Department of Medicine

AHSC 6336a
P.O. Box 245040
Tucson AZ 85724-5040
Phone: 626-9657 or 626-2843
E-mail: wpj@email.arizona.edu

EDUCATION:

University of Missouri, 1971 (M.D.)
University of California, San Francisco, 1982 (M.A., Medical Anthropology)
University of Missouri (Internship and Residency)
University of Colorado (Gastrointestinal Fellowship)
University of California, San Francisco/Stanford University (Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholarship)

HONORS/AWARDS:

Clinical Teaching Awards, 1971-1997
Clinical Science Educator of the Year Lifetime Award, 2004

MAJOR AREAS OF RESEARCH INTEREST:

Medical education - increasing effectiveness of clinical teaching
Medical decision making - performance evaluation of residents
Rationale clinical examination - objectification of commonly performed parts of the clinical examination

SPONSORED RESEARCH THROUGH MSRP:

Martha Miller (MSRP 1991, 1993): "Research basis for a bedside model of clinical teaching."

Daniel Kreiner (MSRP 1992): "Treatment of beta hemolytic streptococcal pharyngitis with erythromycin, effective?"

NIH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT RESEARCH PROGRAM:

- Andrea Ayala, Pueblo High School, 1992

Last update: 6/12/2006