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Joseph Augustus Jackson

Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatrics, General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health
DUMC 3675, Durham, NC 27710
234 Crooked Creek Parkway, Suite 110, Durham, NC 27713

Selected Publications


Promotion Criteria for Medical Educators: Are We Climbing a Ladder with Invisible Rungs?

Journal Article Acad Pediatr · 2024 OBJECTIVE: In 2006 the Association of American Medical Colleges recommended standardization of documentation of the contributions of medical educators and guidelines for their academic promotion. The authors characterized current United States (US) medical ... Full text Link to item Cite

Shame at the Gates of Medicine: A Hermeneutic Exploration of Premedical Students' Experiences of Shame.

Journal Article Acad Med · June 1, 2023 PURPOSE: Little is known about the nature of shame in students attempting to enter medical school, despite its potential to impact well-being and professional identity formation during training. In this study, the authors used hermeneutic phenomenology to ... Full text Link to item Cite

When medical practice meets medical myth: confronting misinformation in the clinical encounter

Chapter · October 15, 2022 "The book, written from the e-Health literacy perspective, is unique in its nuanced approach to misinformation. ... Cite

Can We Ensure That Workshops Are Effective in Their Goal? Impact of a National Education Workshop on Participants’ Subsequent Scholarship

Journal Article Medical Science Educator · April 1, 2022 Medical education conferences offer practical workshops to facilitate physicians’ lifelong learning. Little is known about integration of workshop material after conferences. We sought to evaluate the application of workshop content focused on scholarly pu ... Full text Cite

Collecting Validity Evidence: A Hands-on Workshop for Medical Education Assessment Instruments.

Journal Article MedEdPORTAL · April 12, 2019 INTRODUCTION: There is an increasing call for developing validity evidence in medical education assessment. The literature lacks a practical resource regarding an actual development process. Our workshop teaches how to apply principles of validity evidence ... Full text Link to item Cite

The role of the primary care provider in long-term counseling: Establishing a therapeutic alliance with the child and family

Chapter · January 1, 2018 The primary care provider has a challenging yet important role in the prevention, screening, and management of childhood obesity. The therapeutic alliance describes a trusted relationship between the provider, patient, and family in which nonjudgmental and ... Full text Cite

The Primary Care Leadership Track at the Duke University School of Medicine: creating change agents to improve population health.

Journal Article Acad Med · October 2014 PROBLEM: Physicians need training in community engagement, leadership, and population health to prepare them to work with partners within the community and to adapt medical care to address population health needs. APPROACH: With an overall goal of training ... Full text Link to item Cite