Dorene F. Balmer, Ph.D.
Professor of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics) at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Inaugural Director, Research on Pediatric Education, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Associate Fellow, The University of Pennsylvania's Center for Public Health Initiatives
Distinguished Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-896-4646
Email:
balmerd@email.chop.edu
balmerd@email.chop.edu
Education:
B.S. (Nutrition)
Immaculata University , 1988.
M.A. (Nutrition Education)
Immaculata University , 1994.
Ph.D. (Health Studies/Public Health )
Temple University , 2006.
Permanent linkB.S. (Nutrition)
Immaculata University , 1988.
M.A. (Nutrition Education)
Immaculata University , 1994.
Ph.D. (Health Studies/Public Health )
Temple University , 2006.
Description of Other Expertise
Medical educationDescription of Research Expertise
Qualitative researchSelected Publications
Balmer DF, Rosenblatt SA, Blalock AE.: Counternarratives that illuminate faculty agency: A five-year longitudinal qualitative study of physician educators in academic medicine. Medical Teacher Mar 2024.Kinnear B, Beck J, Schumacher DJ, Zhou C, Balmer D. : Building a solid house of scholarship: The importance of foundational worldviews. Hospital Pediatrics 14(3): e189-193, Mar 2024.
Fernandez A, Asoodar M, van Kranen-Mastenbroek K, Majoie M, Balmer DF.: What do you see? Signature pedagogy in continuous electroencephalography teaching. Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology Feb 2024.
Sagin A, Balmer D, Musheno R, Olenik JM, Dingfield L, Bennett NL, Dine CJ.: Lifelong learning indicators in medical students after a novel communication skills session. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. [online ahead of print], Jan 2024.
Allen L, Balmer DF, Varpio L.: Physicians lifelong learning journeys: A narrative analysis of continuing professional development struggles. Medical Education [in press], 2024.
Sagin A, Balmer D, Musheno R, Dingfield L, Dine J, Bennett N. : Use of Context Input Process Product (CIPP) Model for evaluation of a palliative care curriculum. (Poster, presented at the Association of American Medical Colleges, Seattle, Washington) Nov 2023.
Orr A, Hussain F, Tomesuc O, DeLisser H, Grundy KM, Niepold S, Rizzo A, Shaw S, Balmer D. : Extending arts-based interventions in graduate medical education through the positive humanities: the Re-FRAME Workshop. Journal of General Internal Medicine 28(14): 3252-3256, Nov 2023.
Obsekov V, Teng C, Balmer D. : EKG acquisition curriculum for pediatric trainees. Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development Oct 2023 Notes: doi:10.1177/23821205231204758.
Blalock AE, Balmer DF.: Thinking organizationally and longitudinally to understand gender disparities in academic medicine. Medical Education Page: https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.15171, Aug 2023.
Goldstein L, Lau J, Ford H, Balmer D, Tenney-soeiro R.: A qualitative exploration of pediatric resident perceptions of autonomy in the era of pediatric hospital medicine fellowship. Academic Pediatrics Aug 2023.