ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL DEGREES
2003 M.D; Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
2008 Family Medicine Board certification, Israeli Medical Association
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2019 Clinical educator-lecturer, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Since 2020 Deputy head of The Department of Family Medicine, Clalit Health Services, Haifa and western Galilee district, Israel
Since 2020 Head of Health a Communication Program for medical staff development, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel
9-10/2017 Medical Education Fellowship, Miriam Hospital, Brown University, Providence, USA
Since 2016 Staff development coordinator, The Department of Family Medicine, Clalit Health Services,
Since 2016 Head of “Yoqneam Emek Hashalom”, Health care center, Clalit Health Services
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Courses:
2019 Teaching communication skills, workshop for medical faculty members
2019 “Capsula” course tutoring, undergraduates, 4th year students
2018-19 “Shlishi Clini” course- Lifestyle modification, undergraduates, 2nd year students, Design, Supervision coordination and teaching
Since 2014 Various courses in the Division of Continuing Education and External Studies, Technion, Haifa, Israel, Postgraduate students, design, and teaching: Medical Education skills course, Lifestyle modification course, Clinical skills of frequent diseases, Pediatrics medicine and more
FACULTY ACTIVITIES
2019 Teaching communication skills, workshop for medical faculty members, Technion
Since 2018 “Capsula” course tutoring, undergraduates, 4th-6th year students
Since 2018 Examiner, Medical school candidates, “MOR” institute Exams
2018-19 Developer and Coordinator of a yearly course for undergraduate students in lifestyle
Jan 2018 Workshop Coordinator, for faculty members Building Communication Skills Curriculum for Teaching Medical Students directed by Prof. Johnathan Silverman (Cambridge, UK).
AWARDS AND HONORS
2019/13 Award – outstanding lecturer, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, The Technion
2017 ASSET (Action plan on Science in Society) Award for General Practitioners who are promoting immunizations in their community
PUBLICATIONS
- Refereed papers in professional journals
- Sudarsky M, Cohen DA, Teaching Cognitive Behavioral Strategies to General Practitioners through Self-Experience; J Fam Med. 2019; 6(5): 1180
- Cohen DA, Levy M, Cohen Castel O, Karkabi K; The influence of a professional physician network on clinical decision making; Patient Educ Couns. Dec;93(3):496-503. 2013
- Agur Cohen D, Ivzori Erel A, Guter. A, Karkabi K; Educating for tolerance in a conflict-ridden political environment, Med Educ. May; 50(5): 564–565. 2016