372 Office Tower
395 W. 12th Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210
Phone: (614) 293-8589
Fax: (614) 293-9789
Email: ledford.5@osu.edu
Current OSU Appointments
Associate Professor-Clinical, General Internal Medicine
Physician, University Hospitals
Associate Professor-Clinical, Pediatrics
Books and Monographs
CDIM/SGIM Curriculum Guide Task Force. 2006. Core Medicine Curriculum Guide: A Resource for Teachers and Students. Version 3.0 ed. Washington, DC: AAIM Publications.
Ledford CH, Cronau HR, Bahn T. 2006. Teaching Medical Students in the Ambulatory Setting. Columbus: OSU Press.
Certifications
| 1994 | Board Certified: National Board of Medical Examiners |
| 1997 - 2009 | Board Certified, Diplomat: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine |
| 1998 - present | Fellow: American Academy of Pediatrics |
| 1998 - 2005 | Board Certified: Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics |
| 2009 - present | Fellow: American College of Physicians |
Chapters In Books
Ledford, CH. 2003. Obesity, Adolescence. In Encyclpedia of Primary Prevention and Health Promotion. Edited by TP Gullotta and M Bloom. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers. 750-755.
Ledford CH. 2006. General Outpatient Skills. In First Exposure, Outpatient Internal Medicine Edition I. Edited by Griffith C, and Hollein A. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Ledford, CH. 2006. "Skin Cancer" and "Lung Cancer". In ACP-CDIM Medicine Essentials. Edited by P. Alguire. Philadelphia: ACP Press. 231-241.
Ledford, CH. 2006. Diagnostic and Therapeutic Decision Making. In First Exposure, Inpatient Internal Medicine Edition. Edited by Griffith, C and Hollein, A. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Ledford CH, Goddard L. 2007. Formulating a Differential Diagnosis. In Primer to the Internal Medicine Clerkship. Columbus: CDIM.
Ledford, CH. 2007. "Basic Education Theory" and "Teaching in the Ambulatory Setting". In The Clinical Teaching Handbook. Columbus: OSUCOM.
Ledford, CH. 2008. Essential Organization and Time Management Skills. In Primer to the Subinternship Rotation. Columbus: CDIM.
Degrees
| 1986 | B.S., University Of Cincinnati, Chemistry, focus in Biochemistry |
| 1992 | M.D., The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Medicine |
Fellowship, Internship or Residency
| 06/92 - 05/93 | Fellowship, Medical Education, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, United States. |
| 06/93 - 06/97 | Internship and Residency, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States. |
Honors
| 1988 | Rusoff Award for Academic Excellence in Basic Medical Sciences and Medical Humanities and Behavioral Sciences. The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, United States. |
| 1992 | Dean's Award for Outstanding Contributions to College of Medicine. The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, United States. |
| 1992 | Medical Staff Achievement Award. Class of 1992. The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, United States. Subject: Outstanding Achievement in All Aspects of Medical Training |
| 2004 | Excellence in Teaching Award. Department of Internal Medicine. The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, United States. |
Licensure
| 1996 - present | Ohio Medical License: State Medical Board of Ohio |
Memberships
| 1991 | Member. Alpha Omega Alpha. Honorary Medical Society |
| 1991 - 1992 | Member. Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health. Dean's Task Force on Curricular Reform |
| 1992 - 1993 | Member. Association of American Medical Colleges |
| 1993 - 1997 | Member. American Academy of Pediatrics |
| 1993 - 2009 | Member. American College of Physicians/American Society of Internal Medicine |
| 1997 - present | Member. Association of American Medical Colleges |
| 1997 - present | Fellow. American Academy of Pediatrics |
| 1997 - present | Member. Society of General Internal Medicine |
| 1998 - present | Member. Ohio Medicine-Pediatric Association |
| 2000 - 2003 | President. Ohio Medicine-Pediatric Association |
| 2000 - 2003 | Member. Ohio Chapter ACP/ASIM. Medical Student Committee |
| 2000 - present | Representative. Clerkship Directors of Internal Medicine |
| 2000 - 2001 | Member. Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health. Pre-clinical Curriculum Reform (invited). Notes:2006 Initiative |
| 2000 - 2001 | Member. Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health. Teaching and Evaluation Workgroup |
| 2000 - present | Member. Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health. Med 3-4 Committee (appointed) |
| 2000 - present | Chair. Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health. Med 3-4 Committee (appointed) |
| 2000 - present | Member. Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health. Clerkship Directors Committee (appointed) |
| 2000 - present | Member. Ohio State University Department of Internal Medicine. House Staff Education Committee |
| 2000 - present | Chair. Ohio State University Department of Internal Medicine. Student Education Committee |
| 2000 - present | Member. Ohio State University Department of Internal Medicine. Student Evaluation Committee (appointed) |
| 2001 - 2002 | Member. Ohio State University Department of Internal Medicine. Awards and Incentives Committee (invited) |
| 2001 - present | Member. Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health. IP Academic Program Committee (appointed) |
| 2001 - present | Member. Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health. Faculty Development Committee (invited) |
| 2001 | Chair. Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health. Med 3-4 Task Force (appointed). Notes:Review of 2006 Curriculum reform |
| 2001 - 2004 | Member. Clerkship Directors of Internal Medicine. Committee on Research and Evaluation (invited) |
| 2001 | Member. Clerkship Directors of Internal Medicine. Annual Planning Committee (appointed) |
| 2002 | Member. Clerkship Directors of Internal Medicine. Annual Planning Committee (appointed) |
| 2002 | Reviewer. Society of General Internal Medicine. Committee for Innovations in Medical Education |
| 2002 | Reviewer. Clerkship Directors of Internal Medicine. Annual Meeting Planning Committee (invited) |
| 2002 - present | Member. Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health. Clinical Academic Standing Committee (appointed) |
| 2002 - present | Member. Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health. Student Review Committee, IP (appointed) |
| 2002 - present | Member. Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health. Introduction to Clinical Medicine Committee (appointed) |
| 2002 | Member. Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health. Center for Scholarship in Medical Education Task Force |
| 2002 - 2004 | Member. Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health. Executive Curriculum Committee (appointed) |
| 2002 - 2006 | Member. Ohio State University Department of Internal Medicine. House Staff Evaluation Committee (invited) |
| 2003 - 2009 | Member. Ohio State University Health Plans. Access and Communications Committee (appointed) |
| 2003 | Member. Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health. Professionalism Task Force (invited) |
| 2003 | Reviewer. Clerkship Directors of Internal Medicine. Annual Meeting Planning Committee (invited) |
| 2004 - 2007 | Chair. Clerkship Directors of Internal Medicine. Publications Committee (appointed) |
| 2004 - 2008 | Member. Clerkship Directors of Internal Medicine. Subinternship Task Force (invited) |
| 2004 - present | Member. Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health. Professionalism Council (appointed) |
| 2004 - present | Member. Ohio State University Department of Internal Medicine. Intern Selection Committee |
| 2005 - present | Member. Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health. Faculty Development Steering Committee (appointed) |
| 2006 - 2008 | Member. Clerkship Directors of Internal Medicine. Curriculum Task Force (invited) |
| 2006 - 2008 | Member. Clerkship Directors of Internal Medicine. Curriculum Task Force (invited) |
| 2006 | Reviewer. Society of General Internal Medicine. Clinical Educator Awards, Midwest Group |
| 2006 - 2008 | Member. Ohio State University Health Plans. Primary Care Network Practice Management Committee |
| 2006 - 2009 | Member. Ohio State University Department of Internal Medicine. Clinical Steering Committee (invited) |
| 2007 - 2008 | Co-Chair. Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health. Professionalism Education and Evaluation |
| 2008 - present | Member. Ohio State University Department of Internal Medicine. House Staff Evaluation Committee (invited) |
| 2008 - present | Member. Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health. Curriculum Design Team |
| 2008 - 2009 | Chair. Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health. Educators Working Group of the Professionalism Council |
| 2008 - present | Reviewer. Association of American Medical Colleges. Academic Medicine |
| 2008 - present | Chair. Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health. Faculty Advisory Board, EXCEL to Teach |
| 2009 | Reviewer. Association of American Medical Colleges. Central Group on Educational Affairs (CGEA) |
| 2009 | Member. Ohio Chapter ACP/ASIM. Medical Student Committee |
| 2009 - present | Co-Chair. Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health. Curriculum Implementation Team |
| 2009 | Fellow. American College of Physicians/American Society of Internal Medicine |
Multimedia, Databases, and Websites
Mechager A, Jennings M, Fagan M, Ledford C, Cleary L, Elnicki M. 2005. Medical Student Abuse..or not?. Video (peer-reviewed, digital teaching tool). Shadyside Hospital Foundation and Scott & White Hospital.
Ledford CH, Cronau HR, Bahn T. 2006. Teaching Medical Students in the Ambulatory Setting. Website. http://www.medicine.osu.edu/physiciandevelopment
Ledford, CH. 2008. 28-year old male with rash - Mr. Moeller, Simulated Internal Medicine Problem Learning Exercises. website. ilnTime. http://www.i-intime.org/index.html
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
Ogden PE, Wu EH, Elnicki MD, Battistone MJ, Cleary LC, Fagan MJ, Friedman E, Gliatto PM, Harrell HE, Jennings MS, Ledford CH, Mechaber AJ, Mintz M, O'Brien K, Thomas MR, Wong RJ. 2005. Do Attending Physicians, Nurses, Residents, and Medical Students Agree on What Constitutes Medical Student Abuse?. Academic Medicine. Vol. 80: S80-S83.
Ledford CH, Headley A, Hollein A, Houghton B, Picchioni M, Pokala S, Speer A, Whelton S. 2006. Journal Watch from the Alliance of Clinical Education: Annual Review of Medical Education Articles: 2004-2005. Teaching and Learning. Vol. 18, no. 3: 273-277.
Ledford CH, Lucey CR. 2006. Growing Insights into Medical Professionalism. Academic Internal Medicine Insight. Vol. 4, no. 4: 10-11.
Ledford CH. 2007. No More Sloppy "SOP" Notes?. Academic Internal Medicine Insight. Vol. 5, no. 1: 7.
Aiyer, Meenakshy, K; Vu, T Robert; Ledford, Cynthia; Fischer, Melissa; Durning, Steven J. 2008. The Subinternship Curriculum in Internal Medicine: A National Survey of Clerkship Directors. Teaching and Learning in Medicine. Vol. 20, no. 2: 151-6. (IF: 0.825)
Aiyer, Meenakshy; Appel, Joel; Fischer, Melissa; Fitz, Matthew; Vu, T Robert; Gliatto, Peter; Sweet, Michelle; Harrell, Heather; Ledford, Cynthia; Alvarez, Hugo; Kuzma, Mary Ann. 2008. The Role of the Internal Medicine Subinternship Director in the 21st Century. The American Journal of Medicine. Vol. 121, no. 8: 733-7. (IF: 4.907)
Positions
| 1997 - 2000 | Instructor, then Assistant Professor of Medicine, Wright State University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Department of Internal Medicine. Dayton, OH, United States. |
| 2000 - 2008 | Assistant Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine/Division of General Internal Medicine. Columbus, OH, United States. |
| 2001 - present | Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics. Columbus, OH, United States. |
| 2008 - present | Associate Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine Clerkship Director, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine. Columbus, OH, United States. |
Presentations
Invited Presentations
Local
K Skeff, D Litzelman, CH Ledford. 2000. Clinical Teaching. Presented at Internal Medicine Residency Retreat. Indiana University. (July)
R Hawkins, R Wong, CH Ledford. 2001. Faculty Development for Community-Based Faculty. Kettering Medical Center. Dayton, OH. (February)
K Skeff, D Litzelman, CH Ledford. 2001. Clinical Teaching. Presented at Internal Medicine Residency Retreat. Indiana University. (July)
CH Ledford. 2001. Faculty Development for Internal Medicine Faculty: Evaluation and Feedback. Mt. Carmel Medical Center. Columbus, OH. (November)
CH Ledford, L Pangaro, FH Williams. 2002. Developing Residents as Teachers. Presented at Clerkship Directors of Internal Medicine. Washington DC.
CH Ledford. 2002 - 2003. Faculty Development Series on Clinical Teaching: Stanford Faculty Development Program. OSU Pathology Department. Columbus, OH. (September - May)
CH Ledford. 2006. Teaching Clinical Reasoning Skills. Presented at Faculty Retreat, OSU College of Optometry. Marietta, OH. (March)
CH Ledford, Presenter. 2007. Bridging the Gap between Didactic and Clinical Learning. Presented at Optometry Externship Faculty Development Seminar. (April)
Regional
CH Ledford. 2009. Understanding and Preventing Professionalism Lapses in Faculty and Students. University of Colorado. Denver, CO. (March 25)
National
K Papp, M Battisone, CH Ledford. 2004. Medical Education Research. Presented at Clerkship Directors of Internal Medicine National Meeting. Nashville, TN. (October)
CH Ledford. 2005. How to give efficient feedback and promote self-directed learning. Presented at Clerkship Directors of Internal Medicine National Meeting. Portland, OR. (October) [Peer Reviewed]
R Fincher, M Battisone, C Ledford. 2006. Evaluating and Grading Medical Students, New Clerkship Directors Pre-Course. Presented at Alliance for Academic Medicine National Meeting. New Orleans, LA. (October)
R Fincher, M Battisone C Ledford. 2007. Evaluating and Grading Medical Students, New Clerkship Directors Pre-Course. Presented at Alliance for Academic Medicine National Meeting. Pittsburgh, PA. (October)
R Fincher, M Battisone C Ledford. 2008. Evaluating and Grading Medical Students, New Clerkship Directors Pre-Course. Presented at Alliance for Academic Medicine National Meeting. Orlando, FL. (October)
CH Ledford. 2009. Evaluating and Grading Medical Students. Presented at Alliance for Academic Medicine National Meeting. Philadelphia, PA. (October)
CH Ledford, EA Baker, B Liston. 2009. Teaching, Assessing, and Remediating Clinical Reasoning Skills. Presented at Alliance for Academic internal Medicine. Philadelphia, PA. (October)
CH Ledford, Presenter. 2009. Positive Educational Environments. Hurley Medical Center. Flint, MI. (October 1 - 2)
Other Presentations
Local
CH Ledford. 1992. Organization on the Wards. Ohio State University College of Medicine. Columbus, OH. (August)
CH Ledford. 1998. Adolescent Medicine. to Department of Internal Medicine. Miami Valley Hospital. Dayton, OH. (March)
CH Ledford, B Schuster. 1998. Teaching Workshop for Senior Residents. to Department of Internal Medicine. Wright State University. Dayton, OH. (May)
CH Ledford, M Clasen. 1998. How to be a Good Clerk and Make the Most of your Educational Experience. Wright State University. Dayton, OH. (July)
CH Ledford, G Crites. 1998. Setting the Agenda. Presented at Ambulatory Time Management Skills Workshop, Part I, to Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program. Wright State University. Dayton, OH. (December)
CH Ledford. 1999. The Difficult Patient. Presented at Ambulatory Time Management Skills Workshop, Part II, to Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program. Wright State University. Dayton, OH. (January)
CH Ledford. 1999. Legal Issues in the Medical Office. Presented at Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program. Wright State University. Dayton, OH. (May)
CH Ledford, B Schuster. 1999. Teaching Workshop for Senior Residents. to Department of Internal Medicine. Wright State University. Dayton, OH. (May)
CH Ledford, M Clasen. 1999. How to be a Good Clerk and Make the Most of your Educational Experience. Wright State University. Dayton, OH. (July)
CH Ledford. 2000. Adolescent Medicine. to Department of Internal Medicine. Miami Valley Hospital. Dayton, OH. (February)
CH Ledford. 2000. Stanford Faculty Development Series on Clinical Teaching. to Pediatric Department. Wright State University. Dayton, OH. (March - May)
CH Ledford. 2000. Pharmacology for USMLE Step I. Wright State University. Dayton, OH. (May)
CH Ledford. 2000. Stanford Faculty Development Series on Clinical Teaching. to Chief Residents, across teaching programs in Dayton. Wright State University. Dayton, OH. (May - June)
CH Ledford. 2000. Adolescent Medicine: Societal, Practice, and Legal Perspectives. Presented at OSU Internal Medicine Residency Program. Columbus, OH. (November)
CH Ledford. 2001. Stanford Faculty Development Series on Clinical Teaching. to OSU Core Educator Group. Columbus, OH. (April - May)
CH Ledford. 2001. Adolescent Consent and Confidentiality. Presented at Internal Medicine Residency Ethics Conference Series. OSU. Columbus, OH. (August)
CH Ledford, CK Brands, C Lehmann. 2001. Update in Medicine Pediatrics: A Concise Review of Key Developments in the Fields by the Primary Care Reading Group. to Ohio Medicine-Pediatrics Association. Cleveland, OH. (October)
CH Ledford, D Pope, Editor. 2002. Update on Management of Upper Respiratory Infections in Children and Adults. OMEN TV, broadcast. (January)
CH Ledford. 2002. Student Evaluation and Feedback for Incoming Interns. Presented at OSU Internal Medicine Residency Program. Columbus, OH. (July)
CH Ledford. 2002. Developing a Conducive Learning Environment. Presented at ACGME Practice Management Series. OSUMC. Columbus, OH. (August)
CH Ledford. 2003. Student Evaluation and Feedback for Incoming Interns. Presented at OSU Internal Medicine Residency Program. Columbus, OH. (July)
CH Ledford, D DeWitt, P Hemmer, MD. 2003. Strategies and Tools for Improving Feedback Given to Medical Students. Presented at Association of American Medical Colleges. Washington DC. (November) [Peer Reviewed]
CH Ledford. 2004. Dermatology Review. Presented at OSU Internal Medicine Residency Program. Columbus, OH. (May)
CH Ledford. 2004. Legal Issues in Medicine. Presented at OSU Internal Medicine Residency Program. Columbus, OH. (July)
CH Ledford. 2004. Teaching and Evaluating Medical Students for Upcoming Seniors. Presented at OSU Internal Medicine Residency Program. Columbus, OH. (July)
CH Ledford. 2004. The CAPSTONE Course: Putting the Final "Capstone" on an Integrated Program of Preclinical Studies through an Immersion in Problem-Based Learning. Presented at Association for the American Medical Colleges National Meeting. Washington DC. (November)
CH Ledford. 2005. Teaching and Evaluating Medical Students. to New Faculty Orientation. OSU Department of Internal Medicine. Columbus, OH.
CH Ledford, CR Lucey. 2005. Educating Professionals. Presented at Grand Rounds. OSU Psychiatry. Columbus, OH. (September)
CH Ledford, CR Lucey. 2005. Educating Professionals. Presented at Grand Rounds. OSU Obstetrics and Gynecology. Columbus, OH. (September)
Ogden PE, Wu EH, Elnicki MD, Battistone MJ, Clearly LC, Fagan MJ, Friedman E, Gliatto PM, Harrell HE, Jennings MS, Ledford CH, Mechaber AJ, Mintz M, O'Brien K, Thomas MR, Wong RY. 2005. Do Attending Physicians, Nurses, Residents, and Medical Students Agree on What Constitutes Medical Student Abuse? Presented at Association for the American Medical Colleges National Meeting (Research in Medical Education Presentation). Washington DC. (November)
CH Ledford. 2006. Teaching and Evaluating Medical Students. to New Faculty Orientation. OSU Department of Internal Medicine. Columbus, OH.
CR Lucey, CH Ledford. 2006. Treating Professionalism Lapses as a Form of Medical Error. Presented at Association for the American Medical Colleges Regional Meeting, to Central Group on educational Affairs. Kansas City, MO. (March) [Peer Reviewed]
CH Ledford. 2006. Educating Professionals. Presented at Grand Rounds. Columbus Children's Hospital. Columbus, OH. (April)
CH Ledford. 2006. Legal Issues in Medicine. Presented at OSU Internal Medicine Residency Program. Columbus, OH. (June)
CH Ledford. 2006. Teaching and Evaluating Medical Students for Upcoming Seniors. Presented at OSU Internal Medicine Residency Program. Columbus, OH. (June)
CH Ledford, E Baker. 2007. Effective Approaches to Teaching and Evaluating Clinical Reasoning Skills. Presented at Group on Educational Affairs, Central Region Meeting. Indianapolis, IN. (March)
CH Ledford, HR Cronau. 2007. Virtual Classroom and Online Role Plays as Tools for Developing Clinical Teaching in Faculty. Presented at Group on Educational Affairs, Central Region Meeting. Indianapolis, IN. (March)
CH Ledford. 2007. Advanced Professionalism Life Support. OSU College of Medicine. Columbus, OH. (June)
HR Cronau, CH Ledford. 2007. The One Minute Preceptor and other Time Efficient Teaching Skills. Presented at Regional Faculty Development Series Workshop, to Society for Teachers of Family Medicine. (December)
CH Ledford. 2008. Adult Learning: Personal Teaching and Learning Styles. Center for Education and Scholarship, College of Medicine. Columbus, OH. (September)
National
CH Ledford, BL Blitzer. 1988. Critical Role of Sulfhydryl Groups in Hepatic Na+ Dependent Bile Acid Transport. Presented at American Gastroenterological Association National Meeting. New Orleans, LA. (May) [Peer Reviewed]
CH Ledford, BL Blitzer. 1988. Identification of the Hepatic Na+ Dependent Transporter through Substrate Protection and Sulfhydryl Labeling. Presented at American Gastroenterological Association National Meeting. New Orleans, LA. (May) [Peer Reviewed]
CK Brands, CH Ledford, MB Wright, C Lehmann, A Freidland, Editor. 1999. Adolescent Medicine and the Young Adult: New Directions for Internal Medicine. Presented at Society of General Internal Medicine. San Francisco, CA. [Peer Reviewed]
CK Brands, CH Ledford, MB Wright, C Lehmann, A Freidland, Editor. 2000. Adolescent Medicine and the Young Adult: New Directions for Internal Medicine. Presented at Society of General Internal Medicine. Boston, MA. (May) [Peer Reviewed]
CK Brands, CH Ledford, MB Wright, C Lehmann, A Freidland, Editor. 2001. Adolescent Medicine and the Young Adult: New Directions for Internal Medicine. Presented at Society for General Internal Medicine. San Diego, CA. (May) [Peer Reviewed]
CH Ledford and CR Lucey. 2003. Student Morning Report: Teaching and Learning Clinical Reasoning Skills During the Third Year Medicine Clerkship. Presented at Clerkship Directors of Internal Medicine National Meeting. Savannah, GA. (October) [Peer Reviewed]
CH Ledford, DA Way, WA Hudson. 2003. Analysis of Feedback Given to Third-Year Medical Students. Presented at Clerkship Directors of Internal Medicine National Meeting. Savannah, GA. (October) [Peer Reviewed]
CH Ledford, HR Cronau. 2006. Community Based Teaching of Medical Students. Presented at Association for the American Medical Colleges National Meeting. Seattle, WA. (October)
CH Ledford, S Khandelwal. 2006. Educating Resilient Professionals: Professionalism as a Skill based Competency. Presented at Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine National Meeting (Academic Internal Medicine Week). New Orleans, LA. (October) [Peer Reviewed]
M Aiyer, TR Vu, C Ledford, S Reddy, S Durning. 2006. Subinternship Curriculum in Internal Medicine - Where do We Stand? Presented at Association of American Medical Colleges National Meeting. Washington DC. (October)
CH Ledford. 2007. Educating Resilient Professionals: Professionalism as a Skill based Competency. Presented at Society of General Internal Medicine National Meeting. Toronta, Canada. (April) [Peer Reviewed]
J Mahan, CH Ledford, L Mihalov, R Donthi, S Holliday. 2007. Integrating Professionalism into the Curriculum: Professionalism as a Measurable and Teachable Skill. Presented at Pediatric Academic Soceity National Meeting. Toronto, Canada. (May 5 - 8) [Peer Reviewed]
KB Le, PA Masters, CH Ledford, WY Hershman. 2007. Increased Medical School Class Size: How Do We Adapt? Presented at Clerkship Directors of Internal Medicine National Meeting. Pittsburgh, PA. (October)
KB Le, PA Masters, CH Ledford, WY Hershman. 2007. Increased Medical School Class Size: How Do We Adapt? Presented at Clerkship Directors of Internal Medicine Meeting. Pittsburg, PA. (October)
CH Ledford, K Johnson, FS Massie, HB Fromme. 2008. Faculty Development on the Fly: Enhancing Teaching at your Institution. Presented at Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine National Meeting. (October)
PA Masters, KB Le, CH Ledford. 2008. Increased Medical School Class Size: Implications for Clinical Clerkships. Presented at Association of American Medical Colleges National Meeting, to GEA Discussion Group. (November)
PA Masters, KB Le, CH Ledford, moderators. 2008. Increased Medical School Class Size: Implications for Clinical Clerkships. Presented at Association of American Medical Colleges National Meeting, to GEA Discussion Group. Orlando, FL. (November)
Professional Activities
Other
| 10/1999 | Stanford Faculty Development Program (SFDP). Faculty Development. Palo Alto, CA. Key achievements: Clinical Teaching Intensive month-long facilitator training course Train the trainer model |
| 2003 - present | Medical Education Research Certificate. Faculty Development. Associate of American Medical Colleges. |
Research Interests
My interest in clinical reasoning began during my fellowship in medical education when I selected this as an area for focused study. Since that time, I have had the opportunity to develop two very progressive curricula in the Integrated Program, called the Capstone Course and the Clinical Analysis and Problem Solving (CAPS) course. The CAPS course became a venue to apply evidence based medicine approach as life-long learning and an understanding of research methodologies in order to develop analysis and problem solving from very early in the medical student curriculum. The Capstone course, implemented in April 2004 and Student Morning Report offered opportunities to explicitly teach reasoning within a clinical context through pattern recognition, problem identification, processing, prioritization, and synthesis to illness scripts. The latter works draw on Dr. Catherine Lucey's previous work in resident education Problem List to Illness Scripts. The Capstone course, despite initial student skepticism, has received extremely positive reviews from both faculty and students, resulting in its adaptation to the Independent Study Program and the College of Optometry. These local innovations have been presented nationally and provide further opportunity for research into how medical students and residents acquire clinical reasoning skills.
