Speaker Introduction

Rebecca Henry, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Office of Medical Education Research and Development (OMERAD) in the College of Human Medicine at Michigan State University.  She received her academic degrees in psychology and educational psychology with special emphasis on learning and cognition and statistics and research design.  Her scholarly interests include program evaluation and learner assessment as well as teaching research skills to clinical faculty in several national faculty development programs.

During her career, Dr. Henry has directed a number of large scale evaluations of national programs in the areas of primary care and institutional change.  Most prominent was the Kellogg initiative, “Community Partnerships in Health Professions Education.”  Currently she is evaluation consultant to the Ambulatory Pediatrics Association, the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine and the Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse on funded educational grants.  Dr. Henry is on the editorial board of the Springer Series on Medical Education.  In 1995, she received the Distinguished Faculty Award from the College of Human Medicine.