Dr. Karl Clebak’s scholarship focuses on graduate medical education, competency-based assessment, responsible use of artificial intelligence in medical education, and educational quality improvement. His work examines how emerging technologies and data-informed approaches can support resident assessment, Clinical Competency Committee decision-making, program evaluation, accreditation processes, and the work of educational leaders while preserving appropriate human oversight and professional judgment.

His broader GME scholarship includes program evaluation, faculty and program director development, educational quality improvement, and the design of practical systems that support effective residency and fellowship training. He is particularly interested in translating educational research and institutional experience into scalable approaches that can be applied across specialties and training programs.

His clinical scholarship includes evidence-based primary care, diagnostic accuracy, point-of-care ultrasound, dermatologic disease, and office-based procedures.

Dr. Karl Clebak’s educational interests center on graduate medical education leadership, competency-based medical education, assessment, and the development of program directors, faculty, and residents. His current work includes Clinical Competency Committee effectiveness, direct observation and feedback, remediation and individualized learning plans, Annual Program Evaluation, accreditation readiness, program improvement, and faculty development.

As Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education and Designated Institutional Official, he develops educational resources and faculty development for residency and fellowship leaders across specialties. He is particularly interested in creating practical, reliable educational systems that strengthen assessment, program quality, and readiness for independent practice.

He continues to teach evidence-based medicine, journal club, quality improvement, and office-based procedures and mentors residents and faculty in scholarship, educational leadership, and career development.

Dr. Clebak maintains a focused clinical practice in inpatient family medicine and ambulatory primary care. His clinical interests include evidence-based diagnosis and treatment, inpatient medicine, outpatient primary care, clinical reasoning, point-of-care ultrasound, and office-based procedures, including dermatologic and musculoskeletal procedures.

He continues to supervise and teach residents and medical students in both inpatient and outpatient settings, with particular interests in procedural competency, evidence appraisal, diagnostic accuracy, and quality improvement. His clinical and educational work are closely connected, using direct patient care to support the development of physicians prepared for independent family medicine practice.

Member, National Association of Designated Institutional Officials (NADIO), 2025 to present

Faculty, Residency Faculty Fundamentals course, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, 2023 to present

Member, Artificial Intelligence Collaborative, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, 2023 to present

Faculty, STFM Residency Faculty Fundamentals Certificate Program, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, 2024 to present

Member, Graduate Medical Education Committee, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, 2021 to 2026

Member, American College of Healthcare Executives, 2021 to present

Member, Family Medicine Education Consortium, 2019 to present

Member, Evidence-Informed Decision Making/ Information Mastery Collaborative, Family Medicine Education Consortium, 2019 to present

Member, Primary Care Innovators Network, Family Medicine Education Consortium, 2019 to present

Member, Program Directors Assembly, Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians, 2019 to present

Member, Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors, 2019 to present

Member, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, 2017 to present

Member, Resident and Student Affairs Committee, Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians, 2017 to present

Member, Evidence Based Medicine Collaborative, Society of Teachers of Medicine, 2017 to present

Member, Hospital Medicine and Procedural Training Collaborative, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, 2017 to present

Member, Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians, 2016 to present

Fellow, American Academy of Family Physicians (FAAFP), 2015 to present

Board-certified in Family Medicine, American Board of Family Medicine, 2012

Member, American Academy of Family Physicians, 2005 to present