Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Education
Biosketch
Kristen Whitworth, DO is the Program Director for Corewell Health Lakeland Emergency Medicine Residency in Saint Joseph, MI. She received her undergraduate degree in biology from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and her DO from LECOM Bradenton. She completed a longitudinal track in medical education during her emergency medicine residency at Corewell Health Lakeland with a focus on simulation. Following residency, she assumed the role of Simulation Director of Corewell Health South and joined their emergency medicine faculty. She completed additional simulation training through the Center for Medical Simulation and the MSU Learning and Assessment Center. Her professional interests include creativity, resident wellness, women in medicine, and curriculum development.
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Education and Training
- Residency 2019, Corewell Health Lakeland
- DO 2015, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
- BS 2010, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
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Research
- Women in Medicine
- Simulation in medical education
- Curriculum Design, Development & Evaluation
- Creativity
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Publications
Cryder S., Jensen S., McCarthy J., Whitworth K., Kennelley G.E., Nowak A.S., Hysell M.K. Guided, motor, and mental imagery adjuncts to teaching central venous access AEM Education and Training. 2023;7(2)
Whitworth K., Johnson J., Wisniewski S., Schrader M. Comparative Effectiveness of Topically Administered Tranexamic Acid Versus Topical Oxymetazoline Spray for Achieving Hemostasis in Epistaxis Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2020;58(2):211-216.
Whitworth K., Johnson J., Wisniewski S., Schrader M. Data on the hemostasis in epistaxis with Topically Administered TXA Versus Topical Oxymetazoline Spray Data in Brief. 2020;29
Whitworth K., Johnson J., Wisniewski S.J., Schrader M. Corrigendum to Comparative Effectiveness of Topically Administered Tranexamic Acid Versus Topical Oxymetazoline Spray for Achieving Hemostasis in Epistaxis Journal of Emergency Medicine. Volume 58 (2020) 211-216 (Journal of Emergency Medicine (2020) 58(2) (211–216), (S0736467919310972), (10.1016/j.jemermed.2019.11.038)) Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2020;59(6):989.
Whitworth K., Mancini M. Reexpansion pulmonary edema Journal of the American Osteopathic Association. 2020;120(1):49.
Graff N., Whitworth K., Trigger C. Purpuric skin eruption in an illicit drug user: Levamisole-induced vasculitis American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2016;34(7):1321.e5-1321.e6.