J. Kevin Dorsey, MD, PhD
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Publications
L.F. DiLalla, S.K. Hull and J.K. Dorsey. Effect of Gender, Age, and Relevant Course Work on Attitudes Toward Empathy, Patient Spirituality, and Physician Wellness. Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 16, 165-170, (2004).
J. K. Dorsey. Maintaining Empathy in Medical Education, MedEdPORTAL; 2006. Available from: http://services.aamc.org/jsp/mededportal/retrieveSubmissionDetailById.do?subId=223.
J. L. Fulfer, J. J. Tyler, N.J.S. Choi, J. A. Young, S. J. Verhulst, R. Kovach and J. K. Dorsey. Using Indirect Questions to Detect Intimate Partner Violence: The SAFE-T Questionnaire. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Sage Publications, Volume 22, Number 2, February 2007, 238-249.
S. K. Hull, L. F. DiLalla and J. K. Dorsey, Prevalence of Health-Related Behaviors Among Physicians and Medical Trainees. Academic Psychiatry, 32, 31-38, (2008).
J.A. Colliver, M. Conlee, S. Verhulst, J. K. Dorsey. Reports of the Decline of Empathy during Medical Education are Greatly Exaggerated: A Reexamination of the Research. Academic Medicine, Volume 85, Number 4, 588-593 (April 2010).
J. K. Dorsey. Nothing to Hide. Pulse – voices from the heart of medicine. November 23, 2012. Available from: http://www.pulsemagazine.org/Archive_Index.cfm?content_id=265
D. Davis, J. K. Dorsey, R. D. Franks, et al. Do Racial and Ethnic Group Differences in Performance on the MCAT Exam Reflect Test Bias? Academic Medicine, Volume 88, Number 5, 593-602 (May 2013).
J. K. Dorsey, N. K. Roberts, B. Wold. Feedback Matters: The Impact of an Intervention by the Dean on Unprofessional Faculty at One Medical School. Academic Medicine, Volume 89, No. 7, 1032-1037 (July 2014)
N. K. Roberts, J. K. Dorsey, B. Wold. Unprofessional behavior by specialty: A qualitative analysis of six years of student perceptions of medical school faculty. Medical Teacher, 2014 Jul;36(7):621-625.
R. Lange, J. K. Dorsey, S. Verhulst, N. K. Roberts. Rasch Analysis of Professional Behavior in Medical Education. Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract. 2015 Dec;20(5):1179-94. Epub 2015 Mar 4
R.F.Damiano, L.F.DiLalla , G.Lucchetti, J.K.Dorsey. Empathy in Medical Students is Moderated by Openness to Spirituality. Teaching and Learning in Medicine, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10401334.2016.1241714
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Books
J.M. Daniels and J.K.Dorsey. Arthritis Update. FP Essentials, Edition No. 371, Leawood, Kansas. American Academy of Family Physicians; April 2010
M. Rebecca Hoffman, J. Kevin Dorsey, and Jerry E. Kruse. The Acute Swollen/Painful Joint.Common Musculoskeletal Problems: A Handbook by James M. Daniels, M. Rebecca Hoffman, Editors, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010.
J. K. Dorsey (2012). Lessons Learned. In J. K. Dorsey and P. K. Rangachari (Eds.) Students Matter. Springfield (IL): SIU School of Medicine.
J. K. Dorsey and P. K. Rangachari (Eds.) (2012). Students Matter. Springfield (IL): SIU School of Medicine. Translated into Chinese Dec 2016.
Presentations
J. K. Dorsey, “Using the New MCAT to Select 2016 Entrants” American Association of
Medical Colleges (AAMC) Council of Deans Meeting, March 29, 2015, San Diego, CA
J. K. Dorsey, N. K. Roberts, “Speaking Out Can Heal” Annals of Family Medicine, published May 26, 2015
J. K. Dorsey, “Medicine on the Prairie,” University of Illinois-Springfield Alumni SAGE Society, Lunch and Learn Series, Fall 2015, Medicine on the Prairie, October 13, 2015
L. DiLalla, R. Damiano, G. Lucchetti and K. Dorsey, “Empathy in Medical Students is moderated by Wellness and Spirituality” poster presentation at the 7th Annual SIU School of Medicine Symposium for Teaching and Learning, April 19, 2016
J.K.Dorsey, Commencement speaker, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, May 7,2016
J.K.Dorsey, keynote speaker, Golden Laurel Ceremony honoring the honors students from high schools in Springfield, IL, May 9, 2016
J.K.Dorsey, invited presentation, Annual Education Day keynote speaker at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, June 8, 2016
J.K. Dorsey, invited speaker, AAMC Executive Development Seminar for Associate Deans and Department Chairs, Denver, Sept 19, 2016 “Working Effectively with Your Dean”
J.K. Dorsey, invited speaker, Aichi Medical University, Japan, “Improving the Learning Environment”, Nov 1, 2016
J.K Dorsey, A. Beason and S. Verhulst “Factors that Enhance Faculty Entrustment of Students”, oral presentation at the 8th Annual Symposium for Teaching and Learning, SIU School of Medicine, April 20, 2017
Grants
1974-77 National Cancer Institute Research Grant--"Glycosyltransferases and Contact Inhibition" - $59,000 (Southern Illinois University)
1990 Apple Computer Finishing Grant (approximately $35,000) to produce an authoring shell for clinical reasoning skills development cases to be distributed to US and Canadian medical schools (co-investigator with H. Myers)
1990 Department of Commerce and Community Affairs Grant ($30,000) to assist in the commercial development of computer scored clinical cases to teach and evaluate clinical reasoning skills in pre-clinical medical students (co-investigator with H. Myers)
1995 Research Grant ($2,000) from Southern Illinois Hospital Services Corp. to develop a diagnostic survey to identify victims of domestic violence
2000 John Templeton Spirituality in Medicine Curricular Award of $25,000
2001 Community Benefits Grant from Southern Illinois Healthcare ($3,400) validate a screening questionnaire for domestic violence
Awards
1964 American Chemical Society Award, Outstanding Chemistry Major (Fairfield University)
1981 Ernest O. Theilen Award, given to a senior resident for "exceptional skill in the care of the sick" (Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa)
1983 House-Staff of the Year (teaching) Award, University of Iowa
1984 Clinical Instructor Award, Class of '87, Southern Illinois University
1985 Clinical Instructor Award, Class of '88, Southern Illinois University
1988 Outstanding Faculty-one of four chosen by the Class of '88, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
1989 Master Teacher Award in Education, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, annual award
1990 Best Lecturer, Class of '93, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
1993 Outstanding Alumnus, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine (Inaugural recipient)
1993 Most Outstanding Clinical Teacher, Class of '96
1996 Outstanding Faculty-one of four chosen by the Class of ‘96, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
1999 Outstanding Faculty-one of two chosen by the Class of 2000, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
2000 John Templeton Spirituality in Medicine Curricular Award of $25,000
2000 Chosen by Class of 2000 to hood the graduating class
2003 Selected by Class of 2004 as most outstanding educator during the years of training (Golden Apple Award)
2007 Chosen by Class of 2007 to hood the graduating class
2010 Recipient of Favorite Son Award by Southern Illinois Medical Association (SIMA) to honor a physician from southern Illinois for his outstanding years of patient care, research, and academic achievements
2012 Chosen by Class of 2012 to read Hippocratic Oath
2016 Chosen by Class of 2016 to hood the graduating class
2016 SIU School of Medicine’s Annual Outstanding Educator Award given by the Academy for Scholarship in Education renamed the “J. Kevin Dorsey Outstanding Educator Award” in recognition of accomplishments in education
2016 Nominated by SIU School of Medicine for the AOA AAMC Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Award (national)
2016 Distinguished Service Member status conferred by AAMC Board of Directors
2017 Selected by the Class of 2017 as the most outstanding educator during their four years of training (Golden Apple Award)
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