Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor in Family Medicine and Community Health
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2021 - Present
Family Medicine and Community Health, Family Medicine,
Family Medicine and Community Health
Recent Publications
Validity Evidence for Using Virtual, Interactive Patient Encounters to Teach and Assess Clinical Reasoning for First-Year Medical Students.
Journal Article Acad Med · April 1, 2025 PURPOSE: Despite universal agreement on the importance of clinical reasoning skills, inadequate curricular attention to these skills remains a problem. To facilitate integration of clinical reasoning instruction and assessment into the preclerkship phase, ... Full text Link to item CiteUse of Virtual Interactive Patient Encounters to Prepare First-Year Medical Students for Clinical Practice.
Journal Article Acad Med · October 1, 2023 PROBLEM: With the dissolution of the Step 2 Clinical Skills exam, medical programs have a greater responsibility to teach and assess clinical skills in the preclerkship years. Clinical teaching this early has traditionally been avoided because of insuffici ... Full text Link to item CiteUse of a structured approach and virtual simulation practice to improve diagnostic reasoning.
Journal Article Diagnosis (Berl) · July 12, 2021 OBJECTIVES: In 2015, the National Academy of Medicine IOM estimated that 12 million patients were misdiagnosed annually. This suggests that despite prolonged training in medical school and residency there remains a need to improve diagnostic reasoning educ ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Evaluation of Virtual Interactive Platform in Enhancing Diagnostic Reasoning and Improving Diagnostic Accuracy
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by American Medical Association Foundation · 2018 - 2019AHEC Primary Care / ORPCE FY18
Public ServiceTraining Faculty · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2017 - 2018AHEC Primary Care / ORPCE FY17
Public ServiceTraining Faculty · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2016 - 2017View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
The George Washington University ·
2000
M.D.