Joseph Brocato, PhD

Primary Research Themes: Faculty research productivity, faculty development, graduate medical education curriculum and evaluation.

Education Activities: Director of medical education for our seven family medicine residency programs.

Selected Publications

Brocato, J. J.. & Mavis, B. E. (2005). The Research Productivity of Family Medicine Department Faculty: A National Study. Academic Medicine, 80(3), 244-252.

Mittal, V. J., Salem, V., Tyburski, J., Brocato, J. J., et.al (2004). Residents’ Working Hours in a Consortium-Wide Surgical Education Program. American Surgeon, 70(2), 127-131.

Mavis, B. E. & Brocato, J. J. (1998). Virtual Discourse: Evaluating DR-ED as a Computer Mediated Communications Network for Medical Education. The Journal of Educational Computing Research, 19(1), 53-65.

Mavis, B. E. & Brocato, J. J. (1998). Postal Surveys Versus Electronic Surveys: The Tortoise and the Hare Revisited. Evaluation and the Health Professions, 21(3), 395-408.

Austin, A. E., Brocato, J. J., Rohrer, J. D. (1997). Institutional Missions, Multiple Faculty Roles: Implications for Faculty Development. To Improve the Academy: Resources for Faculty, Instructional, and Organizational Development, 15, p.3-31.

Education

PhD, Michigan State University (education), 2001

MPA, Western Michigan University (public administration), 1990

BBA, Western Michigan University (double major: management and marketing), 1985

Selected Professional Activities

Editorial board of directors, Family Medicine, 2003-present

Conference reviewer, Association of American Medical Colleges, Group on Educational Affairs, 1998-present

GME consultant, Graduate Medical Education Office, Wayne State University School of Medicine/The Detroit Medical Center, 2006-present