Mission
The mission of the Assessment, Evaluation, and Scholarship Program is to: a) improve education and clinical effectiveness by exploring the longitudinal and ongoing professional development of physicians as learners, including measurement of knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, and outcomes (including patient and population health outcomes), b) promote educational scholarship through collaboration and professional/career development of faculty and others, and provide leadership and support of faculty and programs to address creative assessment and novel approaches to medical education, research development, and health care, and c) develop innovative research to facilitate outcomes analysis and quality improvement in medical student, resident, and physician learning to include education across the continuum.
Goals
The goals of the Office of Assessment, Evaluation and Scholarship are to offer services and collaborations that:
- Improve education and clinical effectiveness by exploring the professional development of physicians, including their learning, clinical behavior, and patient outcomes
- Enhance the assessment of learners in undergraduate, graduate, and continuing medical education
- Support organizational self-study
- Analyze costs, effectiveness, and benefits of select projects or programs
- Improve the training and research productivity of those interested in conducting clinical, translational, and educational research under the auspices of VCU
Assistance with Research or Evaluation Projects
The Office of Assessment, Evaluation, and Scholarship provides consultation and implementation services to VCU School of Medicine faculty, residents, and medical students in the areas of:
- Education research design
- Program evaluation design
- Data collection and data management
- Statistical analysis and interpretation in the context of education research
- Abstract and manuscript preparation
- Validity and reliability of assessment tools
Contact Us
Office of Assessment, Evaluation, and Scholarship faculty and staff contacts
Sally Santen, M.D., Ph.D.
Senior Associate Dean, Office of Assessment
Sally Santen, M.D., Ph.D.
Senior Associate Dean, Office of Assessment
Office of Assessment, Evaluation, and Scholarship
Phone: (804) 827-0425
Email: Sally.Santen@vcuhealth.org
Address/Location:
730 East Broad Street
Theater Row Building, Suite 4200
Box 980466
Richmond, VA 23298-0048
Deborah DiazGranados, PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Medicine
Deborah DiazGranados, PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Medicine
Office of Assessment, Evaluation, and Scholarship
Phone: 804-827-0142
Email: diazgranados@vcu.edu
Address/Location:
730 East Broad Street
Theater Row Building, Suite 4200
P. O. Box 980466
Richmond, VA 23298-0048
Moshe Feldman, PhD
Assistant Professor, Office of Assessment
Moshe Feldman, PhD
Assistant Professor, Office of Assessment
Office of Assessment, Evaluation, and Scholarship
Phone: 804-828-6878
Email: moshe.feldman@vcuhealth.org
Address/Location:
730 East Broad Street
Theater Row Building, Suite 4200
P. O. Box 980466
Richmond, VA 23298-0048
Kelly S. Lockeman, PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Medicine
Kelly S. Lockeman, PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Medicine
Office of Assessment, Evaluation, and Scholarship
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kelly_Lockeman
http://ipe.vcu.edu/
Phone: 804-827-1698
Email: kelly.lockeman@vcuhealth.org
Address/Location:
730 East Broad Street
Theater Row Building, Suite 4200
P. O. Box 980466
Richmond, VA 23298-0048
Kathy O'Kane Kreutzer, M.D.
Consultant
Kathy O'Kane Kreutzer, M.D.
Consultant
Office of Assessment, Evaluation, and Scholarship
Phone: 804-828-9789
Email: kathy.kreutzer@vcuhealth.org
Address/Location:
730 East Broad Street
Theater Row Building, Suite 4200
P. O. Box 980466
Richmond, VA 23298-0048
Cherie Edwards, PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Medicine
Cherie Edwards, PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Medicine
Office of Assessment, Evaluation, and Scholarship
Phone: 804-827-0424
Email: Cherie.Edwards@vcuhealth.org
Address/Location:
730 East Broad Street
Theater Row Building, Suite 4200
P. O. Box 980466
Richmond, VA 23298-0048