Donna B Jeffe
Biographic Data
| ID | 1734949 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Donna B Jeffe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Donna B |
| FAMILY NAME | Jeffe |
| SIGNATURE | JEFFE D B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Washington University in St. Louis |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7642-3777 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 24 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Recommendations to address and research systemic bias in assessment
While limited to data from a single workshop, the results offered perspectives about areas for further research shared by a group of directors of medical education research units from diverse backgrounds. The workshop produced valuable insights into the need for more evidence-based interventions that promote more equitable assessment practices grounded in real-world situations and that attenuate the effects of bias
Student and Teacher Perspectives on Equity in Clinical Feedback
Disparities by Sex in Promotion to Associate Professor Among a National Cohort of Academic Physicians
Purpose: Women comprise about half of U.S. medical school applicants, matriculants, graduates, and residents and have been increasingly appointed as full-time academic medicine faculty since 2009 but remain underrepresented among associate professors and full professors.1 Recent investigations suggest that historical disparities in promotion continue to persist,2 yet, to our knowledge, the effects of potential mediators that explain this disparit…
First-generation and continuing-generation college graduates’ application, acceptance, and matriculation to U.S. medical schools
Many U.S. medical schools conduct holistic review of applicants to enhance the socioeconomic and experiential diversity of the physician workforce. The authors examined the role of first-generation college-graduate status on U.S. medical school application, acceptance, and matriculation, hypothesizing that first-generation (vs. continuing-generation) college graduates would be less likely to apply and gain acceptance to medical school.Secondary a…
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Clerkship Grading
PURPOSE: Racial/ethnic disparities exist in clinical clerkship grading, yet little is known about medical student and faculty perspectives on why these disparities occur. This study explored what happens during clerkships that might explain grading disparities. METHOD: Medical students and clerkship teachers at 3 U.S. medical schools completed a demographic survey and semistructured interview. The constant comparative method was used to analyze t…
Factors Associated With Office-Based, Primary Care Practice Among U.S. Medical Graduates
Primary care (PC) career choice has been declining among U.S. medical graduates and residents since the 1990s. 1,2 By 2034, an estimated shortage of 17,800–48,000 PC physicians is expected. 2 Some medical schools have developed programs to increase students’ interest in PC specialties and practice in underserved areas. 3,4 To our knowledge, the durability of early PC-specialty preference for long-term PC practice has not been reported. The Associ…
We’re in This Together”
Findings show variability in couples' responses to cancer, with some patients and couples adapting well and others needing additional support. During treatment and at follow-up, oncology social workers can assess patients' and family members' social support needs, provide mental health services, and provide patient navigation to help patients and caregivers access health care and community resources
Randomized controlled trial of a breast cancer Survivor Stories intervention for African American women
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis Case Study
In 2018, in response to a news story featuring the Icahn School of Medicine’s decision to eliminate its chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) due to perceived racial inequities, students at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis (WUSM) brought similar concerns to leadership. WUSM leadership evaluated whether students’ race, ethnicity, and gender were associated with their receipt of honors in the 6 core clerkships, key determinants of…
Influence of built environment on quality of life changes in African-American patients with non-metastatic breast cancer
Who Performs Colonoscopy? Workforce Trends Over Space and Time
PURPOSE: With the increased availability of colonoscopy to average risk persons due to insurance coverage benefit changes, we sought to identify changes in the colonoscopy workforce. We used outpatient discharge records from South Carolina between 2001 and 2010 to examine shifts over time and in urban versus rural areas in the types of medical providers who perform colonoscopy, and the practice settings in which they occur, and to explore variati…
Development and Evaluation of Two Abbreviated Questionnaires for Mentoring and Research Self-Efficacy
The RMMRI-9 and CRAI-19 retained the excellent psychometric properties of the longer measures. Findings support use of the shortened measures in future evaluations of PRIDE
Mentored Training to Increase Diversity among Faculty in the Biomedical Sciences
Mentees reported their career development benefited from SIPID and PRIDE participation
Perceived social support in African American breast cancer patients
Predictors of full-time faculty appointment among MD–PhD program graduates
Over half of all MD-PhD program graduates in our study had full-time faculty appointments. Our findings regarding variables independently associated with full-time faculty appointments can inform the design of strategies to promote academic medicine career choice among MD-PhD program graduates. Further research is warranted to identify other factors amenable to intervention, in addition to those included in our study, which will foster the furthe…
A Perspective on Promoting Diversity in the Biomedical Research Workforce
Aspiring junior investigators from groups underrepresented in the biomedical sciences face various challenges as they pursue research independence. However, the biomedical research enterprise needs their participation to effectively address critical research issues such as health disparities and health inequities. In this article, we share a research education and mentoring initiative that seeks to address this challenge: Programs to Increase Div…
Influence of neighborhood-level factors on social support in early-stage breast cancer patients and controls
Participation in college laboratory research apprenticeships among students considering careers in medicine
About one-third of all PMQ respondents had participated in CLRAs prior to taking the MCAT, and such participation was one of the several variables identified that were independently associated with medical-school acceptance
Impact of a Neonatal-Bereavement-Support DVD on Parental Grief
This study tested the effect of a neonatal-bereavement-support DVD on parental grief after their baby's death in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit compared with standard bereavement care (controls). Following a neonatal death, the authors measured grief change from a 3- to 12-month follow-up using a mixed-effects model. Intent-to-treat analysis was not significant, but only 18 parents selectively watched the DVD. Thus, we subsequently compared DVD v…
How Do Interaction Experiences Influence Doctoral Students’ Academic Pursuits in Biomedical Research
This exploratory qualitative study investigated how doctoral students reported their personal and professional interaction experiences that they believed might facilitate or impede their academic pursuits in biomedical research. We collected 19 in-depth interviews with doctoral students in biomedical research from eight universities, and we based our qualitative analytic approach on the work of Miles and Huberman. The results indicated that among…
Reliability of perceived neighbourhood conditions and the effects of measurement error on self-rated health across urban and rural neighbourhoods
BACKGROUND: Limited psychometric research has examined the reliability of self-reported measures of neighbourhood conditions, the effect of measurement error on associations between neighbourhood conditions and health, and potential differences in the reliabilities between neighbourhood strata (urban vs rural and low vs high poverty). We assessed overall and stratified reliability of self-reported perceived neighbourhood conditions using five sca…
Neighborhood foreclosures and self-rated health among breast cancer survivors
Racial and Geographic Differences in Mammography Screening in St. Louis City
Effect of area poverty rate on cancer screening across US communities
Study objective: To analyse the contextual effect of area poverty rate on never having been screened for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer by (1) describing the extent of the variation in screening behaviours among 98 US metropolitan areas; (2) determining if the variation in lack of screening can be explained by differences in the characteristics of the persons who resided in these areas; and (3) determining if living in a metropolitan are…
Perceived social support in African American breast cancer patients
Effect of area poverty rate on cancer screening across US communities
Study objective: To analyse the contextual effect of area poverty rate on never having been screened for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer by (1) describing the extent of the variation in screening behaviours among 98 US metropolitan areas; (2) determining if the variation in lack of screening can be explained by differences in the characteristics of the persons who resided in these areas; and (3) determining if living in a metropolitan are…
Reliability of perceived neighbourhood conditions and the effects of measurement error on self-rated health across urban and rural neighbourhoods
BACKGROUND: Limited psychometric research has examined the reliability of self-reported measures of neighbourhood conditions, the effect of measurement error on associations between neighbourhood conditions and health, and potential differences in the reliabilities between neighbourhood strata (urban vs rural and low vs high poverty). We assessed overall and stratified reliability of self-reported perceived neighbourhood conditions using five sca…
Influence of built environment on quality of life changes in African-American patients with non-metastatic breast cancer
We’re in This Together”
Findings show variability in couples' responses to cancer, with some patients and couples adapting well and others needing additional support. During treatment and at follow-up, oncology social workers can assess patients' and family members' social support needs, provide mental health services, and provide patient navigation to help patients and caregivers access health care and community resources
Randomized controlled trial of a breast cancer Survivor Stories intervention for African American women
Influence of neighborhood-level factors on social support in early-stage breast cancer patients and controls
Effect of area poverty rate on cancer screening across US communities
Study objective: To analyse the contextual effect of area poverty rate on never having been screened for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer by (1) describing the extent of the variation in screening behaviours among 98 US metropolitan areas; (2) determining if the variation in lack of screening can be explained by differences in the characteristics of the persons who resided in these areas; and (3) determining if living in a metropolitan are…
Racial and Geographic Differences in Mammography Screening in St. Louis City
Neighborhood foreclosures and self-rated health among breast cancer survivors
Reliability of perceived neighbourhood conditions and the effects of measurement error on self-rated health across urban and rural neighbourhoods
BACKGROUND: Limited psychometric research has examined the reliability of self-reported measures of neighbourhood conditions, the effect of measurement error on associations between neighbourhood conditions and health, and potential differences in the reliabilities between neighbourhood strata (urban vs rural and low vs high poverty). We assessed overall and stratified reliability of self-reported perceived neighbourhood conditions using five sca…
How Do Interaction Experiences Influence Doctoral Students’ Academic Pursuits in Biomedical Research
This exploratory qualitative study investigated how doctoral students reported their personal and professional interaction experiences that they believed might facilitate or impede their academic pursuits in biomedical research. We collected 19 in-depth interviews with doctoral students in biomedical research from eight universities, and we based our qualitative analytic approach on the work of Miles and Huberman. The results indicated that among…
Impact of a Neonatal-Bereavement-Support DVD on Parental Grief
This study tested the effect of a neonatal-bereavement-support DVD on parental grief after their baby's death in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit compared with standard bereavement care (controls). Following a neonatal death, the authors measured grief change from a 3- to 12-month follow-up using a mixed-effects model. Intent-to-treat analysis was not significant, but only 18 parents selectively watched the DVD. Thus, we subsequently compared DVD v…
Participation in college laboratory research apprenticeships among students considering careers in medicine
About one-third of all PMQ respondents had participated in CLRAs prior to taking the MCAT, and such participation was one of the several variables identified that were independently associated with medical-school acceptance
Predictors of full-time faculty appointment among MD–PhD program graduates
Over half of all MD-PhD program graduates in our study had full-time faculty appointments. Our findings regarding variables independently associated with full-time faculty appointments can inform the design of strategies to promote academic medicine career choice among MD-PhD program graduates. Further research is warranted to identify other factors amenable to intervention, in addition to those included in our study, which will foster the furthe…
A Perspective on Promoting Diversity in the Biomedical Research Workforce
Aspiring junior investigators from groups underrepresented in the biomedical sciences face various challenges as they pursue research independence. However, the biomedical research enterprise needs their participation to effectively address critical research issues such as health disparities and health inequities. In this article, we share a research education and mentoring initiative that seeks to address this challenge: Programs to Increase Div…
Influence of neighborhood-level factors on social support in early-stage breast cancer patients and controls
Development and Evaluation of Two Abbreviated Questionnaires for Mentoring and Research Self-Efficacy
The RMMRI-9 and CRAI-19 retained the excellent psychometric properties of the longer measures. Findings support use of the shortened measures in future evaluations of PRIDE
Mentored Training to Increase Diversity among Faculty in the Biomedical Sciences
Mentees reported their career development benefited from SIPID and PRIDE participation
Perceived social support in African American breast cancer patients
Who Performs Colonoscopy? Workforce Trends Over Space and Time
PURPOSE: With the increased availability of colonoscopy to average risk persons due to insurance coverage benefit changes, we sought to identify changes in the colonoscopy workforce. We used outpatient discharge records from South Carolina between 2001 and 2010 to examine shifts over time and in urban versus rural areas in the types of medical providers who perform colonoscopy, and the practice settings in which they occur, and to explore variati…
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis Case Study
In 2018, in response to a news story featuring the Icahn School of Medicine’s decision to eliminate its chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) due to perceived racial inequities, students at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis (WUSM) brought similar concerns to leadership. WUSM leadership evaluated whether students’ race, ethnicity, and gender were associated with their receipt of honors in the 6 core clerkships, key determinants of…
Influence of built environment on quality of life changes in African-American patients with non-metastatic breast cancer
We’re in This Together”
Findings show variability in couples' responses to cancer, with some patients and couples adapting well and others needing additional support. During treatment and at follow-up, oncology social workers can assess patients' and family members' social support needs, provide mental health services, and provide patient navigation to help patients and caregivers access health care and community resources
Randomized controlled trial of a breast cancer Survivor Stories intervention for African American women
First-generation and continuing-generation college graduates’ application, acceptance, and matriculation to U.S. medical schools
Many U.S. medical schools conduct holistic review of applicants to enhance the socioeconomic and experiential diversity of the physician workforce. The authors examined the role of first-generation college-graduate status on U.S. medical school application, acceptance, and matriculation, hypothesizing that first-generation (vs. continuing-generation) college graduates would be less likely to apply and gain acceptance to medical school.Secondary a…
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Clerkship Grading
PURPOSE: Racial/ethnic disparities exist in clinical clerkship grading, yet little is known about medical student and faculty perspectives on why these disparities occur. This study explored what happens during clerkships that might explain grading disparities. METHOD: Medical students and clerkship teachers at 3 U.S. medical schools completed a demographic survey and semistructured interview. The constant comparative method was used to analyze t…
Factors Associated With Office-Based, Primary Care Practice Among U.S. Medical Graduates
Primary care (PC) career choice has been declining among U.S. medical graduates and residents since the 1990s. 1,2 By 2034, an estimated shortage of 17,800–48,000 PC physicians is expected. 2 Some medical schools have developed programs to increase students’ interest in PC specialties and practice in underserved areas. 3,4 To our knowledge, the durability of early PC-specialty preference for long-term PC practice has not been reported. The Associ…
Student and Teacher Perspectives on Equity in Clinical Feedback
Disparities by Sex in Promotion to Associate Professor Among a National Cohort of Academic Physicians
Purpose: Women comprise about half of U.S. medical school applicants, matriculants, graduates, and residents and have been increasingly appointed as full-time academic medicine faculty since 2009 but remain underrepresented among associate professors and full professors.1 Recent investigations suggest that historical disparities in promotion continue to persist,2 yet, to our knowledge, the effects of potential mediators that explain this disparit…
Recommendations to address and research systemic bias in assessment
While limited to data from a single workshop, the results offered perspectives about areas for further research shared by a group of directors of medical education research units from diverse backgrounds. The workshop produced valuable insights into the need for more evidence-based interventions that promote more equitable assessment practices grounded in real-world situations and that attenuate the effects of bias
Medicine (24 works) · Internal Medicine (14 works) · Psychology (13 works) · Medical education (12 works) · Gerontology (11 works) · Diversity and Career in Medicine (10 works) · Demography (9 works) · Innovations in Medical Education (9 works) · Cancer (8 works) · Family medicine (8 works)