Wayne K. Davis, PhD

Research and scholarly interests: Medical education curriculum development and evaluation methods, medical student career choice, measuring the impact of educational programs on participants, measuring clinical competence of health care professionals, and improving patient outcomes through individualized interventions.

Subject-matter expertise: Educational psychology, clinical assessment, medical school accreditation, patient adherence to medical regimes, educational leadership and institutional change.

Other professional highlights: 

• Recipient of NIH research funding for 23 consecutive years (Arthritis, Diabetes, Pulmonary Medicine, Burn Care and Residency Training).
• Publications:  More than 70 peer-reviewed publications in professional journals, 2 books, 7 chapters in books, 16 papers published as proceedings, 96 published abstracts of scientific presentations, and numerous keynote addresses and invited presentations.
• Elected national leadership roles:  
• Membership on Editorial Boards:
• National Library of Medicine Fellowship Program in Medical Informatics- Woods Hole, 2000.
• Carole Sinicki Manuscript Award, Diabetes Educator, 1982
• Principal Investigator, Development and Validation of the Diabetes Care Profile and the Brief Diabetes Knowledge Test.
• Director, Educational Development and Evaluation Core Facility and Executive Committee member, Michigan Diabetes Research and Training Center 1977-1997
• Director, Educational Development and Evaluation Core Facility and Executive Committee member, Michigan Multipurpose Arthritis Center 1986-1987
• Visiting Scholar Univ. of Calif. San Diego Medical School (1984-85)
• Visiting Professor:  Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia (1996)
• Liaison Committee on Medical Education Accreditation site team member to: Stanford University Medical School, Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine and University of Washington School of Medicine

• Vice President (Education in the Professions) American Educational Research Association.
• National Chair, Group of Educational Affairs, Association of American Medical Colleges.
• President, (2 terms) Society of Directors of Research in Medical Education.

• Diabetes Care (Journal of the American Diabetes Association) 1980-86
• Research in Medical Education (Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)) 1986-89 Chair 1988-89
• Academic Medicine (Journal of the AAMC) Associate Editor 1988-1989

Leadership positions at UMMS

Founder & First Director- Univ. of Michigan Medical Education Scholars Program, 1998

Associate Dean for Medical Education, 1991-1997

Associate Chairman, Department of Medical Education, 1982-1997

Director, Office of Educational Resources and Research, 1978-1997

Assistant Dean for Medical Education, 1989-1991

Assistant Dean for Curriculum, 1982-1987