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        Preventive and Societal Medicine, Section on Humanities and Law

        Virginia Ann Aita, Ph.D.

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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Contact Name: Virginia Ann Aita, Ph.D.
Address: Department of Preventive and Societal Medicine
986075 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-6075
Phone Number:  402-559-5157
e-mail address:  vaita@unmc.edu

Grant Title:  Saving Faces: The Art of Medicine
Funding agency: The Nebraska Arts Council
Start and end dates: July 1, 2005-February 28, 2006
Total dollars: (3, 512)
Principal investigator: Virginia Aita

Grant Title: Saving Faces: Art and Medicine
Funding agency: The Nebraska Humanities Council
Start and end dates: January 13, 2006-February 24th, 2006
Total dollars: (6,165)
Principal investigator: Virginia Aita

Grant Title:  Teaching Authentic Physician Communication Skills Using Virtual Technologies
Funding agency: University of Nebraska Medical Center, Educational Technology Small Grants Program
Start and end dates: June 1, 2001-May 31, 2003
Total dollars: (10,734)
Principal investigator: Virginia Aita

Grant Title:  Prevention and Competing Demands in Primary Care Study
Funding agency:  Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
Start and end dates: September 30, 1996-September 29, 1999
Total dollars: ($602,725)
Principal investigator and names of co-investigators:  Benjamin Crabtree (PI), Virginia Aita (co-investigator)

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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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  • PREVIOUS GRADUATE STUDENTS/POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWS (present location):

Amber Donnelly, BS, MPH. UNMC Graduate College, MSIA Student Graduate Committee 2005-present

Anahita Rashidi, R.N., MSN, UNMC Graduate College, MSIA Student Graduate Committee, 2001-2005

Pat Sullivan, MA, RDMS, RT (R) , Nebraska Methodist College, UNMC Graduate College, MSIA Student Graduate Committee, 2000--present

Member, Admissions Committee, College of Medicine, 2000--2006

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