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Teaching and educational interests
Dr. Lawrence Kass has been involved in almost all aspects of health professions education at Penn State College of Medicine, including service as a course director, residency program director and member of the undergraduate medical education and graduate medical education committees.
For the past several years, Dr. Kass has focused on innovation in faculty development. In the Department of Emergency Medicine, Dr. Kass designed and implemented a faculty development program, helping faculty to become more skilled teachers. In addition, he created a faculty research team system, promoting scholarship and peer-mentoring among Emergency Medicine faculty.
Dr. Kass also became co-director of Penn State College of Medicine's Junior Faculty Development Program, effective July 2020. This program has a holistic curriculum and mentored project designed to enable sustainable career trajectories in an academic health system.
Education/Academic qualification
Emergency Medicine, Residency, York Hospital, Pennsylvania
… → 1993
Internal Medicine, Residency, University of Maryland
… → 1990
MD, School of Medicine, Boston University
… → 1987
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Creating an Educational Portfolio
Kass, L. E., Jan 1 2024, An Emergency Physician's Path: What to Expect After an Emergency Medicine Residency. Springer International Publishing, p. 287-298 12 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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The Scribe Effect: the Impact of a Pre-matriculation Experience on Subsequent Medical School Education
Waller, R., Ekpa, N. & Kass, L., Dec 2021, In: Medical Science Educator. 31, 6, p. 1983-1989 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Barriers to compliance with emergency department discharge instructions: lessons learned from patients’ perspectives
Schenhals, E., Haidet, P. & Kass, L., Jan 24 2019, In: Internal and Emergency Medicine. 14, 1, p. 133-138 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Non-urgent use of emergency departments: populations most likely to overestimate illness severity
Andrews, H. & Kass, L., Sep 1 2018, In: Internal and Emergency Medicine. 13, 6, p. 893-900 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Medical Students as Systems Ethnographers: Exploring Patient Experiences and Systems Vulnerabilities in the Emergency Department
Gonzalo, J. D., Graaf, D., Kass, L. E., Promes, S. B., Wolpaw, D. R. & George, D. R., Jul 2017, In: AEM Education and Training. 1, 3, p. 225-233 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prizes
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Distinguished Educator Award
Bronson, S. (Recipient), Kass, L. (Recipient), Kees-Folts, D. (Recipient) & Mackay, D. (Recipient), 2010
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