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photo Anna K Donovan, MD, MS

General Internal Medicine

Associate Professor of Medicine

Director, Academic Clinician-Educator Scholars (ACES) Fellowship

Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Training Program

Follow on Twitter @AnnaKDonovan

Email: donovanak2@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888
Contact
Office: 200 Lothrop Street
Montefiore Hospital 930W
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
 
Phone: 412-692-4888
Fax: 412-647-1717
E-mail: donovanak2@upmc.edu
Education and Training
Education
BA, Grinnell College, 2001
MD, West Virginia University School of Medicine, 2008
MS, University of Pittsburgh, 2014
Training
Internal Medicine Residency, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2011
Chief Medical Resident, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2012
Women's Health/Medical Education Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine/VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, 2014
Research Interest
Dr. Donovan has extensive experience presenting her work and teaching both locally and nationally. Dr. Donovan maintains an interest in medical education research with current projects in curriculum design, implementation, and evaluation focused on inpatient care and professional development. Recently completed projects include one employing medical TV show clips (aka edutainment) to teach residents about race bias mitigation and another evaluating gender bias in Emergency Medicine resident evaluations. She is currently mentoring curriculum evaluation projects on challenging communication skills training for graduating medical students and a neighborhood walk curriculum for Internal Medicine residents.
Clinical Interest
Dr. Donovan enjoys seeing a diverse group of primary care patients at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, with a special interest in Women’s Health issues. She also works as a teaching hospitalist on the inpatient service at UPMC Presbyterian. She supervises residents and medical students in the inpatient and outpatient settings.
Educational Interest
As the Associate Program Director for Inpatient Education for the Internal Medicine Residency Training Program, Dr. Donovan manages the educational aspects of the inpatient rotations with a focus on general medicine wards. Additionally, Dr. Donovan enjoys teaching in various medical school courses in the pre-clinical and clinical years. Dr. Donovan is the course director for the Get Ready for Residency Boot Camp Course for graduating medical students. She is also a course director for the Leading Programs in Academic Medicine at the ICRE, a course designed for Medical Education Masters Degree students. She values the time that she spends mentoring medical students, internal medicine residents, medical education fellows, and junior faculty.
Publications
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Selected Publications:
Donovan AK, Linz DR, Rubio DM, McNeil MA, Spagnoletti CL. Teaching to Teach: An Effective and Feasible Teaching Curriculum for Internal Medicine Interns. Southern Medical Journal. 2018; 111(12): 733-38.
Donovan, AK, Spagnoletti, CL, Rothenberger, S, Corbelli JA. The Impact of Residents Sitting at the Bedside on Patients' Satisfaction during Team Rounds. Patient Education and Counseling. 2019.
Varma, B, Mirson, L, Vanderberg, R, Donovan, AK. A Survey of Internal Medicine Interns Regarding the Most Useful Topics to Include in an Internal Medicine Track of a “Get Ready for Residency Boot Camp” Course. Medical Science Educator. 2020.
Eden, E., Rothenberger, S., DeKosky, A., Donovan, A. K. The Safe Discharge Checklist: A Standardized Discharge Planning Curriculum for Medicine Trainees. South Med J. 2022; 115(1): 18-21.
Hoffman, B. L., Wolynn, R., Sidani, J. E., Donovan, A. K. Utilizing fictional medical television programs to teach interprofessional communication to graduating 4th year medical students. South Med J. 2022; 115(12): 870-873.
Vanderberg, R., Varma, B., Mirson, L., Javaid, A., Rothenberg, S., Donovan, A. K. Evaluation of an Internal Medicine Transition to Residency Course. South Med J. 2023; 116(1): 46-50.
Notable Achievements
Co-recipient, Mack Lipkin Senior Award for Best Fellow Oral Abstract, Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, 2015
Recipient, Clinical Educator of the Year Award for the Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2016
Inductee, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine's Academy of Master Educators, 2019
Sheldon Adler Award for Innovation in Medical Education, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2023

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