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University of Michigan, 1977
2016 Accomplishments
Administrative and teaching activities were the primary focus of Dr. Wilson’s academic activities for 2016. During the first six months of 2016 he continued service on the Board of Trustees as an elected faculty representative. In addition, he had two additional Board responsibilities as a member of the Academic Affairs and Human Relations subcommittees of the Board of Trustees. Substantial additional commitments related to this position were weekly meetings of the University Senate Council in addition to meetings of the University Senate. He also chaired or participated in three ad hoc committees in 2016: the learning management system selection committee, the faculty disciplinary action committee, and the historic preservation committee. Within the College of Medicine he was a member of several committees related to his role as course director of the year-long Introduction to Clinical Medicine course. Within the Department of Behavioral Science, Dr. Wilson continued in his role as Associate Chair for education, and chaired the BSC Curriculum committee, focusing on continuing development of the department’s clinical and translational science graduate program and new undergraduate course development. His teaching commitments included continued development of the ten credit ICM course for medical students, working as a small group preceptor and reformulating course outcomes in preparation for accreditation. Dr. Wilson is also responsible for quality assurance activities for the ICM course. He participated in the department’s interviewing course for dental students and served as a preceptor for the ICATS Interprofessional course. He served on four Ph.D. committees, one as a primary mentor, and two graduated during 2016. He was a research advisor for two medical students, and advisor for one other medical student project. He published one journal article in 2016 and submitted one other manuscript. Manuscripts relating to the ICM curriculum development are now being prepared. In 2016, Dr. Wilson was honored by being named the William R. Willard Professor of Behavioral Science.
Dr. Wilson’s research focuses on stress, coping, and quality of life. In clinical populations, including patients in pain, primary care patients, and medical students and residents. His current research interests focus on doctor-patient communication, the role of social support and social obstruction in health and illness and quality of life in professional education.
A Web-based Employment Intervention for Drug Court Participants
NIDA R21 J. Matthew Webster PI
Co-I 9/15/08 – 6/30/11 (275,000)
Faculty Development in Primary Care
HRSA Charles Griffith PI
Co-PI and Co-Program Director 7/2005-6/2008 (688,542)
Pre-doctoral Training in Primary Care: special topics in standardized patient training
Health Resources Services Administration, Steve Haist, PI
Co-investigator 7/1/03 - 6/30/06, ($917,343)
Cline, V.D., Wilson, J.F., Prout, H. T. (2011) Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children following moderate-severe injuries, Journal of Trauma Nursing, 18(3) 155-160.
Deep, K.S., Griffith, C.H., Wilson, J.F. (2008) Communication and decision-making about life sustaining treatment: examining the experiences of resident physicians and seriously ill hospitalized patients. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 23(11) 1877-1882.
Haist, S.A., Wilson, J.F., Lineberry, M.J., & Griffith, C.H. (2007). A randomized controlled trial using insinuated standardized patients to assess residents’ domestic violence skills following a two-hour workshop. Teach Learn Med, 19(4), 336-342.
Wilson, J.F. and Kopitzke, E. Stress and Infertility. Current Women’s Health Reports, 2002, 2, 194-200.
Wilson, J.F., Johnson, M.S, Studts, J.L., and Elam, C.L. Quality of life as a measure of the impact of major curricular change. Academic Medicine, 1996, 19, 40-42.