Positions

Selected Publications

Academic Article

Year Title Altmetric
2023 Point/Counterpoint: Should patients be presented before entering the room during ward rounds?.  Journal of Hospital Medicine.  18:188-192. 2023
2022 Supporting Physician Pregnancy: What Is Taking So Long?.  Academic Medicine.  97:958-960. 2022
2022 Internal Medicine Residency Program Director Support and Burnout During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results of a National Survey.  Journal of graduate medical education.  14:218-223. 2022
2022 Why Internal Medicine Program Directors Remain in Their Positions and Are Effective and Thrive: A Qualitative Study.  American Journal of Medicine.  135:118-125.e2. 2022
2021 Case 38-2021: A 76-Year-Old Woman with Abdominal Pain, Weight Loss, and Memory Impairment.  New England Journal of Medicine.  385:2378-2388. 2021
2021 Creating Clinician Educators: Evaluation of a One-Month Medical Education Curriculum for Senior Residents.  American Journal of the Medical Sciences.  362:606-611. 2021
2021 Annals on call - bedside rounds: The patient experience.  ACP journal club.  174. 2021
2021 Where Do International Medical Graduates Matriculate for Internal Medicine Training? A National Longitudinal Study.  Journal of General Internal Medicine.  36:2230-2236. 2021
2021 Supporting Trainees by Addressing Inappropriate Behaviors by Patients.  Southern Medical Journal.  114:111-115. 2021
2020 Does Increased Schedule Flexibility Lead to Change? A National Survey of Program Directors on 2017 Work Hours Requirements.  Journal of General Internal Medicine.  35:3205-3209. 2020
2020 AAIM Recommendations for the 2020-2021 Internal Medicine Residency Application Cycle in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic.  American Journal of Medicine.  133:1223-1226.e6. 2020
2020 Assessment of Training in Health Disparities in US Internal Medicine Residency Programs.  JAMA Network Open.  3:e2012757. 2020
2020 The impact of a pass/fail step 1 — A residency program director’s view.  New England Journal of Medicine.  382:2387-2389. 2020
2020 Why Do Residency Program Directors Consider Resigning? A Mixed-Methods Analysis of a National Program Director Survey.  American Journal of Medicine.  133:761-767. 2020
2020 Misinterpretation of the American Board of Internal medicine leave policies for resident physicians around parental leave.  ACP journal club.  172:570-572. 2020
2020 Internal Medicine Residency Program Directors' Screening Practices and Perceptions About Recruitment Challenges.  Academic Medicine.  95:582-589. 2020
2019 Internal Medicine Residency Program Responses to the Increase of Residency Applications: Differences by Program Type and Characteristics.  Journal of graduate medical education.  11:698-703. 2019
2019 Weak and Winded.  New England Journal of Medicine.  381:76-82. 2019
2019 Internal Medicine Residency Program Director Burnout and Program Director Turnover: Results of a National Survey.  American Journal of Medicine.  132:252-261. 2019
2019 Is It Safe to Ask the Questions That Matter Most to Me? Observations from a Female Residency Applicant.  Academic Medicine.  94:1635-1637. 2019
2018 Thriving During the 10-Year Accreditation Site Visit: Practical Tips From a Program's Perspective.  Journal of graduate medical education.  10:626-628. 2018
2018 Authors' Response to "Creating Health Equity Curricula".  Family Medicine.  50:243. 2018
2018 Exercises in Clinical Reasoning: Take a Time-Out and Reflect.  Journal of General Internal Medicine.  33:388-392. 2018
2018 Postinterview communications: Two surveys of internal medicine residency program directors before and after guideline implementation.  Academic Medicine.  93:1367-1373. 2018
2017 The costs and benefits of hospital care by primary physicians: Continuity counts.  JAMA Internal Medicine.  177:1788-1789. 2017
2017 Development of a multifaceted health disparities curriculum for medical residents.  Family Medicine.  49:796-802. 2017
2017 Contextual influences of trainee characteristics and daily workload on trainee learning preferences.  Journal of Hospital Medicine.  12:558-561. 2017
2017 Internal Medicine Residency Program Directors' Views of the Core Entrustable Professional Activities for Entering Residency: An Opportunity to Enhance Communication of Competency Along the Continuum.  Academic Medicine.  92:785-791. 2017
2017 The Importance of Framing.  Journal of General Internal Medicine.  32:706-710. 2017
2017 Physician Order Entry Clerical Support Improves Physician Satisfaction and Productivity.  Southern Medical Journal.  110:363-368. 2017
2016 Evaluation of a workshop to improve residents’ patient-centred obesity counselling skills.  Postgraduate Medical Journal.  92:455-459. 2016
2016 For the General Internist: A Summary of Key Innovations in Medical Education.  Journal of General Internal Medicine.  31:941-946. 2016
2016 Factors Associated with Declining Residency Program Pass Rates on the ABIM Certification Examination.  American Journal of Medicine.  129:759-765. 2016
2015 The Reply.  American Journal of Medicine.  128:e43-e44. 2015
2015 Course Offerings in the Fourth Year of Medical School: How U.S. Medical Schools Are Preparing Students for Internship.  Academic Medicine.  90:1324-1330. 2015
2015 Gender differences in salary of internal medicine residency directors: A national survey.  American Journal of Medicine.  128:659-665. 2015
2015 For the General Internist: A Review of Relevant 2013 Innovations in Medical Education.  Journal of General Internal Medicine.  30:496-502. 2015
2014 Teaching behaviors that define highest rated attending physicians: A study of the resident perspective.  Medical Teacher.  36:991-996. 2014
2014 The new internal medicine fellowship match timeline: A change in the right direction.  American Journal of Medicine.  127:1132-1136. 2014
2014 Evaluation of an advanced physical diagnosis course using consumer preferences methods: The nominal group technique.  American Journal of the Medical Sciences.  347:199-205. 2014
2014 Usefulness of the ACGME resident survey: A view from internal medicine program directors.  American Journal of Medicine.  127:351-355. 2014
2013 Validation of a scoring tool to select clinical vignettes.  Medical Education.  47:530-531. 2013
2013 Challenges with continuity clinic and core faculty accreditation requirements.  American Journal of Medicine.  126:550-556. 2013
2013 Succeeding as a clinician educator: Useful tips and resources.  Journal of General Internal Medicine.  28:136-140. 2013
2013 Widening the differential for brain masses in human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients: Syphilitic cerebral gummata.  American Journal of the Medical Sciences.  346:253-255. 2013
2012 Using cognitive mapping to define key domains for successful attending rounds..  Journal of General Internal Medicine.  27:1492-1498. 2012
2012 Use of ecological momentary assessment to determine which structural factors impact perceived teaching quality of attending rounds..  Journal of graduate medical education.  4:322-328. 2012
2012 A 60-year-old woman with chorea and weight loss.  Journal of General Internal Medicine.  27:747-751. 2012
2012 Selecting the best clinical vignettes for academic meetings: Should the scoring tool criteria be modified?.  Journal of General Internal Medicine.  27:202-206. 2012
2012 Anticipated consequences of the 2011 duty hours standards: Views of internal medicine and surgery program directors.  Academic Medicine.  87:895-903. 2012
2012 Using cognitive mapping to define key domains for successful attending rounds..  Journal of General Internal Medicine.  27:1492-1498. 2012
2011 Training residents in obesity counseling: incorporating principles of motivational interviewing to enhance patient centeredness..  Journal of graduate medical education.  3:408-411. 2011
2011 Use of ecological momentary assessment to guide curricular change in graduate medical education..  Journal of graduate medical education.  3:162-167. 2011
2011 A middle-age woman with sudden onset dyspnea.  Journal of General Internal Medicine.  26:551-554. 2011
2011 Challenges with duty hour reforms: A survey of residency program directors.  American Journal of Medicine.  124:370-378. 2011
2010 Do women residents delay childbearing due to perceived career threats?.  Academic Medicine.  85:640-646. 2010
2009 The importance of measuring competency-based outcomes: Standard evaluation measures are not surrogates for clinical performance of internal medicine residents 2009
2009 Identifying key components for an effective case report poster: An observational study.  Journal of General Internal Medicine.  24:393-397. 2009
2009 Scholarship opportunities for trainees and clinician educators: Learning outcomes from a case report writing workshop.  Journal of General Internal Medicine.  24:398-401. 2009
2008 A pilot study using nominal group technique to assess residents' perceptions of successful attending rounds.  Journal of General Internal Medicine.  23:1060-1065. 2008
2008 Extraordinary rounds..  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.  56:1756. 2008
2007 Does residency training improve performance of physical examination skills?.  American Journal of the Medical Sciences.  333:74-77. 2007
2006 Measuring resident physicians' performance of preventive care: Comparing chart review with patient survey.  Journal of General Internal Medicine.  21:226-230. 2006
2006 An unusual cause of chronic cough: Foreign body aspiration.  Journal of General Internal Medicine.  21. 2006
2006 Implementing achievable benchmarks in preventive health: A controlled trial in residency education.  Academic Medicine.  81:608-616. 2006
2005 Differences in preventive health quality by residency year: Is seniority better?.  Journal of General Internal Medicine.  20:825-829. 2005
2005 Evaluating vaginitis: The importance of patient factors.  Journal of General Internal Medicine.  20:871. 2005
2004 Achieving glycemic control in type 2 diabetes: A practical guide for clinicians on oral hypoglycemics.  Southern Medical Journal.  97:1088-1092. 2004

Education And Training

  • UAB Hospital, Residency
  • Master of Education, University of Southern California 2015
  • Doctor of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham 1996

    • Full Name

  • Lisa Willett