Michael O’Brien

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Michael O’Brien is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael O’Brien has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 7 papers in General Health Professions and 6 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Michael O’Brien's work include Innovations in Medical Education (11 papers), Surgical Simulation and Training (5 papers) and Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare (5 papers). Michael O’Brien is often cited by papers focused on Innovations in Medical Education (11 papers), Surgical Simulation and Training (5 papers) and Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare (5 papers). Michael O’Brien collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Michael O’Brien's co-authors include Richard M. Satava, Sanziana A. Roman, Anthony G. Gallagher, Neal E. Seymour, Dana K. Andersen, Vipin Bansal, Stephen D. Mellalieu, Sheldon Hanton, Michael P. Marks and David Tong and has published in prestigious journals such as Neurology, Annals of Surgery and Journal of Neurophysiology.

In The Last Decade

Michael O’Brien

28 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Virtual Reality Training Improves Operating Room Performance

2002 2.1k citations Neal E. Seymour, Anthony G. Gallagher et al. Annals of Surgery profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael O’Brien United States	13	1.9k	1.2k	656	494	462	31	3.0k
Steven D. Schwaitzberg United States	33	2.4k 1.2×	798 0.7×	380 0.6×	495 1.0×	339 0.7×	209	3.8k
Neal E. Seymour United States	25	3.3k 1.7×	1.6k 1.3×	1.1k 1.7×	694 1.4×	670 1.5×	92	4.2k
Alison H. McGregor United Kingdom	43	1.7k 0.9×	1.6k 1.3×	286 0.4×	363 0.7×	187 0.4×	246	6.0k
Adam Dubrowski Canada	35	2.5k 1.3×	1.2k 1.0×	1.6k 2.5×	1.5k 3.1×	312 0.7×	291	4.9k
Li Felländer‐Tsai Sweden	35	2.0k 1.0×	770 0.6×	582 0.9×	412 0.8×	252 0.5×	128	3.5k
Bin Zheng Canada	29	1.3k 0.7×	779 0.6×	223 0.3×	256 0.5×	381 0.8×	174	2.7k
Dimitri J. Anastakis Canada	30	1.9k 1.0×	566 0.5×	348 0.5×	436 0.9×	136 0.3×	70	2.7k
Yaron Munz United Kingdom	29	2.1k 1.1×	1.0k 0.8×	600 0.9×	459 0.9×	335 0.7×	49	2.8k
Fernando Bello United Kingdom	25	1.6k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	447 0.7×	363 0.7×	504 1.1×	154	3.0k
C. Daniel Smith United States	35	4.3k 2.3×	989 0.8×	676 1.0×	357 0.7×	368 0.8×	88	4.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael O’Brien

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael O’Brien

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Hall, Andrew K., et al.. (2025). Simulation education in the age of competency-based medical education: a study of the use of simulation-based education in Canadian emergency medicine programs. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. 27(8). 605–613.

Humphrey‐Murto, Susan, et al.. (2024). Current use of simulation for EPA assessment in emergency medicine. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. 26(3). 179–187. 2 indexed citations

O’Brien, Michael, et al.. (2020). Relationship between ratings of performance in the simulated and workplace environments among emergency medicine residents. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. 22(6). 811–818. 10 indexed citations

Thoma, Brent, Andrew K. Hall, Timothy Chaplin, et al.. (2020). Development of a national, standardized simulation case template. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. 22(6). 822–824. 4 indexed citations

Chaplin, Timothy, Brent Thoma, Andrew Petrosoniak, et al.. (2019). Simulation-based research in emergency medicine in Canada: Priorities and perspectives. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. 22(1). 103–111. 14 indexed citations

Rizzolo, Lawrence J., et al.. (2011). Effectiveness of a shortened, clinically engaged anatomy course for physician assistant students. Anatomical Sciences Education. 4(2). 64–70. 9 indexed citations

O’Brien, Michael, Michael Kolb, Terrence J. Connolly, J. Christopher McWilliams, & Karen Sutherland. (2010). Early chemical development at Legacy Wyeth Research. Drug Discovery Today. 16(1-2). 81–88. 4 indexed citations

Rizzolo, Lawrence J., et al.. (2010). Design, implementation, and evaluation of an innovative anatomy course. Anatomical Sciences Education. 3(3). 109–120. 82 indexed citations

Rizzolo, Lawrence J., William Stewart, Michael O’Brien, et al.. (2006). Design principles for developing an efficient clinical anatomy course. Medical Teacher. 28(2). 142–151. 46 indexed citations

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Mellalieu, Stephen D., Sheldon Hanton, & Michael O’Brien. (2006). THE EFFECTS OF GOAL SETTING ON RUGBY PERFORMANCE. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. 39(2). 257–261. 33 indexed citations

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Oldenburg, Brian, Paul Kelly, Colin MacDougall, et al.. (2005). Building Capacity to Improve Public Health In Australia: Case Studies of Academic Engagement. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 18(11). 1–120. 3 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Michael, Sheldon Hanton, & Stephen D. Mellalieu. (2005). Intensity and direction of competitive anxiety as a function of goal attainment expectation and competition goal generation. Journal of science and medicine in sport. 8(4). 423–432. 10 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Michael, et al.. (2005). Control of Joint Rotations in Overarm Throws of Different Speeds Made by Dominant and Nondominant Arms. Journal of Neurophysiology. 94(6). 3975–3986. 31 indexed citations

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Mellalieu, Stephen D., Sheldon Hanton, & Michael O’Brien. (2004). Intensity and direction of competitive anxiety as a function of sport type and experience. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. 14(5). 326–334. 109 indexed citations

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Hanton, Sheldon, Michael O’Brien, & Stephen D. Mellalieu. (2003). Individual differences, perceived control and competitive trait anxiety.. Journal of sport behavior. 26(1). 39–55. 31 indexed citations

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Seymour, Neal E., Anthony G. Gallagher, Sanziana A. Roman, et al.. (2002). Virtual Reality Training Improves Operating Room Performance. Annals of Surgery. 236(4). 458–464. 2115 indexed citations breakdown →

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O’Brien, Michael, et al.. (1998). ‘Not too much, not too little, but just enough?’. Public Health. 112(4). 211–215. 6 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Michael, et al.. (1985). Market research into part time training: consumers' views and regional variations.. BMJ. 291(6510). 1736–1738. 5 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Michael & Shriraam Mahadevan. (1980). Clinical research and its ethical control.. PubMed. 76(2). 54–8. 1 indexed citations

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Cartwright, A., et al.. (1976). Some methodological problems in studying consultations in general practice.. PubMed. 26(173). 894–906. 13 indexed citations

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