The focus of medical education in Hopkins GIM is to develop curricula for medical students, residents, and fellows as a planned educational experience. Members of our group work to design, implement, evaluate, and continually improve learners' experiences in Medicine. Much of this pedagogy emphasizes the biopsychosocial approach to clinical training with emphasis on problem-oriented and patient-centered training.
Within these curricula, we strive to integrate such principles as Evidence-Based Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology, Cost Effectiveness, and Decision-Making Skills. These learning experiences exist in both traditional formats of small- and large-group teaching settings, as well as innovations in medical education such as internet-based learning. These developed didactics are revised as our needs and knowledge base change. We have also developed an emphasis on quality clinical training in the ambulatory setting for medical students and physicians in residency training designed to meet society’s needs. Johns Hopkins is home of the Osler Center for Clinical Excellence which has supported many of these efforts within our Division.
Medical Education Faculty
Bimal H. Ashar, MD, MBA
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, Executive Health Program
Director, Advanced Medicine Clerkship
Research and Medical Education Interests:
Complementary and alternative medicine; medical student education; preventive medicine
Gail Berkenblit, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Principal Investigator, Evaluation of HIV Ambulatory Care in US Internal Medicine Residency Programs
Research and Medical Education Interests:
HIV care and management; training for residents
Sarah L. Clever, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Associate Director, Clinical Skills Course
Co-Director, The Healer's Art.
Research and Medical Education Interests:
Patient-physician communication
Joseph Cofrancesco Jr, MD, MPH, FACP
Associate Professor of Medicine
Principal Investigator, Fat Redistribution And Metabolism in HIV I, FRAM II, CoI: ACTG, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Center for AIDS Research "The Thailand Study", NIH: "Study of HIV, injection drug use, nutrition and endocrinology (SHINE)", "Impact of Resident Duty Hour Limitations, views of key clinical faculty"
Research and Medical Education Interests:
HIV: HIV treatment and complications, body shape/composition and metabolic effects ("Lipodystrophy") of HIV infection and HIV treatment, sex hormone changes in HIV infected individuals; medical education, the impact of duty hours on resident training, methods for measurement, evaluation and value for medical education
John A. Flynn, MD, MBA, FACP
Associate Professor of Medicine and Rheumatology. Clinical Director GIM Division. Director Spondyloarthritis Program. Principal Investigator, Abbott Laboratories Humira Study. Co-Principal Investigator, Auto-Antibodies in Seronegative Spondyloarthropathies. Co-Investigator, Measurement of Spinal Fusion in Ankylosing Spondylitis. Co-Investigator, Patient and Physician Perception of disease in Psoriatic Arthritis
Research and Medical Education Interests:
Research advances in the treatment of Ankylosing Spondylitis and Psoriatic Arthritis; advanced Ambulatory Clinical Clerkship In Musculoskeletal Medicine (AACCMM)
Mark T. Hughes, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Research and Medical Education Interests:
Informed consent; ethics in patient care
Redonda G. Miller, MD, MBA
Associate Professor of Medicine
Vice-Chair for Clinical Affairs, Department of Medicine
Research and Medical Education Interests:
Women's health: mid-life Issues (osteoporosis, menopause); patient safety and clinical care delivery; medical education of residents
Gregory Prokopowicz, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Research and Medical Education Interests:
Hypertension; evidence-based medicine; information needs of clinicians
Stephen Sisson, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Research and Medical Education Interests:
Computer-assisted instruction; curricular development
Current Projects:
Varied use of an online curriculum; impact of residency training on knowledge of asthma guidelines; impact of residency training on knowledge of diagnosis and management of chronic kidney disease
Rosalyn Stewert, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Research and Medical Education Interests:
Travel and tropical medication; physical diagnostic skills
