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Nicholas Mark Hudak

Professor in Family Medicine and Community Health
Family Medicine and Community Health, Physician Assistant Program
800 S Duke Street, Box 104780, Durham, NC 27710

Scholarly Works - Journal articles


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 The journal of physician assistant education : the official journal of the Physician Assistant Education Association · December 2024 IntroductionMany 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 stude ... Full text 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 Multiple sclerosis and related disorders · January 2023 BackgroundNeuromyelitis 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 dis ... Full text Open Access Cite

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

Journal article Journal of neuroimmunology · December 2022 Background/introductionMyelin 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 commo ... Full text Open Access Cite

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

Journal article The journal of physician assistant education : the official journal of the Physician Assistant Education Association · September 2022 IntroductionMany 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 mis ... Full text Open Access Cite

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

Journal article The journal of physician assistant education : the official journal of the Physician Assistant Education Association · September 2022 IntroductionResearch 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 strate ... Full text 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 medical education · January 2022 BackgroundClinical 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, ... Full text Open Access 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 The journal of physician assistant education : the official journal of the Physician Assistant Education Association · September 2021 Full text 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 The journal of physician assistant education : the official journal of the Physician Assistant Education Association · December 2019 PurposeAn intervention was designed to increase physician assistant students' team communication skills using the Situation-Background-Assessment-Recommendation (SBAR) tool.MethodsA variety of learning activities were implemented longitud ... Full text Open Access Cite

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

Journal article The journal of physician assistant education : the official journal of the Physician Assistant Education Association · March 2018 PurposePreceptors 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 retent ... Full text Open Access Cite

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

Journal article The journal of physician assistant education : the official journal of the Physician Assistant Education Association · December 2017 PurposeThis 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 ... Full text Open Access Cite

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

Journal article The journal of physician assistant education : the official journal of the Physician Assistant Education Association · December 2016 PurposeThis 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.MethodsTh ... Full text Open Access Cite

Commentaries on health services research.

Journal article JAAPA : official journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants · May 2016 Full text 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 Perspectives on medical education · August 2015 IntroductionProfessionalism 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-st ... Full text Open Access Cite

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

Journal article The journal of physician assistant education : the official journal of the Physician Assistant Education Association · January 2014 PurposeA 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 li ... Full text Cite

Prepare for landing: a student orientation for international clinical rotations.

Journal article The journal of physician assistant education : the official journal of the Physician Assistant Education Association · January 2014 Full text Cite

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

Journal article Advances in medical education and practice · January 2014 PurposeTo explore the barriers and incentives that affect primary care providers who precept students in outpatient clinics in the US.MethodIn 2013, leadership of our large primary care group sent a 20-question survey via e-mail to all of ... Full text Open Access Cite