Judy M Spak, MLS
she/her/hers
Head of Academic Research and Education
Research & Publications
Biography
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Research Summary
My research areas include the role of information professionals in competency-based undergraduate medical education, health professions education scholarship, and librarian methodological search expertise in systematic reviews and other evidence syntheses.
Extensive Research Description
I provide training for faculty, trainees, and staff on issues related to health professions education scholarship and collaborate with researchers on these projects. I also teach at the national and local level as part of the AAMC Medical Education Research Certificate (MERC) program.
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Research Interests
Competency-Based Education; Education, Medical, Continuing; Education, Medical, Graduate; Education, Medical, Undergraduate; Systematic Review; Systematic Reviews as Topic
Selected Publications
- The pipeline starts in medical school: characterizing clinician-educator training programs for U.S. medical studentsBahar RC, O’Shea A, Li ES, Swallow MA, Allocco AA, Spak JM, Hafler JP. The pipeline starts in medical school: characterizing clinician-educator training programs for U.S. medical students. Medical Education Online 2022, 27: 2096841. PMID: 35796419, PMCID: PMC9272942, DOI: 10.1080/10872981.2022.2096841.
- Structure and impact of longitudinal Graduate Medical Education curricula designed to prepare future clinician-educators: A systematic scoping review: BEME Guide No. 74Yang Y, Gielissen K, Brown B, Spak JM, Windish DM. Structure and impact of longitudinal Graduate Medical Education curricula designed to prepare future clinician-educators: A systematic scoping review: BEME Guide No. 74. Medical Teacher 2022, 44: 947-961. PMID: 35196190, DOI: 10.1080/0142159x.2022.2039381.
- Relationship-Centered Care in the Physician-Patient Interaction: Improving Your Understanding of Metacognitive Interventions.Ko CJ, Kim R, Fortin AH, Spak JM, Hafler JP. Relationship-Centered Care in the Physician-Patient Interaction: Improving Your Understanding of Metacognitive Interventions. Cutis 2021, 107: 320-324. PMID: 34314316, DOI: 10.12788/cutis.0266.
- Intergenerational trauma in Latinxs: A scoping reviewCerdeña JP, Rivera LM, Spak JM. Intergenerational trauma in Latinxs: A scoping review. Social Science & Medicine 2021, 270: 113662. PMID: 33476987, DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113662.
- Librarians as methodological peer reviewers for systematic reviews: results of an online surveyGrossetta Nardini HK, Batten J, Funaro MC, Garcia-Milian R, Nyhan K, Spak JM, Wang L, Glover JG. Librarians as methodological peer reviewers for systematic reviews: results of an online survey. Research Integrity And Peer Review 2019, 4: 23. PMID: 31798974, PMCID: PMC6882225, DOI: 10.1186/s41073-019-0083-5.
- Entrustable professional activity 7: opportunities to collaborate on evidence-based medicine teaching and assessment of medical studentsNicholson J, Spak JM, Kovar-Gough I, Lorbeer ER, Adams NE. Entrustable professional activity 7: opportunities to collaborate on evidence-based medicine teaching and assessment of medical students. BMC Medical Education 2019, 19: 330. PMID: 31481060, PMCID: PMC6724374, DOI: 10.1186/s12909-019-1764-y.
- Transformative learning as pedagogy for the health professions: a scoping reviewVan Schalkwyk SC, Hafler J, Brewer TF, Maley MA, Margolis C, McNamee L, Meyer I, Peluso MJ, Schmutz AM, Spak JM, Davies D, Initiative T. Transformative learning as pedagogy for the health professions: a scoping review. Medical Education 2019, 53: 547-558. PMID: 30761602, DOI: 10.1111/medu.13804.
- Test-enhanced learning in health professions education: A systematic review: BEME Guide No. 48Green ML, Moeller JJ, Spak JM. Test-enhanced learning in health professions education: A systematic review: BEME Guide No. 48. Medical Teacher 2018, 40: 337-350. PMID: 29390949, DOI: 10.1080/0142159x.2018.1430354.
- The personal librarian program: an evaluation of a Cushing/Whitney Medical Library outreach initiative.Spak JM, Glover JG. The personal librarian program: an evaluation of a Cushing/Whitney Medical Library outreach initiative. Medical Reference Services Quarterly 2007, 26: 15-25. PMID: 18086639, DOI: 10.1300/J115v26n04_02.