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Education Program Coordinator, Basic Sciences
Specialties: Coordinates basic science curriculum schedules, Manages patient case wrap-up curriculum,
Assists with team-based learning curriculum, Maintains and distributes patient-centered-learning
curriculum, Guides distribution of learning material
- faye.aker@UND.edu
- 701.777.4368 | Suite E438, Workstation E438c
Director of Simulation and Co-Director, Year 1 and 2, Clinical Science Curriculum
Team
Specialties: Physical exam skills teaching and assessment, High fidelity human patient simulation,
Standardized patients for student education, Clinical skills lectures, Clinical skills
curriculum development
- jon.allen@UND.edu
- 701.777.4712 | Suite E405, Office E122
Learning Specialist
Specialties: Developing academic study plans, Time management, Test-taking strategies, Active learning
strategies and memory techniques
- valeria.becker@UND.edu
- 701.777.5878 | Suite E270, Office E272
Assistant Dean for Assessment
- kurt.borg@UND.edu
- 701.777.4058 | Suite E438, Office E447
Education Services Coordinator
Specialties: Assists in assessment coordination & elective management in the medical curriculum,
manages department website, conducts department hiring/human resources, manages department
financials (payroll, accounts payable, account management, ordering supplies/technology/software),
Department telephone and key counselor
- shae.carlson@UND.edu
- 701.777.6150 | Suite E438, Workstation E438f
Assistant Dean for Medical Curriculum, Associate Professor of Basic Sciences
- patrick.carr@UND.edu
- 701.777.2576 | Suite E456, Office E461
Associate Professor
Specialties: Major provider of therapeutics lectures to MSII, Facilitates in PCL, Bismarck and
Minot Family Medicine Residencies lectures, Major provider of therapeutics lectures
to PA program, Altru FM residency faculty
- richard.clarens@UND.edu
- 701.777.6889 | Suite E438
Assistant Dean for Phase 1
Specialties: Oversees the content in Basic Sciences for year 1 medical students, Works with medical
students as they progress through their first year, Instructor in Cell Biology, Histology,
Embryology, Professional Development, Small Group Learning, Member of Undergraduate
Medical Education Committees, Oversees virtual slides in medical education
- jane.dunlevy@UND.edu
- 701.777.2575 | Suite E438, Office E446
Director, Pre-Clerkship Clinical Sciences
- kara.eickman@UND.edu
- 701.777.6364 | Suite E438, Office E448
Administrative Assistant
Specialties: Supports the five Medical Curriculum Committees, Coordinates the annual Medical Curriculum
Retreat & Annual Facilitator Training, Coordinates meals, travel, schedules for meetings
and events, Assists with LCME accreditation activities, Assists in meetings for the
assistant dean, Teaching & Learning, and assistant dean for medical curriculum, Overall
department support
- alissa.hancock@UND.edu
- 701.777.3800 | Suite E438, Workstation E438h
Senior Statistician
Specialties: Program evaluation, Conducts and assists research, Statistical analysis, Teaches statistics,
Facilitator in the medical curriculum
- charles.hosford@UND.edu
- 701.777.4713 | Suite E438, Office E440
Director of Interprofessional Education & Professor of Family and Community Medicine
Specialties: Interprofessional Health Care Course, Interprofessional Student Community-based Learning
Experiences (ISCLE), Interprofessional Simulation Learning Experiences, Interprofessional
Telehealth Simulations Using Remotely Operated Biomedical Telepresence Systems (ROBOTS),
Other Interprofessional Learning Activities
- eric.l.johnson@UND.edu
- 701.777.3811 | Suite E438, Office E445
Assistant Dean for Academic Support and Longitudinal Integration & Associate Professor
of Family and Community Medicine
- m.kalyanasundaram@UND.edu
- 701.777.1564 | Suite E438, Office E449
Program Coordinator, NE Campus
Specialties: Third-year medical student schedule coordinator, Fourth-year medical student schedule
coordinator, Administrative support for Northeast Campus, Minnesota DHS background
checks
- stacie.klegstad@UND.edu
- 701.777.4630 | Suite E438, Workstation E438d
Associate Professor
- mark.koponen@UND.edu
- 701.777.6172 | Suite E438, Office E441
Director of Pre-Clerkship Clinical Sciences
Specialties: Clinical science curriculum, Clinical skills history and physical exam teaching and
assessment, Patient-centered-learning case reviews, Team-based learning activity and
readiness assessment test reviews, Assist in simulation activities
- kara.eickman@UND.edu
- 701.777.6364 | Suite E438, Office E448
Medical Curriculum Coordinator
Specialties: Curriculum database, Blackboard (medical students), Contracts/contract pay, End of
block teaching payments
- rebecca.a.maher@UND.edu
- 701.777.3636 | Suite E438, Workstation E438g
Co-Director, Year 1 and 2, Clinical Science Curriculum Team
Specialties: Clinical history and physical exam teaching, Coordination of history-taking sessions/derm
lab, Facilitation of PCL/TBL/IPHC sessions, Assessment of clinical/professional competencies,
Coordination of medical education senior elective
- devendra.pant@UND.edu
- 701.777.6704 | Suite E438, Office E439
Instructional Designer
Specialties: Faculty development, Teaching and learning best practices, Writing and alignment of
objectives, Curriculum and course design, Educational research
- adrienne.salentiny@UND.edu
- 701.777.4272 | Suite E438, Office E451
Education Program Coordinator, Clinical Sciences
Specialties: Organizes orientation, Clinical skills scheduling coordinator, PCL facilitator coordinator,
Works with Year 1 cases, Assists with block exams
- janelle.studney@UND.edu
- 701.777.3208 | Suite E438, Workstation E438e
Associate Dean for Teaching & Learning; Dr. David & Lola Rognlie Monson Endowed Professor
in Medical Education
Specialties: Curriculum design and evaluation, Faculty development in Teaching & Learning, Innovative
teaching, Technology in education, Education scholarship
- richard.vaneck@UND.edu
- 701.777.3528 | Suite E438, Office E452
Assistant Dean, Northeast Campus & Assistant Dean, Phase 2/3
Specialties: Campus dean for Northeast Campus, Coordinates the Northeast Campus Years 3 and 4 medical
curriculum, Ensures compliance with LCME standards schoolwide, Clinical Sciences Curriculum
Subcommittee chair, Assists in simulation activities
- susan.zelewski@UND.edu
- 701.777.1750 | Suite E456, Office E459