JMIR Publications is excited to announce Blake Lesselroth as the new editor-in-chief of JMIR Medical Education, effective April 1, 2024. Dr Lesselroth's leadership will further solidify the journal’s position in innovations in medical education.
Blake Lesselroth is an associate professor of medicine, a teaching hospitalist with the University of Oklahoma Internal Medicine Residency, and the vice-chair at the Department of Medical Informatics of OU-TU School of Community Medicine in Tulsa, Oklahama. He received his medical degree at Tulane School of Medicine in New Orleans and completed his residency at Oregon Health Science University (OHSU) in Portland, Oregon. He earned a master’s degree in biomedical informatics at OHSU and completed a medical education fellowship at the VA Portland Medical Center. Since joining the faculty in Tulsa, he has focused on developing, implementing, and evaluating new curricula in informatics and health systems science. His research interests include telemedicine, medical simulation, implementation science, and user interface/user experience (UI/UX) evaluation methods.
JMIR Medical Education is a leading peer-reviewed journal, indexed in major databases (including Sherpa Romeo, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed Central, PubMed, and Medline), dedicated to advancing technology, innovation, and openness in medical education. We publish cutting-edge research, educational strategies, and evidence-based methods that transform how health professionals learn and teach.
Dr Lesselroth believes a radical and disruptive innovation in health professional education is needed to prepare future generations of practitioners, educators, and scientists to embrace their expanding roles as professionals. Our learners must be measured by their ability to improvise and adapt to a rapidly changing health care landscape characterized by global health inequities, chronic illnesses, and emerging pathogens. They, therefore, must focus their collective attention on upstream sociocultural, economic, and structural determinants of health. They must leverage emerging technologies to bridge information gaps, enhance access to care for vulnerable populations, and improve medical decision-making to prevent errors.
JMIR Medical Education welcomes original research, brief reports, viewpoints, tutorials, and reviews that address these pressing challenges and redefine health professional training.
We look forward to working with Dr Lesselroth and welcome him to the journal’s editorial board!