Steven Rougas MD MS FACEP is Assistant Dean of Medical Education / Director of the Clinical Curriculum and Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Medical Science at Brown University. In addition to his clinical work as an attending physician and clinical preceptor for residents and medical students, he oversees the 4-year clinical skills training curriculum at Alpert Medical School as a member of the Office of Medical Education. This innovative, hands-on curriculum helps medical students develop their professional identities as 21st-century providers who provide humanistic, inclusive, and patient-centered care. The curriculum focuses on the core tenants of high-quality patient care: history taking and communication, physical examination, patient education and counseling, clinical documentation, oral presentation, professional identity formation, clinical reasoning, community engagement, and procedural skill training.
Dr. Rougas has served as chair of the Northeast Group on Educational Affairs (NEGEA) and is committed to promoting high-quality health professions education (HPE) research as past chair of the Group on Educational Affairs (GEA) National Grant Award Program. He has published, presented, and mentored numerous projects in HPE that look at the culture of feedback, remediation of professionalism lapses, and supporting residents interested in a career in medical education.
He is a local Rhode Islander who completed medical school, residency, and a fellowship in Medical Education Research at Brown University.
| Noguchi J, Knopov A, Bencie N, Mather TS, Chofay DR, Warrier S, Rougas S. "A Community-engaged Curriculum at Alpert Medical School: Centering Patient Communities in Medical Education." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 106, no. 9, 2023, pp. 14-19. |
| Teal CR, Cianciolo AT, Berry A, Boscardin C, Riddle J, Rougas S, Shaull L, Shea JA, Szauter K, Bierer SB. "Impact of a Regional Grant Program Through the Lens of Social Cognitive Career Theory: A Mixed-Method Evaluation." Academic Medicine, 2023. |
| Lam, Jeffrey A., Feingold-Link, Mara, Noguchi, Julia, Quinn, Anne, Chofay, Dana, Cahill, Kate, Rougas, Steven. "My Life, My Story: Integrating a Life Story Narrative Component Into Medical Student Curricula." MedEdPORTAL, 2022. |
| Han, Heeyoung, Youm, Julie, Tucker, Constance, Teal, Cayla R., Rougas, Steven, Park, Yoon Soo, Mooney, Christopher, Hanson, Janice, Berry, Andrea. "Research Methodologies in Health Professions Education Publications: Breadth and Rigor." Academic Medicine, vol. Publish Ahead of Print, no. 11S, 2022, pp. S54-S62. |
| Oza SK, Joo P, Grochowalski JH, Rougas S, George P, Milan F. "Novel use of an OSCE to assess medical students' responses to a request for a low value diagnostic imaging test: A mixed methods analysis." Patient Education and Counseling, 2021. |
| The Pre-Clerkship Guide: Procedures and Skills for Clinical Rotations. edited by Eltorai A, George P, Rougas S, Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins, 2021. |
| Blanchard, Rebecca D., Rougas, Steven. "Why and how to get started with scholarship." The Clinical Teacher, 2021. |
| Ayandeh, Armon, Zhang, Xiao C., Diamond, Jay F., Michael, Sarah H., Rougas, Steven. "Development of a pilot procedural skills training course for preclerkship medical students." Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, vol. 1, no. 6, 2020, pp. 1199-1204. |
| George, Paul, Dumenco, Luba, Warrier, Sarita, Monteiro, Kristina, Rougas, Steven, Green, Emily, Mello, Michael, Borkan, Jeffrey, Mather, Thais, Dollase, Richard, Tunkel, Allan R. "The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University." Academic Medicine, vol. 95, no. 9S, 2020, pp. S457-S460. |
| George P, Dumenco L, Warrier S, Monteiro K, Rougas S, Green E, Mello M, Borkan J, Mather T, Dollase R, Tunkel AR. "The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University." Academic Medicine, vol. 95, no. 9S A Snapshot of Medical Student Education in the United States and Canada: Reports From 145 Schools, 2020, pp. S457-S460. |
| Michael SH, Rougas S, Zhang XC, Clyne B. "A Content Analysis of the ACGME Specialty Milestones to Identify Performance Indicators Pertaining to the Development of Residents as Educators." Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 2019, pp. 1-10. |
| Dumenco L, Monteiro K, George P, Rougas S, Dollase R. "Outcomes of a Longitudinal Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Preclerkship Curriculum." Academic Medicine, 2019, pp. 1. |
| Rougas, Steven, Bromberg, Julie R., Nimaja, Evelyn, Brown, Linda, Chun, Thomas H., Baird, Janette. "Reliability of the Clinical SBIRT Proficiency Checklist for Medical Students." Medical Science Educator, vol. 29, no. 4, 2019, pp. 1013-1016. |
| Rougas S, Zhang XC, Blanchard R, Michael SH, Mackuen C, Lee B, Nocera M, Hilliard RW, Green E. "Strategies for Residents to Explore Careers in Medical Education." Journal of Graduate Medical Education, vol. 11, no. 3, 2019, pp. 263-267. |
| Mello MJ, Bromberg JR, Rougas S, Chun TH, Brown LL, Parnagian CS, Baird J. "Substance use screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment training for emergency medicine trainees." Advances in Medical Education and Practice, vol. 10, 2019, pp. 71-76. |
| Tsai J, Brooks K, DeAndrade S, Ucik L, Bartlett S, Osobamiro O, Wynter J, Krishna G, Rougas S, George P. "Addressing racial bias in wards." Advances in Medical Education and Practice, vol. Volume 9, 2018, pp. 691-696. |
| Merritt, Rory, Rougas, Steven. "Multidisciplinary approach to structural competency teaching." Medical Education, vol. 52, no. 11, 2018, pp. 1191-1192. |
| Krishnan S, Wald H, Rougas S, Zink D, Taylor JS. "Developing a standardized patient curriculum to teach longitudinal care: a practical electronic health record-based experience for senior medical students." Journal of Medical Education and Training, vol. 1, 2017, pp. 014. |
| Schrier, Madeleine, Rougas, Steven, Schrier, Ellen, Elisseou, Sadie, Warrier, Sarita. "Intimate Partner Violence Screening and Counseling: An Introductory Session for Health Care Professionals." MedEdPORTAL Publications, vol. 13, 2017. |
| Jordan J, Yarris LM, Santen SA, Guth TA, Rougas S, Runde DP, Coates WC. "Creating a Cadre of Fellowship-Trained Medical Educators, Part II: A Formal Needs Assessment to Structure Postgraduate Fellowships in Medical Education Scholarship and Leadership." Academic Medicine, 2016. |
| Coates WC, Runde DP, Yarris LM, Rougas S, Guth TA, Santen SA, Miller J, Jordan J. "Creating a Cadre of Fellowship-Trained Medical Educators: A Qualitative Study of Faculty Development Program Leaders' Perspectives and Advice." Academic Medicine, 2016. |
| Brooks KC, Rougas S, George P. "When Race Matters on the Wards: Talking About Racial Health Disparities and Racism in the Clinical Setting." MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 10523. |
| Rougas S, Clyne B, Cianciolo AT, Chan TM, Sherbino J, Yarris LM. "An Extended Validity Argument for Assessing Feedback Culture." Teaching and Learning in Medicine, vol. 27, no. 4, 2015, pp. 355-8. |
| Daniel, Michelle, Clyne, Brian, Fowler, Rachel, Sutton, Elizabeth, Rougas, Steven, Warrier, Sarita, Farmer, Katherine, Doshi, Ankur. "Cognitive Apprenticeship: A Roadmap to Improve Clinical Teaching." MedEdPORTAL Publications, 2015. |
| Daniel, Michelle, Rougas, Steven, Warrier, Sarita, Kwan, Brian, Anselin, Emma, Walker, Amy, Taylor, Julie. "Teaching Oral Presentation Skills to Second-Year Medical Students." MedEdPORTAL Publications, 2015. |
| Daniel, Michelle, Rougas, Steven, Warrier, Sarita, Tabaddor, Ramin, Bray, Kirsta, Taylor, Julie. "Teaching Physical Exam Skills to Novices: Developing all the Tools in the Clinician Toolbox." MedEdPORTAL Publications, 2015. |
| Rougas S, Gentilesco B, Green E, Flores L. "Twelve tips for addressing medical student and resident physician lapses in professionalism." Medical Teacher, 2015, pp. 1-7. |
| 2012 National DMEFP Conference Team, which consists of the following authors, Dewey CM, Turner TL, Perkowski L, Bailey J, Gruppen LD, Riddle J, Singhal G, Mullan P, Poznanski A, Pillow T, Robins LS, Rougas SC, Horn L, Ghulyan MV, Simpson D. "Twelve tips for developing, implementing, and sustaining medical education fellowship programs: Building on new trends and solid foundations." Medical Teacher, 2015, pp. 1-9. |
| Price DW, Wagner DP, Krane NK, Rougas SC, Lowitt NR, Offodile RS, Easdown LJ, Andrews MA, Kodner CM, Lypson M, Barnes BE. "What are the implications of implementation science for medical education?." Medical Education Online, vol. 20, 2015, pp. 27003. |
| Rougas, Steven. "Critical Synthesis Package: Completed Clinical Evaluation Report Rating (CCERR)." MedEdPORTAL Publications, 2014. |
| Yarris LM, Juve AM, Artino AR Jr, Sullivan GM, Rougas S, Joyce B, Eva K. "Expertise, Time, Money, Mentoring, and Reward: Systemic Barriers That Limit Education Researcher Productivity-Proceedings From the AAMC GEA Workshop." Journal of Graduate Medical Education, vol. 6, no. 3, 2014, pp. 430-436. |
| Lin M, Santen SA, Yarris LM, Mullan P, Searle N, Rougas S, Coates WC. "Development of a training needs assessment for an education scholarship fellowship in emergency medicine." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 19, no. 12, 2012, pp. 1419-24. |
| Daniel M, Rougas S, Zink D, Taylor JS. "Teaching oral presentations in pre-clinical skills courses." Medical education, vol. 46, no. 11, 2012, pp. 1104-5. |
| Rougas SC, Rusley JC, Young BR, Romain CR, Lambrese JR, Dollase R, Monroe AD, Ritter DA. "Development of a student-based teaching academy." Medicine and health, Rhode Island, vol. 91, no. 8, 2008, pp. 252-4. |
My research interests span four core areas in health professions education (HPE) scholarship.
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | MD | Alpert Medical School, Brown University |
| 2009 | BS | Providence College |
| 2009 | BA | Providence College |
1. Employee of the Month Andrew F. Anderson Emergency Department, Rhode Island Hospital, 2013.
2. Marc J. Shapiro Medical Student Teaching Award,Department of Emergency Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 2013.
3. Senior Resident Pediatric Clinical Award, Department of Emergency Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 2013.
4. CLEAR! Award (Communication Leading to Excellence and Ameliorating Risk), Department of Emergency Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 2013.
5. Abstract Selection, TLM Conversation Starters. Northeast Group on Educational Affairs (NEGEA), AAMC, 2015.
6. Best GME Short Communication. NEGEA Annual Retreat, AAMC, 2015.
7. Best UME Pre-clerkship Short Communication. NEGEA Annual Retreat, AAMC, 2016.
8. Residents Hero Award. Department of Emergency Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 2016.
9. Excellence in Medical Student Education, Department of Emergency Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 2016.
10. Ability V: Lifelong Learning, Profiles in Competence Award, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 2017.
11. Faculty Marshal, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 2017.
12. Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Faculty Membership, Alpert Medical School of Brown Unviersity, 2017.
13. Positive Champion of the Learning Environment, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 2018.
14. Faculty Marshal, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 2018.
15. CARE Certificate of Recognition, Miriam Hospital CARE (Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Excellence) Award, 2018.
16. Faculty Award, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 2018.
17. Positive Champion of the Learning Environment, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 2019
18. Faculty Marshal, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 2019.
19. Faculty Award, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 2019.
20. Graduation Hooder, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 2019.
21. Excellence in Clinical Teaching, Department of Emergency Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 2019.
22. ACEP National Emergency Medicine Junior Faculty Teaching Award, American College of Emergency Physicians, 2020.
23. M. Brownell Anderson Award for New and Emerging Medical Educators, Group on Education Affairs, AAMC, 2021.
24. Early Achievement Award, Brown Medical Alumni Association, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 2021.
25. Senior Citation, Alpert Medical School of Brown University Graduating Class of 2022.
26. Jacek Franaszek, MD Exemplary Educator Award, Department of Emergency Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 2022.
27. Faculty Commencement Speaker, Alpert Medical School of Brown University Graduating Class of 2023.
28. Faculty Award, Alpert Medical School of Brown University Graduating Class of 2023.
| Diplomate | ABEM, Emergency medicine | 2015-Present |
| Assistant Dean of Medical Education / Director of the Clinical Curriculum. Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 2023- |
| Director, Doctoring Program. Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 2017-2023 |
My primary teaching responsibilities at Alpert Medical School include various components of the clinical curriculum, including the Doctoring Program, the Clinical Skills Clerkship, and the Transition to Residency curriculum. I have previously served as Director of the Doctoring Program, Course Leader for Doctoring III & IV, Director of the 4th year OSCE and Internship Preparation Course (IPC). I regulary mentor other course leaders and education leadership in the Doctoring Program, which enlists 80 faculty members to teach in the various courses.
Clinically, I precept residents and medical students in the Department of Emergency Medicine at 2 clinical sites: Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital.
| BIOL 3660 - Doctoring 3 |
| BIOL 3670 - Doctoring 4 |
