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Thomas J. Stewart, PhD
Associate Director for Graduate Education and Research Professor
Division of Geriatrics

Carolina Medical Plaza/Geriatrics
3211 Farrow Road, Ste. 300
Columbia, SC 29203
Phone: (803) 434-4333
Fax: (803) 434-4334
E-mail: 
Thomas.Stewart@Palmettohealth.org

Undergraduate:
Davidson College, 1963
Graduate:
  • MS-Social Service Administration, Case-Western University,  1966
  • PhD-Sociology, Florida State University, 1977
Initial USC Faculty Appointment Year: 2004
Previous Positions:
University of Texas Medical Branch, 2002-2004
  • Senior Medical Educator, Office of Educational Development
  • Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University

 
  • Chair, Department of Medical Education, 1998-2002
  • Associate Professor (Medical Sociology), Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 1996-1998

South Carolina State University

  • Associate Professor, Department of Psychology and Sociology, 1995-1996
  • Vice President for Planning, Evaluation and Institutional Advancement, 1992-1995
  • Assistant to the President for International and Minority Programs, 1988-1993
Academic Interests:  
  • Doctor-patient communication skills
  • medical education
Teaching Activities:  
USC Graduate Students - Coordinator for MEDI 700 course
Recent Publications:
Stewart TJ, Eleazer GP, Boland R, Wieland GD.  The middle of the road: results from the aging semantic differential with four cohorts of medical students.  J Am Geriatr Soc. 2007 Aug;55(8):1275-80.

Stewart TJ.  Learning environments in medical education.
Med Teach. 2006 Jun;28(4):387-9.

Stewart TJ, Frye AW.  Investigating the use of negatively-phrased survey items in medical education settings:  common wisdom or common mistake?  Academic Medicine, 79 (October supplement): S1-S3, 2004.

Das M, Mpofu D, Hassan M, Stewart T.  Student perceptions of tutor skills in problem-based learning.  Medical Education 36: 272-278, 2002.

Swadi H, Stewart T.  An empirical evaluation of family functioning as perceived by different members of nuclear families in the United Arab Emirates.  Arab J of Psychiatry 10(1): 39-49, 1999.

 

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