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Dean Parmelee, M.D.

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

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Professor of Psychiatry, Professor of 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

Certification

Diplomate of Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Diplomate of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Background and Areas of Interest
Dean Parmelee and TBL
Dr. Parmelee leads a TBL session.

Dr. Parmelee joined Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine in 2001 after a distinguished career at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine where he was tenured Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, was awarded many teaching awards, and directed the Second Year Curriculum. He has served on committees of the National Board of Medical Examiners, including question-writing, interdisciplinary review, and standards setting. He is the inaugural President of the Team-Based Learning™ Collaborative, an Associate Editor of MedEdPORTAL of the AAMC, has edited four text books, 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.

At the Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dr. Parmelee has championed the development of Team-Based Learning™ for medical and health sciences education and the Healer's Art curriculum for medical students. In addition to publications on these topics, he has conducted over 40 workshops/presentations on medical education topics for faculty development at annual meetings of the International Association of Medical Science Educators, the American Association of Medical Colleges and the following medical schools:

  • Dartmouth Medical School
  • Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine & Dentistry
  • Case-Western Reserve
  • University of Cincinnati
  • Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
  • Wright State University
  • Indiana University School of Medicine
  • Virginia Commonwealth University
  • University of Arkansas
  • Florida State University
  • University of California at Davis
  • Weill Medical College of Cornell University
  • Duke/National University of Singapore
  • National University of Singapore
  • Pennsylvania State University
  • Catholic University of Korea
  • Tulane
  • Jordan University of Science and Technology
  • Johns Hopkins
  • Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
  • University of Michigan
  • New Jersey Medical School
  • University of West Virginia
  • University of Wisconsin
  • American University of Beirut
  • Temple University School of Medicine
  • IAMSE 2009 Annual Meeting-University of Leiden (Netherlands)
  • Nebraska Methodist College, Schools of Nursing and Allied Health
  • Hofstra University School of Medicine
  • Regis University, Denver

In 2006, he was a visiting scholar for the Faculty Scholars Program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, and in 2007 he was Visiting Professor in Medical Education at Duke/National University of Singapore and at Catholic University of Korea's School of Medicine, and Plenary Speaker for the International Association of Medical Science Educators Annual Meeting.  He has served as Plenary Speaker for Faculty Development retreats at Weill Medical College of Cornell University (2007), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2008), and the American University of Beirut (2009).

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. (Figure 1)

June 22, 2009 -- Translated into Korean. (Figure 2)
TBL Book Cover Japanese book image
(Figure 1)		 TBL Textbook translated into Korean
(Figure 2)		  
  TBL Book image

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 Publications

Parmelee, D.X., DeStephen, D., Borges, N.J. "Medical Students’ Attitudes about Team-Based Learning in a Pre-Clinical Curriculum." Med Educ Online [serial online] 14:1; 2009. http://www.med-ed-online.org

Parmelee, D.X. & Sibley, J. “Knowledge is no longer enough: Enhancing professional education with Team-Based Learning,”  in Michaelsen, L.K., Sweet, M., & Parmelee, D.X. (Eds.) Team-Based Learning: Small Group Learning's Next Big Step. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 116. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Publish date January 2009.

Parmelee, D.X. “Team-Based Learning In Health Professions Education: Why Is It A Good Fit?” in Team-Based Learning in Health Sciences Education. Parmelee, Dean X., Levine, Ruth, Michaelsen, Lary, & Kathryn McMahon, Co-Editors. Stylus Publishing, Sterling, VA.  Published, November 1, 2007.

Parmelee, D.X., Nierman, P.: “Transitions from the Institutional to the Community Systems of Care,” in Community Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: A Manual of Clinical Practice and Consultation.  Theodore A. Petti, Editor. American Psychiatric Press, Inc.  2005.

Wood, I.K, Lazarus C. and Parmelee, Dean X. : The Challenging Student or Resident:  Strategies to Recognize and Effectively Address Disruptive Behavior.”  Academic Physician and Scientist, pp. 7-9, 2007.

Koles, P., Parmelee, D.X., Stolfi, A., Destephen, D., Nelson, S.: “Active Learning in a Second-Year Pathology Curriculum: A Prospective Comparison of Case-Based Group Discussion versus Team-Based Learning.  Medical Education, 2005.

Nieder, G., Parmelee, D.X., Scott, J., Hudes, P., Stolfi, A: “Team-Based Learning in a First Year Medical School Course in Gross Anatomy.” Journal of Clinical Anatomy. 2004.

Shader, R.I., Harmatz, J.S., Oesterheld, J.R., Parmelee, D.X., Salee, F.R., Greenblatt, D.J. "Population Pharmacokinetics of Methylphenidate in Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder." Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 39:775-785. 1999.

Parmelee, D.X., Cohen, R., Nemil, M., Best, A.M., Cassell, S., Dyson, F. "Children and Adolescents Discharged from Public Psychiatric Hospitals: Evaluation of Outcome in a Continuum of Care." Journal of Child and Family Studies, 4:1, 43-55. 1995.

Cohen, R., Parmelee, D.X., Irwin, L., Weisz, J.R., Howard, P., Purcell, P., Best, A.M.: "Characteristics of Children/Adolescents Placed in a Psychiatric Hospital and a Corrections Facility." Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,29:6, 909-913. 1990.

Weisz, J.R., Stevens, J.S., Curry, J.F., Cohen, R., Craighead, W.E., Burlingame, W.V., Smith, A., Weiss, B., Parmelee, D.X.: "Control-related Cognitions and Depression Among Inpatient Children and Adolescents." Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 28:3, 358-363. 1989.

Parmelee, D.X., O'Shanick, G.L.: "Carbamazepine-lithium Toxicity in Brain-damaged Adolescents."  Brain Injury, 2:4, 305-308. 1988.
 
Last updated 11/12/09 (nkh). For more information, contact Dr. Parmelee.