Stephen Christopher Charles
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Stephen Christopher Charles
Associate Professor
Positions
- Associate Professor
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Huffington Department of Education
Baylor College of Medicine
Temple, US
- Associate Dean, Curriculum
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School of Medicine - Temple
Baylor College of Medicine
Temple, Texas United States
Education
- PhD from University of South Florida
- 05/2014 - Tampa, Florida United States
- Curriculum and Instruction
- MA from University of South Florida
- 05/2011 - Tampa, Florida United States
- Bioethics and Medical Humanities
- MS from North Carolina Agriculture and Technology
- 05/2008 - Greensboro, North Carolina United States
- Adult Education
Certifications
- Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator
- Society for Simulation in Healthcare
Professional Statement
Dr. Stephen Charles is a clinical ethicist, a dedicated educator, and a higher education administrator. His primary role at Baylor College of Medicine School of Medicine (BCM SOM) is the Associate Dean of Curriculum for the BCM SOM – Temple Campus. He is a Senior Faculty Member in the Department of Education, Innovation, and Technology at BCM. His educational background includes a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction and Master of Arts in Bioethics and Medical Humanities, and a Master of Science in Adult Education.Dr. Charles has 15 years of experience in medical education. His prior roles include being the Assistant Dean of Assessment and Outcomes and Interim Assistant Vice Chancellor for Interprofessional Collaboration at East Carolina University. Before that, he was the Director of Medical Education at the University of Kansas School of Medicine – Wichita Campus. In this role, he helped expand the Wichita Regional Campus from a clinical regional campus to a full four-year campus.
Dr. Charles is a strong proponent for advancing the field of medical education. His educational research projects are focused on developing undergraduate medical education curriculum with a focus on active learning, interprofessional simulation, and competency-based assessments.
His passion for medical education extends beyond the classroom. He has actively fostered partnerships between academic institutions and healthcare organizations to create experiential learning opportunities and promote interprofessional collaboration.
In addition to his medical education scholarly work, he is an advocate for promoting a mindset of cultural humility. As a clinical ethicist, Dr. Charles listens with interest and curiosity to his patients and their families, strives to be non-judgmental, and is willing to learn from his patients, their families, and the healthcare team. Additionally, he has championed initiatives that promote education and a deeper understanding of the unique healthcare needs of LGBT+ community.
At BCM SOM – Temple Campus, Dr. Charles continues to build off his education and experiences to prepare future physicians to obtain the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to meet the healthcare challenges of the 21st century.
Selected Publications
- Koehn, M. & Charles, S. "A Delphi Study to Determine Leveling of the Interprofessional Core Competencies for Four Levels of Interprofessional Practice." Med.Sci.Educ. 2018;
- Curtis, C., Eubanks, J., Charles, S., Boyer, P., Harrell, K., Markandaya, M., Lawson, L., Norbury, J "A Required, Combined Neurology-Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clerkship Addresses Clinical and Health Systems Knowledge Gaps for Fourth-Year Medical Student." Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2020;
- Bayouth L, Ashley, S., Brady, J., Lake, B., Keeter, M., Schiller, D., Robey, S., Charles, S., Beasley, K., Toschlog, E., Longshore, S "An in-situ simulation-based educational outreach project for pediatric trauma care in a rural trauma system." J Pediatr Surg. 2017;
- Harrell, K. and Charles, S. "Assessment of Weekly Study Guide Use and Utility in a Condensed Medical Gross Anatomy and Embryology Course." FASEB. 2018;
- Zeldin E., Charles S., Tumin, D., Lawson, L., Faulk, C., & Norbury, J. "Impact of a Hybrid-Virtual Teaching Model on the Physical Examination Skills of Fourth-Year Medical Students.." Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2022 May;
- Norbury J., Brader, W., McIver, M., Charles, S., Sindhi, V., & Rathbun, K. "Impact of predefined angles and a revised APPLES mnemonic on accuracy and performance time for simulated ultrasound-guided injections." Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2020 Oct;
- Norbury J.W., Karr N.C., Sindhi V., Rathbun K.M., Charles S., McIver M.B., Morrison E.J. "Improving the Performance Time and Accuracy of Ultrasound-Guided Interventions—A Randomized Controlled Double-Blind Trial of the Line of Sight Approach and the “APPLES” Mnemonic.." J Ultrasound Med. 2018;
- Lawson, L., Gilbert, D., Carroll, R., Charles, S., & Campbell, K "The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University." Academic Medicine. 2020 Sep;(95):S375 - S378.
- Whitmill A., Edwards T., & Charles S "Training medical student facilitators of peer-assisted study sessions using an objective standardized teaching exercise." MedEdPORTAL. 2020;
- Charles, S. & Koehn, M. "Using peer study to prepare for Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator certification." Clinical Simulation in Nursing. 2016 Jun;
Memberships
- Southern Group on Educational Affairs (SGEA)
- Member (01/2016)
- Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH)
- Member (01/2012)
- Association of Standardized Patient Educators (ASPE
- Member (06/2011)
- International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE
- Member (07/2011)
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