Franklin J. Medio, Ph.D. is a professional
educator in a private, independent,
consulting practice. Over the past ten
years, Dr. Medio served as the Associate
Dean for Graduate Medical Education and the
ACGME Designated Institutional Official (DIO)
for GME at the Medical University of South
Carolina. He was also an Associate
Professor in the Department of Internal
Medicine. Prior to his appointment at MUSC,
Dr. Medio held faculty positions at one
other allopathic medical school and two
osteopathic medical schools. He has been a
certified Educator for the American College
of Surgeon's Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS)
program since 1992.
Over the past 25 years in medical education, Dr. Medio has
presented invited lectures and workshops at
numerous national medical education
meetings. He has conducted over 300 faculty
development workshops for faculty and
residents at allopathic and osteopathic
medical schools and affiliated teaching
hospitals throughout the US, Canada and
Puerto Rico. Additionally, he has worked
extensively with administrators and faculty
in colleges of nursing, optometry, pharmacy,
chiropractic, podiatry, and dentistry. In
1997, as the guest of the Ministry of
Health, he conducted a special 3-day
"medical education" workshop in Beijing for
physicians, nurses and other health
professionals from all across China.
Dr. Medio has received numerous grant awards
to support the development of his innovative
educational programs. He has published
several articles and two book chapters on
topics in medical education and
patient-physician communication, including a
study of international physicians’
perceptions of end-of-life treatment
decisions
He currently serves as the National Chair of
the GME Section for the AAMC Group on
Educational Affairs' (GEA) Steering
Committee. From 2004 to 2007, he served as
the Chair of the GME Section for the AAMC
Southern Group on Educational Affairs' (SGEA)
Steering Committee. From 2003 to 2005, he
served as a member of the AAMC Group on
Residency Affairs (GRA) Steering Committee
and as the GRA Liaison to the AAMC Group on
Educational Affairs (GEA) Steering
Committee. In 2000, he served on the
Association of American Medical College
(AAMC) Group on Residency Affairs' special
Task Force to Develop a Core Curriculum for
Graduate Medical Education
He received his Masters (1977) and PhD
(1980) degrees in psychology, with a
specialization in educational psychology,
from West Virginia University in Morgantown
and his BS (1976) in psychology from
Georgetown University, Washington, DC.
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