Office for Excellence in Education Education Research Steering Committee

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Education Research Steering Committee

Committee Mission

Provide strategic direction and leadership to advance medical education research and scholarship throughout the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (MCCMS).

Committee Charge

  • Build medical education research capacity through supporting intramural Education Science Awards (e.g., ESCDA, EERA, MCEIA, CEI awards)
  • Cultivate and sustain a MCCMS medical education research community by advancing career development and facilitating collaboration in relation to medical education research
  • Enhance national and international acclaim for MCCMS in the areas of medical education research and scholarship
  • Promote the development of a reciprocal relationship between the Practice and Education shields by supporting education research aligned with patient outcomes/which translates to practice
  • Drive decisions to inform the development of mechanisms for documenting outcomes and disseminating new knowledge to an international audience
  • Foster scholarly thinking by creating faculty development resources related to medical education research and scholarship in collaboration with the Faculty Development Steering Committee
  • Support the adoption of innovative, relevant education technologies by critically appraising their value and effective strategies for integration and implementation
Committee Chairs
Name Position
John T. Ratelle, M.D. Medical Director, Education Science
Ellen L. Usher, Ph.D. Scientific Director, Education Science
Committee Secretary
Name Position
Emily A. Scanlan, M.A. Senior Education Specialist, Education Science
Committee Members
Name Position
Carrie A. Bowler, M.S. CPD Operations Administrator
Darren W. Brownlee, Dr.PH., M.H.A. FL Education Administrator
Andrea N. Leep Hunderfund, M.D., M.H.P.E. OASES Medical Director
Jon T. Nordrum, D.P.T., D.Sc. AZ Education Administrator
Stephanie M. Pagel, M.A., M.B.A. OASES Operations Manager
Aaron B. Rindflesch, Ph.D., MPT MCSHS Operations Manager
Nell E. Robinson, M.S. Mayo Clinic Academic Solutions
Stephen K. Stacey, D.O. MCHS
Colin P. West, M.D., Ph.D. RST GME Education