Joyce Afran, MD

Joyce Afran is an Assistant Professor at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, where her primary focus, in addition to patient care, is medical student education. She is responsible for multiple medical student courses and experiences at Rutgers RWJMS, with a particular emphasis on communications and clinical skills, interprofessional education, and patient-centered practice.

Dr. Afran completed her Bachelor of Science in Biology at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA, in 1983. She then pursued her Doctor of Medicine at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, PA, graduating in 1987. Subsequently, she completed her Family Practice Residency at Somerset Family Practice Residency in Somerville, NJ, from 1987 to 1990.

Publications
 

• Terregino CA, Like RC, Steptoe RJ, Lewis E, Parks KR, Afran J, Glendinning D, Tobia A, Liu M, Greenwald B, and Graham MA. Patient-Centered Care for Warriors, Veterans, and their Families: An Interprofessional Modular Curriculum; MedEdPORTAL Publication, 2016.

Selected Peer-Reviewed Presentations
 

• November 2015, Emerging Solutions for Interprofessional Faculty Development, AAMC Annual Medical Education Conf., Baltimore, MD with K. Huggett, N. Saks, G. Jacobs
   
• October 2015, Transforming Existing Curricular Components into Interprofessional Learning Opportunities, CABV, Roanoke, VA, with J. Schwenkler, MD
   
• February 2014, “Service Learning: Are we meeting our intended goals for students and the community?” Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) Annual Medical Student Education Conference, Nashville, TN with S. Giordano
   
• January 2011, “Peer Teaching: Understanding the Characteristics of the Peer Teacher,” STFM Annual Medical Student Education Conference, Houston, TX
   
• January 2011, Poster: A Path Into Family Medicine: Empirical Evidence from M2 Summer Assistantship, STFM Annual Medical Student Education Conf., Houston, TX with JA Looney
   
• January 2009, “Beyond the Clinical Office: Enhancing Medical Education through Community Experience,” STFM Annual Predoctoral Education Conference, Savannah, GA, with JA Looney
   
• January 2005, “Teaching the Soft Stuff: Converting the non-believer,” STFM Annual Predoctoral Education Conference, Albuquerque, NM, with Marian Stuart, PhD
   
• February 2, 2003, "Service-Learning in the Family Medicine Clerkship: Nurturing Students’ Passion for Making a Difference in the Community," STFM Annual Predoctoral Education Conference, Austin, TX
   
• October 2001, "Feedback and Evaluation of the Medical Student in your Office," STFM Northeast Regional Conference, Philadelphia, PA
   
• January 28, 2000, “Teaching Communication Skills for Working with Diverse Populations,” STFM Annual Predoctoral Education Conference, San Antonio, TX
   
• April 1999, Poster, “Introduction to the Patient: Expanding Educational Resources and Experiences in the Community,” AAMC Annual Student Affairs Conference, RI
   
• April 24, 1998, “Teaching About Complementary/Alternative Medicine: An Integrative Force in a Family Medicine Department” 31st STFM Annual Spring Conference, Chicago, IL
   
• February 1997, “Community-based Education: A Model for Early Clinical Exposure,” Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Annual Predoctoral Education Conference, Orlando, FL

Honors and Awards
 

• 2012 Excellence in Teaching Award, selected by Trustees of the Foundation UMDNJ
• 2011 Excellence in Teaching for Family Medicine, selected by RWJMS Class of 2011

Grants and Contracts
 

• Project Director multiple HRSA primary care training grants, 1997-2016
• Co-Project Investigator AMA Accelerating Change in Medical Education, “Improving Chronic Illness Care and Population Health at Home: Maximizing Integrated Care Delivery Through Interprofessional Learner teams, 2016-2019
• Co-Project Investigator, Longitudinal Integrated Communication Skills Curriculum and Faculty Development Workshop, UMDNJ – RWJMS Curriculum Committee Educational Grants for Curriculum Development

• 2015-present: Director Primary Ambulatory Community Clerkship Experience, RWJMS
• 2013-present: RWJMS designee RBHS Faculty Interprofessional Education Advisory Council
• 1998-present: Director, Predoctoral Education, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Rutgers RWJMS
• 1998-present: Director, Clerkship in Family Medicine, Rutgers RWJMS
• 2008-present: Course Director, Patient Centered Medicine Year 3 and Year 4
• 2006-present: Co-course Director, Patient Centered Medicine, required course for M1 and M2 RWJMS students, including Director Human Sexuality Program
• 2010-present: Preceptor Promise Clinic – student clinic for underserved
• 1994-present: UMG Family Medicine at Monument Square, New Brunswick, New Jersey
• 2002-2003: Review Committee of the Office of Admissions and Student Affairs
• 2000-2008: Member, Academic Standing Committee
• 1999-2002: Member, Curriculum Committee, UMDNJ – RWJMS
• 1997-2006: Co-Director, Alternative and Complementary Medicine Elective
• 1997-2000: Hearing Body for Student Rights, UMDNJ - RWJMS, Chair
• 1995-2006: Course Director, Introduction to the Patient, required Year 1 RWJMS students
• 1994-1997: Associate Director, Predoctoral Programs in Family Medicine RWJMS
• 1993-1994: Preceptor, Somerset Family Practice Residency Program, Somerville, NJ
• 1991-1992: Volunteer Clinical Instructor, Physical Diagnosis, UMDNJ-RWJMS
• 1990-1994: Associate, Plainsboro Family Physicians, Plainsboro, NJ