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Nicholas Mark Hudak

Nicholas Mark Hudak

Professor in Family Medicine and Community Health
Family Medicine and Community Health, Physician Assistant Program
nick.hudak@duke.edu
800 S Duke Street, Box 104780, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Publications

Nonresponse Bias Confounds Self-Reported Mistreatment by Diverse Physician Associate Students.

Journal Article J Physician Assist Educ · December 1, 2025 INTRODUCTION: This study aimed to evaluate whether physician assistant/associate (PA) students' sociodemographic factors were predictors of risk for mistreatment. A secondary analysis aimed to evaluate whether sociodemographic features were evenly distribu ... Full text Link to item Cite

Predictors of Physician Assistant Student Mistreatment Reporting.

Journal Article J Physician Assist Educ · December 1, 2024 INTRODUCTION: Many physician assistant (PA) students experience mistreatment by preceptors in clinical settings though most do not report it to their institution. Nonreporting limits an institution's ability to address mistreatment and provide student supp ... Full text Link to item Cite

Increasing interprofessional education experiences and collaboration: Outcomes of a virtually-based continuing education program

Journal Article Journal of Interprofessional Education and Practice · December 1, 2024 Purpose: An academic medical center implemented a yearlong virtual continuing education program to prepare health professions educators to develop, deploy and evaluate new interprofessional educational experiences for providers and learners. Materials and ... Full text Cite

Fostering the Facilitator: Promoting Clinical Educators' Interprofessional Education Facilitation Skills and Socialization Using Exclusively Online Learning.

Journal Article J Allied Health · 2024 Health professions educators can benefit from continuing education to more effectively facilitate interprofessional education (IPE) in clinical settings. Online learning formats enable broader participation and overcome barriers to in-person events, though ... Open Access Link to item Cite

Development, Implementation, and Assessment of an Online Modular Telehealth Curriculum for Health Professions Students.

Journal Article Adv Med Educ Pract · 2024 PURPOSE: Several national health profession organizations endorse or have developed competencies for telehealth, yet there is no standardized curriculum for teaching telehealth to health professions students. Additionally, implementing telehealth curricula ... Full text Link to item Cite

Neuromyelitis optica: Clinical course and potential prognostic indicators.

Journal Article Mult Scler Relat Disord · January 2023 BACKGROUND: Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is a rare autoimmune neurological disorder associated with antibodies to aquaporin-4 (AQP4). NMOSD has been thought to follow a progressive disease course, with step-wise accumulation of disability ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) antibody-associated disease: Presentation and outcomes of adults at a single center.

Journal Article J Neuroimmunol · December 15, 2022 BACKGROUND/INTRODUCTION: Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease (MOGAD) is a chronic demyelinating disorder that has been increasingly recognized since the serum antibody became commercially available in 2017. The most common clini ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Physician Assistant Program Policies to Assess and Address Student Reports of Mistreatment During Clinical Training.

Journal Article J Physician Assist Educ · September 1, 2022 INTRODUCTION: Many physician assistant (PA) students experience mistreatment in clinical learning environments, and accredited PA programs are required to define, publish, and make readily available policies and procedures for student reports of mistreatme ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Do Physician Assistant Students Use Retrieval-Based Strategies While Studying?

Journal Article J Physician Assist Educ · September 1, 2022 INTRODUCTION: Research on learning indicates that active retrieval of information (ie, testing) enhances student retention of knowledge, yet, it is underutilized by learners. This research investigated physician assistant (PA) students' study strategies an ... Full text Link to item Cite

Creating a win-win for the health system and health Profession's education: a direct observation clinical experience with feedback iN real-time (DOCENT) for low acuity patients in the emergency department.

Journal Article BMC Med Educ · January 27, 2022 BACKGROUND: Clinical education across the professions is challenged by a lack of recognition for faculty and pressure for patient throughput and revenue generation. These pressures may reduce direct observation of patient care provided by students, a requi ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Professional development for facilitators of interprofessional education: Participation and outcomes of a pilot program

Journal Article Journal of Interprofessional Education and Practice · September 1, 2021 Clinician-educators often have limited opportunities to acquire the knowledge, skills and values to facilitate Interprofessional Education and Care (IPEC) in clinical settings. An interprofessional team of educators created a 4-part “lunch and learn” progr ... Full text Cite

Finding Our Way: Embracing Faculty Flexibility in the COVID-19 Era.

Journal Article J Physician Assist Educ · September 1, 2021 Full text Link to item Cite

International Clinical Rotations

Chapter · May 2021 Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices, as well as exclusive eBook chapters: A Primer on Learning Objectives, A Primer on Item Writing, and A Primer on Team ... ... 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

Increasing Physician Assistant Students' Team Communication Skills and Confidence Throughout Clinical Training.

Journal Article J Physician Assist Educ · December 2019 PURPOSE: An intervention was designed to increase physician assistant students' team communication skills using the Situation-Background-Assessment-Recommendation (SBAR) tool. METHODS: A variety of learning activities were implemented longitudinally over 9 ... Full text Open Access 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

Preceptors' Perceptions of Interprofessional Practice, Student Interactions, and Strategies for Interprofessional Education in Clinical Settings.

Journal Article J Physician Assist Educ · December 2017 PURPOSE: This study describes clinical preceptors' perceptions of interprofessional practice, the nature and variety of physician assistant (PA) students' interprofessional interactions during clinical training, and factors that facilitate or hinder interp ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

International Clinical Education.

Chapter · August 28, 2017 Provides one-of-a-kind, in-depth guidance for improving effectiveness in the classroom This is the only book for new and midcareer faculty that delivers practical, evidence-based strategies for physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and ... ... Cite

Interprofessional Interactions and Competencies on Clinical Rotations: Preceptors' Perspectives of Student Experiences.

Journal Article J Physician Assist Educ · December 2016 PURPOSE: This study describes (1) preceptors' perceptions of interprofessional encounters that PA students had at clinical sites and (2) ways that the preceptors report evaluating the PA students' interprofessional practice skills. METHODS: This study diss ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

A myriad of PA-like clinicians in 46 countries

Journal Article JAAPA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS · May 1, 2016 Link to item Cite

Do previous malpractice claims predict a higher risk?

Journal Article JAAPA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS · May 1, 2016 Link to item Cite

Reinventing the Wheel: One Program's Approach to Redesign of Didactic Courses.

Journal Article J Physician Assist Educ · December 2015 Curriculum and course redesign are expected and intentional efforts in health professions education. For physician assistant (PA) education, ongoing program self-assessment is a required accreditation standard and may guide deliberate changes within curric ... Link to item Cite

Promoting faculty professionalism: a case-based approach.

Journal Article Perspect Med Educ · August 2015 INTRODUCTION: Professionalism is a key attribute for health professionals. Yet, it is unknown how much faculty development is directed toward skills and behaviours of faculty professionalism. Faculty professionalism includes boundaries in teacher-student r ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Tales from the trenches: physician assistants' perspectives about precepting students.

Journal Article J Physician Assist Educ · 2014 PURPOSE: A national survey of physician assistants (PAs) found that only 25% of respondents were involved as preceptors for PA students in 2011, and it also identified important barriers and incentives to precept PA students. These findings offer limited i ... Full text Link to item Cite

Enlisting New Teachers in Clinical Environments (ENTICE); novel ways to engage clinicians.

Journal Article Adv Med Educ Pract · 2014 PURPOSE: To explore the barriers and incentives that affect primary care providers who precept students in outpatient clinics in the US. METHOD: In 2013, leadership of our large primary care group sent a 20-question survey via e-mail to all of the 180 prov ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite