Department of Internal Medicine
Nephrology Faculty
Joel A. Gordon, M.D.
Sahai Family Professor of Medical Education
Professor of Medicine
Director of Continuing Medical Education
Faculty Director, Lois Boulware Medical Student Learning Community
Chairman, Carver College of Medicine Continuing Medical Education Committee
On July 1st, 2006, Dr. Gordon was named the Sahai Family
Professor of Medical Education, an endowed Professorship at the Carver
College of Medicine given to an individual who has shown exemplary service
and dedication to medical student education here at the College. In this role, Dr.
Gordon will serve the College of Medicine as the Director of all year 3
and year 4 clinical clerkships. One of his major charges in this
new position will be to lead the College of Medicine in reshaping it’s
3rd and 4th year clinical curriculum to make it more contemporary with
the practice of medicine in the 21st Century. In addition to this
position in the College of Medicine, Dr. Gordon remains an active member
of the Nephrology Division and devotes considerable time to the clinical
and educational missions of this division.
In years 1 and 2 he participates in the Human
Organs Systems course
and the Foundations of Clinical Practice IV Course. In Human
Organ Systems, he and Dr. Lisa Antes present the section
on renal physiology, introducing first year students to this topic in both
lecture and computer based instructional format. In the second year,
Dr. Gordon is the coordinator for the renal pathophysiology presentations
made in the FCP IV course and also participates
as an instructor in the small group sessions for the students.
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Medical School:
University of Colorado
Residency:
University of Colorado
Fellowship:
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In years 3 and 4, Dr. Gordon participates in the clinical education
of medical students and Internal Medicine residents through his involvement as
a staff physician on the General Internal Medicine services at the University
Hospital and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center. In addition, Dr. Gordon
is both a preceptor and an instructor for third year students in the ambulatory
Internal Medicine clerkship.
Dr. Gordon actively participates in the teaching of nephrology
fellows by serving both as a staff physician for 2 of the nephrology fellows
in their continuity of care clinic. He also serves as the staff physician
for the fellows who are assigned to the University Hospital inpatient nephrology
consultation service.
Dr. Gordon is also one of the faculty directors for one of the
four Medical Student Learning Communities that the College of Medicine has in
its Medical Education Building. As faculty director for the Lois Boulware
Community, Dr. Gordon has frequent contact with students in all four years of
medical school and serves as a mentor for many of the students whom he interacts
with.
Dr. Gordon also is the Carver College of Medicine’s chair
of the Continuing Medical Education Committee. In this role, Dr. Gordon is
making certain the College is carrying out its mission for Continuing Education
and is in compliance with the rules and regulations for CME at academic medical
centers.
Honors, Awards, and Organizations
- Phi Beta Kappa, University of Colorado
- Outstanding Clinical Teacher Award, Voted by Medical School Graduating Class
- M4 Teacher of the Year Award, University of Iowa College of Medicine
- University of Iowa Collegiate Teaching Award
- University of Iowa, Department of Internal Medicine, Departing Residents Outstanding Faculty Award
- Recipient, Harvard-Macy Institute Fellowship for Physician Educators for 1996
- University of Iowa Collegiate Teaching Award
- M-3 Faculty Teacher of the Year, University of Iowa College of Medicine
- AOA Faculty Initiate, University of Iowa College of Medicine
- Recipient, Harvard-Macy Institute Fellowship for Leadership in Medical Education Conference
- Iowa chapter, American College of Physicians/American Society of Internal Medicine, Laureate Award Winner
- American College of Physicians, Fellow
- American Society of Nephrology, Member
- Sahai Family Endowed Chair in Medical Education
Recent Publications
- Peterson, M.W., Gordon, J.A., and Elliott, S.E.: Computer-Based Testing: Initial Report of Widespread Use in a Medical School Curriculum. Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 16:51-59, 2004
- Kreiter, C., Gordon, J.A., Elliott, S., and Callaway, M.: Recommendations for Assigning Weights to COmponents Tests to Drive and Overall Course Grade. Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 16:133-138, 2004
- Bland, A., Kreiter, C.D., and Gordon, J.A.: The Psychometric Properties of Five Scoring Methods Applied to the Script Concordance Test. Acad. Med. 80:395-399, 2005.
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