Jorie Colbert-Getz

Jorie Colbert-Getz, PhD

Languages spoken: English

Academic Information

Departments Primary - Internal Medicine

Divisions: General Medicine

Jorie Colbert-Getz, PhD, MS, is Professor in Internal Medicine and the Assistant Dean of Education Quality Improvement for the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah. Dr. Colbert-Getz is also a faculty member for the AAMC Medical Education Research Certificate (MERC) program. She has served on multiple national committees - the Research in Medical Education (RIME) program planning committee for the AAMC Learn, Serve, Lead annual meeting, the executive committee for the Society of Directors of Research in Medical Education (SDRME), and was the Medical Education Scholarship, Research, and Evaluation (MESRE) chair for the Western Region Group on Education Affairs (WGEA) and founding director of the Learning Community Institute Research Network. She has over 60 publications in medical education, mostly focused on assessment and evaluation. Her overarching mission is to ensure assessments measure developmentally appropriate learning objectives / milestones. To that end, her research focuses on validity frameworks and other elements of assessment utility, survey design, and program evaluation. Dr. Colbert-Getz received her MS degree in Psychology from Illinois State University and her PhD degree in Educational Psychology from the University of Utah.

Education History

Undergraduate Illinois State University
 BS
Graduate Training Illinois State University
 MS
Doctoral Training University of Utah
 PhD

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Colbert-Getz JM, Kim S, Goode VH, Shochet RB, Wright S (2014). Assessing medical students' and residents' perceptions of the learning environment: exploring validity evidence for the interpretation of scores from existing tools. Academic medicine, 89(12), 1687-93. (Read full article)
  2. Shochet RB, Colbert-Getz JM, Wright S (2015). The Johns Hopkins learning environment scale: measuring medical students' perceptions of the processes supporting professional formation. Academic medicine, 90(6), 810-8. (Read full article)
  3. Ryan MS, Bishop S, Browning J, Anand RJ, Waterhouse E, Rigby F, Al-Mateen CS, Lee C, Bradner M, Colbert-Getz J (2017). Are Scores From NBME Subject Examinations Valid Measures of Knowledge Acquired During Clinical Clerkships?. Academic medicine, 92(6), 847-852. (Read full article)
  4. Colbert-Getz J, Shaffer K, Chow (2021). Taking the Scholarly Practice One Step Further by Producing Education Scholarship. Academic medicine, 96(4), 610. (Read full article)
  5. Colbert-Getz JM, Bierer SB, Berry A, Bradley E, Han H, Mooney C, Szauter K, Teal CR, Youm J, O'Brien B (2021). What Is an Innovation Article? A Systematic Overview of Innovation in Health Professions Education Journals. Academic medicine, 96(11S), S39-S47. (Read full article)
  6. Raaum SE, Lappe K, Colbert-Getz JM, Milne C (2019). Milestone Implementation's Impact on Narrative Comments and Perception of Feedback for Internal Medicine Residents: a Mixed Methods Study. Journal of general internal medicine, 34(6), 929-935. (Read full article)
  7. Colbert-Getz JM, Shea J (2021). Three key issues for determining competence in a system of assessment. Medical teacher, 43(7), 853-855. (Read full article)
  8. Hannon P, Lappe K, Griffin C, Roussel D, Colbert-Getz (2020). An objective structured clinical examination: From examination room to Zoom breakout room. Medical education, 54(9), 861. (Read full article)
  9. Colbert-Getz JM, Lappe K, Northrup M, Roussel (2019). To What Degree Are the 13 Entrustable Professional Activities Already Incorporated Into Physicians' Performance Schemas for Medical Students?. Teaching and learning in medicine, 31(4), 361-369. (Read full article)
  10. Morton DA, Colbert-Getz J (2017). Measuring the impact of the flipped anatomy classroom: The importance of categorizing an assessment by Bloom's taxonomy. Anatomical sciences education, 10(2), 170-175. (Read full article)
  11. Roussel D, Gordon PR, Wagner JM, Bardack M, Sardesai MG, Colbert-Getz J (2020). The learning community faculty experience: how longitudinal relationships with learners enhance work meaning. Perspectives on medical education, 9(6), 343-349. (Read full article)
  12. Colbert-Getz J, Chow C, Li M, Weber T, Hannon P, Hammad I, Good B, Bonnett R, Sakaeda M, Robson J, Lamb (2021). Times of Medical Education Crisis Require New Evaluation Approaches: Proof of Concept of a System-Based Program Evaluation Model. Medical science educator, 31(3), 1-6. (Read full article)
  13. Colbert-Getz JM, Ryan M, Hennessey E, Lindeman B, Pitts B, Rutherford KA, Schwengel D, Sozio SM, George J, Jung (2017). Measuring Assessment Quality With an Assessment Utility Rubric for Medical Education. MedEdPORTAL, 13, 10588. (Read full article)
  14. Moore KB, Bonnett R, Colbert-Getz J (2020). A Process and Rubric for a Group to Review the Quality of a Medical Education Course/Clerkship. MedEdPORTAL, 16, 10911. (Read full article)
  15. Singh A, Klimpl D, Kisuule F, Cardin T, Tackett S, Gupta I, Blum K, Wimmer K, Wright S, Colbert-Getz (2022). Development of a novel hospitalist advanced practice provider assessment instrument: A pilot study. Journal of hospital medicine, 17(3), 176-180. (Read full article)
  16. Luman AA, Bagley M, Colbert-Getz JM, Christensen T, Lindsley JE, Chow C (2022). "Am I even a med-student anymore?" A Mixed-Methods Study of the Impact of the Initial Disruptions Caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic on Medical Student Professional Identity Formation. Medical science educator, 32(6), 1-9. (Read full article)
  17. Pippitt KA, Moore KB, Lindsley JE, Cariello PF, Smith AG, Formosa T, Moser K, Morton DA, Colbert-Getz JM, Chow C (2022). Assessment for Learning with Ungraded and Graded Assessments. Medical science educator, 32(5), 1045-1054. (Read full article)
  18. Saab SS, Pollack S, Lerner V, Banks E, Salva CR, Colbert-Getz (2022). Validity Study of an End-of-Clerkship Oral Examination in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Journal of surgical education, (Read full article)
  19. Colbert-Getz JM, Lindsley J, Moore KB, Formosa T, Pippitt (2023). Promotion of a Mastery Orientation to Learning in Medical School: Implementation of the Not Yet Pass Grade. Academic medicine, 98(1), 52-56. (Read full article)
  20. Rougas S, Berry A, Bierer SB, Blanchard RD, Cianciolo AT, Colbert-Getz JM, Han H, Lipner K, Teal C (2022). Applying Conceptual and Theoretical Frameworks to Health Professions Education Research: An Introductory Workshop. MedEdPORTAL, 18, 11286. (Read full article)
  21. Sawicki JG, McCuistion A, Hansen I, Colbert-Getz J, Good (2023). Academic Performance of Clerkship Students Working on a Longitudinal Inpatient Pediatrics Team. Hospital pediatrics, 13(2), 122-134. (Read full article)
  22. Colbert-Getz JM, Lappe K, Gerstenberger J, Milne CK, Raaum (2023). Capturing growth curves of medical students' clinical skills performance. The clinical teacher, 20(6), e13623. (Read full article)
  23. Signor E, Gerstenberger J, Cotton J, Colbert-Getz J, Lappé (2024). Integrating a self-directed ultrasound curriculum for the internal medicine clerkship. The ultrasound journal, 16(1), 19. (Read full article)
  24. Moore KB, Steinmann ME, Bonnett R, Colbert-Getz JM, Anderson K (2024). Coproducing a Faculty Feedback Program for School of Medicine Educators. Medical science educator, 35(1), 381-388. (Read full article)

Editorial

  1. Sukhera J, Ölveczky D, Colbert-Getz J, Fernandez A, Ho MJ, Ryan MS, Young M (2023). Digging Deeper, Zooming Out: Reimagining Legacies in Medical Education. Academic medicine, 98(11S), S6-S9. (Read full article)