The mission of the Division of Research and Evaluation (R & E) in the Office of Educational Affairs is to provide direction and support to faculty and administrators in the areas of student assessment, curriculum evaluation, and medical education research. The division serves the education research and evaluation needs of the School of Medicine, Graduate School of Nursing, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Office of Graduate Medical Education, and a number of other school offices including Diversity & Equal Opportunity Office and Human Resources. The division is responsible for gathering, analyzing, and reporting the data which supports numerous critical functions outlined in the medical school's mission including student exams and grading, administrative reporting (e.g., educational performance measures and quality indicators for mission-based management), course and clerkship evaluation, accreditation for LCME and NEASC, and outcomes to support grants and scholarly activity. In the area of assessment, the division provides consultation on test construction; scores examination data; conducts item and test analyses; and produces reports for students and faculty. In the area of curriculum evaluation, the division provides instrument design and production services, data analyses, evaluation, interpretation of results, and reporting. The division conducts research in medical education, as well as providing consultation on and assistance with research design, instrument design, data collection and analyses, interpretation of results, and preparation of abstracts and papers for submission to journals and conferences. This collection showcases the journal articles, posters, and other publications and presentations written by faculty and researchers in the Division of Research & Evaluation.

Submissions from 2007

Assessing professionalism in the context of an objective structured clinical examination: an in-depth study of the rating process, Kathleen M. Mazor, Mary L. Zanetti, Eric J. Alper, David S. Hatem, Susan V. Barrett, Vanessa Meterko, Wendy L. Gammon, and Michele P. Pugnaire

Submissions from 2005

The relationship between checklist scores on a communication OSCE and analogue patients' perceptions of communication, Kathleen M. Mazor, Judith K. Ockene, H. Jane Rogers, Michele M. Carlin, and Mark E. Quirk

Submissions from 2004

Tracking the longitudinal stability of medical students' perceptions using the AAMC graduation questionnaire and serial evaluation surveys, Michele P. Pugnaire, Urip Purwono, Mary L. Zanetti, and Michele M. Carlin

Submissions from 2003

Sexual health innovations in undergraduate medical education, Emily Ferrara, Michele P. Pugnaire, Julie A. Jonassen, Katherine O'Dell, Marjorie Clay, David S. Hatem, and Michele M. Carlin

Recent and Anticipated Changes in Postsecondary Admissions: A Survey of New England Colleges and Universities, Stephen G. Sireci, Mary L. Zanetti, and Joseph B. Berger

Submissions from 2001

Educating the next generation of physicians about stroke: incorporating stroke prevention into the medical school curriculum, Susan Billings-Gagliardi, Nancy M. Fontneau, Merrill K. Wolf, Susan V. Barrett, George J. Hademenos, and Kathleen M. Mazor

Diversity among Equals: Educational Opportunity and the State of Affirmative Admissions in New England, Stephen P. Coelen, Joseph B. Berger, Patricia H. Crosson, Suzanne M. Smith, Stephanie A. Eckman, Kathryn A. McDermott, Stephen G. Sireci, Preston C. Green, and Mary L. Zanetti

STEMTEC Evaluation Report For Year 4 (Fall 2000/Spring 2001), Stephen G. Sireci, Mary L. Zanetti, Sharon Cadman Slater, and Joseph B. Berger

Submissions from 1997

A longitudinal study of students' depression at one medical school, Milagros C. Rosal, Ira S. Ockene, Judith K. Ockene, Susan V. Barrett, Yunsheng Ma, and James R. Hebert

Submissions from 1992

Smoking cessation and severity of disease: the Coronary Artery Smoking Intervention Study, Judith K. Ockene, Jean L. Kristeller, Robert J. Goldberg, Ira S. Ockene, Philip A. Merriam, Susan V. Barrett, Penelope S. Pekow, David W. Hosmer, and Ralph Gianelly

Submissions from 1991

Severity of angiographically proven coronary artery disease predicts smoking cessation, David Frid, Ira S. Ockene, Judith K. Ockene, Philip A. Merriam, Robert J. Goldberg, Jean L. Kristeller, and Susan V. Barrett