B.S.N.,
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 1962-1966
M.S.N.,
Maternal and Child Health Nursing, University of Maryland, Baltimore,
Maryland, 1968-1970
Ph.D.,
Medical Humanities, Graduate
College, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 1991-1995
Post-Degree
and Continuing Education Training:
Research
Associate, University of Nebraska College of Medicine, Department of Family
Medicine, Research Division, September, 1995-August, 1996
ACADEMIC
APPOINTMENTS:
Associate Professor,
University of Nebraska College of Medicine, Department of Preventive and
Societal Medicine, July, 2004-present
Courtesy Associate
Professor, University of Nebraska College of Medicine, Department of Family
Medicine, July 2004-present
Assistant
Professor, University of Nebraska College
of Medicine, Department of Preventive and Societal Medicine, August, 2000-June
2004
Member,
Graduate Faculty, University of Nebraska Medical Center, spring, 2000-
Adjunct
faculty, University of Nebraska College of Medicine, Preventive and Societal
Medicine, September, 1997-July 2000-June, 2004.
Assistant
Professor, University of Nebraska College of Medicine, Department of Family
Medicine, Research Division, September, 1996-July, 2000 changed to Courtesy
Asst. Professor status.
Adjunct
faculty, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Department of Public
Administration, May, 1996-August, 1997
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Published articles:
Crabtree, B.F., Miller, W.L.,
Tallia, A.F., Cohen, D.J., DiCicco-Bloom, B., McIlvain, H.E., Aita, V.A.,
Scott, J.G., Gregory, P.B., Stange, K.C., McDaniel, R.R. (2005). Delivery of
Clinical Preventive Services in Family Medicine Offices. Annals of Family
Medicine. 3(5):430-435.
Aita, V.,
McIlvain, H., Backer, E., McVea, K., Crabtree, B. (2005). Patient-centered
care and communication in primary practice: what is involved? Patient
Education and Counseling. 58: 296-304.
Aita, V.,
McIlvain, H., Susman, J., Crabtree, B.
(2003). Using metaphor as a qualitative analytic approach to understand
complexity in primary care research. Qualitative Health Research.
December, 13 (10): 1419-1431.
Tallia, A. F., Stange, K. R., McDaniel, R.,
Aita, V., Miller, W. L., Crabtree, B. F. (2003). Understanding
Organizational Designs of Primary Care Practices. Journal of Healthcare
Management. 48 (1): 43-58.
Aita, V.A.,
Dodendorf, D. M., Lebsack, J. A., Tallia, A. F. and Crabtree, B. F. (2001).
Patient care staffing patterns and roles in community-based family
practices. The Journal of Family Practice. October, 50 (9): available
electronically.
Aita, V.A.
(2000). Science and compassion: Vacillation in nursing ideas 1940s-1960.
Scholarly Inquiry for Nursing Practice: An International Journal. 14 (2):
115-138.
McVea, K. L. S. P., Venugopal, M., Crabtree,
B. F. and Aita, V. A. (2000). The organization and distribution of
patient education materials in Family Medicine practices. The Journal of
Family Practice. 49 (4): 319-326.
Aita, V.A.
and Crabtree, B. (2000). Historical reflections on current preventive
practice. Preventive Medicine. 30, 5-16.
Crabtree, B.F., Miller, W.L., Aita, V.A.,
Flocke, S. Stange K.C. (1998). Primary care practice organization and
preventive services delivery: A qualitative analysis. Journal of Family
Practice. 46(5): 403-409.
Chapters
in books:
Aita, V. A.
and McIlvain, H. (1999). An armchair adventure in case study research. In
B. F. Crabtree and W. L. Miller (Eds.). Doing Qualitative Research (2nd
Edition). Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.
Invited Commentary:
Aita, VA.
(2005). Invited commentary on “Moral
reckoning in nursing.” Western Journal of Nursing Research. In
Press.
Aita, VA.
(2005). Invited commentary in Response to Thomas Egnew’s, “The meaning of
healing: Transcending suffering” [eletter].
http://www.annfammed.org/cgi/eletters/3/3/255#3207, 18 June 2005.
Ethics columns:
Aita, V.A.
(2001). Speaking of Ethics . . . Questions of Medical “Futility” Lead to
Discussions. Nursing Communicator. Nebraska Health System, April.
Aita, V.A.
(2001). Speaking of Ethics . . . More on Medical Futility. Nursing
Communicator. Nebraska Health System, June.
Abstracts:
Aita, V.A.,
McIlvain, H. Crabtree, B. (2002). Abstract. More on the Physician-Patient
Relationship: The Bigger Picture. Family Medicine. 34(7): 545.
Aita, V.A.,
McIlvain, H., Crabtree, B. (2002). Abstract. More on the Physician-Patient
Relationship: The Bigger Picture. Society of Teachers of Family Medicine,
Spring Conference.
Aita, V.A.,
Dodendorf, D., Lebsack, J., and Crabtree, B. F. (2000). Staff Training and
Roles in 18 Nebraska Family Practices. North American Primary Care Research
Group, Fall Conference.
Taylor, N., Clark, M.W., Aita, V.A.,
and Gillette, M. (2000). Using Bioethics and the Medical Humanities to
Implement the AAMC Graduate Medical Education’s New Core Curriculum
Requirements. American Society for Bioethics and Humanities. Fall
Conference.
Aita, V.A.,
Crabtree, B.F., and McIlvain, H. (1999). Abstract. Practice metaphors and
values clarification. American Society for Bioethics and Humanities. Fall
Conference.
Aita, V.A.,
Crabtree, B.F., and McIlvain, H. (1999). Abstract. Practice metaphors and
values clarification. Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, Spring
Conference.
Aita, V.A.
and Crabtree, B.F. (1997). Abstract. Historical and philosophical
perspectives on prevention past and present. Society of Teachers of Family
Medicine, Spring Conference.
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