Katherine Gielissen
Overview
In September of 2023, Dr. Gielissen joined the faculty of Emory University. She is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, and the Program Director for the new Internal Medicine/Pediatrics training program within the Department of Medicine.
Dr. Gielissen earned her medical degree at the University of Chicago - Pritzker School of Medicine before completing her Internal Medicine / Pediatrics training at Yale New Haven Hospital. Dr. Gielissen then completed the General Internal Medicine Medical Education Fellowship and an MHS through the Medical Education Pathway (MHS-Med Ed) in 2018. She previously served as the Ambulatory Associate Program Director for the Yale Traditional Internal Medicine Program, as Associate Clerkship Director for the Internal Medicine Clerkship, and directed the Yale Pediatrics Clinician-Educator Track (PCET) and Yale Internal Medicine Clinician-Educator Distinction (CED). In 2019, she joined as a co-editor of the Yale Office-Based Medicine (YOBM), an ambulatory curriculum used at over 300 programs across the country.
Dr. Gielissen's previous scholarship focuses on Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) as a form of assessment in both the Undergraduate and Graduate Medical Education space. She also performs qualitative research on Entrustment Decision-Making and faculty development to enhance the quality of feedback and evaluation in clinical settings.
Academic Appointment
- Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Department of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Emory School of Medicine
- Assistant Professor (Adjunct), General Internal Medicine, Yale University
Education
Degrees
- BS from University of Wisconsin–Madison
- MD from University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
- MHS-MedEd from Yale School of Public Health
Research
Publications
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Procedural Entrustment Alignment Between Pediatric Residents and Their Preceptors in the Pediatric Emergency Department.
Pediatr Emerg Care Volume: 41 Page(s): 348 - 353
05/01/2025 Authors: Goldman MP; Slade MD; Gielissen K; Hirsch AW; Prabhu EA; Dunne DW; Auerbach MA -
Pre-to-post COVID-19 pandemic trends in time from emergency department arrival to inpatient floor arrival: Door to floor time.
Am J Emerg Med Volume: 89 Page(s): 187 - 189
03/01/2025 Authors: Loza AJ; Sangal RB; Gielissen KA; Melnick ER; Sankey C; Ostfeld-Johns S -
Untapped Resources? Engaging Junior Faculty with Advanced Career Training in Near-Peer Mentoring to Build Professional Identity.
South Med J Volume: 118 Page(s): 45 - 47
01/01/2025 Authors: Pinto Taylor E; Sekar DR; Gielissen K -
How Internal Medicine Clerkship Directors Are Using Entrustable Professional Activities: A National Survey Study.
J Gen Intern Med Volume: 40 Page(s): 46 - 53
01/01/2025 Authors: Gielissen KA; Foust A; Weinstein AR; Duca N; Jenkins MO; Kisielewski M; Misra S; Dunne D -
A Rapid-Response Curricular Approach to Teaching Politically Charged Topics.
J Grad Med Educ Volume: 16 Page(s): 723 - 729
12/01/2024 Authors: Henrich JB; Gielissen KA; McNamara CF; Pathy S; Hirschman AF; Canarie JX; Dhond M; Richman I; Rabin TL; Vasquez L -
Competency-based medical education: Connecting training outcomes to patient care.
Curr Probl Pediatr Adolesc Health Care Volume: 54 Page(s): 101675
10/01/2024 Authors: Schumacher DJ; Gielissen K; Kinnear B -
How well do workplace-based assessments support summative entrustment decisions? A multi-institutional generalisability study.
Med Educ Volume: 58 Page(s): 825 - 837
07/01/2024 Authors: Ryan MS; Gielissen KA; Shin D; Perera RA; Gusic M; Ferenchick G; Ownby A; Cutrer WB; Obeso V; Santen SA -
Impact of Ambulatory Blocks on Pulmonary Critical Care Fellow Outpatient Training Experience.
ATS Sch Volume: 5 Page(s): 286 - 301
06/01/2024 Authors: McAvoy KA; Gielissen KA; Possick JD; Honiden S -
Twelve tips for integrating podcasts into medical education curricula.
Med Teach Volume: 46 Page(s): 621 - 625
05/01/2024 Authors: Chaiklin C; Onyango J; Heublein M; Gielissen K; Kryzhanovskaya IE -
A Qualitative Study of Drivers for Use of the Primary Care Exception Among Internal Medicine Teaching Faculty.
J Gen Intern Med Volume: 39 Page(s): 255 - 262
02/01/2024 Authors: Patel R; Marquis TJ; Cook A; Gielissen K