Katherine Gielissen

Katherine (Katie) Gielissen, MD, MHS-MedEd is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at the Emory University School of Medicine and the founding Program Director of the Emory Combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program. She is a clinician-educator and medical education researcher whose work focuses on competency-based medical education (CBME), learner assessment, faculty development, and trainee flourishing. Dr. Gielissen has been actively involved in the national CBME movement for nearly a decade. She served as an Outcome Leader for the AAMC Core Entrustable Professional Activities (EPA) for Entering Residency Pilot Project from 2017–2021, contributing to the implementation and evaluation of EPA-based assessment across participating medical schools. Her scholarship has examined entrustment decision-making, workplace-based assessment, and the validity and use of EPAs across the educational continuum, resulting in multiple peer-reviewed publications, national pres