Dr. Robert McAuley has over thirty years of experience in medical education and has focused on new medical school accreditation for the last fourteen years. Dr. McAuley was a founding leadership team member at the Oakland University William Beaumont (OUWB) School of Medicine. During his fourteen years at OUWB, Dr. McAuley saw the school through the accreditation and re-accreditation process, starting with preliminary accreditation and through two rounds of full accreditation. In addition to being responsible for accreditation, he oversaw the information technology group, medical student records and registration, student policy development, and managed the student promotions committee. Before that, Dr. McAuley was the Associate Dean for Informational Resources and Chief Information Officer at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine.

TEACHING AREAS:

• Introduction to Psychology
• Cognitive Psychology
• Statistics
• Medical Education

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Memory
• Medical Cognition
• Medical Education

SELECT PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS:

1. Belovich AN, Bahner I, Bonaminio G, Brenneman A, Brooks W, Chin C, El-Sawi N, Gilliland K, Gonzales R, Haudek S, Haight M, Inscoe D, Jones L, McAuley RJ, et al. Admissions during the COVID-19 pandemic: navigating an altered landscape for successful selection of future healthcare providers. Med Sci Educ. 2021;31:997–1000. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-021-01246-6
2. Belovich AN, Bahner I, Bonaminio G, Brenneman A, Brooks W, Chin C, El-Sawi N, Gilliland K, Gonzalez R, Haudek S, Haight M, Inscoe D, Jones L, McAuley RJ, et al. Re-imagining faculty development in health professions education. Med Sci Educ. 2020;30:591–593. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-019-00899-8
3. Belovich AN, Bahner I, Bonaminio G, Brenneman A, Brooks W, Chin C, El-Sawi N, Haight M, Haudek S, Ikonne R, McAuley RJ, et al. USMLE Step-1 is going to Pass/Fail, now what do we do? Med Sci Educ. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-021-01337-4
4. Belovich AN, Bahner I, Bonaminio G, Brenneman A, Brooks W, Chinn C, El-Sawi N, Habal S, Haight M, Haudek S, Ikonne U, McAuley RJ, et al. Back to the future: maximizing student learning and wellbeing in the virtual age. Med Sci Educ. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-022-01516-x
5. Haight M, Bahner I, Belovich AL, Bonaminio G, Brenneman A, Brooks WS, Chinn C, El-Sawi N, Haudek SB, McAuley RJ, et al. How is health science education tackling the opioid crisis? Med Sci Educ. 2020;30:1295-1297. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-020-01012-0
6. Haight MA, Bahner I, Belovich AN, Bonaminio G, Brenneman A, Brooks WS, Chinn C, El-Sawi N, Haudek SB, Ikonne U, McAuley RJ, et al. Strategies for promoting inclusivity in health sciences education. Med Sci Educ. 2021;31:2121–2124. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-021-01391-y
7. Haight, MA, Bahner I, Belovich AL, Bonaminio G, Brooks WS, Chin C, Habal S, El-Sawi N, Haudek SB, Ikonne U, McAuley R, et al. The struggle is real: breaking barriers that limit student success. Med Sci Educ. 2023;33:311-315. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-023-01732-z
8. Haudek SB, Bahner I, Belovich AN, Bonaminio G, Brenneman A, Brooks WS, Chinn C, El-Sawi N, Habal S, Haight M, Ikonne U, McAuley RJ, et al. How science educators still matter: leveraging the basic sciences for student success. Med Sci Educ. 2022;32:747–753. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-022-01549-2
9. Haudek SB, Bahner I, Belovich AN, Bonaminio G, Brenneman A, Brooks WS, Chinn C, El-Sawi N, Habal S, Haight M, Ikonne U, McAuley RJ, et al. To infinity and beyond: expanding the scope of basic sciences in meeting accreditation standards. Med Sci Educ. 2022;32:1239-1245. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-022-01605-x
10. Rowe RJ, Bahner I, Belovich AN, Bonaminio G, Brennemann A, Brooks WS, Chinn C, El-Sawi N, Haudek SB, Haight M, McAuley R, et al. Evolution and revolution in medical education: Health System Sciences (HSS). Med Sci Educ. 2021;31:291–296. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-020-01166-x

SERVICE TO PROFESSION:

• Elected Member,  Group on Informational Resources Steering Committee – Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
• Committee Member, Annual Meeting Program Committee – AAMC Group on Informational Resources (GIR)
• Committee Member, Webinar Committee – International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE)
• Committee Member and Technology Subcommittee Chair, Annual Meeting Program Committee – IAMSE, 2012
• Committee Member and Technology Subcommittee Chair, Annual Meeting Program Committee – IAMSE, 2013

PhD – Educational Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago
MEd – Instructional Leadership, University of Illinois at Chicago
BA – History, Loyola University Chicago