David M. Irby, Ph.D. Professor in Residence Dean's Office, UCSF School of Medicine University of Washington Harvard Medical School

Dr. David Irby is a Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco where he directs undergraduate, graduate and continuing medical education programs of the School of Medicine and leads the Office of Medical Education. As a Senior Scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, he co-directed a national study on the professional preparation of physicians.

For his research on clinical teaching in medicine and leadership in medical education, he received the Distinguished Scholar Award by the American Educational Research Association, the John P. Hubbard Award from the National Board of Medical Examiners, the Daniel C. Tosteson Award for Leadership in Medical Education from Carl J. Shapiro Institute for Education and Research at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, the Distinguished Service Award from Graceland University, the John E. Chapman Medal Award from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, and became a Fellow of the American Educational Researchh Association for substantial research accomplishments in education research in 2009.

Dr. Irby is also noted for his faculty development workshops that have been conducted nationally and internationally. He created a year long, part-time Teaching Scholars Program at the University of Washington and at UCSF.

He earned a doctorate in education from the University of Washington, a Masters of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary, and a postdoctoral fellowship in academic administration from Harvard.

Recent publications (since 2007):

1. Loeser H, O'Sullivan P, Irby D. Leadership Lessons from Curricular Change at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine. Acad Med. 82:324-330, 2007.

2. Chacko K, Aagaard E, Irby D. Precepting Models. Clin Teacher. 4:1-5, 2007.

3. Autry A, Irby D, Hodgson C. Faculty Attrition in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Amer J Ob and Gyn. 196:603.e1-603.e5, 2007.

4. Teherani A, O'Sullivan P, Aagaard E, Morrison E, Irby D. Student Perceptions of the One Minute Preceptor and Traditional Preceptor Models. Med Teacher. 29:4, 323-327, 2007.

5. Simpson D, Fincher RM, Hafler JP, Irby DM, Richards BF, Rosenfeld GC, Viggiano, TR. Advancing educators and education by defining the components and evidence associated with educational scholarship. Med Educ. 41: 1002-1009, 2007.

6. O'Brien B, Cooke M, Irby D. Perceptions and Attributions of Third Year Student Struggles in Clerkships: Do Teachers and Learners Agree? Acad Med. 82(10):970-978, 2007.

7. Hauer K, Teherani A, Irby D, Kerr K, O'Sullivan P. Approaches to Medical Student Remediation after a Comprehensive Clinical Skills Exam. Med Educ. 42(1):104-12, 2008.

8. Irby D, Wilkerson L. Teaching When Time is Limited. British Med J. 336:384-387, 2008.

9. Muller J, Jain S, Loeser H, Irby DM. Lessons Learned About Integrating a Medical School Curriculum: Perceptions of Students, Faculty and Curriculum Leaders. Med Educ. 42: 778-785, 2008.

10. O'Sullivan P, Niehaus B, Lockspeiser T, Irby DM. Becoming an Academic Physician: Perceptions of Scholarly Careers. Med Educ. 43: 335-341, 2009.

11. Hauer KE, Teherani A, Kerr KM, Irby DM, O'Sullivan PS. Consequences within Medical Schools for Students with Poor Performance on a Medical School Standardized Patient Comprehensive Assessment. Acad Med. 84:663-668, 2009.

12. Saxena V, O'Sullivan PS, Teherani A, Irby DM, Hauer KE. Remediation Techniques for Student Performance Problems after a comprehensive Clinical Skills Exam. Acad Med. 84(5):669-676. 2009.

13. Hauer KE, Ciccone A, Henzel TR, Katsufrakis P, Miller SH, Norcross WA, Papadakis MA, Irby DM. Remediation of the Deficiencies of Physicians across the Continuum from Medical School to Practice: A Thematic Review of the Literature. Acad Med. 84(12):1822-1832, 2009.

14. Irby DM, Cooke M, O'Brien B. Calls for Reform of Medical Education by The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching: 1910 and 2010. Acad Med. 85(2):220-227, 2010.

15. Glick SB, Fernandez L, Irby DM, Harleman E, Fernandez A. Teaching about Health Care Disparities in the Clinical Setting. JGIM. 25(Suppl 2):95-101, 2010.

16. Cooke M, Irby DM, O'Brien BC. Educating Physicians: A Call for Reform of Medical School and Residency. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass - The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2010.