KIPRIME podcast episode 1 - Julián Varas Cohen
Rethinking Feedback: Connecting Learners and Educators Through Simulation - An Interview with Dr Julián Varas Cohen
In this first episode of Season Four of the KIPRIME podcast, Alina Jenkins speaks with Dr Julián Varas Cohen, a surgeon and Associate Professor at the Catholic University of Chile in Santiago, Chile. He leads simulation-based medical education research, using remote asynchronous feedback to accelerate healthcare skill acquisition.
He has developed and validated various training methodologies, reaching over 40,000 trainees across 1,000 skill-based disciplines (surgery, nursing, gastronomy, and engineering) in 13 countries. He now integrates AI to enhance teaching and scale accessibility to high-quality training.
He has partnered with over 20 institutions, like MUHAS in Tanzania and UCSF, to expand high-quality, evidence-based training throughout America and Africa. His mission is to promote equitable access to simulation education and mentor the next generation of clinician-educators.
Their conversation delves into the power of feedback and how it helps learners grow, how technology is changing the way it’s delivered, and why creating equitable access to medical training remains at the heart of his mission.
Production team
A production from the Unit for Teaching and Learning.
Host and editor: Alina Jenkins
Executive producer: Jonas Nordquist
Web: Miriam Mosesson