Geriatrics

Sandro Oliveira Pinheiro, PhD

Associate Professor in Medicine
Associate Professor in the Department of Community and Family Medicine
Senior Fellow in the Center for Study of Aging
Campus mail 3502 Hosp South, Durham, NC 27710
Phone (919) 660-7563
Email address sandro.pinheiro@duke.edu

Dr. Pinheiro directs faculty development activities for clinical and basic science faculty, designs medical and interprofessional education curricula, coaches/mentors medical faculty and fellows, and conducts evaluation and research in medical and interprofessional education. His educational competencies are in the areas of adult learning, instructional strategies, active learning, curriculum design and evaluation, and qualitative inquiry. His research activities focus on medical and interprofessional education and the assessment of change in the teaching practice of clinical instructors.

Education and Training

  • Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1999
  • M.A., Michigan State University, 1989

Grants

Publications

Johnson, KS, Thomas, KL, Pinheiro, SO, and Svetkey, LP. "Design and Evaluation of an Interdisciplinary Health Disparities Research Curriculum." Journal of the National Medical Association 110, no. 4 (August 2018): 305-313.

PMID
30126554
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Pavon, JM, Pinheiro, SO, and Buhr, GT. "Resident learning across the full range of core competencies through a transitions of care curriculum." Gerontology & Geriatrics Education 39, no. 2 (April 2018): 144-159.

PMID
27754796
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Manning, KM, McNeill, DL, Pinheiro, SO, Heflin, MT, Valencia, WM, Lee, CC, Castle, SC, Katzel, L, Giffuni, J, and Morey, MC. "An innovative educational clinical experience promoting geriatric exercise." Gerontology & Geriatrics Education (November 2, 2017): 1-12.

PMID
29028419
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Syed, Q, Pinheiro, SO, and Factora, R. "Reflective Writing to Teach Interdisciplinary Management of Delirium to Internal Medicine Residents." Journal of Graduate Medical Education 8, no. 5 (December 2016): 785-786.

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28018553
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Pinheiro, SO, White, HK, Buhr, GT, Elbert-Avila, K, Cohen, HJ, and Heflin, MT. "Advancing Geriatrics Education Through a Faculty Development Program for Geriatrics-Oriented Clinician Educators." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (November 13, 2015).

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26563754
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Buhr, GT, Konrad, T, Pinheiro, S, Counts, J, Poer, C, Shock, L, White, H, Shipp, K, Devarayasamudram, S, Aselage, M, Egerton, E, Matters, L, McConnell, E, and Heflin, M. "Interprofessional Education Collaborative Competency-Focused Workshops to Enhance Team Performance." April 2015.

Scholars@Duke

Freistadt, F, Branigan, E, Pupp, C, Stefanutto, M, Bambo, C, Alexandre, M, Pinheiro, SO, Ballweg, R, Dgedge, M, O'Malley, G, and de Oliveira, JS. "A framework for revising preservice curriculum for nonphysician clinicians: The mozambique experience." Education for Health (Abingdon, England) 27, no. 3 (September 2014): 283-288.

PMID
25758393
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Buhr, GT, Heflin, MT, White, HK, and Pinheiro, SO. "Using the jigsaw cooperative learning method to teach medical students about long-term and postacute care." Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 15, no. 6 (June 2014): 429-434.

PMID
24613073
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Colón-Emeric, CS, Pinheiro, SO, Anderson, RA, Porter, K, McConnell, E, Corazzini, K, Hancock, K, Lipscomb, J, Beales, J, and Simpson, KM. "Connecting the learners: improving uptake of a nursing home educational program by focusing on staff interactions." The Gerontologist 54, no. 3 (June 2014): 446-459.

PMID
23704219
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Heflin, MT, Pinheiro, SO, Konrad, TR, Egerton, EO, Thornlow, DK, White, HK, and McConnell, EJ. "Design and Evaluation of a Prelicensure Interprofessional Course on Improving Care Transitions." Gerontology and Geriatrics Education 35, no. 1 (January 1, 2014): 41-63.

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