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  2. Justin Sewell, MD, PhD, MPH

Justin Sewell, MD, PhD, MPH

Professor of Clinical Medicine

CLINICAL ACTIVITIES:
I provide clinical care at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, where I specialize in caring for patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. I also see patients with any gastroenterological disease and perform endoscopic procedures, including upper endoscopy and colonoscopy. Additionally, I am the Medical Director for the Gastroenterology Division at ZSFG.

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
I pursue educational research, specifically using Cognitive Load Theory to study procedural skills training using colonoscopy as an exemplar setting. I completed a PhD in Health Professions Education through a joint program between UCSF and Utrecht University, Netherlands. My thesis title was "Cognitive Load Theory: A Critical Lens for Examining Procedural Skills Training in the Health Professions (The Case of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy)". I have experience in quantitative and qualitative methods, as well as in systematic review techniques.

TEACHING:
I am an Element Director for the 1st-year medical student REGulatioN (Renal, Endocrine, Gastroenterology, and Nutrition) course, and I am heavily involved in leadership and administration in the UCSF Bridges Curriculum. I supervise and teach gastroenterology fellows, as well as medical and surgical residents, and medical students, as they rotate through the GI service at San Francisco General Hospital.
Education
2020 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California, San Francisco
PhD, 2019 - Health Professions Education, Utrecht University
2013 - Teaching Scholars Program, University of California, San Francisco
Fellowship, 2011 - Gastroenterology, University of California, San Francisco
Residency, 2008 - Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
MD, 2005 - Medicine, University of Arizona
MPH, 2001 - Public Health, University of Arizona
BS, 1999 - Molecular & Cellular Biology, University of Arizona
Honors and Awards
Cum Laude, Utrecht University, 2019 New Investigator Award, American Educational Research Association, 2017 Selected for membership in Academy of Medical Educators, UCSF, 2015 Invited fellowship (FACP), American College of Physicians, 2013 Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators Excellence in Teaching Award, UCSF, 2013
Justin Sewell, MD, PhD, MPH

+1 628 206-8823

 justin.sewell@ucsf.edu

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