Medical Training
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CURRICULUM VITA
KAREN M. FEIGHNY, PH.D.
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Annapolis, MD 21401
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EDUCATION
Ph.D. Kansas State University; Manhattan, Kansas 66505
Field of Study: Experimental Psychology (Research Design; Qualitative
and Quantitative Methods)
M.A. St. Mary's University; San Antonio, Texas 78284
Field of Study: Experimental Psychology
B.S. Marymount College of Kansas; Salina, Kansas 67401
Field of Study: Psychology
Graduated summa cum laude
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
U.S. Census Bureau
4600 Silver Hill Road
Washington, DC 20233
9-08 Survey Statistician, Decennial Data Collection Branch.
to Responsibilities include writing and testing 2010 Decennial training
10-10 manuals and materials for all decennial operations, according to established
timelines; downloading and analyzing decennial summary reports; writing and/or verbally
presenting progress reports and schedules; attaining first-hand field operations’
experiences among the twelve regions and submitting reports; and, training field personnel.
Kansas City Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Campus
333 W. Pershing Road
Kansas City, Missouri 64108
1-08 Manager Trainee Program, Document Perfection.
10-07 Wage and Investment, Contact Representative. This position
to involved telephone interaction with consumers, various agencies
5-08 and consumers’ representatives. The job required extensive
training in and knowledge of tax law, collections, tax examination,
audit procedures, criminal investigation and tax statutes. Further,
responsibilities included expeditious and effective research of
numerous Internal Revenue Service databases to provide information
for resolution of consumers’ tax questions and issues.
2-03 Tax Examiner/Correspondence Reviewer/Trainer. Job duties included
to document perfection; coding and editing federal income tax returns
9-07 (Forms 1040, 1040A and 1040EZ); training and assisting new IRS hires in meeting
quality and quantity performance standards; proofing and correcting all employees'
correspondence to consumers; training IRS employees on correct correspondence
procedures and protocol; and assisting with organizational, filing and personnel duties.
The Research Center For Social Action & Social Justice, Inc.
Shawnee Mission, Kansas 66216
1-99 President and Founder. Job duties include overseeing all
to operations such as new program development and implementation; new
2-03 product and curricula development; training; evaluation and outcomes
research; organizational development and strategic planning; marketing; staffing;
budgeting; and grant solicitation in the areas of diversity training, prevention of
violence in schools, elder outreach and empowerment programs, and empowerment
of developmentally disabled individuals.
Sprint
10330 Hickman Mills Dr., Kansas City, Missouri 64137-1618
6-98 Manager, Forecasting, Segmentation & Econometric Modeling.
to Job duties included overseeing direct mail and telemarketing for
1-99 consumer and small business markets; conducting
econometric modeling and segmentation research (SAS and SPSS); training
and supervising staff; and disseminating research results to senior management.
St. Mary University
4100 South Fourth Street, Leavenworth, Kansas 66048-5082
8-97 Director, Institutional Research and Institutional Planning.
to Job responsibilities include overseeing and maintaining the
6-98 database infrastructure; overseeing training of personnel in
the various departments on the AS/400; coordinating and
overseeing statistical reports to meet state and federal
reporting deadlines; coordinating, implementing and
measuring strategic planning goals; and training the various
academic departments in grant and funding efforts.
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
2411 Holmes, Kansas City, Missouri 64108-2792
7-93 Assistant Director, Institutional Research/Assistant Professor.
to Job duties included teaching and training faculty in research design,
7-97 methodology and statistics; functioning as a liaison between the
Dean’s office and faculty, for the purpose of obtaining grants
and publishing in refereed journals; administering funded research;
budgetary control; hiring, training and supervision of personnel;
institutional research; evaluation research; selection council for
matriculating students; and extensive publishing in refereed journals.
RESEARCH CONSULTATION
1996 – 2003
Research consultant for CampFire USA, Coca Cola, Quaker Oats, Sprite, Delta Airlines, the University of Kansas, and Koch Beef. Consultation included development of conceptual models, research designs, methodologies, and questionnaires; primary and secondary research; statistical analyses; report writing; report presentation; and, organizational development and strategic planning.
PUBLICATIONS
Articles in Refereed Journals
Arnold, L., & Feighny, K. M., Hood, J., Stearns, J. A., Prislin, M. D., & Erney, S. L.
(1997). Educational correlates of students' perceptions of learning in
longitudinal ambulatory primary care clerkships. Academic Medicine, 72(10)
October Supplement 1, S136-S139.
Arnold, L., & Feighny, K. M. (1995). Students' general learning approaches and performance in
medical school: A longitudinal study. Academic Medicine, 70(8), 715-722.
Feighny, K. M. (1992). Empathy and prosocial behavior in child victims of physical abuse: The role of
shared experience. (Doctoral dissertation, Kansas State University, 1992). Dissertation
Abstracts International.
Feighny, K. M., Monaco, M., & Arnold, L. (1995). Empathy training to improve physician-patient
communication skills. Academic Medicine, 70(5), 435-436.
Feighny, K. M., Monaco, M., Munro, J. S., Arnold, L., & Earl, B. (1998). In Pursuit of Empathy and its
Relation to Physician Communication Skills: Multidimensional Empathy Training for Medical
Students. Annals of Behavioral Science and Medical Education, 5(1), 13-21.
Feighny, K. M., & Muelleman, R. L. (1999). The Effect of a Community-Based Advocacy Program in the ED on
Identification Rates of Intimate Violence. Missouri Medicine, 96(7), 242-44.
Muelleman, R. L., & Feighny, K. M. (1999). Effects of an Emergency Department-Based Advocacy Program for
Battered Women on Community Resource Utilization. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 33(1), 62-66.
Muelleman, R. L., Feighny, K. M., Bozard, C. C., and Bergin, L. (1995). Bridge: A community-based
advocacy program for battered women in the emergency department. Missouri Medicine, 92(11),
682-684.
Munro, J. S., Feighny, K. M., & Arnold, L. (1997). Revisiting self perception and specialty choice in
primary and non-primary care. Annals of Behavioral Science and Medical Education, 4(1), 21-27.
Prislin, M. D., & Feighny, K. M., Stearns, J. A., Arnold, L., Hood, J., & Erney, S. L. (1998). What
students say about learning and teaching in longitudinal ambulatory primary care clerkships: a
multi-institutional study. Academic Medicine, 73(6), 680-7.
PRESENTATIONS AT CONFERENCES
National Conferences
Arnold, L., Johnson, L., & Feighny, K. M. (1994, November). What we know and what
we need to know about longitudinal ambulatory care experiences for medical students. Association of American Medical Colleges Annual Meeting, Research in Medical Education Symposium, Boston, Massachusetts.
Barnett, M. A., Feighny, K. M., & Esper, J. A. (1983, May). Anticipated victim responsiveness and volunteering behavior of high and low empathic individuals. Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Barnett, M. A., King, L. M., Esper, J. A., & Feighny, K. M. (1982, April). The effect of
transgressor's and victim's sex on children's punish-help judgments. Southwestern Society for Research in Human Development, Galveston, Texas.
Feighny, K. M. (1992, March). Empathy and prosocial behavior in child victims of physical abuse: The role of shared experience. Southwestern Society for Research in Human Development, Tempe, Arizona.
Munro, S., & Feighny, K. M. (1995, March). Medical students' perceptions of self and specialties in primary and non-primary care. American Association of Medical Colleges Central Group on Educational Affairs Annual Meeting, Columbus, Ohio.
State and Local Conferences
Feighny, K. M. (1995, November). A local initiative for secondary prevention of violence against women. 1995 Starr Symposium: The United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women, Kansas City, Missouri.
Munro, S., & Feighny, K. M. (1995, April). The relationship between self-perception and specialty choice in years one and six for students in a baccalaureate-MD degree program. Missouri Psychological Association Annual Convention, Kansas City, Missouri.
FUNDED RESEARCH
1994 Principal Investigator, "A model for empathy training to facilitate physician-patient communication skills," Upjohn Pharmaceutical Co., ($1,200.00).
1995 Co-Principal Investigator, "A community-based intervention for acutely injured battered women in the Truman Medical Center Emergency Department," Kauffman Fund, ($35,000.00).
1995 Principal Investigator, "A model for multidimensional empathy training to facilitate physician communication skills," Bayer Institute for Health Care Communication, ($20,000.00).
1996 Co-Principal Investigator, "A community-based intervention for acutely injured battered women in the Truman Medical Center Emergency Department," Kauffman Fund, ($24,500.00).
1996 Co-Principal Investigator, "A community-based intervention for acutely injured battered women in the Truman Medical Center Emergency Department," Quik Trip grant, ($500.00).
1996 Co-Principal Investigator, "A community-based intervention for acutely injured battered women in the Truman Medical Center Emergency Department," McGee grant, ($2,500.00).
1997 Co-Principal Investigator, "A community-based intervention for acutely injured battered women in the Truman Medical Center Emergency Department," Kauffman Fund, ($17,500.00).
EDITORIAL BOARDS’ REVIEWER
1996 to 1998 Reviewer. Psychological Reports/Perceptual Motor Skills
1997 to 1999 Reviewer. Academic Medicine
RESEARCH HONORS
1997
Recognition by the Department of Health and Human Services for the Bridge Project as a model domestic violence prevention healthcare delivery program.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Psychological Association
Midwestern Psychological Association
Kappa Gamma Pi
International Who’s Who of Professionals
COMMUNITY SERVICE
1997-2003 Board of Directors, Bridge Project, Truman Medical Center, Emergency Department
1998-2002 Board of Directors, Elders Volunteering for Elders (EVE) project
PROGRAMS FOUNDED AND IMPLEMENTED
• The Domestic Violence Association of Central Kansas (DVACK), an intervention program for victims of domestic violence and their children in rural areas of Kansas (located in Salina, KS);
• The Bridge Project, an intervention program for victims of domestic violence and their children in hospital emergency rooms (originally, in the Emergency Room at Truman Medical Center, KC, MO; and now, housed at Rose Brooks Center, Kansas City, MO);
• Breaking Bread … Breaking Barriers™ Program for schools, families, the workplace and worship centers (implemented by CampFire USA, KC, MO);
• Breaking Bread … Breaking Barriers™ Program for prevention of violence in schools;
• Empathy and Communication Skills Training for Physicians, Medical Students and Healthcare Workers;
• Learning by Doughing,™ a series of children’s educational products;
• The United Coalition for Assistance to Rural Elders (UCARE) Program, a proactive intervention program for rural elders to help them maintain independence and autonomy. It is also designed to meet the needs of an enormous and rapidly aging population in the United States, and to lessen the negative impact on American society; and
• Empowerment Training For Persons With Disabilities (developed at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; and, implemented by various agencies for the developmentally disabled in Lawrence, KS, and KC, MO).
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