Donald A Cook

Biographic Data

ID303577
NAMEDonald A Cook
GIVEN NAMESDonald A
FAMILY NAMECook
SIGNATURECOOK D A
AFFILIATIONSORCID
ORCID0000-0003-2383-4633
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS33
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT33
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1962
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Motivation and perceived learning in serious games

    Open AccessJeffrey Huang, Lauren K Licatino et al.ARTICLEMedical Teacher2026

    INTRODUCTION: Serious games represent an innovative and engaging method for teaching procedural skills, but educators lack sufficient data on optimal design and implementation strategies for enhancing learning and motivation. The purpose of this study was to explore learners' perceptions of how core design features of an educational escape room affected their motivation and learning during procedural skills training. METHODS: We conducted individ…

  • Artificial Intelligence to Support Qualitative Data Analysis

    Donald A Cook, Shiphra Ginsburg et al.ARTICLEAcademic Medicine2025

    How can artificial intelligence (AI) be used to support qualitative data analysis (QDA)? To address this question, the authors conducted 3 scholarly activities. First, they used a large language model, ChatGPT-4, to analyze 3 existing narrative datasets (February 2024). ChatGPT generated accurate brief summaries; for all other attempted tasks, the initial prompt failed to produce desired results. After iterative prompt engineering, some tasks (e.…

  • Curriculum Research Solutions

    Donald A Cook, Karen E Hauer et al.ARTICLEAcademic Medicine2025

    Health professions educators frequently seek to study their curriculum (e.g., a new or revised curriculum for a degree-granting program, a component of that curriculum, or a stand-alone course). Despite local enthusiasm, curriculum-focused studies are often hard to publish and have been repeatedly discouraged. Yet, few authors have proposed practical solutions. The purpose of this article is to articulate common problems with curriculum research …

  • Creating virtual patients using large language models

    Donald A CookARTICLEMedical Teacher2025

    Virtual patients (VPs) have long been used to teach and assess clinical reasoning. VPs can be programmed to simulate authentic patient-clinician interactions and to reflect a variety of contextual permutations. However, their use has historically been limited by the high cost and logistical challenges of large-scale implementation. We describe a novel globally-accessible approach to develop low-cost VPs at scale using artificial intelligence (AI)…

  • Assessment of management reasoning

    Donald A Cook, Steven J Durning et al.ARTICLEMedical Teacher2025

    PURPOSE: Management reasoning is a distinct subset of clinical reasoning. We sought to explore features to be considered when designing assessments of management reasoning. METHODS: This is a hybrid empirical research study, narrative review, and expert perspective. In 2021, we reviewed and discussed 10 videos of simulated (staged) physician-patient encounters, actively seeking actions that offered insights into assessment of management reasoning…

  • Global research aims for the study of cost and value in health professions education

    Martin G Tolsgaard, Leizl Joy Nayahangan et al.ARTICLEMedical Teacher2025

    BACKGROUND: Health professions educators constantly make difficult choices about the allocation of finite resources. However, there is limited sound research available to guide their decision-making. The purpose of this study was to address this gap by establishing international consensus on research aims, considering diverse economic and cultural contexts. METHODS: The authors conducted a three-round Delphi study, engaging an international panel…

  • Validation of the motivated strategies for learning questionnaire and instructional materials motivation survey

    Donald A Cook, Lee P SkrupkyARTICLEMedical Teacher2025

    PURPOSE: To validate the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ), which measures learner motivations; and the Instructional Materials Motivation Survey (IMMS), which measures the motivational properties of educational activities. METHODS: Participants (333 pharmacists, physicians, and advanced practice providers) completed the MSLQ, IMMS, Congruence-Personalization Questionnaire (CPQ), and a knowledge test immediately following an …

  • Validation of the Learner Engagement Instrument for Continuing Professional Development

    Open AccessDonald A Cook, Christopher R StephensonARTICLEAcademic Medicine2024

  • Personalisation and embodiment in e‐Learning for health professionals

    Open AccessLee P Skrupky, Ryan W Stevens et al.ARTICLEMedical Education2024

  • Measuring Personalization, Embodiment, and Congruence in Online Learning

    Open AccessDonald A Cook, Lee P SkrupkyARTICLEAcademic Medicine2023

  • Video-Based (Livestream) and In-Person Continuing Professional Development

    Open AccessDonald A Cook, Aaron K Pendl et al.ARTICLEAcademic Medicine2023

  • Management Reasoning

    Open AccessDonald A Cook, Christopher R Stephenson et al.ARTICLEAcademic Medicine2023

  • Modeling Diagnostic Expertise in Cases of Irreducible Uncertainty

    Open AccessMartin Pusic, Donald A Cook et al.ARTICLEAcademic Medicine2023

  • Learner engagement and teaching effectiveness in livestreamed versus in‐person CME

    Open AccessChristopher R Stephenson, Rachel Yudkowsky et al.ARTICLEMedical Education2023

  • Management reasoning and patient-clinician interactions

    Donald A Cook, Ian Hargraves et al.ARTICLEMedical Teacher2023

    PURPOSE: To expand understanding of patient-clinician interactions in management reasoning. METHODS: We reviewed 10 videos of simulated patient-clinician encounters to identify instances of problematic and successful communication, then reviewed the videos again through the lens of two models of shared decision-making (SDM): an 'involvement-focused' model and a 'problem-focused' model. Using constant comparative qualitative analysis we explored t…

  • Evaluating education innovations rapidly with build-measure-learn

    Open AccessDonald A Cook, Abhishek Bikkani et al.ARTICLEMedical Teacher2023

    Purpose The Lean Startup approach allows innovators (including innovative educators) to rapidly identify and refine promising ideas into models that actually work. Our aim is to outline key principles of Lean Startup, apply these to health professions education, and illustrate these using personal experience.Methods and Results All innovations are grounded in numerous assumptions; these assumptions should be explicitly identified, prioritized, an…

  • Associations Between Physician Continuous Professional Development and Referral Patterns

    Open AccessDonald A Cook, Christopher R Stephenson et al.ARTICLEAcademic Medicine2022

  • Costs and Economic Impacts of Physician Continuous Professional Development

    Donald A Cook, Christopher R Stephenson et al.ARTICLEAcademic Medicine2022

    PURPOSE: Nearly all health care professionals engage in continuous professional development (CPD), yet little is known about the cost and cost-effectiveness of physician CPD. Clarification of key concepts, comprehensive identification of published work, and determination of research gaps would facilitate application of existing evidence and planning for future investigations. The authors sought to systematically map study themes, methods, and out…

  • What Influences Choice of Continuing Medical Education Modalities and Providers? A National Survey of U.S. Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, and Physician Assistants

    Maureen O’Brien Pott, Anissa S Blanshan et al.ARTICLEAcademic Medicine2021

    PURPOSE: To explore what influences clinicians in selecting continuing medical education (CME) activities in the United States. METHOD: In August 2018, the authors conducted an Internet-based national survey, sampling 100 respondents from each of 5 groups: family medicine physicians, internal medicine and hospitalist physicians, medicine specialist physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. In total, 1,895 clinicians were invited …

  • How to conduct cost and value analyses in health professions education

    Jonathan Foo, Donald A Cook et al.ARTICLEMedical Teacher2021

    Growing demand for accountability, transparency, and efficiency in health professions education is expected to drive increased demand for, and use of, cost and value analyses. In this AMEE Guide, we introduce key concepts, methods, and literature that will enable novices in economics to conduct simple cost and value analyses, hold informed discussions with economic specialists, and undertake further learning on more advanced economic topics. The …

  • Motivation to learn

    Open AccessDonald A Cook, David A Cook et al.ARTICLEMedical Education2016

    OBJECTIVE: To succinctly summarise five contemporary theories about motivation to learn, articulate key intersections and distinctions among these theories, and identify important considerations for future research. RESULTS: Motivation has been defined as the process whereby goal-directed activities are initiated and sustained. In expectancy-value theory, motivation is a function of the expectation of success and perceived value. Attribution theo…

  • Appraising the Quality of Medical Education Research Methods

    Donald A Cook, David A Cook et al.ARTICLEAcademic Medicine2015

    PURPOSE: The Medical Education Research Study Quality Instrument (MERSQI) and the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale-Education (NOS-E) were developed to appraise methodological quality in medical education research. The study objective was to evaluate the interrater reliability, normative scores, and between-instrument correlation for these two instruments. METHOD: In 2014, the authors searched PubMed and Google for articles using the MERSQI or NOS-E. They o…

  • A contemporary approach to validity arguments

    Open AccessDonald A Cook, David A Cook et al.ARTICLEMedical Education2015

    CONTEXT: Assessment is central to medical education and the validation of assessments is vital to their use. Earlier validity frameworks suffer from a multiplicity of types of validity or failure to prioritise among sources of validity evidence. Kane's framework addresses both concerns by emphasising key inferences as the assessment progresses from a single observation to a final decision. Evidence evaluating these inferences is planned and prese…

  • Technology-Enhanced Simulation for Health Professions Education

    Donald A Cook, David A Cook et al.ARTICLEJAMA2011

    CONTEXT: Although technology-enhanced simulation has widespread appeal, its effectiveness remains uncertain. A comprehensive synthesis of evidence may inform the use of simulation in health professions education. OBJECTIVE: To summarize the outcomes of technology-enhanced simulation training for health professions learners in comparison with no intervention. DATA SOURCE: Systematic search of MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, ERIC, PsychINFO, Scopus, key j…

  • Association Between Funding and Quality of Published Medical Education Research

    Darcy A Reed, Donald A Cook et al.ARTICLEJAMA2007

    CONTEXT: Methodological shortcomings in medical education research are often attributed to insufficient funding, yet an association between funding and study quality has not been established. OBJECTIVES: To develop and evaluate an instrument for measuring the quality of education research studies and to assess the relationship between funding and study quality. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Internal consistency, interrater and intrarater rel…