2017 Spring: Remediation in Health Sciences Education

Dr. Bonaminio received her B.S. degree in Biology from Bowling Green State University and her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Molecular Genetics from The Ohio State University. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Medical Genetics at Stanford University and the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program for Women at Drexel University College of Medicine.

After completing her post-doctoral training, she served for five years as the Biomedical Curriculum Specialist at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. In 1997 she joined the University of Kansas School of Medicine. Dr. Bonaminio is the Associate Dean for Medical Education, the Director of the Office of Medical Education, and a Professor in the Department of Family Medicine. She has responsibility for oversight of the undergraduate medical curriculum, the standardized patient program and clinical skills lab, the evaluation of courses and the curriculum, and medical education research.

Dr. Bonaminio has published and presented locally and nationally on topics including curriculum design and the use of active learning in medical education. She has been a member of the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) since 1997 and has served as a Board Member, Vice President, President and Past President. She received the IAMSE Master Scholar Award in 2012 and the Association of American Medical College (AAMC) Central Group on Educational Affairs’ Laureate Award in 2016. She serves as a member of the AAMC’s Curriculum Inventory Advisory Board and the Student Surveys Advisory Committee.

Jeannette Guerrasio, MD is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Department of General Internal Medicine, Hospitalist Section, at the University of Colorado and author of Remediation of the Struggling Medical Learner. She graduated from Albany Medical College and completed her residency at the University of Connecticut. As the Assistant Program Director of the Internal Medicine Residency, Dr. Guerrasio developed a pioneering approach to improve the educational experience of learners, by creating individualized learning plans for struggling residents and medical students. She was named Director of Remediation and Individualized Learning Plans, for the School of Medicine for both Undergraduate and Graduate Medical Education to further expand access to her program. Her research explores understanding and early identification of at risk learners and remediation methods and outcomes. In addition to resident and medical student education, she is committed to the clinical care of hospitalized patients, with a focus on inpatient geriatrics. She has contributed to several quality improvement projects at the University of Colorado Hospital to improve geriatric assessments and to decrease delirium, functional decline, and urinary tract infections in this vulnerable population.

Dr. Bryan Martin is the Immediate Past President of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI). He is currently an Emeritus Professor of Medicine at The Ohio State University where he previously served as the Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education, the Designated Institutional Official, the Associate Medical Director of University Hospital and until 2015 as the Founding Director of the Allergy and Immunology Fellowship.

Dr. Martin did his Internal Medicine Residency at William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, TX, where he was selected to be the Chief Resident, and his Allergy Immunology Fellowship at Fitzsimmons Army Medical Center, in Denver, CO. He has served as the Chair of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Allergy and Immunology Residency Review Committee, and has served the ACGME as a Volunteer CLER Site Visitor and as an ACGME-International Site Visitor.

A Distinguished Fellow of the ACAAI, Dr. Martin is the author of over 50 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters, and is the recipient of a number of awards, to include the ACGME Parker Palmer Courage to Teach Award, the Lewis Aspey Mologne Award for Military Academic Excellence, the Order of Military Medical Merit and the Legion of Merit. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, the American College of Osteopathic Internists, and the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.

Dr. Martin retired from the United States Army in 2008 after a 28 year career. His last assignment was at Walter Reed Army Medical Center where he served in such capacities as the Chair of the Department of Allergy and Immunology, Director of the National Capital Consortium Allergy Immunology Fellowship, Specialty Consultant for Allergy, Immunology and Immunizations to the Army Surgeon General and Founding Associate Director of the National Vaccine Healthcare Centers Network.

Dr. Cleary is Professor of Medicine, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor, and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, NY. She is a former clerkship director, former associate dean for curriculum, and has collaborated with colleagues on presentations and literature on the topic of sharing assessment information.

Dr. Nicholas is the Director of Simulation Education and Operations for the University of Vermont (UVM) Clinical Simulation Laboratory (CSL) which serves the Colleges of Medicine, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, and the UVM Medical Center. The CSL is dually accredited by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) and the American College of Surgeons. As simulation educational consultant, she works with faculty to integrate simulation based educational teaching and assessment activities into formal curriculum, programming and continuing healthcare education. Dr Nicholas is the Director of Clinical Skills Curriculum for the UVM Larner College of Medicine. She oversees all M1-M4 clinical skills curriculum and assessment including remediation process. She is an Assistant Professor in OB-GYN and Family Medicine and retired from her private practice after 35 years.

Dr. Nicholas is an Accreditation Site Reviewer for SSH as and the Vice Chair of Quality for the SSH Certification Committee. She is past chair of Research and Grants for the Association of Standardized Patient Educators (ASPE) and was named the ASPE Educator of the Year for 2011.

Dr Nicholas is interested in use of debriefing techniques in remediation, faculty development in feedback and debriefing skills, patient centered/relationship centered communication skills and the effect of gendered communication on interprofessional teams.

Dr. Camilla Curren is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine at OSU Medical Center and of Pediatrics at Columbus Children’s Hospital, and serves as Director of Longitudinal Groups for the newly integrated Lead.Serve.Inspire Curriculum at OSU College of Medicine in Columbus, Ohio. She is the recipient of numerous teaching awards from the OSU College of Medicine including the 2016 Master Teacher Award from Courage to Teach and the 2016 Distinguished Educator Award from the College of Medicine and the 2015 Alumni Faculty Teaching Award. Dr. Curren works with and mentors faculty in the remediation of students with clinical skills deficits in the first two years of medical school (Part One) during their earliest clinical experiences.

She is a graduate of The Ohio State University College of Medicine and of the OSU and Nationwide Children’s Hospitals Internal Medicine/Pediatrics program and is actively involved in the preclinical and clinical aspects of teaching medical students and residents.

Dr. Aubrey Knight is Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Professor of Medicine and Family & Community Medicine at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine. Dr. Knight graduated from the University of Virginia School of Medicine and the family medicine residency at Carilion in Roanoke and a geriatric medicine fellowship at the University of Maryland. Dr. Knight is a board certified in Family Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, and Hospice and Palliative Medicine.

In his role as Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Dr. Knight spends much of his time with career and academic advising. He personally coaches students and helps guide them to resources aimed at improving their success in the classroom, at the bedside and in the testing environment.

Dr. Knight’s career has focused on medical education. He has been a family medicine residency director as well as the program director for a hospice and palliative medicine fellowship. He was the founding program director for the Carilion Geriatric Medicine fellowship program and, after a 10 year hiatus is once again, the program director of this fellowship. He has collaborated with the VT Center for Gerontology on research related to aging and caregiving.

He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians, a Certified Medical Director with the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term-Care Medicine, and a member of the American Geriatric Society. Dr. Knight is a geriatric provider at the Carilion Clinic Center for Healthy Aging for their Mild Cognitive Impairment and Memory Disorders Clinics and a physician with the inpatient palliative medicine team at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital.

Dr. Knight has been recognized in the Roanoke magazine as one of Roanoke “Top Docs” and by Our Health Magazine for “Best Bedside Manner.” He is on the Medical Scientific Committee for the Alzheimer’s Association and the Advisory Board for the Gold Humanism Honor Society.

Dr. Nicole Wadsworth (D.O., FACOEP, FACEP) is an Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine. Her educational interest surrounds board preparation for medical students who struggle with academic success, inter-professional education, simulation in medical education and curriculum development.

She is currently the Co-Chair of the Curriculum Transformation Team at the Heritage College, leading faculty teams in review and revision of the current curriculum as well as assisted in the development of a pilot curricular program at the Heritage College’s Cleveland extension campus.

She has previously presented at American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine around the topic of Multicultural medical school curriculum, Committee on College Accreditation Training regarding standard six and Committee on College Accreditation Training regarding Compliance: Meeting and Exceeding the Standards.

Pat Kenney-Moore EdD, PA-C is an Associate Professor, Associate Director and Academic Coordinator in the Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine, Division of Physician Assistant Education. She is responsible for the didactic phase of the OHSU PA program and is involved in teaching, learning, assessment and remediation of PA students.

She is a graduate of the Physician Assistant Program at the University of Southern California (USC), and subsequently completed a Master of Science degree in Postsecondary, Adult and Continuing Education and a Doctor of Education degree in Educational Leadership: Postsecondary Education from Portland State University. Pat’s clinical background includes family medicine and general internal medicine and she continues to maintain a part time clinical practice at a free clinic.

In addition to program responsibilities, Pat is a member of the Board of Trustees for the Oregon Medical Association and participates nationally with the National Commission on the Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA), and the Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA).

She is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Physician Assistants and has received several honors including Oregon PA of the Year in 2005, OHSU School of Medicine Faculty Excellence in Education Award for 2004-2005, and several academic teaching awards. In 2016 she received the national Master Faculty award presented by the Physician Assistant Education Association.