Director, Professional Education
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine
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Patient Care Related:Biosketch
Kristine Gibson, MD, is the Director of Professional Education. In this role, she coordinates the clinical and professional development assessments of students in the MD degree program, serves as the chair of the Professionalism Subcommittee of the MSPC and oversees the Interprofessional Education 4-year curriculum and is the chair of the WMED Interprofessional Education Workgroup. Dr. Gibson is also a member of the Western Michigan University IPE Curriculum Committee and course director for Transition to Advanced Clinical Management.
Dr. Gibson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, providing specialty care for adolescents with eating disorders at WMed and consultations at Bronson Children's Hospital in Kalamazoo, MI. Academic interests and current research are focused on the care of patients with eating disorders in the community setting, interprofessional education and practice, DEI/Belonging, psychological safety, resident and student as teacher curriculum, and professional identity formation. Dr. Gibson currently serves on the Bronson Health Foundation distribution committee, is past president of the Southwest Michigan Eating Disorders Association, and is an active member of the Council on Medical Student Education in Pediatrics where she served as leadership for the Professional and Faculty Development Collaborative and is in her third year on the Annual Meeting Committee.
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Board Certification
- American Board of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics)
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Education and Training
- Residency 1997, Pediatrics, DeVos Children's Hospital, Michigan State University
- MD 1994, School of Medicine, Indiana University
- BA 1991, Biomedical Sciences and Music, University of Michigan
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Language Fluency
- English, fluent
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Research
- eating disorder treatment
- competency based medical education
- Interprofessional Education
- Early Childhood Development
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Publications
Porter-Stransky K.A., Horneffer-Ginter K.J., Bauler L.D., Gibson K.M., Haymaker C.M., Rothney M. Improving departmental psychological safety through a medical school-wide initiative BMC Medical Education. 2024;24
Porter-Stransky K.A., Gibson K., VanDerKolk K., Edwards R.A., Graves L.E., Smith E., Dickinson B.L. How Medical Students Apply Their Biomedical Science Knowledge to Patient Care in the Family Medicine Clerkship Medical Science Educator. 2023;33:63-72.
Amin S., Gibson K.M., Bines D. Integrated Behavioral Health Collaborative Practice Embedded Within the Pediatric Residency Continuity Clinic: Incorporating a Multicultural Lens Pediatric Clinics of North America. 2021;68:659-668.
Busha M.E., McMillen B., Greene J., Gibson K., Milnes C., Ziemkowski P. One Institution’s evaluation of family medicine residency applicant data for academic predictors of success BMC Medical Education. 2021;21
Busha M., Gibson K., Sheakley M., Greene J. Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine Academic Medicine. 2020;95:S258-S261.
Dickinson B.L., Gibson K., VanDerKolk K., Greene J., Rosu C.A., Navedo D.D., Porter-Stransky K.A., Graves L.E. Erratum: Correction to: "It is this very knowledge that makes us doctors": an applied thematic analysis of how medical students perceive the relevance of biomedical science knowledge to clinical medicine (BMC medical education (2020) 20 1 (356)) BMC medical education. 2020;20:428.
Dickinson B.L., Gibson K., Vanderkolk K., Greene J., Rosu C.A., Navedo D.D., Porter-Stransky K.A., Graves L.E. "it is this very knowledge that makes us doctors": An applied thematic analysis of how medical students perceive the relevance of biomedical science knowledge to clinical medicine BMC Medical Education. 2020;20
Singleterry L., Vliem S., Gibson K., Gaynor S.T. Interprofessional improvement of interprofessional teaching practices Journal of Interprofessional Education and Practice. 2019;14:43-46.
Greydanus D.E., Gibson K. Tic disorders Behavioral Pediatrics: Fourth Edition. 2015:341-352.
Greydanus D.E., Gibson K. Perspectives on pediatric immunizations: Proven protection for the world's children and adolescents Tropical Pediatrics: A Public Health Concern of International Proportions: Second Edition. 2012:21-57.
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Presentations
- Resident nutritional support guide. Joshi P, Gibson K, 42nd Annual Kalamazoo Community and Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2024
- Developing a Culture of Psychological Safety: Microlearning, Infographics, and Champions. Porter-Stransky K, Haymaker C, Gibson K, Rothney M, Chan T, Horneffer-Ginter K, 2023 AAMC Group on Institutional Planning National Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 04/2023
- The Words We Use: Identifying the Preferred Lexicon for Predictors of Physician Burnout. Horneffer-Ginter K, Greene J, Apple R, Graves L, Gibson K, Tullio J, Kaufman A, 36th Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2019