David Stern MD, PhD
David
Stern MD, PhD
is an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and
Medical Education at the University of Michigan Medical School and the Ann
Arbor Veterans Administration Healthcare System. Dr. Stern received his
bachelor's degree in anthropology from Harvard University
and his medical degree from Vanderbilt Medical School.
He completed internship and residency in internal medicine at Tufts/New
England Medical Center. He subsequently served as a fellow in Ambulatory
Care and Research at Stanford and the Palo
Alto Veterans Affairs Medical Center,
and received his Ph.D. from Stanford University School of Education in
curriculum and teacher education.
Dr.
Stern practices general internal medicine at the Ann
Arbor VA
medical center, where he also teaches residents and medical students. Over
the past decade he has been associate director of the Introduction To The
Patient Course at the University of Michigan Medical School, and faculty
director of the Standardized Patient Program. He now serves as Director of Global REACH, Michigan Medical School
's international initiative "to facilitate health research, education,
and collaboration among the University of Michigan Medical School faculty,
students, and our global partners for the benefit of patients
worldwide."
In
addition to administrative responsibilities, his primary research interest
is in the development and assessment of professional behavior of
physicians. He is the author of over 100 abstracts and papers on the topic,
and is editor of "Measuring Medical Professionalism," to be
published by Oxford University Press in 2005. He has served as a consultant
and visiting professor at medical schools nationally and internationally,
conducting workshops and seminars on teaching, learning, and evaluating
professionalism.
In
2001, he was invited to participate as a member of the Core Committee of
the Institute for International Medical Education and their project to
evaluate outcome competencies of medical schools internationally. For the
IIME pilot project in China,
he directed the IIME task force on assessment, organized and managed
faculty workshops, and organized the test administration in 2003.
Subsequent international panels for standard setting at the student and
school levels have helped the IIME to achieve its goal of measuring outcome
standards in medical education. He continues this work to ensure minimum
standards in quality for physicians worldwide.
Current projects include:
- Predictors of Behavioral competence in
medical students
- Doctor-patient communication by email
- International Perspectives on Human
Clinical Trials
- The assessment of Global Minimum Essential
Requirements in medical edcuation
- The GME Ethics Program
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