP regulates signals induced through the co-receptor SLAM. Nature 1998. PMID: 9774102


  31. Enhorning G, van Schaik S, Lundgren C, Vargas I. Whole-body plethysmography, does it measure tidal volume of small animals? Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology 1998. PMID: 10100875


  32. Currie WD, van Schaik S, Vargas I, Enhorning G. Breathing and pulmonary surfactant function in mice 24 h after ozone exposure. The European respiratory journal 1998. PMID: 9727776


  33. van Schaik SM, Enhorning G, Vargas I, Welliver RC. Respiratory syncytial virus affects pulmonary function in BALB/c mice. The Journal of infectious diseases 1998. PMID: 9466511


  34. Currie WD, van Schaik SM, Vargas I, Enhorning G. Ozone affects breathing and pulmonary surfactant function in mice. Toxicology 1998. PMID: 9585097


  35. Van Schaik SM, Vargas I, Welliver RC, Enhorning G. Surfactant dysfunction develops in BALB/c mice infected with respiratory syncytial virus. Pediatric research 1997. PMID: 9262218


  36. van Loon FP, Van Schaik S, Banik AK, Ahmed T, Zaman A, Kay BA. Clostridium perfringens type C in bloody and watery diarrhea in Bangladesh. Tropical and geographical medicine 1990. PMID: 2260208