Research & Innovation

A needs assessment for faculty development in baccalaureate nursing programs. Dias J, Violato C. International Journal of Studies in Nursing, 2018.

Fit Indices for CFA. Violato C, Violato EM. SAGE Encyclopedia of Research Design, 2022.

History of the Canadian Medical Education Journal. Violato C, D’Eon MF. Canadian Medical Education Journal, 2020.

Implementing Core Entrustable Professional Activities. Violato C, Englander R, Dale E, Gauer J. Academic Medicine, 2024.

LISREL. Violato C, Violato EM. SAGE Encyclopedia of Research Design, 2022.

Multiple Choice Questions in a Nutshell. Violato E, Violato C. Academic Medicine, 2020.

Seven Deadly Sins of Assessment. Dale E, Violato C. Teach Medical Science with a Sense of Humor, 2021.

Validity Evidence for Assessing Entrustable Professional Activities. Violato C, Cullen MJ, Englander R, Murray K, Hobday PM, Borman-Shoap E, Ersan O. Academic Medicine, 2021.

A Study of the Validity of the New MCAT. Violato C, Gauer J, Patel D, Violato E. Academic Medicine, 2020.

Association between MCAT scores and Alpha Omega Alpha membership. Gauer JL, Jackson JB. Advances in Medical Education and Practice, 2017.

Choosing medical students for admission. Patel D, Gauer J, Violato C. Minnesota Medicine, 2019.

Differential item functioning of basic medical sciences by race and sex. Dale E, Abulela M, Jia H, Violato C. BMC Medical Education, 2023.

Do MCAT scores predict USMLE scores? Gauer JL, Jackson JB. Medical Education Online, 2016.

Identifying a parsimonious model for predicting achievement. Ali S, Baig L, Violato C. Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 2017.

Race and gender bias in clerkship grading. Gauer JL, Mustapha T, Violato C. Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 2023.

Relationships of demographic variables to USMLE scores. Gauer JL, Jackson JB. Advances in Medical Education and Practice, 2018.

Stability and differences in empathy between men and women medical students. Elkin E, Martin La-Plant E, Olson A, Violato C. Medical Educator, 2021.

The association between USMLE scores and clinical performance. Gauer JL, Jackson JB. Advances in Medical Education and Practice, 2019.

The association of USMLE scores with residency match specialty. Gauer JL, Jackson JB. Medical Education Online, 2017.

Assessing Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Physicians. Carenzo L, Cena T, Carfagna F, Rondi V, Ingrassia PL, Cecconi M, Della Corte F, Vaschetto R, Violato C. PLoS ONE, 2021.

Building a Medical Education Outcomes Center. Rosenberg ME, Gauer JL, Smith B, Calhoun A, Olson APJ, Melcher E. JMIR Medical Education, 2019.

Cross-cultural validity of a leadership competencies instrument. Mano MS, Gomes R, Werutsky G, Barrios CH, Marta GN, Villarreal-Garza C, et al. Journal of Global Oncology, 2019.

Endocrinology residency rotation and clinical knowledge. Miller-Chang YM, Gauer JL, Butler L, Olson APJ, Shrestha RT, Redmon JB. BMC Medical Education, 2022.

Factors associated with choice to practice in rural Minnesota. Fritsma T, Henning-Smith C, Gauer JL, Khan F, Rosenberg ME, Clark K, Sopdie E, Sechler A, Sundberg A, Olson APJ. JAMA Network Open, 2023.

Impact of the Rural Physician Associate Program. Butler L, Rosenberg ME, Miller-Chang YM, Gauer JL, Melcher E, Olson APJ, Clark K. Family Medicine, 2021.

ISAM’s International Certification of Addiction Medicine. El-Guebaly N, Violato C. Textbook of Addiction Treatment, 2019.

Student and patient evaluations of teaching hospitals. Gauer JL, van den Hoogenhof S, Rosenberg ME. Advances in Medical Education and Practice, 2019.

Ten principles for effective clinical teaching. Violato C. Minnesota Medicine, 2018.

A Meta-Analysis of E-learning in Evidence-Based Practice. Yammine K, Zibara V, Violato C, Bahous S. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 2023.

A test of three theories of medical expertise. Violato C, Hong G, O’Brien MC, Grier D, Shen E. Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2018.

Learning preferences and academic performance. Yenya H, Gao H, Wofford M, Violato C. Anatomical Sciences Education, 2017.

Impact of Lockdown Measures on COVID-19. Violato C, Violato EM, Violato EM. PLoS ONE, 2021.

Leadership style in extractive industries. Chevane A, Citaku F, Violato C, Khan YH, et al. Open Science Journal, 2017.

Do I belong here? Experiencing the Impostor Phenomenon in research on evaluation. Gauer JL, Acikgöz M, Appiah-Num A, Gillich H, Hallas L, Lee JC. American Evaluation Association Annual Conference, Nov 2022, New Orleans, LA.

Sex and race bias in clerkship grading. Gauer JL, Violato C. Ottawa Conference, Aug 2022, Lyon, France.

Sex and race bias in clerkship grading. Gauer JL, Violato C. Best Practices in Health Sciences Education, May 2022, Minneapolis, MN.

Student perspectives on the current state of diversity, equity, and inclusion content in the preclinical medical education curriculum. Ahern M, Martin LaPlant E, Gauer JL. Best Practices in Health Sciences Education, May 2022, Minneapolis, MN.

The Diversity Engagement Survey: A survey of the institutional culture and climate relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Gauer JL, Cabrera AK, Carr TM, Cole D, Dale E, Martin LaPlant E, Violato C. Best Practices in Health Sciences Education, May 2021, Online/Virtual.

Assessing “the Competence” in Competency Based Health Professions Education. Violato C, Violato E. Association of Medical Education in Europe, Aug 2023, Lyon, France.

Assessing clinical skills with EPAs: Basics, fundamentals and mitigation of bias. Poeppelman P, Triemstra J, Violato C, Englander R. Association of Medical Education in Europe, Aug 2023, Lyon, France.

Co-production in item writing. Dale E, Violato C. Best Practices Day, May 2022, University of Minnesota, USA.

Growth of Medical Competence: Direct Observation of Medical Students during Clinical Clerkships. Violato C, Violato E, Violato E. Association of Medical Education in Europe, Aug 2023, Lyon, France.

How do medical students learn clinical skills? EPA longitudinal ratings depicted as learning curves describing performance over time. Dutt S, Gauer JL, Abulela M, Violato C, Dale E. Best Practices in Health Sciences Education, Oct 2023, Minneapolis, MN.

Does personality matter? Relationships between the Big Five personality traits and clinical OSCE performance in medical students. Miller CD, Gauer JL, Martin LaPlant E, Violato C. Best Practices in Health Sciences Education, Oct 2023, Minneapolis, MN.

Changes in empathy during the covid-19 pandemic. Kalenberg C, LaPlant E, Violato C. Best Practices Day, May 2022, University of Minnesota, USA.

Medical student satisfaction, workload, performance and wellbeing before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Violato C, Gauer JL, Martin LaPlant E. Association for Medical Education in Europe Annual Conference, Aug 2021, Online/Virtual.

Wellbeing Assessment for Medical School Faculty: Do Departmental Type and Disability Status Matter? Abulela MA, Schowengerdt B, Termuhlen A, Dorr H, Krohn K, Violato C. American Association of Medical Colleges, Nov 2023, Seattle, WA, USA.

Wellbeing Assessment for Medical School Learners: Do Learner’s Role and Disability Status Matter? Abulela MA, Schowengerdt B, Termuhlen A, Dorr H, Krohn K, Violato C. Association of Medical Education in Europe, Aug 2023, Glasgow, Scotland.

Do MCAT Subscores Predict Medical Students’ Performance in Foundational Preclinical Science Courses? A K-Fold and Leave-One-Out Cross-Validation Approach. Abulela MA, Dale E. Ottawa 2022, Aug, Lyon France.

National survey of medical student Step 1 preparation behaviors, attitudes, and resources at the end of the scored era. Drake E, Sellami N, Barnett SH, Nash R, O’Sadnick T, Gauer JL, Reilly-Spong M, Slattery S, O’Neill C, Smith TG. Medical Education Learning Specialists Annual Meeting, Nov 2022, Nashville, TN.

Building a Medical Education Outcomes Center. Gauer JL, Melcher E, Rosenberg ME. The Generalists in Medical Education Annual Conference, Nov 2019, Phoenix, AZ.

Building a Medical Education Outcomes Center. Rosenberg ME, Gauer JL, Melcher E. Association for Medical Education in Europe Annual Conference, Aug 2019, Vienna, Austria.

Building a Medical Education Outcomes Center. Gauer JL, Melcher E, Calhoun A, van den Hoogenhof S, Smith B, Violato C, Rosenberg ME. AAMC Central Group on Educational Affairs Spring Conference, Mar 2019, Grand Rapids, MI.

Correlating student evaluations of clerkships with patient experiences of care: A preliminary foray into clinical outcomes-based evaluation. Gauer JL, van den Hoogenhof S, Rosenberg ME. Best Practices in Health Sciences Education, May 2018, Minneapolis, MN.

Data-Driven Health Professions Education Research - How to Get Started. Olson APJ, Gauer JL, Melcher E. Best Practices in Health Sciences Education, May 2019, Minneapolis, MN.

Help me with my statistics - STAT! A primer workshop for education researchers. Olson APJ, Miller-Chang Y, Gauer JL, Butler L. Best Practices in Health Sciences Education, Apr 2020, Minneapolis, MN.

The Medical Education Outcomes Center. Gauer JL, Melcher E, Butler L, Dockendorf J, Resler E, Smith B, Olson APJ, Rosenberg ME. Best Practices in Health Sciences Education, May 2019, Minneapolis, MN.

Enrichment Summer Prematriculation Program: Drinking from a fire hose made easier. Slattery WS, van den Hoogenhof S, Kim MH, Gauer JL. AAMC Central Group on Student Affairs Annual Conference, Apr 2017, Rochester, MN.