Office of Academic Affairs

Annual Report

2014
Dean X. Parmelee, M.D.
Robert J. Kegerreis Distinguished Professor of Teaching
Associate Dean, Academic Affairs

For the period including

January 1, 2014 December 31, 2014

Statement from the Associate Dean

2014 was a momentous year for the Office of Academic Affairs. This is a sample:

Executed and finalized a formal curriculum agreement with Qassim University

Unaizah College of Medicine in Saudi Arabia, for a three-year term for 5.5
million dollars.
Successful application to the HealthPath Foundation for a planning grant for
our school to develop a rural health initiative with Grand Lake Health System
and other counties in that region, one year for $75,000, two year
implementation grant monies available with successful application for the next
step. Dr. John Pascoe, Department of Pediatrics served as Principle
Investigator. Dr. Therese Zink will serve as P.I. through the next phase.
The WrightCurriculum Steering Committee completed Milestones for the
Educational Objectives for the medical school. This was a monumental task.
International prominence of Dr. Nicole Borges who served as president for the
Society of Directors of Medical Education Research.
The new Skills Assessment Testing Center opened in White Hall with full CAS
system complement of technology to enhance training of medical and nursing
students as well as residents for years to come!
Faculty Development Day, co-chaired by Dr. Roman, Colleen Hayden, and
Nancy Harker. Guest speaker, Todd Zakrajsek, Ph.D., from Department of
Family Medicine at UNC-Chapel Hill, presented Getting Students Excited
About Learning: Brain-Based Learning in the Classroom. About 100 people
campus-wide attended the days events. Twenty people attended the faculty
awards ceremony that same evening.
STReME Faculty Development Event, featured John W. Pelley, Ph.D.
Professor, from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, School of
Medicine, Lubbock, TX, presented, How to Develop Integrative Learning Skills
through Mastery and Deliberate Practice. 30 faculty members attended.
Several small group faculty training/workshop sessions were held for some
course directors to assist with exam question writing and other dimensions of
teaching.
Annual Internment Ceremony had more than 1400 attendees. All the speakers
were students who had benefited from the Anatomical Gift Program in their
courses.
Supported the annual Medicine and Spirituality Conference, special guest Drs.
Ronald Epstein and Mick Krasner, from the University of Rochester School of
Medicine and Dentistry, presented Mindful Care: Compassion and
Resilience, there were more than 150 attendees.

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 Organized and supported the 8th annual Healers Art Course, more than 75

student participated. Two faculty volunteers had previously been medical

students in the course.
Development and full implementation and integration of in-house program for
Curriculum Mapping throughout the fours years of medical education.
Successful upload and integration of the Boonshoft SOM information into the
AAMC system. (Note we were one of the first medical schools to also include
information for the clerkship years.)
Migration from our in-house developed FLIGHT exam delivery platform to the
use of EXAM SOFT program for delivery of all course examinations and some
Team-Based Learning Sessions.
USMLE formatting and tagging using USMLE taxonomy of all Exam
Questions.
Re-creation of the in-house developed ATLAS program used in assessments
of Team-Based Learning and assessment results for Peer Evaluations. Both
the rater and the ratee can now review the reports.

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Programs/Divisions
Name of Division or Program

Director

Skills Assessment Training Center

S. Bruce Binder, M.D., Ph.D.

Qassim University, Unaizah College of Med

Dean Parmelee, M.D.

Medical Academic Operations (MedOps)

John Needles, M.I.S., Manager

Anatomical Gift Program

Rodney Guthrie, Director

Medical Education Research & Evaluation

Nicole Borges, Ph.D., Assistant Dean

Medical Student Advising & Tutoring

Laura Johnson, M.Ed., Advisor

Curriculum Development

Brenda Roman, M.D., Assistant Dean

Office of Academic Affairs

Nancy Harker, Executive Assistant

Fully Affiliated Faculty

Name and Academic Position

Clinical Interests

Research Interests

S. Bruce Binder, M.D., Ph.D.

Clinical Skills - Mechanics

Healers Art Personal Mental

Health of Medical Students

Nicole Borges, Ph.D.

Education

Medical Education & Research

Sabrina Neeley, Ph.D.

Population Health

Medical Education: Population

Health

Dean X. Parmelee, M.D.

Psychiatry; Education

Team-Based Learning
Development; Curriculum
Development

Brenda Roman, M.D.

Psychiatry; Education

Medical Education Curriculum

Development

MaryJo Trout, Pharm.D.

Pharmacotherapeutics

Pharm Education

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Teaching
Undergraduate Medical Education
Provides direct oversight of all undergraduate medical education courses and clerkships.
Dr. Binder directs the entire Introduction to Clinical Medicine Course for years one and two, conducts the
intensive one-week preparation for Year 3, and conducts the 4th year OSCE to help all seniors prepare for
the USMLE Step 2 CS
Drs. Parmelee and Roman teach in the ICM I course
Drs. Neeley, Parmelee, Roman teach in the Patient, Physician and Society course for Year 1
Drs. Binder and Parmelee co-direct the Healers Art Course for Year 1 students
Dr. Borges leads the very popular Elective: Medical Education Research
Dr. Roman teaches in The Mind course
Dr. Neeley is course director for the Biostatistics and Epidemiology course
Dr. Trout is co-course director for the Pathobiology and Therapeutics course, and teaches in almost every
course throughout Year 2

Continuing Medical Education

Medical Spirituality Conference (Held every Spring)

Scholarly Activity
Publications
1.

Trout, M.J., Borges, N.J., & Koles, P. (2014). Modified Peer Instruction Improves Exam Scores in
Pharmacology. Medical Education.

2.

Deardorff, A.S., McCormick, C., Moore, J.A., Koles, P.G., & Borges, N.J. (2014). Incentive Structure in
Team-Based Learning: Graded vs. Ungraded Group Application Exercises. Journal of Educational
Evaluation in Health Professions.

3.

Goodin, J.B., Duffy, R.D., Borges, N.J., Ulman, C.A., D'Brot, V.M., & Manuel, R.S., (2014). Medical
Students with Low Self-efficacy Bolstered by Calling to Medical Specialty. Perspectives on Medical
Education, 3, 89-100.

4.

Borges, N.J. & Savickas, S. (2014). Work Style Preferences among Medical Specialties. Journal of
Vocational Behavior, 84(3), 303-306.

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5.

Whitt, R, Toussaint, G., Binder, S.B., & Borges, N.J. (2014). Strengthening Student Communication
through Pediatric Standardized Patient Encounters. Journal of Educational Evaluation in Health
Professions, 11, 21.

In Press Papers
1.

Esparez, S., Binder, S.B., & Borges, N.J. (in press). How Prepared are Medical Students to Diagnose
and Manage Common Ocular Conditions? Journal of Educational Evaluation in Health Professions.

2.

Thompson, B.M., Haidet, P., Borges, N.J., Carchedi, L.R., Roman, B.J., Townsend, M.H., Butler, A.,
Swanson, D.B., & Levine, R.E. (in press). Team Cohesiveness, Team Size, and Team Performance in
Team-Based Learning Teams. Medical Education.

3.

Zanardelli, G., Sim, W., Borges, N.J., Roman, B. (in press.) Well-Being, Attitudes toward Counseling,
Willingness to Seek Counseling in First-Year Medical Students. Academic Psychiatry.

4.

Borges, N.J., Thompson, B., Roman, B.J., Townsend, M., Carchedi, L., Cluver, J., Frank, J., & Levine,
R. Team Emotional Intelligence, Team Interactions, and Gender in Medical Students during a
Psychiatry Clerkship. Academic Psychiatry

Posters
1.

Balch, M.H.H, Ream, L, & Borges, N.J. (2014, April). Use of Peer Instruction in an interactive medical
histology laboratory. Poster presented at the American Association of Anatomists Annual Meeting, San
Diego, CA.

2.

Ulman, C., & Borges, N.J. (2014, March). Is there a Right Way to Study for Medical School Exams?
How Medical Students Personal and Academic Habits Affect Their Exam Performance. Poster
presented at the Association of American Medical Colleges Central Group on Educational Affairs
Spring meeting, Cleveland, OH.

3.

Krishnamurthy, S., Borges, N.J., & Koles, P.K. (2014, March). Interactive Case Vignette and SlideBased Pathology Modules Improve Student Understanding of Disease Processes. Poster presented at
rd
the United States & Canadian Academy of Pathologys 103 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

Papers Presented
1.

Zanardelli, G., Sim, W., Borges, N.J., & Roman, B. (2014, September). Well-Being, Attitudes toward
Counseling Willingness to Seek Counseling in First-Year Medical Students. Paper presented at the
annual Association for Medical Education in Europe conference, Milan, Italy.

2.

Bott, L.M., Duffy, R.D., Borges, N.J., Braun, T., Jordan, K., & Marino, J. (2014, July). Called to
Medicine: A Qualitative Study of Physicians Experience of Career Calling. Paper presented at the
International Congress on Applied Psychology, Paris, France.

3.

Ulman, C., Borges, N.J., & Binder, B. (2014, March). Assessment of Medical Students Proficiency in
Dermatology: Are Medical Students Adequately Prepared to Diagnose and Treat Common
Dermatologic Conditions? Paper presented at the Association of American Medical Colleges Central
Group on Educational Affairs Spring meeting, Cleveland, OH.

Presentations, Panels & Workshops- Conferences

1. Borges, N.J. Developing Research Questions and Designing Studies for your Scholarly Activities in
Medical Education. Symposia chaired by R. Lufler on Energizing your Educational Scholarship

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presented at the American Association of Anatomists Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. (April 26,
2014).
2. Borges, N.J. Designing and Executing a Medical Education Research Study. Plenary delivered at the
Group for Research in Pathology Education, Galveston, TX (January 18, 2014).
3. Borges, N.J. Generational Differences among Learners: Theory, Research, and Educational
Implications. Workshop conducted at the Group for Research in Pathology Education. Galveston, TX
(January 17 & 18, 2014).

Invited Seminars, Presentations, Symposia, and Workshops

1.

2.
3.

Borges, N.J. Developing Research Questions and Designing Studies for your Scholarly Activities in
Medical Education. Symposia chaired by R. Lufler on Energizing your Educational Scholarship
presented at the American Association of Anatomists Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. (April 26,
2014).
Borges, N.J. Designing and Executing a Medical Education Research Study. Plenary delivered at the
Group for Research in Pathology Education, Galveston, TX (January 18, 2014).
Borges, N.J. Generational Differences among Learners: Theory, Research, and Educational
Implications. Workshop conducted at the Group for Research in Pathology Education. Galveston, TX
(January 17 & 18, 2014).

Dr. Parmelee

Faculty Development Presentations/Activities

1.
2.

Team Based Learning 101 for the 12th Annual Team-Based Learning Collaborative Meeting, Fort
Worth, TX, March 2014.
Faculty Development Workshops on Team-Based Learning for University of Colorado School of
Medicine and Allied Health, August 2014, Denver, Colorado.

Publications/Poster Presentations
1.

Peyton, E. J., Steele-Johnson, D., Brewer, T., Ulrich, D., Parmelee, D., & Juvina, I. Examining Shared
Leadership and Decision Making as Processes that Underpin TBLs Relationship with Academic
Performance. Poster Session presented at the 13th Annual Team-Based Learning Collaborative
Conference, Fort Worth, TX, March 2014.

2.

Azzam al-Kadi, Fayig El-Migdadi, Dean Parmelee, Fahad Al-Shehri, Bassam Alkhalifah, Adil Altwairgi
and Saleh Al-Damegh. Preparing Faculty & Students for Using TBL within a Medical Doctor (MD)
Program in Saudi Arabia. Poster Session presented at the 13th Annual Team-Based Learning
Collaborative Conference, Fort Worth, TX, March 2014.

3.

Parmelee, D.X. and Al-Kadi, A. (2014) Team-Based Learning. In W.B. Jeffries, K.N. Huggett (eds.), An
Introduction to Medical Teaching, 2nd Edition. Springer, New York.

Dr. Roman

Faculty Development Presentations/Activities

1.
2.

Marshall University School of Pharmacy Faculty Development Workshops

Reviewer for A UT System Common Curriculum for the Psychiatry Medical Student Clerkship using
Team-Based Learning (TBL) to address the DSM-5

Grants
1.

Central Group on Educational Affairs Collaborative Grant. $5000 (2012-13) Developing a Curriculum
for Understanding LGBT Concerns. Neeley, Sabrina, Ph.D. (PI), Roman, Brenda, M.D., Zabinski, Jeff,
Beck, Gary, Ph.D, Bragg, Dawn, Emrich, Jeff, Medder, Jim.

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2.
3.
4.

HealthPath Foundation of Ohio. $73,663 (2013-14). Wright Rural Scholars Program. Pascoe, John,
M.D., Roman, Brenda, M.D., Neeley, Sabrina, M.D.
American Psychiatric Foundation Helping Hands Grant. $2225 (2013) Project Parenthood. Scott,
Jasmin, and Welko, Ashleigh (Co-PIs), Roman, Brenda, M.D. (Faculty Advisor)
Ohio Regents. $90,000/year (2012, 2013). Ohio Innovation Partnership Choose Ohio
First
Scholarship Program. LeRoy, Gary, M.D. (PI), Roman, Brenda, M.D., Binder, Bruce, M.D., Ph.D.,
Sloas, Gwen, Ed.D.

Published Papers/Accepted
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5.
6.

Reddy, S, Wallenstein, J, Roman, B, Chao, J, Carter, J, Katz, N, Nesbit, R, Beck, G and Cleary, L.
Alliance for Clinical Education Position Paper: Recommendations for Enhancing the Educational Value
of the Fourth Year" of Medical School. Accepted Teaching and Learning in Medicine 2013.
Roman, B, Briscoe, G and Gay, T. Psychiatric Educator Supports, Rewards and Resources.
Accepted Academic Psychiatry 2013.
Roman, B, Popritkin, J, Borges, N and Summusetty, P. Psychiatrys Duty: Shifting attitudes toward the
mentally ill among pre-clinical and clinical students. Annals of Behavioral Science and Medical
Education. 2013; vol 19; 2: 22-25
Neeley, S, Roman, B and Parmelee, D. Teenage Pregnancy: Team-Based Learning Exercise.
MedEdPORTAL; 2013. Available from: www.mededportal.org/publication/9357
Backes, K, Borges, N, Binder, S, and Roman, B. First-Year Medical Student Objective Structured
Clinical Exam (OSCE) Performance and Specialty Choice. The International Journal of Medical
Education. 2013;4:38-40
Hurtubise, L, and Roman, B. (in press) Competency Based Curricular Design to Encourage Significant
Learning. Current Problems in Pediatrics and Adolescent Health Care

Presentations
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3.
4.
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6.

Evaluation and Grading in Clerkships and Beyond: Current State and Future Directions. Association
of American Medical Colleges, Philadelphia, PA, November 2013.
Using Finks Model of Significant Learning Model to Reform a Medical School Curriculum. The
Generalists in Medical Education, Philadelphia, PA, November 2013.
Academic Leadershipwhat you are doing now may not get you where you want to be. Association of
Directors of Medical Student Educators in Psychiatry, Williamsburg, VA, June 2013.
High Fidelity Simulation in a Psychopathology Course: Yes, You Can! Association of Directors of
Medical Student Educators in Psychiatry, Williamsburg, VA, June 2013.
Breaking the Taboo; Clerkship Directors Facilitating Academic and Professional Development of
Students. Central Group on Educational Affairs, Cincinnati, OH, March 2013.
Zanardelli, G., Sim, W., Borges, N.J., Roman, B., Rodgers, S., Kiraly, C. (2013, March). Well-Being,
Attitudes toward Counseling, Willingness to Seek Counseling in Medical Schools with and without
Integrated Wellness Programming. Oral presentation at the Association of American Medical Colleges
Central Group on Educational Affairs Spring meeting, Cincinnati, OH. Recipient of 2013 Award for
Best Oral Research Presentation.

Poster Presentations
1.
2.
3.
4.

Attitudes of Medical Students Towards Patients with Substance Abuse Disorders During Clinical and
Preclinical Years Does Education Make a Difference? Association of Directors of Medical Student
Educators in Psychiatry, Williamsburg, VA, June 2013.
Attitudes of Medical Students towards the Suicidal Patient during Clinical and Preclinical Years:
Can I help these patients? Association of Directors of Medical Student Educators in Psychiatry,
Williamsburg, VA, June 2013.
A Curriculum Designed for Significant Learning. Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine Leaders
Forum, Philadelphia, PA, April 2013
A Comparison of Team Cohesiveness and Performance in Team-Based Learning Teams versus
Conventional Student Groups. Association of American Medical Colleges, Philadelphia, PA,
November 2013.

Editorial Reviewerships
1.
2.
3.
4.

Academic Psychiatry, Reviewer, 1995-Present,

Editorial Board of Academic Psychiatry, 2009-Present
AAMC MedEdPORTAL, 2007 to present
Journal of the American Medical Association, 2011-Present

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5.
6.

Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 2011-Present

Patient Education and Counseling, 2011-Present

Other professional activities

1.

ELAM Fellow, completion April 2013, ELAM Applicant Reviewer

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Summary of Service Activities

Student Advising and Tutoring
Ms. Laura Johnson, the OAA Academic Advisor and Tutoring Coordinator, has been instrumental in
assuring that students in the first Biennium do not take Step One until they are well-prepared to pass. This
has helped generate the very positive news for this academic year that 99% of first-time takers passed. She
is expanding her reach now to include Biennium Two students so that we can enhance our school
performance on Step Two. She has become an invaluable member of the team that works to build student
success at all levels, throughout all four years. In academic year 2012-2013, she had approximately 250
student visits for academic advising/counseling. She conducted numerous workshops, re-designed and
managed the Peer Tutor system, and produced a manual on academic advising. She also helped to develop
a manual for the advising system for our partnership with Qassims Unaizah College of Medicine.

National
The following four faculty are serving terms with the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) on the
new question-writing teams that will bridge Steps 1, 2, and 3: Drs. Koles, Roman, and Toussaint. (And,
formerly Dr. B. Laurel Elder.)
Dr. Borges served as Program Chair for the 2014 CGEA meeting in March a long year of preparations,
meetings, and reviews.

International
The following faculty and staff have traveled to Saudi Arabia to train, teach, plan, interact, and assist in the
development of the faculty and curriculum programs of Qassim University, Unaizah College of Medicine:
Drs. Marjorie Bowman, Dean Parmelee, Lawrence Prochaska, S. Bruce Binder, Brenda Roman, Laura
Johnson, Sabrina Neeley, Paul Koles, and Gary Onady. These traveled between January 1, 2014 and
December 31, 2014.
In 2014 the Office of Academic Affairs hosted the visitation of the following faculty members from Qassim
Universitys Unaizah College of Medicine for training, planning, and assisting in the development of the
curriculum: Drs. Walaa Ahmed Abdou Fada, Walid Ibrahim Ahmed Wadi, Bassam Ibrahim A. Al Khalifah,
Mohammed Elmuttalut, Fahad Almatham, and Ayman Mohammed Hassan Mousa.

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