David M. Irby, Ph.D.

Vice Dean for Education Dean's Office, UCSF School of Medicine University of Washington Harvard Medical School

Dr. David Irby is Vice Dean for Education and 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 also co-directs 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, and the John E. Chapman Medal Award from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.

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:

1. Aagaard E, Teherani A, Irby D. Effectiveness of the One Minute Preceptor Model for Diagnosing the Patient and the Learner. Acad. Med. 79:42-49, 2004.

2. Irby D, Aagaard E, Teherani A. Teaching Scripts Used in Response to One Minute Preceptor and Traditional Preceptor Encounters. Acad. Med. 79:50-55, 2004.

3. Irby D. Practical Teaching: Great Presentations Every Time. Clin. Teacher. 1(1):5-9, 2004.

4. Irby D, Bowen J. Time-Efficient Strategies for Learning and Performance. Clin. Teacher. 1(1):23-28, 2004.

5. Irby D, Cooke M, Lowenstein D, Richards B. The Academy Movement: A Structural Approach to Reinvigorating the Educational Mission. Acad Med. 79:729-736, 2004.

6. Irby D, Hodgson C, Muller J. Promoting Educational Research at the University of California, San Francisco. Acad. Med. 79: 981-984, 2004.

7. Muller J, Irby D. Practical Teaching: How to Lead Effective Group Discussions. Clin. Teacher. 2(1):10-15, 2005.

8. Bland C, Irby D. Frank T. Stritter, PhD Educationist: Teacher, Coach and Researcher. Advances Health Sci. Educ. 10(2):157-167, 2005.

9. Hauer K, Hodgson CS, Kerr KM, Teherani A, Irby D. A National Study of Medical Student Clinical Skills Assessment. Acad Med. 80(10):S25-S29, 2005.

10. Cooke M, Irby D, Sullivan W, Ludmerer K. American Medical Education One Hundred Years After the Flexner Report. N Eng J Med. 355:1339-1344, 2006.

11. Muller J, Irby D. Developing Educational Leaders: The Teaching Scholars Program at the University of California San Francisco. Acad Med. 81(11):959-964, 2006.

12. Gruppen L, Simpson D, Searle N, Robins L, Irby D, Mullan P. Educational Fellowship Programs: Common Themes and Overarching Issues. Acad Med. 81(110):990-995, 2006.

13. Hauer K, Teherani A, Kerr K, O'Sullivan P, Irby D. The Impact of United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 2 Clinical Skills on Medical School Clinical Skills Assessment. Acad Med. 81(10):S13-16, 2006.

14. 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.

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