East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine
Luan E. Lawson is the Assistant Dean of Curriculum, Assessment, and Clinical Academic Affairs at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. Her academic interests have focused on undergraduate education, with expertise in curriculum development, assessment, and team training. During Dr. Lawson’s tenure as Director of Undergraduate Medical Education in Emergency Medicine, she developed and instituted a required Emergency Medicine rotation with a simulation-based curriculum for fourth-year medical students. She also developed PIRATE MD, a comprehensive, longitudinal course formulated to promote the academic, personal, and professional success of all medical students that was later expanded to include problem-based learning. As the PI of the American Medical Association Accelerating Change in Education (ACE) grant resulting in East Carolina University’s Redesigning Education and Accelerating Change in Healthcare (REACH) program, the REACH team designed and implemented 1) the Teachers of Quality Academy faculty development program, 2) the Leaders in Innovative Care Distinction Track for medical students, and 3) a longitudinal curriculum in Health Systems Science (HSS). Dr. Lawson serves on the National Board of Medical Examiners Emergency Medicine Advanced Clinical Exam Task Force and has collaborated with the AMA and the NBME to develop a new HSS exam designed to assess knowledge and application of HSS. She is the president of the Clerkship Directors of Emergency Medicine. Additionally, she has overseen the implementation of Distinction Tracks designed to allow structured para-curricular experiences for medical students pursuing longitudinal, focused study in an academic area of interest.
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