Education

Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Residency: Montefiore Health System (Family Medicine)

Expertise/Interests

• Medical Student Education
• Observed Clinical Encounters and Feedback
• Mentoring and Advising
• Addiction Medicine – health care for women with substance abuse history
• Patient–Doctor relationship, Interpersonal and communication skills
• Patient Education

Recent Publications

William B. Jordan, Pablo Joo,  Maria Teresa Santos, Jennifer M. Purcell. Impact of Frequent Assessment on Student Ratings of Preceptor Feedback and Clinical Teaching Effectiveness. In Melissa Robinson & Michael D. Mendoza (2014). Proceedings of the 2013 Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) Conference on Medical Student Education. Teaching and Learning in Medicine: An International Journal, 2014: 26(2);196-203.

Syed Shabbir, Maria Teresa Santos. The Role of Prehealth student Volunteers at a Student-Run Free Clinic in New York, United States     J Educ Eval Health Prof. 2015; 12: 49. Published online Oct 30, 2015. doi:  10.3352/jeehp.2015.12.49

Presentations

Developing and Piloting Reliable, Objective and Valid OSCE Stations for Family Medicine Clerkship. In collaboration with Dr. Zoon Naqvi and Dr. William Jordan.  43rd Annual STFM National Conference on Medical Student Education, Anaheim, California 2017

Speaking Up: Assessing Advocacy in Medical Students. Presented with Dr. William Jordan (lead presenter), Dr. Zoon Naqvi, Dr. Aaron Fox and Ms. Heather Archer-Dyer. 41^st Annual STFM Conference on Medical Student Education, Atlanta, Georgia 2015