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Biographical Information and Recent Accomplishments

 

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David Solomon
Associate Professor

A202 East Fee Hall
517-353-2037
517-432-1798
dsolomon@msu.edu

A. Education

Bachelor of Science Sept 1969 to June 1973 - Michigan State University. Major - Psychology

Master of Arts April 1975 to June 1976 - Michigan State University. Major - Statistics and Research Design

Doctor of Philosophy June 1976 to August 1983 - Michigan State University. Major Educational Mesaurement and Eval

B. Expertise and Research Interests

Measurement and Evaluation, Performance Assessment
Communication of Research
E-Learning

C. Recent Funding

PI - Evaluation of the Contemporary Education Initiative January 2001 to June 2002, Subcontract with the University of California, San Francisco. Budget $74, 994, 15% salary support

PI - Education in Genetics Ethics (EDGE) May 2002 - April 2005 $127,755

PI - Predoctoral Primary Training in Internal Medicine July 2002 - June 31, 2005 $360,000

PI - Predoctoral Primary Care Training in Internal Medicine July 2003 - June 31, 2005 competing supplemental award, $284,245

D. Recent Publications and Presentations

Solomon, DJ. Medical Education Online: A case study of an open access journal in health professional education. Information Research, 2007:12(2) paper 301 http://InformationR.net/ir/12-2/paper301.html

Solomon, DJ. The Role of Peer-Review for Scholarly Journals in the Information Age. Journal of Electronic Publishing 2007:10(1)
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=jep;cc=jep;rgn=main;view=text;idno=3336451.0010.107

Solomon, DJ, Sleight D, Williamson J. Developing Digital Training Modules with Camtasia. Workshop at the Generalists in Medical Education Annual Meeting. Seattle, October 2006.

Aldasouqi SA, Solomon DJ, Bokhari S, Khan M, Shareef, M. Glycohemoglobin A1c is a promising diagnostic tool in gestational diabetes mellitus: A pilot retrospective study. Endocr Pract 2006;12(Suppl2):8. (Published Abstract)

Mattewal A, Aldasuuqi SA, Solomon DJ, Gossain V, Koller A. Assessment of accuracy and precision of a A1cNow® InView™: A new simple method for office-based glycohemoglobin measurement. Endocr Pract 2006;12(Suppl2):15. (Published Abstract)

Laird-Fick HS, Solomon, DJ, Ford, M, Pletcher S. Teaching Medical Students about barriers to care using electronic learning modules and a Wiki-based community resource guide. Poster presentation at the Society for General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting Toronto, April 2007.

Solomon DJ. Talking past each other: Making sense of the debate over electronic publication. First Monday [serial online]2002;7:8 Available from URL:
http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue7_8/solomon/index.html

Solomon DJ, The rating reliability calculator. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 2004;4:11 [serial online] http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcmedresmethodol/

Solomon DJ, Laird-Fick HS, Keefe CW, Thompson ME, Noel MM. Using a Formative Simulated Patient Exercise for Curriculum Evaluation. BMC Medical Education 2004, 4:8 [serial online] Available from URL: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6920/4/8

Solomon DJ, Ferenchick GS, Laird-Fick HS, Kavanaugh K. A Randomized Trial Comparing Digital and Live Lecture Formats. BMC Medical Education 2004, 4:27 [serial online] Available from URL: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6920/4/27

Solomon DJ, Ferenchick G. Sources of Measurement error in an ECG examination: Implications for performance-based assessments. Advances in Health Sci Educ 2004;9:283-290.

Solomon DJ, Managing the Peer Review Process. Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Education Research Association, New Orleans. April 2002.

Solomon DJ, Ferenchick G. Assessing the generalizabilty of an ECG Examination. Presentation at the Clerkship Directors of Internal Medicine Meeting, Washington DC, October 2002.

Solomon DJ, Developing CD-ROM-Based Multimedia Instructional Material. Poster presentation at the Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, Vancouver, B.C. April 2003.

Solomon DJ, Pryor A, Ferenchick, G. Developing Digital Multimedia Presentations. Workshop at the Clerkship Directors of Internal Medicine Meeting, Savannah, GA, October 2003.

Solomon DJ, Laird-Fick, HA. Formative Simulated Patient Exercise for Third Year Medicine Clerkship Students. Poster presentation at the Clerkship Directors of Internal Medicine Meeting, Savannah, GA, October 2003.

Solomon DJ, Sleight D, Williamson J. Digital Multimedia Presentations. Workshop at the Generalists in Medical Education Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, November 2003.

E. Honors and Awards

Phi Eta Sigma - Freshman Honor Society
Thomas Hale Ham Award for New Investigators - Research in Medical Education 1990

F. Service to Professional Organizations

Steering Committee, Generalists in Medical Education
Chairman, Program Chair, Treasurer, Communication of Research Special Interest Group American Educational Research Association
Member, Communications and Outreach Committee, American Educational Research Association
Editorial Board Member, BioMed Central, Medical Educaiton
Editor and Founder, Medical Educaiton Online

G. Memberships

National Council on Measurement in Education 1976 - 2000
American Educational Research Association (AERA) 1976 to present

H. Professional Consultations

University of Louisville, Institute for Bioethics Health Policy and Law

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