Dr. Rosenbaum began working at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine in June 1998, where she helped develop and co-directs several comprehensive faculty development programs. These include the UI Teaching Scholars Program, the Community Teaching Scholars program and the Internal Medicine Fellows as Clinician Educators (FACE) program, as well as providing numerous faculty development workshops throughout the College of Medicine. 

Her teaching interests include interactive lecturing, providing effective feedback, and clinical teaching and she has taught and conducted research on clinician-patient communication for more than 20 years. She helped spearhead a comprehensive, longitudinal curriculum in the College of Medicine spanning all 4 years of the curriculum along with providing faculty development training in communication skills teaching internationally.  

She teaches: 

• Clinical Teaching in Medical Education 
• Teaching and Assessing Communication Skills in Medical Education
• Teaching Methods in Medical Education
• Study in Faculty Development
• Portfolio

Selected Publications:

Robb KA, Rosenbaum ME, Peters L, Lenoch S, Lancianese D, Miller JL.  Self-Assessment in Feedback Conversations: A Complicated Balance.  Academic Medicine, 98(2):248-254, 2023. 

Pedersen K, Brennan T, Nance A, Rosenbaum M. Individualized coaching in health system-wide provider communication training.  Patient Education and Counseling, Jun 30:S0738-3991(21)00422-5, 2021.

Kratzke IM, Rosenbaum ME, Cox C, Ollila DW, Kapadia MR.  Effect of Clear vs Standard Covered Masks on Communication With Patients During Surgical Clinic Encounters: A Randomized Clinical Trial.  JAMA Surg;156(4):372-378, 2021

Skelly K, Rosenbaum M, Barlow P, Priebe G.  Comparing Resident-Patient Encounters and Case Presentations in a Family Medicine Clinic.  Medical Education, 53(7):677-86, July 2019.

Rosenbaum ME. Dis-integration of communication in healthcare education: Workplace learning challenges and opportunities.  Patient Educ Couns, 100(11):2054-61, 2017. 

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