Jennifer C. Benjamin, MD, MS, FAAP, MRCPCH
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Jennifer C. Benjamin, MD, MS, FAAP, MRCPCH
Associate Professor
Positions
- Associate Professor
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Pediatrics-Academic General, DEIT
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US
- Assistant Professor
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Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
- Director of Technology
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Pediatrics
Academic General Pediatrics
Center for Research Innovation and Scholarship
Houston, Texas United States
Education
- Postdoctoral Fellowship at Nationwide Children’s Hospital
- 11/2016 - Columbus, Ohio United States
- Residency at Metro Health Medical Center
- 11/2014 - Cleveland, Ohio United States
- Postdoctoral Training at Royal College of Pediatrics & Child Health, 2007
- London, United Kingdom
- MBBS from Christian Medical College
- Vellore, India
- MS from Ohio State University
- 10/2016 - Columbus, Ohio United States
Certifications
- American Board of Pediatrics
Honors & Awards
- Certificate of Excellence in Pediatric Research Day
- First place
- Metro Health, 2014
- Senior Resident Teaching Award
- Metro Health, Case Western Reserve, 2014
- Biannual Audit Presentation
- Second Prize
- Hammersmith Hospital, London, 2005
- Norton Rose Fulbright Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching and Evaluation
- Baylor College of Medicine (05/2022)
- Certificates of honor and proficiency in Community Medicine, ENT, Forensic Medicine, and Ophthalmology
- Christian Medical College, India, 2000
Professional Statement
I am passionate about education and caring for children with complex needs. I work in the Complex care clinic which caters to children with special needs and precept residents in the pediatric clinic. My interests are curriculum development for resident education and to improve the care of children with special needs.Videos
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Selected Publications
- J Benjamin, HE Miller, S Lowis, PM Sharples. "Neurological Outcome in children presenting with brain tumors in the South West region.." Current Paediatrics. 2006 Apr;16(2):144-151.
- Benjamin J, Groner J, Walton J, Noritz G, Gascon GM, Mahan JD "Learning in a Web-Based World: An Innovative Approach to Teach Physical Examination Skills in Patients with Neurodisability." Acad Pediatr. 2018 Aug;18(6):714-716. Pubmed PMID: 29518544
- Francesca W Basile , Jaime Petrus, Catriona Gates , Sarah H Perry , Jennifer Benjamin, Kevin McKenzie, Kajal Hirani, Cam Huynh , Florence Anabwani-Richter , Heather Haq, Diane Nguyen "Increasing access to a global health conference and enhancing research capacity: Using an interdisciplinary approach and virtual spaces in an international community of practice." J Glob Health. 2022 Jul 6; Pubmed PMID: 35787518
- J Benjamin , K Roy , G Paul , S Kumar , E Charles , E Miller , H Narsi-Prasla, J D Mahan , S Thammasitboon "Improving resident self-efficacy in tracheostomy management using a novel curriculum." 2020 Nov 3; Pubmed PMID: 33204834
- Jennifer Benjamin "Goldenhar syndrome associated with genital tract abnormality." BMJ Case Rep. 2019 Aug 28; Pubmed PMID: 31466990
- Ken Masters , Heather MacNeil , Jennifer Benjamin, Tamara Carver , Kataryna Nemethy , Sofia Valanci-Aroesty, David C M Taylor , Brent Thoma , Thomas Thesen "Artificial Intelligence in Health Professions Education assessment: AMEE Guide No. 178." Med Teacher. 2024 Jan 9; Pubmed PMID: 39787028
- Ken Masters , Raquel Correia , Kataryna Nemethy , Jennifer Benjamin , Tamara Carver , Heather MacNeill "Online learning in health professions education. Part 2: Tools and practical application: AMEE Guide No. 163." Med Teacher. 2023 Sep 23; Pubmed PMID: 37740948
- Neil Mehta , Anoop Agrawal, Jennifer Benjamin , Seysha Mehta , Heather MacNeill , Ken Masters "Pedagogy and generative artificial intelligence: Applying the PICRAT model to Google NotebookLM." Med Teacher. 2024 Oct 26; Pubmed PMID: 39460933
- Jennifer Benjamin, Tyson Pillow, Heather MacNeill , Ken Masters , Anoop Agrawal , Neil Mehta "Reflections From the Pandemic: Is Connectivism the Panacea for Clinicians?." J Med Internet Res. 2024 Dec 3; Pubmed PMID: 39625749
- Jennifer Benjamin , Ken Masters , Anoop Agrawal , Heather MacNeill , Neil Mehta "Twelve tips on applying AI tools in HPE scholarship using Boyer’s model." Med Teacher. 2025 Jan 10; Pubmed PMID: 39791860
- Ken Masters, Jennifer Benjamin, Anoop Agrawal, Heather MacNeill, M Tyson Pillow, Neil Mehta "Twelve tips on creating and using custom GPTs to enhance health professions education." Med Teacher. 2024 Jan 29; Pubmed PMID: 38285894
- Jennifer Christina Benjamin , Saul Flores, Parag Jain, Shelley Kumar, Satid Thammasitboon "Virtual Deliberate Practice Module for Tracheostomy Change Training: An Application of Educational Design Research." 2021 Dec 14; Pubmed PMID: 35633996
Memberships
- Academic Pediatric Association
- Texas Pediatric Society
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- The International Associatio for Health Professions Education (AMEE)
- Associate Fellow AMEE (09/2022)
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