Ron Shope, PhD
Assistant Professor, UNMC Department of Health Promotion
Ron Shope, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Health Promotion in the UNMC College of Public Health. He also holds a courtesy appointment in the UNMC College of Allied Health Professions.
Dr. Shope joined UNMC in 2016 as an associate professor in the College of Public Health and as an education researcher for UNMC's Interprofessional Academy of Educators,
Previously, he served as a lecturer in research methods and as a research associate at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
From 1987 to 2016, he held several roles at the former Grace University in Omaha, including professor of communications and research, director of assessment and institutional research, and chair of the communications program.
- 1995, PhD, Speech Communication, The Pennsylvania State University
- 1980, MA, Communication, Wheaton College
- 1975, BA Moody Bible Institute
- 2000-2001, Graduate work in Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods in Education, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
- Fishler, K., Steber, H. Brunelli, L., Shope, R. (2023). Exploring collaboration models between geneticists and intensivists for implementing rapid genome sequencing in critical care settings. American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A, 1-10 https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.a.63318
- King, K., Tchouankam, J., Shope, R., Idoate. R., Clarke, M., Su, D. & Johansson, P. (2023). Barriers and opportunities for promoting health professions careers among African American students in the Midwest. Journal of the National Medical Association 115(2) April 2023. pp 101-118 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnma.2023.01.007
- Kalia, I., Shope, R., Reilly, M., & Schwartz, L. (2023). Addressing the underdiagnosis of Familial Hypercholesterolemia: A mixed methods study exploring the knowledge and practice behaviors of cardiology healthcare providers. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 1-19. doi:10.1017/cts.2023.519
- Smith, C., Barron, K., Shope, R., Beam, E., and Piro, J. (2022). Motivations, barriers, and professional engagement: a multisite qualitative study of internal medicine faculty’s experiences learning and teaching point-of-care ultrasound. BMC Medical Education (2022) 22:171 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-022-03225-w.
- Webster, Tammy; Fial, Alissa; Moore, Peggy; Rajaram, Shireen; Shope, Ronald; and Davies, Dele (2021) Building a Robust E-Learning Module Scorecard: The Nebraska E-Learning Scorecard (NEscore). Innovations in Health Sciences Education Journal: Vol. 1 : Iss. 1 , Article 1 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.32873/unmc.dc.ihsej.0001