The OED offers assistance in educational research and development to promote faculty scholarship in the area of medical education. This includes development and evaluation of innovative curriculum and teaching methods, curriculum and course assessment, and identification and use of specific outcomes measures for achievement of educational goals and objectives.

Recent Publications

Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

White, B. A., Sadoski, M., Thomas, S., & Shabahang, M. (in press). Is the evaluation of the personal statement a reliable component of the general surgery residency application? Journal of Surgical Education.

Bramson, R., Sanders, C. W., Sadoski, M., West, C., Wiprud, R., English, M., Palm, M., & Xenakis, A. (in press). Comparing the effects of mental imagery rehearsal and physical practice on learning lumbar puncture by medical students. Annals of Behavioral Science and Medical Education.

West, C., & Sadoski, M. (2011).  Do study strategies predict academic performance in medical school?  Medical Education, 45, 696-703.

Paivio, A., & Sadoski, M. (2011).  Lexicons, contexts, events, and images: Comments on Elman (2009) from the perspective of dual coding theory. Cognitive Science, 35, 198-209.

Ogden, P., Green, B., Sadoski, M., & Shomaker, S. (2010).  The Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine.  Academic Medicine, 85, (9 supplement online addendum).

Sadoski, M., & Colenda, C.  (2010). The Texas A&M experience with class size and campus expansion: Evaluation of first year using distance learning and on-site curriculum delivery.  Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 22, 262-267.

Colbert, C. Y., Mirkes, C., Ogden, P. E., Herring, M. E., Cable, C., Myers, J. D., Ownby, A. R., Boisaubin, E., Murguia, M. A., Farnie, M. A., & Sadoski, M. (2010). Enhancing competency in professionalism: Targeting resident advance directive education.  Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 2, 278-282.

Halterman-Cox, M., Sierpina, V. S., Sadoski, M., & Sanders, C. W. (2009). CAM (complementary and alternative medicine) attitudes in first and second year medical students – a pre and post course survey. Integrative medicine: A clinician’s journal, 7, 34-42.

Sadoski, M., & Sanders C. W., (2008). Mental imagery in clinical skills instruction: A promising solution to a critical problem. Annals of Behavioral Science and Medical Education, 14, 2-6.

Sanders, C. W., Sadoski, M., van Walsum, K., Bramson, R., Wiprud, R., Fossum, T. W. (2008). Learning basic surgical skills with mental imagery: Using the simulation centre in the mind. Medical Education, 42, 607-612.

Sanders, C. W., Sadoski, M., Wasserman, R. M., Wiprud, R., English, M., Bramson, R. (2008). Comparing the effects of physical practice and mental imagery rehearsal on learning basic venipuncture by medical students. Imagination, Cognition, and Personality, 27, 117-127.

Bramson, R., Sadoski, M., Sanders, C. W., van Walsum, K., & Wiprud, R. (2007). A reliable and valid instrument to assess competency in basic surgical skills in second year medical students. Southern Medical Journal, 100, 987-992.

Sadoski, M., & Sanders, C. W. (2007). Student course evaluations: Common themes across courses and years. Medical Education Online, 12(2), 1-9. Available from http://www.med-ed-online.org.

Dusold, R., & Sadoski, M. (2006). Self-directed learning versus lecture in medicine. Academic Exchange Quarterly, 10 (4), 29-32.

Edwards, J. C., Sadoski, M., & Burdenski, T. M. (2005). Physicians’ reported use of mental images in clinical reasoning. Imagination, Cognition, and Personality, 24, 41-49.

Sanders, C. W., Sadoski, M., Bramson, R., Wiprud, R., & van Walsum, K. (2004). Comparing the effects of physical practice and mental imagery rehearsal on learning basic surgical skills by medical students. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 191, 1811-1814.

Edwards, J. C., van Walsum, K., Sanders, C. W., Fossum, T. V., Sadoski, M., Bramson, R., & Wiprud, R. M. (2004). Attitudes of veterinary medical students toward collaborative learning: An experiment. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, 31, 76-78.

Refereed Conference Presentations

White, B.A., Shabahang, M., Hannigan, G., Sadoski, M., Thomas, S., Billingsly, L., Scherer, E., Sadowski, B., & Wiatrek, R. (2011, June).  Personal statements: Are they an objective way of reviewing residency applicants? Paper presented at the Association of American Medical Colleges Conference on Careers in Medicine Professional Development.  Miami, FL.

West, C, & Sadoski, M. (2011, April).  Do study strategies predict academic achievement in medical school? Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Group on Educational Affairs, Houston, TX.

Brandt, P., Jones, K., Sadoski, M., & Colenda, C. (2010, February).  Effective delivery of medical school basic science curriculum to separated campuses via teleconferencing and LMS.  2010 EDUCAUSE Southwest Regional Conference, Austin, TX.

Dusold, R., & Sadoski, M. (2007, April). Self directed learning vs. lecture in medicine. Annual meeting of the American Medical Colleges Southern Group on Educational Affairs, Louisville, KY.

Sanders, C. W., Sadoski, M., van Walsum, K., Bramson, R., Wiprud, R., & Fossum, T. V. M. (2007, March). Learning basic skills with mental imagery: Simulation center in the brain. Poster presented at the Annual meeting of the Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Salt Lake City, UT.

Sadoski, M., Sanders, C. W., & Kim, Heekyoung (2006, May). What do students value in their courses and clerkships? Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Medical Colleges Southern Group on Educational Affairs, Galveston, TX.

Sanders, C. W., Sadoski, M., English, M., & Wiprud, R. (2006, March). Can medical students draw blood? Are they competent? Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Orlando, FL.

Sanders, C. W., Sadoski, M., Bramson, R., Wiprud, R., & van Walsum, K. (2004, March). Teaching surgical skills to medical students using mental imagery and physical practice. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Lake Buena Vista, FL.

Bramson, R., Sanders, C. W., Wiprud, R., Sadoski, M., & van Walsum, K. (2004, April). A reliable rating scale for evaluating basic surgical skills. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Medical Colleges Southern Group on Educational Affairs, Savannah, GA.

Sanders, C. W., Edwards, J. C., Sadoski, M., & Van Walsum, K. (2003, March). Imagery vs. text study in learning basic surgical skills as measured by checklists and rating scales. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics. Anaheim, CA.

Edwards, J. C., Sanders, C. W., Sadoski, M., Bramson, R., Wiprud, R., & Fossum, T. W. (2003, April). The effect of imagery rehearsal on learning basic surgical skills in a collaborative learning environment. In M. Sadoski & J. C. Edwards (co-chairs), Mental imagery and affect in a collaborative medical education model. Symposium presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Van Walsum, K., Edwards, J. C., Sanders, C. W., Sadoski, M., Branson, R., Wiprud, R., & Fossum, T. W. (2003, April). Cognitive and affective predictors of surgical skill in a collaborative learning environment. In M. Sadoski & J. C. Edwards (co-chairs), Mental imagery and affect in a collaborative medical education model. Symposium presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Sadoski, M., Edwards, J. C., & Van Walsum, K. (2003, April). Mental imagery and affect in teaching surgical skills: A multidisciplinary collaboration. In M. Sadoski & J. C. Edwards (co-chairs), Mental imagery and affect in a collaborative medical education model. Symposium presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Sadoski, M., Edwards, J. C., & Burdenski, T. K. (2003, April). Reported use of mental imagery in the practice of physicians. In M. Sadoski & J. C. Edwards (co-chairs), Mental imagery and affect in a collaborative medical education model. Symposium presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Sanders, C. W., Edwards, J. C., Burdenski, T. K., & Sadoski, M. (2003, April). Medical student competence in basic procedures. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Group on Educational Affairs of the Association of American Medical Colleges, Miami, FL.

Invited Professional Address

Sanders, C. W., & Sadoski, M. (2003, May). The effects of imagery rehearsal on medical students learning basic surgical skills. Annual T. F. Bunkley Lectureship and Resident Research Day, Scott & White Memorial Hospital, Temple, TX.