Faculty Profiles : Dr. Jerry Colliver
Jerry Colliver, PhD
Professor,
Statistical and Research Consulting
913 N Rutledge St., Rm. 2103
P.O. Box 19623
Springfield, IL 62794-9623
jcolliver@siumed.edu
217-545-7765 (phone),
217-545-0120 (fax)
Educational Background | Teaching Interests & Activities | Selected Publications & Presentations | Grants/Honors
Educational Background
- Ph.D. 1971 Northwestern University, Experimental Psychology
- M.A. 1963 University of Missouri, Experimental (Physiological) Psychology
- B.A. 1960 University of Missouri, Psychology
Teaching Interests & Activities
General, Experimental, and Physiological Psychology. Basic research methods and statistics. Quantitative methods, designs for research, correlation and regression, tests and measurement, hypothesis testing.
Selected Publications & Presentation
Journal Publications
- Schuwirth L, Colliver JA, Gruppen L, Kreiter C, Mennin S, Onishi H, Pangaro L, Ringsted C,
Swanson D, van der Vleuten C, Wagner-Menghin M. Research in assessment: Consensus statement and recommendations from the Ottawa 2010 Conference. Medical Teacher. 33, 224-233,2011. - Colliver JA, Conlee MJ, Verhulst SJ, Dorsey JK. Reports of the decline of empathy in medical
education are greatly exaggerated: A re-examination of the research. Academic Medicine. 85, 588-593, 2010. - Colliver JA, Conlee MJ, Verhulst SJ, Dorsey JK. In Reply to Rebuttals to Critics of Studies of
the Decline of Empathy. Academic Medicine. 85, 1812,2010. - Pranzatelli MR, Tate ED, Colliver JA. Cerebrospinal fluid and blood lymphocyte dynamics after
Retuximab in opsoclonus myoclonus. Journal of Clinical Immunology, October, 2009. - Verhulst, S.J., Colliver, J.A. Basic Meta-Analysis: Conceptualization and computation.
Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. 30(1), 75-80, February, 2009.
Books
- Colliver, J.A., Fried, E.D., Swartz, M.H. 2010. Diagnostic reasoning in physical diagnosis.
In Swartz, M.H. Textbook of Physical Diagnosis: History and Examination (3rd, 4th, 5th
and 6th editions). New York: Elsevier.
Presentations
- Colliver JA. Interpreting results of medical education research: Threats to validity and magnitude of
effect. Medical Education Webinar, Tulane University, October 14, 2009. - Colliver JA. The need for critical interpretation of medical education research results:
Threats to validity and magnitude of effect. Society of Directors of Research in Medical Education Annual
Meeting. Santa Fe, New Mexico, June 16, 2009. - Colliver JA. Reports of decline of empathy in medical education are greatly exaggerated: A review.
Medical Education Grand Rounds, Rush Medical University, Chicago, Illinois, February 12, 2009. - Colliver, J.A. Reporting results of medical education research. Invited Symposium:
Improving quality of reporting: Editor's perspectives.
American Educational Research Symposium, Chicago, Illinois, April 9, 2007. - Colliver, J.A. Uniform standards will not solve the problem and may create more. Invited Symposium:
Do we need uniform medical education terminology and reporting standards?
12th International Ottawa Conference, New York, May 21, 2006.
Grants/Honors
- Best Paper by An Established Investigator
"Effect of multiple standardized patients on inter-case reliability of standardized-patient examinations."
American Educational Research Association, Division I - Education in the Pro¬fessions
Boston, Massachusetts, April, 1990 - Outstanding Paper Award
"Sequential testing with a performance-based examination using standardized patients."
Association of American Medical Colleges' Conference on Re¬search in Medical Education
Washington, D.C., November, 1991 - Best Paper by An Established Investigator
"Screening test length for sequential testing with standardized-patient exami¬nations:
A receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis."
American Educational Research Association, Division I - Education in the Pro¬fessions
San Francisco, California, April, 1992 - National Board of Medical Examiners
John P. Hubbard, M.D. Award
for "significant contributions to medical evaluation"
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 24, 1995