Dean X. Parmelee, M.D., FAACAP, FAPA

Robert J. Kegerreis Distinguished Professor of Teaching
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics

290 White Hall
Boonshoft School of Medicine
Wright State University
3640 Col. Glenn Hwy.
Dayton, Ohio 45435

Phone: (937) 775-2161
E-mail: dean.parmelee@wright.edu

Education

M.D., University of Rochester School of Medicine
Resident and Clinical Fellow in Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Resident and Clinical Fellow in Child Psychiatry, McLean Hospital of the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School

Background and Areas of Interest

Dr. Parmelee joined the Boonshoft School of Medicine in 2001 after a distinguished career of teaching, service, and scholarship at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine (VCU).  While at VCU, he was the Medical Director of the Virginia Treatment Center for Children, directed the medical school’s second year curriculum, served as a Governor’s Appointee to the Child Fatality Review Team and the Steering Committee for the implementation of the 0-3 Early Intervention Program.  He has served on several committees of the National Board of Medical Examiners, performed site visits for the LCME, and is a regular site visit reviewer of medical schools for the Committee on Academic Accreditation of the Ministry of Higher Education, United Arab Emirates.

At the Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dr. Parmelee has championed ‘active learning’ in its curriculum, including the development of Team-Based Learning™ (TBL™) in all major courses and most clerkships.  He was the Inaugural President of the Team-Based Learning Collaborative (teambasedlearning.org), continues to serve on its Board of Directors, and conducts workshops for faculty development nationally and internationally on TBL™ and curriculum design in the health science professions.  He has served as plenary speaker at the annual meeting of the International Association of Medical Science Educators and faculty development retreats at Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and the American University of Beirut, Lebanon.  He has been a Visiting Professor of Medical Education at the Duke/National University of Singapore, Catholic University of Korea School of Medicine, the University of Sharjah (UAE), and Sultan Qaboos University College of Medicine, Oman. 

In addition to promoting ‘active learning’ in the Boonshoft curriculum, he helped develop the School’s elective course, the Healer’s Art (website) in which almost all students participate.  This course, designed by Dr. Rachel Remen and offered at over 60 US medical schools, helps medical students learn about meaning in medicine and how they might hold on to and practice the values of the profession throughout their lives of service.  He is a co-author of  “Professional Formation: Extending Medicine’s Lineage of Service into the Next Century,” published in the 2010 Special Flexner Centennial Issue of Academic Medicine, which advocates greater attention to the enduring and deeper values of the physician lineage in medical education.  

Dr. Parmelee has edited four textbooks, and authored or co-authored many book chapters and peer- reviewed journal articles on child and adolescent psychiatry, psychoanalysis, medical ethics, pediatrics, and medical education.  He has conducted over 100 workshops on TBL and curriculum design at US health science professions schools (allopathic, osteopathic, naturopathic, nursing, pharmacy) and many international schools in the Far and Middle East.  In 2011, he was an invited speaker at the 2^nd Annual Health Professional Education Quality Conference in Bali, Indonesia.

Dr. Parmelee is a Life Member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society.

Textbooks
Michaelsen, Larry, Parmelee, Dean X., McMahon, Kathryn, and Levine, Ruth, Co-Editors. Team-Based Learning for Health Professions Education. Stylus Publishing, Sterling, VA. November 1, 2007. May 29, 2009 -- Translated into Japanese. June 22, 2009 -- Translated into Korean. Michaelsen, L.K., Sweet, M., and Parmelee, D. X., Co-Editors. Team-Based Learning: Small-Group Learning's Next Big Step. 116. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Dec 16 2008. Parmelee, Dean X., Editor. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Mosby-Year Book, Inc., St. Louis, MO. Published February 19, 1996. Reviewed in the New England Journal of Medicine, November 7, 1996. Jacobson, A. J. & D.X. Parmelee, Editors. Psychoanalysis: Critical Explorations in Contemporary Theory and Practice. Bruner-Mazel, New York, 1981.
Representative Recent and Pending Publications
Parmelee, D.X., Michaelsen, L.K., Hudes, P. “Team-Based Learning,” in Dent, J. & Harden, R. (Eds) A Practical Guide for Medical Teachers, 4th Edition. Elsevier Ltd, Edinburgh. In Press for 2012. Haidet P, Levine RE, Parmelee, DX, Crow S, Kennedy F, Kelly A, Perkowski L, Michaelsen L, Richards BF: Guidelines for Reporting Team-Based Learning Activities in the Medical Literature. Academic Medicine. 2011; Vol 87, No. 3: pp 292-299. Zgheib, N, Simaan, J, Ghaddar, F, Parmelee, DX, Kanafani, Z, Sabra, R: Teaching Clinical Pharmacology Using Team Based Learning: A Comparison between Third and Fourth Year Medical Students. Journal of Clinical Pharmacology.  Accepted for publication, 2011.  Parmelee, DX, Hudes, P: Team-Based Learning: a relevant strategy in Health Professionals’ Education. Medical Teacher.  In press for 2012.  Parmelee, DX: Effective small group Learning. Guide Supplement 48.1. Viewpoint. Medical Teacher.  Jan 5, 2012. Parmelee, DX, Michaelsen, LK, Cook, S, Hudes, PD: Team-Based Learning: A practical guide: AMEE Guide no. 65.  Medical Teacher, Guide Series, 2012. Borges, N, Parmelee, DX: Changes in Personality and Learning Styles for First Year Medical Students. Medical Science Educator. 2011; Vol 21(3), 200-202. Koles PG, Stolfi A, Borges NJ, Nelson S, Parmelee DX: The Impact of Team-Based Learning on Medical Students' Academic Performance. Academic Medicine. 2010; Vol 85, No.11: pp 1739-1745. Rabow MW, Remen RN, Parmelee DX, Innui T: Professional Formation: Extending Medicine’s Lineage of Service into the Next Century. Special Flexner Centenary Issue of Academic Medicine. 2010; Vol 85, No. 2: pp 310-18. Deardorff AS, Moore JA, Borges NJ, Parmelee DX.  Assessing First Year Medical Student Attitudes of Effectiveness of Team Based Learning.  JIAMSE 2010; 20(2): 76-72. Pearson J, Rich M, Parmelee D, (2010). Neurologic Localizations. MedEdPORTAL: https://www.mededportal.org/publication/7704 Parmelee DX, Michaelsen LK: 12 Tips for Doing Effective Team-Based Learning (TBL).  Medical Teacher, 2010; Vol 32,pp 118-22, 2010. Parmelee, DX. Team-Based Learning: Moving Forward in Curriculum Innovation: A Commentary.  Medical Teacher, 2010 pp 105-107, 2010.
Recent Presentations and Workshops for Faculty Development