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Associate Professor Department of Medical Education
Work Phone: 312-996-7954

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  • Research and Teaching Interests: Dr. Blackie’s scholarly and teaching interests include health humanities, narrative medicine, death studies, and medical education. He is associate editor of The Journal of Medical Humanities, book review editor for Literature and Medicine, and editor of the Literature and Medicine book series published by Kent State University Press.
Categories: Department of Medical Education, DME Faculty, Health Humanities, Master of Health Professions Education
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Professor Emeritus Department of Medical Education
Work Phone: 312-996-7349 Website: Curriculum Vitae

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  • ORCID: 0000-0002-0717-9336
  • Research and Teaching Interests: My research includes the study of clinical reasoning, the written and oral assessment of clinical decisions, the key features approach (first developed for the Medical Council of Canada in the early 90s and now used worldwide), the hypothesis-driven approach to teaching and assessing the physical exam, and scientific writing.
Categories: Department of Medical Education, DME Faculty, DME Faculty Emeritus, Master of Health Professions Education
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Photo of Raymond H Curry MD, FACP
Professor of Medicine and Medical Education Senior Associate Dean for Educational AffairsUniversity of Illinois College of Medicine

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  • ORCID: 0000-0003-3381-0125
  • Research and Teaching Interests: Dr. Curry’s academic interests include the study and teaching of doctor-patient communication and the role of learner-centered educational methods in promoting patient-centered care. He also focuses on the enhancement of access to medical education for those under-represented in the profession, including students with disabilities, and has extensive experience in curriculum development and in medical school accreditation.
Categories: Department of Medical Education, DME Faculty
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Research Assistant Professor Department of Medical Education
Work Phone: 312-996-8073
Categories: Department of Medical Education, DME Faculty, DME Part Time Faculty, Master of Health Professions Education
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Research Assistant Professor and Director of the Hispanic Center of Excellence Associate Dean for Admissions and Special Curricular ProgramsDepartment of Medical Education
Work Phone: 312-996-4493

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  • ORCID: 0000-0002-7785-1888
  • Research and Teaching Interests: Dr. Girotti’s research interests reflect his focus on the development of opportunities for students from minority and disadvantaged backgrounds. The design, implementation and evaluation of educational programs to improve cultural competence among physicians and other health professionals, and programs to improve leadership skills in future physicians are his current priorities. Dr. Girotti’s research and training work has been funded by Federal agencies (National Institutes of Health, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Health Resources and Services Administration), by foundations (Chicago Community Trust, Portes Foundation), and by UIC (Vice Chancellor for Research, Council for Excellence in Teaching and Learning).
Categories: Department of Medical Education, DME Faculty, Hispanic Center of Excellence (HCOE)
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Professor and Director of Collaborative PhD Program Department of Medical Education
Work Phone: 312-355-0800

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  • Research and Teaching Interests: Dr. Harris’ research has focused on curriculum deliberation, qualitative methods, clinical performance assessment, teaching in ambulatory settings, and program evaluation. Her research has been reported in over 100 publications in leading peer-reviewed journals in medical education and curriculum studies; and over 300 presentations at national and regional meetings. Ilene has also served as a consultant to many organizations. Ilene’s scholarship and leadership has been recognized by several prestigious awards. In 2001, she received the Medical Education Laureate Award for Leadership, Faculty Development, and Scholarly Standards from the AAMC, CGEA. In 2010 she received the Distinguished Career Award from the AERA Division of Education for the Professions, an award given to one individual every two years for ‘having a significant impact on research in the field of professions education’.
Categories: Department of Medical Education, DME Faculty, Master of Health Professions Education
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Assistant Professor of Medical Education and Sociology Department of Medical Education
Website: Curriculum Vitae

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  • ORCID: 0000-0003-0894-2994
  • Research and Teaching Interests: An ethnographer by training, Laura is broadly interested in social interaction, identity, education, science, work/organizations, and medicine. Her research centers on gender and other forms of inequality in academic and clinical settings, particularly the natural sciences and medicine. Recent studies focus on hidden labor, cultural competence, and professional socialization. Laura is course director for Leadership in Health Professions Education, Leadership and Professional Identity, and Interviewing & Ethnographic Methods. Laura is also a founding member of the Sociologists for Health Professions Education (soc-hpe.com).
Categories: Department of Medical Education, DME Faculty, Health Humanities, Master of Health Professions Education
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Clinical Professor Department of Medical Education
Office Phone: 312-355-5418
Categories: Department of Medical Education, DME Faculty, Health Humanities, Master of Health Professions Education
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Professor of Philosophy in the Biomedical Sciences Department of Medical Education
Work Phone: 312-996-3595

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  • Research and Teaching Interests: Dr. Murphy teaches and conducts research in the areas of professional ethics, assisted reproductive technologies, medicine and sexuality, and ethical aspects of genetic research. He is the author or editor of nine books, such as Justice and the Human Genome Project (University of California Press), Gay Science: The Ethics of Sexual Orientation Research (Columbia University Press), and Case Studies in Biomedical Research Ethics (The MIT Press). His most recent book is Ethics, Sexual Orientation, and Choices about Children (The MIT Press). He has published widely in professional journals such as the Journal of Medical Ethics, American Journal of Bioethics, Bioethics, Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, and Reproductive Biomedicine Online, among others. His work has been supported by grants from the U.S. Department of Defense and the National Institutes of Health.
Categories: Department of Medical Education, DME Faculty, Health Humanities, Master of Health Professions Education
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Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology, Dept of Anesthesiology; Professor of Clinical Medicine, Dept of Medical Education Associate Department Head of Anesthesiology for Innovation and LearningDirector, Graham Clinical Performance Center
Work Phone: 312-996-4020Office Phone: 312-413-1245
Categories: Anesthesiology, Attending Faculty, Department of Medical Education, DME Faculty, Graham Clinical Performance Center, Master of Health Professions Education
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Associate Professor and Associate Head Director of Research, Office of Educational AffairsMedical Education
Work Phone: 312-355-5406 Website: YoonSoo’s Personal Website Website: Curriculum Vitae

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  • ORCID: 0000-0001-8583-4335
  • Research and Teaching Interests: Dr. Park’s experiences include both academic and industry settings, with research interests across multiple disciplines in psychometrics, biostatistics, educational psychology, and medicine. His research agendas have focused on psychometric methods, focusing on statistical modeling of educational and psychological processes using latent class models and item response theory models. His work in the health professions education has advanced the preparation of learners in clinical reasoning and measurement of competencies and entrustment decisions through validity studies.
Categories: Department of Medical Education, DME Administration & Staff, DME Faculty, Master of Health Professions Education
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Research Assistant Professor and Director of Faculty Development Department of Medical Education
Work Phone: 312-996-4245

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  • ORCID: 0000-0002-8630-9927
  • Research and Teaching Interests: Dr. Riddle is the director of and primary instructor in a longitudinal faculty development program, the Scholars for Teaching Excellence Faculty Fellowship. Her research interests focus on longitudinal faculty development programs as communities of practice. She is currently studying the processes that contribute to learning in these programs, specifically: the contribution of instructional activities, such as screencasts, to learning in longitudinal faculty development programs; the contribution of an educational project as a capstone activity to transfer of learning from a longitudinal fellowship program to the workplace community of educational practice; and participants’ perceptions of themselves as teachers upon entry into a longitudinal faculty development program. Dr. Riddle uses qualitative approaches such as semi-structured interviews, focus groups, and analysis of reflective writing.
Categories: Department of Medical Education, DME Faculty, Master of Health Professions Education
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Professor Emeritus Department of Medical Education
Work Phone: 312-996-3593

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  • Research and Teaching Interests: Dr. Sandlow’s research interests include outcomes research and evidence-based medicine, program evaluation, curricular design and innovation, and use of new teaching modalities and media in education. Clinical teaching and innovation in GME teaching and assessment.
Categories: Department of Medical Education, DME Faculty, DME Faculty Emeritus, DME Part Time Faculty, Master of Health Professions Education
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Professor and Interim Head, The Michael Reese Endowed Professor of Medical Education The Michael Reese Endowed Professor, Research ProfessorMedical Education, Department of Pediatrics
Work Phone: 312-996-2070 Website: Alan’s personal home page Website: Curriculum Vitae

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  • ORCID: 0000-0003-3809-6637
  • Research and Teaching Interests: Medical decision making, contextual error in health care, competency-based assessment (especially in Pediatrics GME), research methods in medical education, medical education research networks, quantitative data analysis.
Categories: Department of Medical Education, Department of Pediatrics, DME Administration & Staff, DME Faculty, Education Faculty, Master of Health Professions Education
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Associate Professor of Health Humanities and History – College of Medicine, Associate Professor of Disability Studies – College of Applied Health Sciences Medical Education
Work Phone: 312-413-0113

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  • Research and Teaching Interests: Dr. Sufian specializes in the history of medicine and disability. She has published two books: Healing the Land and the Nation: Malaria and the Zionist project in Mandatory Palestine, 1920-1947 (U Chicago Press, 2007) and Reapproaching the Border: New Perspectives on the Study of Israel/Palestine (Rowman Littlefield, 2007). Sufian is currently working on a book project about the history of disability and adoption in America in the twentieth century. She teaches courses on the history of disability and the modern history of medicine and public health to medical students, PhD students and undergraduate students. She co-organizes the Health and Society working group of the Institute for the Humanities and is the founder of the Global Network of Researchers on HIV/AIDS in the Middle East and North Africa. Sufian is chair of the Disability History Association and serves on the editorial boards of Disability Studies Quarterly and the International Journal of Middle East Studies.
Categories: Department of Medical Education, DME Faculty, Health Humanities, Master of Health Professions Education
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Professor and Director of International Programs Associate Dean for the Office of International EducationDepartment of Medical Education
Work Phone: 312-996-8438 Website: Curriculum Vitae

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  • ORCID: 0000-0002-9252-1588
  • Research and Teaching Interests: Dr. Tekian is an internationally recognized scholar and leader in health professions education. He has organized and conducted over 300 workshops in more than 45 countries and 60 cities, as well as presented over 200 keynote addresses nationally and internationally. He has over 100 peer-reviewed publications, and is the Principal Investigator of 15 research and training grants totaling over 5 million Dollars. His consultations and workshops have focused on curriculum development, assessment, program evaluation, simulations, and international medical education. He has received numerous honors and awards including the 2012 ASME (Association for the study of Medical Education) Gold Medal Award, and the highly acclaimed Ellis Island Medal of Honor in 2017.
Categories: Department of Medical Education, DME Faculty, Master of Health Professions Education
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Academic Director and Director of Graduate Studies, Patient Safety Leadership Programs Department of Medical Education
Work Phone: 312-996-1452

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  • Research and Teaching Interests: With funding from the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Department of Defense (DOD), Dr. Valenta’s research and teaching focus on social and organizational issues related to health technology, including the role information systems play in patient safety. She was a consulting faculty member for the AHRQ-funded grant entitled “The Seven Pillars: Crossing the Patient Safety-Medical Liability Chasm”. The purpose of this AHRQ-funded project was to evaluate the impact of the “Seven Pillars” – a comprehensive response to patient harm that links effective and honest communication with improvements in patient safety and reducing medical liability risk.
Categories: Department of Medical Education, DME Faculty, DME Faculty - Adjunct and Affiliate, PSL Faculty
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Associate Dean for Educational Planning and Quality Improvement University of Illinois College of Medicine and Medical Education

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  • Research and Teaching Interests: Dr. Yingling oversees the design and implementation of student assessment and curricular program evaluation systems. She identifies new technologies for collecting, analyzing and visualizing medical education data, with an emphasis on creating self-regulated learning cycles for students and quality improvement cycles for leadership and teaching faculty.
Categories: Department of Medical Education, DME Faculty
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Photo of Rachel Yudkowsky MD, MHPE
Professor and Interim Director of Graduate Studies Department of Medical Education
Work Phone: 312-996-3598 Website: Curriculum Vitae

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  • ORCID: 0000-0002-2145-7582
  • Research and Teaching Interests: Dr. Yudkowsky’s teaching interests are in the scholarship of Health Professions Education and professional development programs for faculty and staff who develop and implement standardized patient (SP)-based educational programs (SP educator certificate program, and others).Research interests focus on simulation-based assessments: (1) promoting and assessing clinical reasoning through SP encounters (exploring methods to assess clinical reasoning through post-encounter notes and promoting clinical reasoning while teaching and assessing physical exam skills via a hypothesis-driven physical exam); (2) setting pass/fail cut scores for simulation-based assessments, especially in mastery-learning environments (How does benchmark performance information provided to judges need to be modified for a repeated-testing mastery environment? What is the impact on standard setting judgments of different benchmark information, or other evidence-based information?); and (3) improving SP checklist and rating scale design by focusing on high-salience items for a given purpose (for example clinically discriminating items or high salience communication items).
Categories: Department of Medical Education, DME Faculty, Graham Clinical Performance Center, Master of Health Professions Education
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