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April Loehmer Stouder

Associate Professor in Family Medicine and Community Health
Family Medicine and Community Health, Physician Assistant Program
DUMC Box 104780, Durham, NC 27710
DUMC 104780, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Presentations & Appearances


Improving Clinical Rotation Accessibility - We Can Do Better - PA Education Association National Conference · October 2024 Lecture PAEA, Washington, DC
Predictors of PA Faculty Intent to Leave Following the Pandemic - PA Education Association National Conference · October 2024 Other PAEA, Washington, DC
COVID-19 Pandemic Fallout: Predictors of PA Faculty Intent to Leave - PA Education Association National Conference · October 2024 Lecture PAEA, Washington, DC
Student Accommodations - Supporting Struggling Learners in the Health Sciences · 2024 Invited Talk Mount St. Joseph University Faculty Learning Community, Cincinnati, OH
Reasonable Accommodations in PA Education - Keeping an Open Mind - PAEA Annual Forum · 2023 Lecture PAEA, New Orleans, LA
PAs Go Beyond: From Clinic to Classroom to Beyond - AAPA Impact, National Conference · 2023 Lecture AAPA, Nashville, TN
Burnout, Personal, and Occupational Factors as Predictors of PA Faculty Intent to Leave Following the COVID-19 Pandemic - Education Day Poster Presentation · 2023 Other Duke AHEAD, Durham, NC
Ready to Educate? Demystifying the Transition to Academia - AAPA Impact, National Conference · May 2022 Lecture AAPA, Indianapolis, Indiana
Physician Assistant Admissions - Winter 2022 Case Studies Presenter · 2022 Invited Talk National Association of Advisors for the Health Professions, Virtual Event
Strategies for Managing Student Attrition and Dismissal - PAEA Forum, National Conference · 2021 Other PAEA, Virtual Conference
LGBTQ Health Elective - Poster Presentation · November 2020 Other PAEA, Virtual Conference
LGBTQ Health Elective - Poster Presentation · May 2020 Other AAPA, Virtual Conference
LGBTQ Health Elective - Poster Presentation · February 2020 Other NCAPA, Raleigh, NC
We Will Survive & Thrive! Avoiding Burnout of Clinical Educators - panel discussion · 2019 Invited Talk PAEA, Washington, DC
Opportunities for Engagement in PA Education - Breakout session · 2019 Invited Talk Duke PA Summit, Durham, NC
The Long Haul: Longitudinal Rotations in Rural Underserved Areas - panel discussion · 2018 Invited Talk PAEA, Anaheim, CA
Are You Ready? What You Need to Know about Making the Transition to Academia - panel discussion · 2018 Invited Talk AAPA, New Orleans, LA
It's a Team Sport: Teaching Non-Physician Learners - 5th Annual Duke Health Preceptor Workshop · 2016 Invited Talk Duke School of Nursing, Durham, NC
Underserved Community Scholars - A New Model for Rotations - Poster Presentation · 2016 Invited Talk PAEA, Minneapolis, MN
Preceptor Remediation - Deploy Your LifeRAFT! - PAEA National Conference · 2016 Invited Talk Minneapolis, MN
Time to Make Up or Break Up? Preceptor Remediation - PAEA National Conference · 2015 Invited Talk Washington, DC
Data Speaks! Documenting Teaching Excellence for Clinical Educators - PAEA National Conference · 2015 Invited Talk Washington, DC
Electronic Health Records: The New Nemesis of Clinical Coordinators? - Annual Forum · 2014 Invited Talk Physician Assistant Education Association, Philadelphia, PA
Friends With Benefits: Collaboration Opportunities in Physician Assistant Education - Annual Forum · 2014 Invited Talk Physician Assistant Education Association, Philadelphia, PA
Highs & Lows in Hematology - Annual Conference, IMPACT 2014 · 2014 Invited Talk American Academy of Physician Assistants, Boston, MA
Satisfaction Guaranteed? An Analysis of Lecturer Characteristics Associated with Physician Assistant Student Satisfaction - Annual Conference, IMPACT 2013 · 2013 Other American Academy of Physician Assistants, Washington, DC
Hematology Review - Winter PANCE Recertification Annual Conference · 2012 - 2020 Invited Talk North Carolina Academy of Physician Assistants, Raleigh, NC

Outreach & Engaged Scholarship


Panelist - Mentoring to Increase Access to Health Professions (MAP) Program · 2024 Community Outreach Duke School fo Nursing , Duke SON
Panelist - DPAP & the PAC: Talk with Duke Faculty and Students · 2021 Community Outreach The Physician Assistants of Color , Virtual Event
PA Advocate - Capitol Hill Legislative Visit · 2018 Advocacy AAPA , Leadership & Advocacy Summit
PA Advocate - PA Day at the NC General Assembly · 2016 - 2024 Advocacy NCAPA , NC General Assembly

Service to the Profession


Member - Faculty Development Mission Advancement Committee · January 2024 Committee Service PAEA,
Peer Reviewer - Journal of Occupational Therapy · 2024 Editorial Activities
Accreditation Site Visitor · November 2023 Other ARC-PA,
Peer Reviewer · March 2022 Editorial Activities Journal of PA Education,
Delegate for North Carolina - AAPA House of Delegates · 2020 Other AAPA,
Vice President · January 2019 - December 2020 Event/Organization Administration NCAPA Board of Directors,
Chair - Education Programming Steering Committee · May 2018 - March 2024 Committee Service PAEA,
Chair - Education Development Panel Subcommittee · January 2016 - December 2020 Committee Service NCAPA,
Member - Conference Council · January 2016 - December 2017 Committee Service PAEA,

Interim Chair, starting Sept 1 2017

Director-at-Large - Board of Directors · January 2015 - December 2018 Other North Carolina Academy of Physician Assistants,
Facilitator - PANDO Workshop - Basic Clinical Coordinator & Advanced Clinical Coordinator · 2014 - 2018 Other Physician Assistant Education Association,

Lead Faculty starting in 2017

Service to Duke


Admissions Taskforce, Chair (Program) · December 2023 Committee Service Duke PA Program,
Academic Progress Committee (Founding Chair) (Program) · July 2022 Committee Service PA Program,

Founding chair

2027 Advancement Commission (Program) · 2022 Committee Service Duke PA Program, Strategic Planning,
5 Year Neurology Departmental Review Committee (University) · 2019 Committee Service
FMCH DEI Committee (Department) · 2019 - 2021 Committee Service
General Faculty Search Committee (Division) · 2018 Committee Service Duke PA Program,
Director of Assessment & Evaluation Faculty Search Committee (Chair) (Division) · 2014 - 2015 Committee Service Duke PA Program,
CFM - Clinical Education Committee, Chair starting 2016 (Department) · 2010 - 2016 Committee Service

Chair, 2016 - present

Progress & Promotions Committee (Chair 2015-16) (Division) · 2009 - 2021 Committee Service Duke PA Program,
Curriculum Committee (Division) · 2009 - 2021 Committee Service Duke PA Program,
Admissions Committee, Chair as of June 2018 (Division) · 2009 - 2021 Committee Service Duke PA Program,

Academic & Administrative Activities


Disability Services Liaison with SDAO for PA Program (2018 - Present)
Graduate & Professional Student Advising Council (2018- Present)

Clinical Activities


Volunteer at TROSA Medical Clinic (2018 - Present)