Prior to coming to Iowa, Dr. Xing was Director of Assessment/Research in the Center for Healthcare Improvement and Patient Simulation and Assistant Professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. At OCRME, he serves as an assessment/measurement consultant and quantitative methodologist. 

Dr. Xing holds a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology with a Masters degree in Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics, and Assessment. His research interests include assessment methods in medical education, validity studies, simulation, and quantitative methodology. He has published in medical education and measurement journals such as Academic Medicine, Advances in Health Sciences Education, and Applied Psychological Measurement. 

He teaches:

• Introduction to Educational Measurement in Medical Education
• Assessment in Medical Education

Selected Publications:

Wittig, J., Krogh, K., Blanchard, E. E., Xing, K., Kushner, J., Bichmann, A., Flin, R., Brazil, V., …Lauridsen, K. G. (Published online). A systematic review on conditions before and after training of teamwork competencies and the effect on transfer of skills to the clinical workplace. Simulation in Healthcare. Doi: 10.1097/SIH.0000000000000809.

Britt, T., Xing, K., & Leighton, K. (2023). The Simulation Educator Needs Assessment Tool (SENAT): The development and validation of a tool for simulation onboarding and professional development. International Journal of Healthcare Simulation. Doi: 10.54531/gosh2567.

Park, Y. S., Lin, Q., & Xing, K. (2023). Evaluating modes of observations using hierarchical signal detection rater models. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 58(4), 843-858. Doi: 10.1080/00273171.2022.2138253.

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