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After ten years of consulting in
medical education and a long career in higher education, Dr. India
Broyles has joined the faculty at UNE College of Osteopathic
Medicine. She is the curriculum, instruction, and evaluation
specialist for the development of the new Pediatrics Department and
its curriculum continuum from medical school and clerkship to
internship and residency. UNE
recently appointed Dr. Broyles to serve as HIPAA Privacy Officer and
chair of the HIPAA Compliancy Committee.
Dr.
Broyles began her work in medical education as a consultant to the
Family Practice Residency at Maine Medical School where she provided
the framework for the curriculum development process and co-edited
the Comprehensive Curriculum for a number of years. She
continues to serve on the Residency Curriculum Committee and
works with subcommittees related to assessment and evaluation.
Dr. Broyles provided leadership to the subcommittee on Ambulatory
Curriculum, which lead to the implementation of an Intensive Direct
Observation System. She co-authored a grant proposal to STFM
to provide funds for one of the MMC faculty to have a
mini-sabbatical at the University of Washington. Subsequently,
she and Dr. George Dreher designed a training session for faculty
and residents. Dr. Broyles also co-authored a 2002 grant
proposal for MMC/FP to HRSA for the development of a comprehensive
Faculty Development program. During 2002-2003, Dr. Broyles
joined Drs. Peggy Cyr and Neil Korsen in a research project on the use
of open-book test for their-year medical students in a family
medicine clerkship. A poster session is being presented at
2003 STFM PreDoctoral conference in Austin, TX (see side bar link).
Dr.
Broyles extended this expertise in curriculum development with the
residency program at MMC Dept. of Surgery and Family Practice
Residencies at CMMC (Lewiston, ME) and Maine-Dartmouth (Augusta,ME).
India's
recent scholarship in higher education focused on the
implementation of technology entry and exit standards for graduate
schools. http://www.triangle.co.uk/jit/content/pdfs/11/issue11_2.asp#1
India
has had a long personal and professional interest in international
education. She taught a distance-learning course via ITV on
International Educational Systems, secured grant funding to host a
cadre of Russian educators for training in Maine, and conducted
joint research with colleagues from Israel. http://www.education.ualberta.ca/educ/journals/ajer/44files/44(4).html
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