John Encandela

Biographic Data

ID3576893
NAMEJohn Encandela
GIVEN NAMESJohn
FAMILY NAMEEncandela
SIGNATUREENCANDELA J
AFFILIATIONSCollaborative Group (United States)
ORCID0000-0003-4017-7161
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS21
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1991
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX2

  • Variation in medical humanities program mission statements in United States and Canadian Medical Schools

    Zoe Adams, Zoe M Adams et al.ARTICLEMedical Teacher2023

    PURPOSE: In 2019, the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) identified the discipline of medical humanities as a priority in medical education. Although medical humanities programs have existed in medical and osteopathic schools in the U.S. and Canada since the late 1960's, this interdisciplinary field remains difficult to define. We studied the mission statements of medical humanities programs to identify core themes and priorities. MA…

  • Characteristics of test anxiety among medical students and congruence of strategies to address it

    Open AccessJohn Encandela, Crystal Gibson et al.ARTICLEMedical Education Online2014

    Students' adoption of a 'menu' of strategies rather than one or two carefully selected strategies suggest inefficiencies that might be addressed by interventions, such as advisor-directed conversations with students and incorporating student self-assessment and strategies for managing anxiety within courses on test-taking. Such interventions are in need of further study. An annotated list of evidence-based strategies would be helpful to students …

  • Experience and Domain Mapping as Dynamic Tools for Focus Groups

    Keith Brewster, John Encandela et al.ARTICLESocial Work Research2014Cited by: 1References: 1

    Journal Article Experience and Domain Mapping as Dynamic Tools for Focus Groups Get access Kendra Brewster, Kendra Brewster Kendra Brewster, MA, is doctoral candidate, City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center. John A. Encandela, PhD, was associate executive director for research and evaluation, New Alternatives for Children, New York, when the study was conducted. Brett Stoudt, PhD, is assistant professor, Department of Psychology and G…

  • Social Construction of Pain and Aging

    Open AccessJohn A Encandela, John EncandelaARTICLESymbolic Interaction1997Cited by: 2References: 24

    Collective representations of growing older and experiencing chronic pain have posed limits on ways that individuals can derive meaning for and successfully manage these experiences. Taking the perspective of social constructionism, this article demonstrates (a) that some subcultures provide more positive and useful alternatives to these collective representations, and (b) that individuals themselves have been creative in constituting positive se…

  • Social science and the study of pain since Zborowski

    Open AccessJohn A Encandela, John EncandelaARTICLESocial Science & Medicine1993Cited by: 11References: 13

  • Danger at Sea

    Open AccessJohn A Encandela, John EncandelaARTICLEJournal of Contemporary Ethnography1991Cited by: 7References: 15

    This article explores the tension between maintaining and blurring traditional lines of authority among workers on a ship. Through the years, work crews aboard ships have operated under hierarchical arrangements. The author places the experience of one ship's crew in historical and social context and demonstrates ways in which shared living experiences at sea served to foster camaraderie and a sense of community among workers in spite of hierarch…