James Nixon
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Credentials

MD, MHPE

Professor of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine

Vice Chair of Education, Department of Medicine

Biography
Publications

Biography

Bio

Administrator Info
Name: Kelly Denno
Phone: 612-301-3285
Mail: 420 Delaware Street SE
MMC 284
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Summary
Dr. Nixon is a Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics. He serves as the director of the Essentials of Clinical Medicine as well as the Vice Chair for Education in the Department of Medicine. He is board certified in both Internal Medicine and Pediatrics. He is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine and completed his residency training at the University of Minnesota, where he was also Chief Resident. His interests include medical education, physical diagnosis and evidence based medicine.

Clinical Summary

Evidence-based medicine; Internal medicine; Medical Education; Pediatrics; Physical diagnosis

Education

MD, Oklahoma College of Medicine

Honors and Recognition

Educational Excellence Award, Department of Medicine

Clinical Excellence Award, Department of Medicine

Outstanding Medical School Teacher

Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine (CDIM) Louis N. Pangaro, MD, Educational Program Development Award

Academy for Excellence in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Faculty Teacher of the Year, Internal Medicine Residency

Professional Memberships

Essentials of Clinical Medicine, Director

American College of Physicians, Fellow

Aquifer Sciences, Senior Director

President Elect Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine (2015)

President Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine (2016)

Past President Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine (2017)

Secretary Treasurer Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (2016-2019)

Chair of Board of Directors Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (2019-2020)

Selected Publications

Nixon LJ, Gladding SP, Duffy B. Describing failure in a clinical clerkship: implications for identification, assessment and remediation for struggling learners. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2016; 31 (10): 1172-1179.,

Nixon LJ, Ryder HF, Alexandraki I, Lyons MD, McEwen KA, DeWaay DJ, Lang VJ, LaRochell, J. Abstracts from the proceedings of the 2015 annual meeting of the clerkship directors of internal medicine (CDIM). Teaching and Learning in Medicine. 2016; 28 (3): 339-344.,

LJ Nixon, SP Gladding, BL Duffy, Describing Failure in a Clinical Clerkship: Implications for Identification, Assessment and Remediation for Struggling Learners. 2017. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2017; 32 (4), 379-379,

Allen S, Olson A, Menk J, Nixon LJ. Hypothesis Driven Physical Examination Curriculum. The Clinical Teacher. 2017; 14: 417–422,

Fazio SB, Ledford CH, Aronowitz PB, Chheda SG, Choe JH, Call SA, Gitlin SD, Muntz M, Nixon LJ, Pereira AG, Ragsdale JW, Stewart EA, Hauer KE. Competency-Based Medical Education in the Internal Medicine Clerkship: A Report From the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine Undergraduate Medical Education Task Force. Academic Medicine. 2018; 93 (3): 421-427. PMID: 28930762.,