Improving Genetics Education in Graduate and Continuing Health Professional Education Workshop Summary (2015) / Chapter Skim
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Appendix B: Speaker Biographical Sketches
Appendix B: Speaker Biographical Sketches
Pages 81-94
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In 2013 she was accepted into the Doctor of Nursing Practice for Family Nurse Practitioner program at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Her awards include Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Commendation Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the Army Achievement Medal, the Overseas Service Ribbon, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, National Defense Service Ribbon, and the Army Service Ribbon.
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as chairman of an all-staff interprofessional continuing education program at a community hospital; director of CME and subsequently chair of continuing education at McMaster University's Faculty of Health Sciences; associate dean of continuing education and founding director of the Knowledge Translation (Implementation Science) Program in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto; and chairman of Ontario's Guidelines Advisory Committee.
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His areas of interest include quality improvement and patient safety, emerging technology in medicine and medical education, health care provider involvement in social media, and medical education for residents and faculty. Geoffrey Ginsburg, M.D., Ph.D., is the founding director for the Center for Applied Genomics in the Duke University Medical Center and the founding executive director of the Center for Personalized and Precision Medicine in the Duke University Health System.
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In 2011 he left his post in cardiology for a newly created position as a clinical pharmacy specialist in applied pharmacogenomics, and he is currently responsible for leading the clinical implementation efforts for the application of pharmacogenomics within KPCO. In addition to his daily work responsibilities, he is actively engaged in teaching at two local schools of pharmacy and in research efforts for the Clinical Pharmacy Research Team.
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Karty works with teams creating innovative educational formats, CME planning at the annual AAFP assembly, and the AAFP credit system. She is currently involved in the risk evaluation mitigation strategies team at AAFP and has represented the academy at national organizations, including FDA and the Council of Medical Specialty Societies, where she also currently serves as the chair of the CME director component group.
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, where he leads ACCME's efforts to identify, develop, and promote national standards for quality continuing medical education (CME) that improves physician competence and performance and contributes to improving medical care for patients and their communities.
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She also oversees quantitative research analysis ranging from internal medicine workforce trends to health outcomes research.
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While in Boston he launched and directed the Harvard Medical School continuing medical education course "The Genetic and Genomic Basis of Adult Medicine: What the Primary Care Provider Needs to Know." He also served as the first program director of the combined residency in internal medicine and medical genetics, which was part of the Harvard Genetics Training Program. He is the lead editor of the genomics textbook for practicing clinicians, Clinical Genomics: Practical Applications for Adult Patient Care (McGraw-Hill, 2013)
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Scheuner, M.D., M.P.H., is an internist and medical geneticist specializing in the field of common disease genetics with more than 20 years of experience providing clinical genetic services. She divides her time between her clinical practice of adult genetics and health services and implementation research.
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Prior to coming to HRSA, she was the executive director of the National Coalition for Health Professional Education in Genetics (NCHPEG) , where she led a national effort to promote health professional education and access to information about advances in human genetics, and she was a research scientist in the Berman Institute of Bioethics at Johns Hopkins University, where she studied public and stakeholder attitudes about genomics.
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She helped establish national and international provider competencies, developed new curriculums to ensure quality and consistent genomic care, and is involved in several national task forces and committees working toward improving the genetics competency of the nursing workforce across all practice settings. She has played a key role in the development of international genomic research priorities and a pioneering practice change model in collaboration with the U.S.
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She is the author of more than 90 peerreviewed articles. In her focus at the forefront of consumer participation in genetics research, services, and policy, she serves in a leadership role on many of the major international and national organizations, including the IOM Board on Health Sciences Policy, the National Coalition for Health Professional Education in Genetics board, and the International Rare Disease Research Consortium Interim Executive Committee, and she is co-chair of the IOM Roundtable on Translating Genomic-Based Research for Health.
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Dr. Weiss currently serves on the board of directors for the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates and has served on committees for the IOM, including those which developed the reports Crossing the Quality Chasm and Identifying Priority Areas for Quality Improvement.
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