Overview
Assessment of Clinical Skills
Clinical Reasoning
Simulation
Curriculum Development
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Professor of Medicine
·
2023 - Present
Medicine, General Internal Medicine,
Medicine
Recent Publications
Creation of an asynchronous faculty development curriculum on well-written narrative assessments that avoid bias.
Journal Article BMC Med Educ · April 14, 2023 BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic in parallel with concerns about bias in grading resulted in many medical schools adopting pass/fail clinical grading and relying solely on narrative assessments. However, narratives often contain bias and lack specificity. ... 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 CiteInternal Medicine Residency Program Responses to the Increase of Residency Applications: Differences by Program Type and Characteristics.
Journal Article J Grad Med Educ · December 2019 BACKGROUND: Over the past decade, the number of residency applications has increased substantially, causing many residency programs to change their recruitment practices. OBJECTIVE: We determined how internal medicine (IM) residency programs have responded ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Evaluation of Virtual Interactive Platform in Enhancing Diagnostic Reasoning and Improving Diagnostic Accuracy
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Medical Association Foundation · 2018 - 2019View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
University of New England ·
2013
M.S.
Duke University ·
2005
M.D.