Scholars@Duke
April Loehmer Stouder

April Loehmer Stouder

Associate Professor in Family Medicine and Community Health
Family Medicine and Community Health, Physician Assistant Program
april.stouder@duke.edu
DUMC Box 104780, Durham, NC 27710
DUMC 104780, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Publications

Burnout, Personal, and Occupational Factors as Predictors of Physician Assistant Faculty Intent to Leave After the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Journal Article J Physician Assist Educ · September 1, 2024 INTRODUCTION: This study addressed whether burnout, personal, or occupational factors predicted physician assistant (PA) faculty intent to leave and established a new postpandemic national benchmark for PA faculty burnout and intent to leave. METHODS: In s ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

A novel curriculum to train physician assistant students how to write effective discharge summaries.

Journal Article Med Educ Online · December 2019 Background: Physician assistants (PAs) are an integral part of inpatient care teams, but many PAs do not receive formal education on authoring discharge summaries. High-quality discharge summaries can mitigate patient risk during transitions of care by imp ... Full text Link to item Cite

Advocacy in Action

Internet Publication · March 15, 2018 Link to item Cite

A Program's Analysis of Communication Methods With Clinical Preceptors.

Journal Article J Physician Assist Educ · March 2018 PURPOSE: Preceptors value communication with physician assistant (PA) educational programs. This study describes preceptors' perspectives about one PA program's established and new communication strategies to promote preceptor development and retention. ME ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Caring for breast cancer survivors in primary care.

Journal Article JAAPA · October 2016 Women with a history of breast cancer compose the largest group of cancer survivors. Physician assistants and nurse practitioners can play a key role in caring for cancer survivors in primary care settings. This article provides a brief overview and synthe ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Clinical Coordinators Connect for Success

Internet Publication · August 17, 2016 Link to item Cite

Satisfaction guaranteed? An analysis of lecturer characteristics associated with physician assistant student satisfaction.

Other The journal of physician assistant education : the official journal of the Physician Assistant Education Association · 2012 Cite

Protein microarray analysis of mammary epithelial cells from obese and nonobese women at high risk for breast cancer: feasibility data.

Journal Article Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev · March 2011 Featured Publication BACKGROUND: Obesity is a well-established risk factor for cancer, accounting for up to 20% of cancer deaths in women. Studies of women with breast cancer have shown obesity to be associated with an increased risk of dying from breast cancer and increased r ... Full text Link to item Cite

Breast self-examination: defining a cohort still in need.

Journal Article Am J Surg · October 2009 Featured Publication BACKGROUND: The value of breast self-examination (BSE) to detect early breast cancer is controversial. METHODS: Within an institutional review board-approved prospective study, 147 high-risk women were enrolled from 2004 to 2007. Yearly clinical examinatio ... Full text Link to item Cite

Reproducibility of random periareolar fine needle aspiration in a multi-institutional Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) cross-sectional study.

Journal Article Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev · May 2009 Featured Publication BACKGROUND: Random periareolar fine needle aspiration (RPFNA) is a research technique developed to assess short-term breast cancer risk in women at increased risk of breast cancer. Although there is increasing acceptance of RPFNA, neither the reproducibili ... Full text Link to item Cite