Aaron R. Douglas, PhD

Lecturer

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Contact

1015 Walnut Street
Curtis Building, Suite 319
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107

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Aaron R. Douglas, PhD

Lecturer

RESEARCH & PRACTICE INTERESTS

  • Applied statistics, particulary regression modeling, structural equations modeling, and other multivariante statistical methods
  • Design and validation of educational and psychological assessments 
  • Medical certification examinations
  • Large-scale educational assessment surveys 
  • Online survey design, development, and analysis 

Education

PhD, Educational Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University 

Publications

Additional Publications

Dougas AR. The need for a common set of competencies as componenets of a medical profession construct, paried with a common program of assessment. In: Ćurković M, Borovečki A (eds). The Bridge to Bioethics and Medical Practice. Vol. 98The International Library of Bioethics, Spring Cham. 2022: 35-57.  

TEACHING

Fundamentals of Statistics for Research 

BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Douglas has 19 years of post-graduate experience working as a psychometrician and statistician. He has worked in numerous research and client facing roles in private industry for 11 years. His professional passion is the use of psychometrics and applied statistics for large-scale surveys and medical certification examinations. Dr. Douglas is currently the Director of Medical Education Research, Associate Director of the Jefferson Longitudinal Study, and Senior Psychometrician in the Asano-Gonnella Center for Research in Medical Education & Health Care, at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at  Thomas Jefferson University. In that role, he conducts research in the field of medical education on the assessment of medical professionalism. He also advises and supports faculty and staff on institutional research and performs statistical analysis and writing sections of manuscriptions for publications. Additionally, he generates numerous reports on academic achievement, and alumni academic characteristics and achievement. Dr. Douglas is also a Lecturer in the Jefferson College of Population Health where he teaches the Fundamentals of Statistics for Research in the Public Health program.