< Endowment for Education Research Awards (EERA)
Endowment for Education Research Awardees (EERA)
The Office of Applied Scholarship and Education Science (OASES) is pleased to announce the 2024 Endowment for Education Research Awards (EERA) recipients. These tiered awards will increase the value of Mayo’s educational programs, contribute to the science of education, develop the academic careers of Mayo educators, and make meaningful contributions to biomedical and health science education literature.
2025 Awardees
Recipient | Topic? | Location | Amount |
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Hospital Internal Medicine |
What are Internal Medicine Residents Uncertain About and Does the Attending Know? |
MN | $50,000 |
Anne-Lise D. D'Angelo, M.D., M.S. Colon and Rectal Surgery |
Autonomy-Supportive Learning Environments in Surgical Education Part II: Faculty Development and Programmatic Feedback |
MN | $50,000 |
Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine |
Enhanced Critical Care Coaching of Mechanical Ventilation Skills with Virtual Mechanical Ventilation (VMV) Simulation |
MN | $50,000 |
General Internal Medicine |
How Do Physicians Construct Professional Identities Amid Competing Logics that Govern Their Work? A Qualitative Study Using Narrative Analysis |
MN | $50,000 |
Mike J. Breunig, P.A.-C., M.S. Physician Assistant Program |
Peyton's Method for Teaching Point-of-Care Ultrasound Psychomotor Skills |
MN | $12,500 |
Neurology |
Program-level resilience in neurology residency education: a qualitative study of program director and resident perspectives |
MN | $12,500 |
Internal Medicine |
Interactive AI-Enhanced Interprofessional Healthcare Team Training Using Core Team STEPPS Concepts |
MN | $12,500 |
Otolaryngology |
Developing and Implementing an Annotation Framework for Computer Vision Analysis of an Otologic Surgery Key Indicator Case |
FL | $12,500 |
Internal Medicine |
Impact of Artificial Intelligence Guidance on Learning Curves and Skill Development for Participants in a Point-of-Care Ultrasound Image Portfolio: A Randomized Controlled Trial |
MN | $12,500 |
Dermatology Operations Manager, Education |
Credentials and Qualities for the Selection of Program Coordinators with No Prior Graduate Medical Education Experience: A Qualitative Analysis Using a Human Resources Framework Eye-tracking Patterns in Digital Dermatopathology: Comparison within and between learner levels and correlation with diagnostic accuracy |
FL | $12,500 |
Dermatology |
Eye-tracking Patterns in Digital Dermatopathology: Comparison within and between learner levels and correlation with diagnostic accuracy |
MN | $12,500 |
2024 Awardees
Recipient | Topic? | Location | Amount |
---|---|---|---|
Community Internal Medicine |
The Role of Relationships in Navigating Identity Dissonance in the Professional Development of Underrepresented in Medicine Physicians: A qualitative Study |
RST | $50,000 |
Mayo Clinic Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery |
Enhancing surgical residents' intraoperative ergonomic well-being using a practical ergonomics course |
RST | $50,000 |
Victoria Louwagie, DMSc, MS, PA-C Gastroenterology and Hepatology |
Student Mentorship Programs within Physician Assistant Training Programs: A National Survey |
MCHS | $12,500 |
Anesthesiology |
Motivation and Learning During In-Person Game-Based Learning of Procedural Skills: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of an Educational Escape Room |
RST | $12,500 |
Colon and Rectal Surgery |
Sources of surgeon teaching self-efficacy: “You have to make it work.” |
RST | $12,500 |
Medical and Surgical Gynecology |
Teaching the Palpatory Examination of Pelvic Floor Muscles: Establishing Validity Evidence for Assessments Utilizing Knowledge, 3-D printed models, Virtual Reality Simulation, and Standardized Patient Exams |
FLA | $12,500 |
Deirdre Paulson, PhD, LP, ABPP Family Medicine |
Using the Mayo Outpatient Precepting Evaluation Tool to Improve Teaching of Family Medicine Residents |
MCHS | $12,500 |
Nephrology and Hypertension |
Have We Made Progress? The Current Standing of Interprofessional Diversity within Faculty and Course Directors of Continuous Professional Development Courses |
MCHS | $12,500 |
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
Can Q methodology be used to identify meaningful patterns in students’ clinical reasoning? A novel approach for clinical reasoning assessment. |
FLA | $12,500 |
Physician Assistant Education |
Comparison of Headsets vs Computer Screens in Virtual Medical Education: A Randomized Trial |
RST | $12,500 |
Cardiology Education |
Microlearning in Cardiovascular Faculty Development: An Analysis of Learner Satisfaction, Learning Transfer, and Application |
RST | $12,500 |
Colon and Rectal Surgery |
Autonomy-Supportive Learning Environments in Surgical Education |
RST | $12,500 |
Adria Hoffman, PhD & Carrie Bowlder, EdD Mayo Clinic School of Continuous Professional Development |
Using AI to Enhance Continuous Professional Development: A Needs Assessment |
RST | $12,500 |
Mayo Clinic School of Continuous Professional Development |
Is there a Preferred Selection Method for Continuing Medical Education Presenters: A Comparison of Outcome-Based vs Process-Based Selection Methods |
FLA | $12,500 |
Neurologic Surgery |
Neuroanatomy training education of medical students: design and implementation of a new online platform using photogrammetry |
RST | $12,500 |
2023 Awardees
Recipient | Topic? | Location | Amount |
---|---|---|---|
Internal Medicine |
Tensions Between Education and Clinical Care on Internal Medicine Teaching Units: A Multi-Center Qualitative Study |
MN | $50,000 |
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine |
Live simulation vs Virtual Reality: Best Educational Approach to Teach and Retain Mechanical Ventilator Knowledge |
MN | $12,500 |
Otolarngology |
Comprehensive Web-based Laryngoscopy and Videostroboscopy Educational |
AZ | $12,500 |
Jonathan D. D'Angelo, Ph.D., M.A. Colon and Rectal Surgery |
Elucidating Phronetic Knowledge and Inflection Points in Surgical Education |
MN | $12,500 |
Family Medicine |
Getting Serious About Fun: A Scoping Review of Fun in Adult Learning |
MCHS | $12,500 |
Rebecca A. Klingbeil, APRN, CRNA, D.N.P. Anesthesiology |
Immersive Education Experience in Thoracic Transplant Anesthesia for the Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) |
FL | $12,500 |
Sara S. Oberhelman-Eaton, M.D. Family Medicine |
Medical Students Motivations in Choosing Self-Selected Learning Goals |
MN | $12,500 |
Urology |
Organizational Leadership Development in Urology Chief Residents |
MN | $12,500 |
Linda M. Scholl, Ph.D. Office of Applied Scholarship and Education Science |
Pathways to Educator Excellence: A Retrospective Exploratory Qualitative |
MN | $12,500 |
2022 Awardees
Recipient | Topic? | Location | Amount |
---|---|---|---|
Anne-Lise D. D'Angelo, M.D., M.S. Colon and Rectal Surgery |
Teaching the Unspoken Curriculum – Coping with Intraoperative Errors: Part II |
MN | $40,000 |
Emergency Medicine |
Assessment of Horizontal Violence toward Resident Physicians |
MCHS | $40,000 |
Mike J. Breunig, P.A.-C., M.S. Hospital Internal Medicine |
Longitudinal Point-of-Care Ultrasound Skill Acquisition in Physician Assistant Students |
MN | $10,000 |
Jonathan D. D'Angelo, Ph.D., M.A. Colon and Rectal Surgery |
Simulation Debriefings in Cross-Cultural Groups: Can Education be Lost in translation? |
MN | $10,000 |
Nephrology |
The Impact of Asynchronous Online Education on Genomics of Kidney Disease Knowledge Retention and Integration in Clinical Practice |
AZ | $10,000 |
Gynecologic Surgery |
Pilot Study of Utility of Personalized Video Feedback in Surgical Skill Development and Confidence in Trainees Performing Minimally Invasive Hysterectomy |
MN | $10,000 |
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine |
Use of the “Digital Twin” Virtual Patient Simulator in Critical Care Education: A Pilot Study |
MN | $10,000 |
Deirdre L. Paulson, Ph.D., ABPP Family Medicine |
Validation of the Mayo Outpatient Precepting Evaluation Tool (MOPET) in Family Medicine Residency Training |
MCHS | $10,000 |
Emergency Medicine |
Managing Inappropriate Patient Behaviors: Creating SAFER Spaces for Healthcare Providers Using Experiential Learning the Flipped Education Clinic |
MN | $10,000 |
Psychiatry and Psychology |
The Virtual Couch: A Curriculum on the Question of the Fundamentals of Remote Psychotherapy- Pilot Study |
MN | $10,000 |
Erin M. Van Buren, P.T., D.P.T., GCS Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
What Makes Mentoring? Assessment of Residency Mentoring Characteristics and Needs |
AZ | $10,000 |
2021 Awardees
Recipient | Topic? | Location | Amount |
---|---|---|---|
Richard M. Elias, M.B.B.S., M.D. Hospital Internal Medicine |
Protecting Time for Faculty Development and Scholarship in Academic Hospital Medicine: A Multi-Institutional, Qualitative Study |
MN | $40,000 |
Senior Education Specialist |
Infusing Social Learning Theory into Online Education |
AZ | $40,000 |
Anne-Lise D. D'Angelo, M.D., M.S. Colon & Rectal Surgery |
Investigating the unspoken curriculum: Coping with intraoperative errors |
MN | $10,000 |
Medical and Surgical Gynecology |
Impact of Robotic Single and Dual Console Systems in the Training of Minimally Invasive Gynecology Surgery (MIGS) Fellows |
FL | $10,000 |
Pathology |
Virtual Reality Headsets for Immersive Teaching of Anatomic Pathology |
MN | $10,000 |
Michael Huckabee, Ph.D., PAC, M.S. Principal Health Services Analyst |
Mayo Clinic Physician Assistant Program Wellness Curriculum Effectiveness |
MN | $10,000 |
Surgical Urology |
Evaluating the Role of Public Speaking within Graduate Medical Education |
AZ | $10,000 |
Endocrinology Consultants |
The Flipped Education Clinic |
MN | $10,000 |
Sandra Rackley, M.D. Psychiatrist Psychiatry |
Enhancing sense of community and professional fulfilment and reducing burnout in trainees and faculty during the COVID-19 pandemic through implementation of virtual Balint groups |
MN | $10,000 |
2020 Awardees
Recipient | Topic? | Location | Amount |
---|---|---|---|
Trauma, Critical Care and General Surgery |
Surgical Skill Transfer (International) |
MN | $40,000 |
Lee P. Skrupky, Pharm.D., R.Ph. Pharmacy Education |
Principles of e-Learning Design (Pharmacy) |
MN | $40,000 |
Christopher M. Wittich, M.D., Pharm.D. General Internal Medicine |
US News & World Report/Doximity |
MN | $40,000 |
Uma S. Anand, Ph.D., L.P. Mental Health Counselor |
Wellbeing |
MN | $10,000 |
Pediatric Intensive Care |
Clinical Reasoning |
MN | $10,000 |
Staff Development |
Simulation Training (Pathology) |
MN | $10,000 |
Katherine E. Cornelius, M.P.H. Principal Health Services Analyst |
Professional Identity Formation |
MN | $10,000 |
Christopher C. DeStephano, M.D., M.P.H. Surgical Gynecology |
Assessment Validation (Gyn Surg) |
FL | $10,000 |
Tamara Z. Vern-Gross, D.O. Radiation Oncology |
Communication Training |
AZ | $10,000 |
Surgical Urology |
Simulation Modality Comparison |
MN | $10,000 |
2019 Awardees
Recipient | Topic? | Location | Amount |
---|---|---|---|
Anesthesiology Anesthesiology |
Understanding Educators' process for Procedural takeovers: A Qualitative Study |
MN | $40,000 |
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine |
Bronchoscopy Assessment of Fellows in the Intensive Care Unit: Creation and Validation of the Mayo Bronchoscopy Assessment Measure (MBAM - 6) |
MN | $40,000 |
Brianna E. Vaa Stelling, M.D., M.H.P.E. General Internal Medicine |
Professional Identity Formation in Early Career Physicians: A qualitative study exploring the relationship between professional identity formation, identity erosion, and burnout |
MN | $40,000 |
Emergency Medicine |
Patient-Centered Outcomes Following Implementation of a Comprehensive Point-of-Care Ultrasound Curriculum for Internal Medicine Residents: An Exploratory Study |
FL | $10,000 |
Simulation Center |
The Effect of Learning Style of Performance in Simulation-Based Education |
FL | $10,000 |
Alexandra J. Greenberg-Worisek, Ph.D. Neurology |
Case-Based Instruction for Online Regulatory Education: Impact on Scholar Attitudes, Learning, and Goal Motivation. |
MN | $10,000 |
Neurologic Surgery |
Learning in 4D: Simulation, 3D Printing, and the Future of Skull Base Education |
MN | $10,000 |
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine |
How Do Residents Learn Within the Interprofessional Team Setting of the Medical Intensive Care Unite? A Qualitative Study |
MN | $10,000 |
Trauma, Critical Care and General Surgery |
Enhancing Mayo Clinic General Surgery Program Through Proficiency - Based Training |
MN | $10,000 |
2018 Awardees
Recipient | Topic? | Location | Amount |
---|---|---|---|
Moain Abu Dabrh, M.B., B.Ch., M.S. Family Medicine |
Professionalism and communication skills: A multi-site study assessing proficiency in core competencies and milestones |
FL | $40,000 |
Cardiovascular Diseases |
Characteristics of internal medicine residents who are successful at matriculating into cardiology fellowships: A retrospective cohort study |
MN | $40,000 |
Internal Medicine |
Effect of the Bedside Rounds on Learner Outcomes in Medical Education: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis |
MN | $40,000 |
Emergency Medicine / Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine |
Efficacy of Resident Retreats on Resident Physician Wellness as Determined by MBI Analysis |
MN | $10,000 |
Health Sciences Research |
Integration of Ergonomic Education into Residency Simulation Training |
MN | $10,000 |
Neurologic Surgery / Otorhinolaryngology |
Upgrading the mind's eye: Can new technologies improve skull base education? |
MN | $10,000 |
Gastroenterology and Hepatology |
Improving Endoscopy Staff Professional Satisfaction, Team Building, and Employment Retention through Clinical Educational Didactics |
FL | $10,000 |
Bella Panchmatia, M.S.N. Education Administration |
Integrating Health Humanities into the Practice of Allied Health Learners |
AZ | $10,000 |
Nephrology / Hypertension |
Conference Evaluation and Engagement in an Internal Medicine Residency Program |
FL | $10,000 |
Community Internal Medicine |
Video Intervention to Improve Incident Reporting Among Medical Trainees at Mayo Clinic |
FL | $10,000 |
Pharmacy |
Effect of a multi-modal learning experience on pharmacy residents' knowledge and confidence towards research and biostatistics |
MN | $10,000 |
2017 Awardees
Recipient | Topic? | Location | Amount |
---|---|---|---|
Trauma/Critical/General Surgery |
High School Surgical Olympics |
MN | $40,000 |
Hospital Internal Medicine |
Effect of the Pause Procedure on Critical Reflection and Behavior Change in Hospital Medicine Continuing Education: A Randomized Trial |
MN | $40,000 |
General Internal Medicine |
Professional Identify Formation During Residency: A Qualitative Study |
MN | $40,000 |
Anesthesiology |
Error-Focused Checklist to Assess Lumbar Epidural Catheterization for Labor Analgesia |
MN | $10,000 |
Michelle R. Holm, Pharm.D., R.Ph., M.P.H. Pharmacy |
Long-term Impact of Medical Education in a Developing Country |
MN | $10,000 |
Ariela Marshall, M.D. Hematology |
Determinants of Hematology-Oncology Trainee's Post-Fellowship Career Pathways with a Focus on Non-Malignant Hematology |
MN | $10,000 |
Brenda M. Schiltz, M.D., M.A. Pediatric Critical Care-Medicine |
Does the Style of Feedback Matter? A Randomized Control Trio to Guide Development of a Web-based Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Simulator |
MN | $10,000 |
Urology |
Evaluation of Predictors of Success in a Urology Residency Program |
MN | $10,000 |
2016 Awardees
Recipient | Topic? | Location | Amount |
---|---|---|---|
Cardiovascular Diseases |
Cardiology Fellowship Selection |
MN | $40,000 |
Surgery |
Wearables for Assessing Nontechnical and Technical Skills (WeNOTES): A Feasibility Study |
MN | $40,000 |
Hospital Internal Medicine |
Reflection and Behavior Change in Hospital Medicine Continuing Education |
MN | $40,000 |
Cardiovascular Diseases |
Utility, Feasibility, and Cost-effectiveness of Using a Combined Cadaver and Simulation Laboratory Experience during the OB-GYN and Surgical Medical School Clerkships on Student Performance |
FL | $40,000 |
Laboratory Medicine and Pathology |
Medical Educator Development via a Peer Coaching Program – A Pilot Study |
MN | $10,000 |
Neurologic Surgery |
Assessment of Neurosurgical Resident Evaluation Reporting and Feedback Process |
MN | $10,000 |
Surgery |
The Surgeon’s Workout – A medical student’s trainer for basic surgical skills: A Pilot Study |
MN | $10,000 |
Plastic Surgery |
Advancing Microsurgical Skills in Residents/Fellows: Simulation versus Translation to Operating Room |
MN | $10,000 |
Darlene R. Nelson, M.D., M.H.P.E. Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine |
Situational Awareness and its Impact on Multidisciplinary Mock Code Training |
MN | $10,000 |
Vilmarie Rodriguez, M.D. Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine |
Cultural Competency/Sensitivity in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Training |
MN | $10,000 |
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine |
Medical Humanities Curriculum for Primary Care Residents at Mayo Clinic |
MN | $10,000 |
Robert E. Sedlack, M.D., M.H.P.E. Gastroenterology |
A Randomized Trial of Endoscopic Simulator Training in First Year Gastroenterology Fellows |
MN | $10,000 |
Michele L. Yeadon, APRN, C.N.P. Cardiovascular Diseases |
Interprofessional Education to Practice: An Application of the Interprofessional Core Competencies |
MN | $10,000 |
2015 Awardees
Recipient | Topic? | Location | Amount |
---|---|---|---|
Timothy J. Nelson, M.D., Ph.D. General Internal Medicine Innovative |
Partnering to Advance Cardia Theranostics |
MN | $100,000 |
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine |
Standardized Approach to Evaluation and Treatment of Acutely Decompensating Patients using CERTAIN Framework: Remote Training of International Acute Care Clinicians |
MN | $40,000 |
Hospital Internal Medicine |
Association between Teaching Effectiveness Scores and Characteristics of Presenters and Participants in Hospital Medicine Continuing Education |
MN | $40,000 |
Surgery |
Training Surgical Skills in Medical Students |
MN | $10,000 |
Surgery |
Task-oriented “do-it-yourself” Trainer Boxes as a Tool for Better Education in General Surgery: A Pilot Study |
MN | $10,000 |
Gastroenterology |
Fellows’ and Residents’ Health and Wellness Initiative |
FL | $10,000 |
Patricia Mackey, M.S., R.N., C.N.P. Endocrinology |
NP/PA Perceived Attitudes and Barriers of Achieving Academic Rank |
AZ | $10,000 |
Brian Palmer, M.D. Psychiatry |
Assessment of Integrated Knowledge, Skill and Attitudes Regarding Assessing & Treating Antidepressant-Induced Sexual Sides Effects |
MN | $10,000 |
Laboratory Medicine and Pathology |
Impact of Using Synchronous Annotation of Whole Slide Images on Trainee Knowledge Acquisition and Retention |
MN | $10,000 |
Sandra Rackley, M.D. Psychiatry |
Professional Identity Formation in Psychiatry Residents: A Pilot Study |
MN | $10,000 |
Carolyn (Caer) Vitek, Ed.D, M.S. Center for Individualized Medicine |
Pilot Study to Evaluate Targeted Pharmacogenomic Education for Physicians |
MN | $10,000 |