Auguste Hector Fortin MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)

Departments & Organizations
Medical Education Staff: Medical Student EducationInternal Medicine: General Internal Medicine | Primary Care Residency Program | Internal Medicine Clerkship
Research Interests
Medical education; Psychosocial aspects of primary care; Humanism in medicine
Clinical Interests
FAA Aviation Medical exams
Education
- B.A., Brandeis University , 1981
- M.D., Tufts University , 1985
- M.P.H., Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health , 1993
Selected Publication
- Montague B, Fortin AH 6th, Rosenbaum J. A systematic review of curricula on relationships between residents and the pharmaceutical industry. Medical Education. 200842:301-308.
Latest Honor and Recognition
- FACP, American College of Physicians
Articles

Winter 2010
On the eve of class, a game of chance
On the last Wednesday in August, dozens of new medical students tried their luck against their classmates, second-year...
Winter 2013
Smith’s Patient-Centered Interviewing: An Evidence-Based Method, 3rd ed.
by Auguste H. Fortin, M.D., associate professor of medicine; Francesca C. Dwamena, M.D.; Richard M. Frankel, Ph.D.; and...

Spring 2007
Simulated Cases, Real Skills
Increasingly, medical schools such as Yale are using standardized patients, lifelike mannequins and virtual reality to...

Fall/Winter 2004
Finding a way to do the right thing
As a medical student on an internal medicine rotation, Atul Gawande, M.D., M.P.H., wasn’t particularly worried about...
Autumn 2003
Medicine from the heart, as well as the head
Click here for commencement photosSheltered under a tent to ward off a driving rain, 97 students received their medical...



