Mark A. Albanese, Ph.D.

 

Mark Albanese received his Ph.D. in Statistics and Measurement from the University of Iowa in 1981 and joined the University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty in 1994. In 1998, Dr. Albanese received the John P. Hubbard award from the National Board of Medical Examiners for "excellence in the field of evaluation in medicine." Dr. Albanese was elected, in 1999, to the Executive Committee, Division I: Education in the Professions, of the American Educational Research Association and in 2005 was elected a Member of the Research in Medical Education Steering Committee, Association of American Medical Colleges.  Since 2002, he has been a member of the Research and Education Foundation board of the American Board of Medical Specialties.  Since 2005, he also has been a member of the Special Emphasis Panel for the study section on health literacy, National Institutes of Health.  Dr. Albanese is Deputy Editor for North America for the journal Medical Education and Co-editor of Methodologist’s Corner for the journal Advances in Health Sciences Education.  He also serves on the editorial boards of the journals Biomed Central, Evaluation and the Health Professions, and Educational Research.  He served as President of the Society of Directors of Research in Medical Education in 1993 and was elected to two terms on the executive committee of the Society from 1989 to 1994. Professor Albanese is currently serving his second term on the Stemmler Fund Award Committee for the National Board of Medical Examiners, a member of the steering committee of the Best Evidence Medical Education Consortium, an external reviewer on measurement and statistical issues to the National Cancer Institute and the U.S. Department of Education and as a reviewer for 20 professional journals. He is the author or co-author of over 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals. Professor Albanese has served as a member of the faculty senate, the University Assessment Council, and the Health Sciences Library Policy Advisory Committee.  In the medical school, Professor Albanese served on the Dean's Leadership Team, the Academic Affairs Council, and the Educational Policy Council, and chaired the Ad Hoc Committee to Assess USMLE Step Policies and Procedures.  He also has served on numerous task forces, including: Faculty Accountability, Medical School Admission, Curriculum Flexibility, and the Use of Standardized Patients.  In the Department, Dr. Albanese has served on and chaired the Admissions and PhD Qualifier Exam committees.  He teaches PHS 800, Quantitative Methods in Population Health.    Areas of Research Interest: Testing and measurement with special interest in scoring directions, simulations, tailored testing, clinical evaluation, item-response theory and admissions testing. Methods for translating research outcomes into practice. Statistical methods for setting thresholds. Applications of Continuous Quality Improvement methods for system management. Methods and models for behavior change. Patient - physician interaction and its relationship to treatment outcome. Integrating clinical instruction into the basic sciences. Developing rapid feedback mechanisms for clinical clerkships. Inter-rater reliability assessment in clinical trials. Effect of response option descriptors on the score distribution in clinical rating scales. Effectiveness and efficiency of computer-based education. Characteristics of effective instruction. Effectiveness of problem-based learning. Assessing health care outcomes. Recent Honors and Awards: 2005 Jack L. Maatsch Medical Education Scholar Award recipient from the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine.  The Award honors “nationally recognized leaders and scholars.” 1998 Hubbard Award recipient, "for significant contributions to the pursuit of excellence in the field of evaluation in medicine." Representative Publications: Kokotailo P, Nicholls G, Albanese M, “A comparison of US and UK Medical educators’ views of changes in medical education”, International J. of Knowledge, Culture and Change Management, 2007;6(9):25-32. Electronic (PDF File; 1.978MB)1-07. Morgan P, Strand J, Ostbye T, Albanese M, “Missing in action: care by physician assistants and nurse practitioners in national health surveys”, Health Services Research, accepted, 12-4-06. Albanese MA, “Three Blind Mice--Might Make Good Reviewers”, Medical Education, (Invited Editorial),  2006;40:828-830. Albanese M, Dottl S, Mejicano G, Zakowski L, Seibert C, Van Eyck S, Prucha C, “Distorted Perceptions  of Competence and Incompetence are More Than Regression Effects,” Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2006;11(3):267-278. Albanese MA, “Crafting the reflective lifelong learner: Why, what and how”, Medical Education, 2006;40(4):288-290. McDougal JA, Brooks M, Albanese M, “Achieving National Consensus on Competencies and Outcome Measures: The Pediatric Pulmonary Centers’ Experience” Evaluation and the Health Professions, 2005; 28(4): 428-446. Albanese MA, Farrell PM, Dottl SL, “Statistical Criteria for Setting Thresholds in Medical School  Admissions” Advances in Health Sciences Education , 2005;10( 2):89 - 103. Albanese MA, “Coming to a Medical School Near You: Full Motion Video Medical Education”, Medical Education, (Invited Editorial), 2005;39:1081-2. Albanese MA, Farrell PM, Dottl SL, “A Comparison of Statistical Criteria for Setting Optimally Discriminating MCAT and GPA Thresholds in Medical School Admissions” Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 2005;17(2), 149-158. Albanese MA, “Treading Tactfully on Tutor Turf: Does PBL Tutor Content Expertise Make a Difference?” Medical Education, (Invited Editorial), 2004;38(9):918-920. Albanese MA “Psychological size and distance: a step towards better defining the human elements critical to learning” Medical Education, (Invited Editorial), 2004;38(10):1020-1. Wood J., Collins J., Burnside ES., Albanese MA, Propeck PA, Kelcz F, Spilde JM, Schmaltz LM, “Patient, Faculty and Self-Assessment of Radiology Resident Performance:  A 360-degree Method of Measuring Professionalism and Interpersonal/Communication Skills,” Academic Radiology, 2004; 11:931-939. Albanese MA, “Developing Effective, Efficient and Practical Methods of Assessing the Professional Skills of Physicians in Practice”, Medical Education, (Invited Editorial) 2004;38(1):4-5.   Selected earlier publications: McDougal JA, Lapidus J, Albanese M, Redding G, “Interdisciplinary Leadership Training Outcomes of Maternal and Child Health-Funded Pediatric Pulmonary Centers” Maternal and Child Health Journal, 2003; 7(4): 253-60. Albanese MA, Snow M, Skochelak S, Huggett K, Farrell PM, “Assessing Personal Qualities in Medical School Admissions,” Academic Medicine, March 2003; 78 (3): 313-321. Zakowski LJ, Seibert CS, VanEyck SS, Dottl SK, Albanese MA, Skochelak S, "Can Specialists and Generalists Teach Clinical Skills to First and Second Year Medical Students With Equal Effectiveness?" Academic Medicine, 2002; 77 (10): 1030-1033.. Collins J; Dottl SL; Albanese MA, "Teaching Radiology to Medical Students: An Integrated Approach" Academic Radiology, September 2002, 9:1046-1053. Albanese MA; Norcini J, "Systematic Reviews: What Are They And Why Should We Care?" Advances in Health Sciences Education 7:147-151, 2002. Albanese, MA; Xakellis, G; "Building Collegiality: The Real Value of Problem-Based Learning (PBL)" Medical Education, December 2001, 35 (12): 1143. Albanese MA, Dottl S, Nowacek, G, "Office of Research in Medical Education: Accomplishments and Added Value Contributions" Teaching and Learning in Medicine, Fall 2001, 13:258-267. Wolf FM, Shea JA, Albanese MA, "Toward Setting a Research Agenda for Systematic Reviews of Evidence of the Effects of Medical Education," Teaching and Learning in Medicine, Winter 2001, 13(1), 54-60. Albanese, M.A. "Problem-Based Learning: Why Curricula Are Likely to Show Little Effect on Knowledge and Clinical Skills," Medical Education 2000, 34:729-738. Albanese, M.A.; "Challenges in Using Rater Judgment in Medical Education," Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. " August 2000 6 (3) 305-319. Bonazza, J.; Farrell, P.; Albanese, M.A.; Kindig, D.; "Collaboration and Peer Review in Medical School Strategic Planning". Academic Medicine, May 2000 75 (5) 490-418. Albanese, M.A., "The Decline and Fall of Humanism in Medical Education," Medical Education, August 2000 34:596-597. Collins J, Propeck P, Albanese M, "Radiology Resident Performance Reviews, " Academic Radiology, 2000; 7:350-352. Albanese, M.A. "Students are not Customers: A New Model for Medical Education," Academic Medicine, 1999; 74(11), 1172-84. Lawry, G.; Schuldt, S.; Kreiter, C.; Densen, P.; Albanese, M.A. "Teaching A Screening Musculoskeletal Examination: A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Different Instructional Methods," Academic Medicine, 1999; 74(2) 199-201 . Albanese, M.A.; Prucha, C.; Barnet, J.H. "Labeling Each Response Option and The Direction of The Positive Options Impacts Student Course Ratings," Academic Medicine, 1997; 72(10): S4-S6. Albanese, M. A.; VanEyck, S.; Huggett, K.; Barnet, J.H. "Academic Performance of Early Admits to BA/MD Program Compared to Regular Admit Students in Relation to Applicant Pool Fluctuations," Academic Medicine, 1997; 72(10):S66-S68. Albanese, M.A.; Prucha, C.; Barnet, J.H.; Gjerde, C. "The Effect of Right or Left Placement of the Positive Response on Likert-type Scales Used by Medical Students for Rating Instruction." Academic Medicine, 1997; 72(7):627-630. Albanese, M.A.; Clarke, W.R.; Adams, H.P.; and Woolson, R.F. "Ensuring Reliability of Outcome Measures in Multicenter Clinical Trials of Treatments for Acute Ischemic Stroke," Stroke, 1994; 25:1746-1751. Albanese, M.A. "Type K and Other Complex Multiple Choice Items: An Analysis of Research and Item Properties." Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1993; (Spring)12(1):28-33. Albanese, M.A. and Mitchell, S.A. "Problem-based Learning: A Review of Literature on Its Outcomes and Implementation Issues." Academic Medicine, 1993; 68(1):52-81. Contact Information: PHS 800: Quantitative Methods in Population Health I Contact Information: Mark A. Albanese, Ph.D. Department of Population Health Sciences 1007C WARF Building. 610 Walnut St Madison, Wisconsin 53726-2397 USA Phone: (608) 263-4714 Fax: (608) 263-2820 Email: maalbane@wisc.edu