Laura Weingartner

Laura Weingartner
Assistant Professor and Research Director, Health Professions Education
Department of Educational Leadership, Evaluation, and Organizational Development
Health Sciences Center Office of Faculty Development
University of Louisville School of Medicine, Undergraduate Medical Education Research Unit
laura.weingartner@louisville.edu

Dr. Weingartner's curriculum vita [PDF]

Educational Background

  • 2021 MS, Biostatistics, University of Louisville School of Public Health and Information Sciences, Louisville, Kentucky, US
  • 2015 PhD, Biology, Indiana University Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior, Bloomington, Indiana, US
  • 2010 MS, Botany, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, US
  • 2008 BS, Secondary Earth/Life Science Education, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio US
  • 2008 BA, Botany, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, US
  • 2008 BA, Zoology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, US

Academic Appointments

  • Assistant Professor; Research Director, Health Professions Education; Undergraduate Medical Education, University of Louisville School of Medicine; Office of Faculty Development, University of Louisville Health Sciences Center, May 2021, present
  • Research Manager, Undergraduate Medical Education, University of Louisville School of Medicine, April 2016, April 2021

Honors and Awards

  • Academic Medicine Excellence in Reviewing Award, 2021, Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
  • MedEdPORTAL Outstanding Reviewer, 2019, 2020, 2021, Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
  • Trailblazer Innovation Award (for The eQuality Toolkit LGBTQ Clinical Skills Manual), 2021, Commercialization, Entrepreneurship, Partnerships and Innovation Center (EPIC), University of Louisville
  • Organizational/Institutional Leadership Award, 2019, Building the Next Generation of Academic Physicians Seventh Annual LGBT Health Workforce Conference Awards
  • Best Education Innovation Poster Award, 2018, Building the Next Generation of Academic Physicians
  • Medical Education Scholarship Award, 2018, 2019, Southern Group on Educational Affairs (SGEA)

Select Publications

  • Weingartner LA, EJ Noonan, C Bohnert, J Potter, MA Shaw, A Holthouser. Gender-Affirming Care with Transgender and Genderqueer Patients: A Standardized Patient Case. MedEdPORTAL. 2022.
  • Farmer, R, S Saner, LA Weingartner, G Rabalais. Questioning Aid for Rich, Real-Time Discussion (QARRD): A Tool to Improve Critical Thinking in Clinical Settings. MedEdPORTAL. 17:11132, 2021
  • Bohnert C, RM Combs, EJ Noonan, A Weathers, LA Weingartner. Gender Minorities in Simulation: A Mixed Methods Study of Medical School Standardized Patient Programs in the United States and Canada. Simulation in Healthcare. 16(6):e151-8, 2021
  • Noonan EJ, LA Weingartner, RM Combs, C Bohnert, MA Shaw, and S Sawning.Perspectives of Transgender and Genderqueer Standardized Patients in Medical Education. Teaching & Learning in Medicine, 33(2):116-28, 2021
  • Shreffler J, LA Weingartner, M Huecker, MA Shaw, C Ziegler, T Simms, L Martin, S Sawning. Association Between Characteristics of Impostor Phenomenon in Medical Students and Step 1 Performance. Teaching & Learning in Medicine 33(1):36-48, 2021
  • Weingartner LA, EJ Noonan, A Holthouser, J Potter, S Steinbock, S Kingery, S Sawning. The eQuality Toolkit: Practical skills for LGBTQ and DSD-affected patient care. University Press of Kentucky 2019
  • Weingartner LA, S Sawning, MA Shaw, J Klein. Compassion Cultivation Training promotes medical student wellness and enhanced clinical care. BMC Medical Education. 19:139, 2019
  • Noonan E, S Sawning, R Combs, LA Weingartner, L Martin, VF Jones, A Holthouser. Engaging the transgender community to improve medical education and prioritize health care initiatives. Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 30(2):119-132, 2017
  • Holthouser A, S Sawning, K Leslie, VF Jones, S Steinbock, EJ Noonan, LJ Martin, LA Weingartner, J Potter, J Davis, K Eckstrand, MA Shaw. eQuality: A process model to develop an integrated, comprehensive medical education curriculum for LGBT, gender nonconforming, and DSD health. Medical Science Educator. 27(2):371-383, 2017