Professor Emeritus Clinical Family Medicine, Family Medicine
School of Medicine

Medical Education, Community Based Education, Assessment of Clinical Performance, Teaching Skills Development

1. Outstanding Teaching Award – Health and Science Enrichment Programs, UC Irvine, 2013
2. Castle Connolly Southern California Top Doctors, 2012
3. Castle Connolly Top Doctor, 2011 - 2014
4. America’s Best Doctors, 2010 - 2013
5. Castle Connolly 10th Anniversary – Top Doctors for 10 Years, 2010
6. Orange County Medical Association Physician of Excellence Award 2009-2010
7. California Academy of Family Physicians Foundation, Educator of the Year, 2006
8. UCI College of Medicine Excellence in Teaching Award, 2004
9. Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey Medical Humanism Award, 2001
10. Associated Medical Students Alberto Manetta Award for Enduring Commitment to Excellence in the College of Medicine, 2000, 2001 & 2006
11. Department of Family Medicine Teacher of the Year, University of California Irvine, 1989
12. Department of Family Medicine Teacher of the Year, University of California Irvine, 1986

Dr. Prislin's research focuses on evaluating medical education outcomes. He is examining what students learn in various settings pre-clinical vs. clinical, ambulatory vs. inpatient, university vs. community and exploring the efficacy of a variety of educational approaches. Of particular interest to Dr. Prislin is how students are socialized to the professional role of physicians. Dr. Prislin is also interested in analyzing various methods of student performance including the utilization of feedback from live and standardized patients. Finally, Dr. Prislin is interested in examining innovative approaches to faculty development.

Emil S, Nagurney J, Mok E, Prislin M. Attitudes and knowledge regarding healthcare policy and systems: a survey of medical students in Ontario and California. CMAJO November 11, 2014 vol. 2 no. 4 E288-E294. DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20130094.

Prislin MD, Ahearn S, Boker J. Do simulation-based skill exercises and post encounter notes add additional value to a standardized based clinical skills examination? Education Research International 2011: Article ID 107861.

Lie D, Encinas J. Stephens F. Do faculty show the “halo effect” in rating students compared with standardized patients during a clinical examination? Internet J Fam Pract 2010; 8:2. (http://www.ispub.com/journal/the_internet_journal_of_Family_practice/volume_8_number_2)

Prislin MD, Saultz JW, Geyman JP. The generalist disciplines in American medicine one hundred years following the Flexner report: a case study of unintended consequences and some proposals for post flexnerian reform. Acad Med 2010; 85: 228-235.

Arnold L, Shue CK, Summers K, Prislin M, Pohl C, Stern DT. Can there be a single system for peer assessment of professionalism? A multi-institutional study. Acad Med 2007; 82:578-586

Fitzpatrick C, Musser A, Mosqueda L, Boker J, Prislin M. Student senior partnership program: University of California Irvine School of Medicine. Gerontol Geriatr Educ 2006; 27:25-35.

Lie D. Boker J, Gutierrez D, Prislin M. What do medical students learn from early clinical experiences (ECE)? Med Teach 2006; 28:479-482.

Morrison EH, Rucker L, Boker JR, Gabbert CC, Hubbell FA, Hitchcock MA, Prislin MD. The effect of a 13 hour curriculum on residents’ teaching skills: results of the BEST randomized trial. Ann Int Med 2004;141:257-263

Morrison EH, Boker JR, Hollingshead J, Hitchcock MA, Prislin MD, Hubbell FA. A pilot randomized controlled trial of a longitudinal study of a residents as teachers curriculum. Acad Med 2003;78:722-729

Morrison EH, Boker, JR, Hollingshead J, Prislin MD, Hitchcock MA, Litzelman DK. Reliability and validity of an objective structured teaching examination for generalist resident teachers. Acad Med 2002; 77 (suppl.): S29-S32.

Morrison EH, Hollingshead J, Wilkerson L, Hubbell FA, Hitchcock M, Prislin MD. Reach out and teach someone: generalist residents’ needs for teaching skills development. Fam Med 2002; 34:444-450.

Prislin MD, Lie D, Shapiro J, Boker J, Radecki S. Using standardized patients to assess professionalism in medical students. Acad Med 2001; 76 (Suppl:S90-S92).

Prislin MD, Fitzpatrick C, Giglio M, Lie D, Radecki S. Initial experience with a multi-station objective structured teaching skills evaluation. Acad Med. 1998; 73: 1116-1118.

Prislin MD, Feighny K, Stearns JA, Hood J, Arnold L, Erney S, Johnson L. What students say about learning and teaching in longitudinal ambulatory primary care clerkships: a multi-institutional study. Acad Med. 1998; 73: 680-687.

Prislin MD, Fitzpatrick CF, Lie D, Giglio M, Radecki S, Lewis E. Utilization of an objective structured clinical examination in the evaluation of student performance on a family medicine clerkship: eight years' experience. Fam Med. 1998; 30:338-344.

Prislin MD, Fitzpatrick CF, Radecki S. A comparison of family medicine clerkship student performance across multiple teaching sites. Fam Med. 1998; 30:279-282.

Arnold L, Feighny KM, Hood J, Stearns JA, Prislin MD, Erney SL. Educational correlates of students' perceptions of learning in longitudinal ambulatory primary care clerkships. Acad Med. 1997; 72(Suppl) S136-S139.

American Academy of Family Physicians

Society of Teachers of Family Medicine

American Association of Medical Colleges

Group of Educational Affairs

UC Irvine School of Medicine
Associate Dean for Student Affairs 1999—2015

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Last updated
05/29/2020