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Claire O’Connell, DrPH

Claire O'Connell, DrPH
Associate Professor
Department of Physician Assistant Studies
Program: Physician Assistant
Phone: (732) 235-4445
Email: oconnecb@shp.rutgers.edu

Office Address:
675 Hoes Lane, 6th Floor
Piscataway, NJ 08854

About

Education

B.S., Nasson College
BS, PA-C, Rutgers School of Health Related Professions
MPH, UMDNJ/Rutgers University
DrPH, Rutgers School of Public Health

Professional Achievements

Open Access Textbook award, RBHS Library System, $1000, 2020
“Creating Student Co-Ownership of an Online Experiential Approach to Scientific Inquiry” Co-PI Pamela Rothpletz-Puglia, EdD; Innovations in Teaching and Education Pilot Grants RBHS, $5600, 2020
“Exploring the entry-level clinical doctorate for PAs” Physician Assistant Education Association, $2000, 2020
UMDNJ-SHRP Excellence in Teaching 2011
New Jersey State Society of Physician Assistants Outstanding Humanitarian PA, 2010
UMDNJ SHRP Dean’s Citation for Distinguished Service 2006
NJSSPA Lifetime Achievement Award, 2004
AAPA PA Foundation Innovations in Health Care, 2003
AAPA Publishing Award Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants, 2003
NJSSPA Physician Assistant of the Year, 2000
UMDNJ School of Public Health Certificate of Academic Excellence, 1995
UMDNJ Wallace Laboratories Physician Assistant Student of the Year, 1987
Nasson College President’s Award, 1982
Nasson College Parent’s Council Award, 1982

Research

Research Interests
public health, preventive medicine
infectious disease
physician assistant education

Title
Sponsor
Effective Dates
Role
Development of a Laboratory/Conference Using the Human Simulator; A V-Tel System and Team Learning Approach
Academic Information Technology Advisory Committee (AcITAC) at UMDNJ
February 2005
 Co-Investigator
Community Oriented Primary Care, Innovations in Health Care
American Academy of Physician Assistants
2003
 Co-Leader of the COPC

Publications

Title Authors Where and When
Comprehensive Review for the Certification and Recertification Examinations for Physician Assistants, 7th Ed.
O’Connell C, Cogan-Drew T., editors
Wolters Kluwar, expected Spring 2022
Effect of a flipped classroom compared with traditional lecture on physician assistants students’ exam performance.
Wright M, Jia Y, Vidal E, O’Connell C, Palfreyman L, Parrott J.
Journal of Physician Assistant Education. 2021;32(4):261-264
Assessment of compassion in physician assistant students
Reichman J, Palfreyman L, O’Connell C.
Journal of Physician Assistant Education. 2021;32(2):108-112.
Ed., thePoint, 3rd ed., online test bank of 600+ review items with explanations to accompany the Comprehensive Review for Certification and Recertification Examinations for Physician Assistants
O’Connell C.
Feb 2018
Ed., A Comprehensive Review for the Certification and Recertification Examinations for Physician Assistants, 6th Ed., Wolters Kluwer
O’Connell C.
2017
Arterial Blood Sampling, Elsevier
O’Connell C.
Dehn, R. and P Asprey, Eds, Procedures for Physician Assistants, 4th edition, 2019
Evidence-based practices for suicide prevention
O’Connell C.
Clinical Advisor for PAs, May 2017
Attendance policies: Do they hurt or hinder learning?
O’Connell C.
Journal of Physician Assistant Education, 2012; 23(4): 42-46
Enhancing transformative learning in Physician Assistant education
O’Connell C.
Journal of Physician Assistant Education, 2010; 21(1): 19-24.
Meckel’s diverticulum
O’Connell C.
Clinical Advisor for PAs, February 2010
Students’ perceptions of a Community Oriented Primary Care program
O’Connell C.
Journal of Physician Assistant Education, 2008; 19(4): 27-31.
Traveler returns from Central America with fever and muscle pain
O’Connell C.
Clinical Challenge, Clinical Advisor for PAs, January 2008
Comprehensive Review for the Certification and Recertification Examinations for Physician Assistants, 3rd ed. Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins
Claire Babcock O’Connell and Sarah Zarbock
Vol. : (2007 )
Atypical Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
O’Connell C. and Sciacchetano E.
Clinical Challenge, Clinical Advisor for PAs, Sept 2007
Reducing the risk of gynecologic cancers
O’Connell C.
Clinical Advisor for PAs, December 2007
A positive ANA screen despite low titers
O’Connell C.
Clinical Advisor for PAs, January 2006
HIV/AIDS Care: Transition from Adolescent to Adult Care
O’Connell, C & Vu, K.
Editorial, Physician Assistant, April 2002
Cervical Cancer Screening in Primary Care
Bocko, D & O’Connell, C.
Physician Assistant, June 2002
Managing ADHD and Comorbid ODD and CD
Fornarotto, S & O’Connell, C.
Physician Assistant, July 2002
Current approaches to rabies prevention and prophylaxis.
Paul R. and O’Connell C.
Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants. Vol. : (2002 August )
Current approaches to rabies prevention and prophylaxis
Paul, R. & O’Connell, C.
JAAPA, August 2002
Physician Assistant PreTes: Self Assessment and Review, 2nd ed, McGraw-Hill
Moser RL and O’Connell C
Vol. : (2001 )
Case study: Pheochromocytoma
O’Connell C.
Physician Assistant. Vol. : (1999 May )
Dermadilemma: Pityriasis lichenoides
O’Connell C.
Physician Assistant. Vol. : (1998 May )
Obsessive-compulsive disorder in primary care
Contiliano R and O’Connell C
Physician Assistant. Vol. : (1997 May )
Hepatitis B virus vaccination in the United States
Lovegreen S and O’Connell C
Physician Assistant. Vol. : (1996 November )
Hepatitis B Virus Vaccination in the United States
Lovegreen, S. & O’Connell, C.
Physician Assistant, November 1996
Residential low frequency electromagnetic fields and childhood cancer
O’Connell C.
Physician Assistant. Vol. : (1995 October )
Residential Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fields and Childhood Cancer
O’Connell C.
Physician Assistant, October 1995
Risk assessment interviewing for HIV
O’Connell C.
Physician Assistant. Vol. : (1993 march )
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