Alexander W. Chessman, M.D.

Office address: Family Medicine Center, 295 Calhoun St., Charleston, SC, 29425 Telephone/Fax: (843) 792-2431 / (843) 792-3598 (Fax) Email address: chessman@musc.edu Departmental and administrative position(s): Predoctoral Director

Education / Training:

Harvard, AB 1976
MD/PhD: CWRU School of Medicine, MD 1985
Residency: MUSC Dept of Family Medicine 1988
Fellowship: UNC Chapel Hill Academic Faculty Fellowship 1989

Positions in academic / professional groups:

American Academy of Family Physicians’ Home Study Monograph Editorial Team member, appointed 2006

Research / academic / clinical interests:

Medical student education in Quality Improvement, Evidence Based Medicine, patient-doctor communication and relationship

Selected or recent publications:

Chessman AW, Blue AV, Gilbert GE, Carey M, Mainous AG III. Assessing students’ communication and interpersonal skills across evaluation settings. Fam Med 2003;35(9):643-8.

Chessman AW, Anderson KA. Chapter 3: Creating a Clerkship Curriculum. In: Guidebook for Clerkship Directors, 3rd ed. Alliance for Clinical Education. Available on the Web: http://familymed.uthscsa.edu/ACE/guidebook.htm

Blue AV, Chessman AW, Geesey ME, Gilbert GE, Garr DR, Kern DH, White AW, West, VT. Medical students' perceptions of rural practice following a rural clerkship. Fam Med 2004;36(5)336-40.

Chessman AW and team. Family Medicine Clerkship Curriculum Resources MedEdPORTAL; 2006. Available from: http://www.aamc.org/mededportal, ID = 245