Ongoing Education Research Projects of Note
Diversity Issues in Higher Education – Dr. Leon McDougle is Principal Investigator of several projects designed to investigate issues related to underrepresented minority students.
- Introduction to Diversity, Communication, and Ethics in Clinical Medicine: The Use of a Student-Run Introductory Undergraduate Seminar to Increase the Number of Qualified Underrepresented Minority Medical School Applicants. Data collection is ongoing.
- M.D. Camp for Underrepresented in Medicine and Disadvantaged Scholar Students. This annual three-week summer project began June 2004 with a $10,000 grant from the Columbus Medical Association Foundation. In 2005 a $5,000 grant was received from “Fifth/Third Bank Foundation. Present funding comes for the “I Know I Can” sponsored by Columbus City Schools. Presently, the initiative is undergoing IRB approval to investigate career choice outcomes of graduates.
- Investigation of the Relationship Between Pre-Admissions Variables and Medical School Performance as Measured by the USMLE Step 1 Examination for Underrepresented Minority and Economically Disadvantaged Students Who Have Completed a Post Baccalaureate Training Program Through The Ohio State University College of Medicine. Data collection is ongoing. Scholarship to date includes:
- McDougle L, Way DP, Yash C: Effectiveness of a Premedical Postbaccalaureate Program in Improving Medical College Admission Test Scores of Underrepresented Minority and Disadvantaged Students. Journal of the National Medical Association 2008:100(9);1021-24.
- Survey of Care for the Underserved: A Control Group Study of Practicing Physicians Who Were Graduates of The Ohio State University College of Medicine's Post Baccalaureate Training Program. On June 1, 2009 a grant application was submitted to the AAMC Central Group on Educational Affairs (CGEA) requesting $4,614 to evaluate services provided to the underserved by 600 medical graduates of Michigan State University, (two additional cohorts from The Ohio State University, Southern Illinois University, University of Illinois at Chicago, and Wayne State University. Regarding the original project, data collection is ongoing. Scholarship to date includes:
- McDougle L, Way DP, Rucker Y: Survey of Care for the Underserved: A Control Group Study of Practicing Physicians Who Were Graduates of a Midwestern Premedical Post Baccalaureate Training Program. Academic Medicine (In Press).
- Dr McDougle also served as a collaborative partner with Dorothy Andriole, MD, Associate Dean, Washington University, and Kimberly Ephgrave, MD, Associate Dean, University of Iowa, to investigate opportunities to enhance the number of women and underrepresented minorities who become full-time medical school faculty. The resulting six medical school AAMC Central Group on Educational Affairs (CGEA) Research In Medical Education (RIME) collaborative has resulted in the following scholarly presentations that are being now being prepared for publication:
- Mavis BE, Jeffe DB, Hageman HL, Ephgrave K, Lypson ML, McDougle L, Roberts NK, Andriole DA: Predictors of Full-time Faculty Appointment among Contemporary U.S. Allopathic Medical Graduates: Implications for Academic Medicine Workforce Diversity.
- Mavis BE, Jeffe DB, Hageman HL, Ephgrave K, Lypson ML, McDougle L, Roberts NK, Andriole DA: The Fate of the Undecided: The Specialty Choices at Graduation of Students Who Were Undecided at Matriculation.
- Mavis BE, Jeffe DB, Hageman HL, Ephgrave K, Lypson ML, McDougle L, Roberts NK, Andriole DA: Looking beyond medical school graduation: predictors of specialty board certification?
Recently Completed Education Research Projects of Note
Faculty Development: A Collaboration with General Internal Medicine – Drs. Cynthia Ledford, Principal Investigator, and Holly Cronau, Co-Principal Investigator, recently completed a multi-year, $245,155 grant project awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services entitled, Physician Development in Primary Care-Family Medicine and General Internal Medicine. The project began July 2005 and was completed December 2006. The purpose of this project was to support and develop teaching skills of our community-based faculty and to strengthen the communication links from the underserved community sites to the Medical Center and College. A reference booklet with time-efficient teaching tips was developed along with web-based teaching modules. Unique topics such as domestic violence, cultural competency, and geriatric issues along with core teaching strategy modules have been developed.
Teaching to the CORE – Drs. Doug Knutson, Principal Investigator and Holly Cronau, Co-Principal Investigator, actively pursued a three-year, $654,970 grant project awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Teaching to the CORE: Using Core Competencies without Losing Core Values. The project period was from July 1, 2005 through June 30, 2008. The purpose of this project was to enhance the medical school curriculum at Ohio State, focusing on core competencies identified by the ACGME, while creating a medical school environment that would allow students to retrain the values of altruism and service – values drawing students to primary care. This project included initiatives that enhanced the curriculum throughout all four years of medical school.
Curriculum on Bioterrorism Preparedness – Drs. Fred Miser, Principal Investigator, and Leon McDougle, Co-Principal Investigator, were assisted by other departmental faculty members, Drs. Larry Gabel, Doug Knutson, Pat Fahey, and Kate Balturshot, to complete a multidisciplinary curriculum resulting from their three-year, $844,625, grant project from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, The Ohio Center of Excellence in Education for Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response. The project begun in 2003 and was completed in 2006. The collaborative project, consisting of educators in the fields of medicine, nursing, allied health, and public health from The Ohio State Medical Center, Ohio University, the University of Cincinnati, NEOUCOM, and the Ohio Department of Health, developed a PowerPoint presentation titled, An Introduction to the Threat of Bioterrorism – What Every Health Care Provider Should Know. This presentation is now available, http://www.familymedicine.osu.edu/13512.cfm. In addition, they developed small-group case discussions dealing with anthrax, smallpox, botulism, sarin, tularemia, dirty bombs, and post-traumatic stress disorder following a homicide bombing attack. The following article was published related to this effort: McDougle L, Miser WF: The Community Physician’s Preparedness and Response to a Sarin Gas Terrorist Attack. Family Practice Recertification 2006;28 (11):21-30.
Diversity Issues in Higher Education – Dr. Leon McDougle is Principal Investigator of two projects designed to investigate issues related to underrepresented minority students:
- McDougle L, Ukockis G, Adamshick L: Evaluation of a New Cultural Competency Training Program: CARE Columbus – Cultural Awareness and Respect through Education. [Submitted for publication 5-28-09.]
- McDougle L, Flowers A: In Search of an ADHD Screen for African American Children [Submitted for publication 6-6-09.]
