Department of
Medical Education

Scholarship

  • Cottrell, L., Cottrell, S.A., Negrin, I., Schuster, A., Boone, M., & Ferrari, N. (2026). Integrating disability and language access education in undergraduate medical training: a curriculum mapping study at a rural medical school. Medical Education Online, 31(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/10872981.2026.2627020
  • Hedrick J.S., Cottrell S.A., Nield L.S., et al. (December 30, 2025) Using Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Compare Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA) and Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) Standards. Cureus 17(12): e100411. doi:10.7759/cureus.100411
  • Hedrick J.S., Panzarella C., Cottrell S.A., Jones B.G., Borges N.J., Curry R.H., Ferrari N.D. (2025). A Comparative Analysis of Departments of Medical Education at Four LCME Accredited Schools. Medical Science Educator. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-025-02321-y
  • Lama, A, Hedrick, J. (2025). Beyond the Handoff: A Longitudinal Approach to Student Feedback and Coaching in the Clinical Clerkship Curriculum. Medical Educator. Published online March 6, 2025.
  • Hedrick, J.S. & McHenry-Sorber, Investigating Appalachian Medical Students’ Perceived Supports and Inhibitors to their Aspirations using Habitus and Capital. Journal of Rural Social Sciences. 2025.  https://open.clemson.edu/jrss/vol40/iss1/12
  • Cottrell, S., Hedrick, J., Lama, A., Sofka, S., and Ferrari, N. (2024). Best Practices for Reporting Accurate and Fair Student Comparisons in the Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE). Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 16(3), 257-260. Retrieved from: https://meridian.allenpress.com/jgme/article/16/3/257/501340/The-Urgent-Need-for-Reporting-Accurate-and-Fair
  • Lama, A. (2023). Reflective Teaching Journals as an Effective Embedded Formative Assessment of Teaching Skill Development Confidence in a Longitudinal Medical-Student-as-Teacher Elective. Med. Sci. Educator. Accepted. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-023-01938-1
  • Hedrick, J.S. & McHenry-Sober, E. Negotiating the Gemeinschaft/Gesellschaft Dichotomy: Appalachian Medical Student Perceptions of Practice. Rural Sociology, 2023. http://doi.org/10.1111/ruso.12492
  • Vallejo M.C., Price S.S., Vanek T.V., Fuller K.A., Nield L.S., Cottrell S.A. (2021). Virtual interviewing in the COVID-19 era: A survey of graduate program directors. J Dent Educ. 2021;1–8. https://doi.org/10.1002/jdd.12848
  • Hedrick J.S., Cottrell S.A., Rhodes L. and Ferrari N.F. (2020) Appalachian Culture & History, An Important Lesson for Incoming Medical Students. West Virginia Medical Journal.
  • Hedrick J.S., Cottrell S.A., Woodfork K, and Ferrari N.F. (2020) West Virginia University School of Medicine. Academic Medicine 95(95), S552-S555.
  • Cottrell S.A. and Ferrari N.F. (2019). More about USMLE Step 1 Scoring. Academic Medicine 94(11),1626.
  • Cottrell S., Phillips J., Hedrick J., Nield L, Vos J, Mavis B, & Ferrari III N, The relationship between students’ probationary history, failure to follow career counseling and entry into the supplemental offer acceptance program (SOAP): A Comparison between two medical schools, MedEdPublish, 2017, 6, [1], 56, doi: https://doi.org/10.15694/mep.2017.000056 
  • Cottrell S.A., Hedrick J.S., Lama A., Chen B.,^ West C.A., Graham L. Kiefer C., Hogg J., and Wright M. Curriculum mapping: A comparative analysis of two medical school models. Medical Science Educator, 2016, 26. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-016-0225-z  
  • Cottrell S, Warden M, Graves C, Hashmi M, Nield L, Larrabee H, Lerfald N, Clawges H, Ferrari N. Measuring Medical Residents’ Well-Being. MedEdPORTAL; 2013. Available from: www.mededportal.org/publication/9405
  • Cannarella Lorenzetti R., Jacques, C.H., Donovan, C., Cottrell S.A., Buck, J. (2013). Managing Difficult Patient Encounters: Understanding Physician, Patient and Situational Factors. American Family Physician, 87(6), 421-425.
  • Cottrell SA, Gill A, Crow S, Saizow R, Nelson E, and Shumway J. (2012). A Teaching Oath: A Commitment to Medical Students’ Learning and Development. Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 24(2), 165-167.

Updated: June 2026