Speaker Introduction

Carol Kamin, M.S., Ed.D. is an Associate Professor and Director of Medical Education Development and Research in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.  She received her Master of Science in Health Care Administration from Trinity University and her doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction with a specialization in Instructional Technology from the University of Houston.  Dr. Kamin is also the director of the Project L.I.V.E. Consortium and has been the PI of two grants to support Project L.I.V.E. from the Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE), a division of the US Department of Education.  Dr. Kamin won the school teaching award in 1996 for her curriculum design of the pediatric clerkship.  She currently teaches in the Communications Curriculum and is on the steering committee for the Arts in Medicine curriculum.  She also chairs the Learning Technologies Committee for the School of Medicine. 

While at UTMD Anderson Cancer Center, Dr. Kamin was the project manager, co-PI and instructional designer of Project S.A.F.E.T.Y. which won the Health Sciences Communications Association (HeSCA) International Best of Show Award in 1992.  Dr. Kamin has served as a grant reviewer for HRSA, NLM and FIPSE.  She also serves as the secretary and newsletter editor of Division I, Education in the Professions, a division of the Educational Research Association.  Her research interests include aspects of problem-based learning, specifically case design and the use of media, and the integration of technology into medical education.