网曝吃瓜

• Master of Sciences
  Cell Biology
  University of Denver
  Denver, CO
  1987 鈥� 1989
• Bachelor of Sciences
  Cellular / Molecular Biology
  Fort Lewis College
  Durango, CO
  1982 鈥� 1986

• 2018 鈥� Present: Program Director and Chair of PA Program
  网曝吃瓜
• 2016 鈥� Present: Associate Professor of PA Studies
  网曝吃瓜
• 2016 鈥� 2018: Associate Program Director, Director of Didactic Education
  网曝吃瓜, Physician Assistant Studies
• 2013 鈥� 2016: Associate Director, Didactic Curriculum
  University of Colorado Denver, Child Health Associate / Physician Assistant Program
• 2012 鈥� 2016:听Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
  University of Colorado Denver

• 2002-2006; 2007-2010; 2012: Physician Assistant
  National Jewish Health, Pediatric Outpatient Clinic
• 2008 鈥� 2013:听Associate Director of Curriculum
  University of Colorado Denver, Child Health Associate / Physician Assistant Program
• 2005 鈥� 2012: Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
  University of Colorado Denver

• 2005 鈥� 2012:听Regular Faculty Appointment
  University of Colorado Denver, Graduate School

• 2001 鈥� 2009: Academic Coordinator
  University of Colorado Denver, Child Health Associate / Physician Assistant Program
• 2001 鈥� 2005: Instructor, Department of Pediatrics
  University of Colorado Denver

• 2001 鈥� 2005: Special Faculty Appointment
  University of Colorado Denver, Graduate School
• 2000 鈥� 2001: Physician Assistant
  Westminster Family Practice
• 1998 鈥� 2000: Physician Assistant
  Broomfield Family Practice
• 1998: Physician Assistant
  Exempla Arvada Healthcare
• 1996 鈥� 1997: Physician Assistant
  Northwest Family Medicine, PC
• 1992 鈥� 1993:听Clinical Research Associate / Project Manager
  Pharmatech, Inc.
• 1991 鈥� 1992: Clinical Research Coordinator / Lab Researcher II
  National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine

网曝吃瓜 College of Osteopathic Medicine

• Member, Associate Dean of Student Affairs Search Committee – 网曝吃瓜听(May 2020)
• Member, Provost Search Committee 鈥� 网曝吃瓜 (March 2020)
• Chair, Faculty Awards Committee – 网曝吃瓜 (January 2020)
• Member, Faculty Workload Task Force – 网曝吃瓜 (December 2019)
• Member, Faculty Evaluation Task Force – 网曝吃瓜 (March 2019)
• Member, Faculty Awards Committee – 网曝吃瓜 (March 2019)
• Member, Faculty Rank and Promotions Committee – 网曝吃瓜 (Jan 2019)
• Member, Research Advisory Council – 网曝吃瓜 (Sept 2018-Jan 2019)
• Member, Research Advisory Council – 网曝吃瓜 (Sept 2018-Jan 2019)
• Member, Institutional Curriculum Committee – 网曝吃瓜 (May 2018-May 2019)
• Chair, Curriculum Committee, Physician Assistant Program (2017 鈥� Present)
• Admissions Committee, Physician Assistant Program (2017 鈥� Present)
• Curriculum Mapping Task Force听(2016 鈥� Present)
• Accreditation Criteria Task Force (2017)
• Simulation Education Task Force, Curriculum Integration Subcommittee (2016 鈥� Present)

University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus

• Invited member, Interprofessional Education (IPE),听Evaluation and Assessment Advisory Committee (2013 鈥� 2016)
• Organizational Infrastructure Task Force (2012)
• Learner Life Task Force (2012)
• Faculty Professionalism Task Force (2010 鈥� 2013)
• AMC Assessment Committee (2010 鈥� 2016)
• Kaiser Interprofessional Rural Training Committee (2010 鈥� 2012)
• Accommodation Liaison Committee, Disability Services Office (2008 鈥� 2016)
• Ethics Steering Committee, Department Interdisciplinary Course (2001 鈥� 2016)

University of Colorado Denver听Child Health Associate/Physician Assistant Program

• Mid-Level Reviewer, Program Faculty (2009-2016)
• Mentor, CHA/PA Junior Faculty Member, President鈥檚 Teaching and Learning Collaborative (2013 鈥� 2014, 2015 鈥� 2016)
• Student Honor and Conduct Council (2013 鈥� 2015, 2015 鈥� 2016)
• Liaison to UCD AMC Campus Assessment, Response & Evaluation (CARE) Team (2014 鈥� 2016)
• Member, Student Assessment Committee (2008-2009, 2013-2016)
  Chair (2009-2011, 2011-2013)
• Evaluation Committee (2008, 2009-2012)
• Faculty Search Committee (2010)
  Chair (2008)
• Faculty Advisor, Honor Council (2009 鈥� 2012)
• Chair, Faculty Professionalism Subcommittee听(2004)
• Student Promotions Committee (2001-2016)
• Admissions Committee (2001-2016)
• Self-Study听Committee (2001-2016)
• Curriculum听Committee (2001-2016)
• Scholarship听Committee (2001-2016)

Miscellaneous

• Peer Reviewer,听Journal of Physician Assistant Education听(2008-辫谤别蝉别苍迟)
• Moderator and Peer Reviewer,听Physician Assistant Education Association Conferences (2004-2013; 2016-present)
• Peer Reviewer,听Physician Assistant Education Association (2006-20012; 2016-present)
• Chair, Conference Curriculum Council, Physician Assistant Education Association (2016-2017)
• Education Committee, Physician Assistant Education Association (2006-2008, 2009-2010)
• Reviewer, Peter J. Nyquist Award for PA Students (2006)
• Peer Reviewer,听Advance for Physician Assistants听(2005)
• 鈥淧A Day鈥� Planner, Colorado Academy of Physician Assistants听(2000)

• Physician Assistant Education Association
  Institutional Colleague:听2016 鈥� present
  Member Faculty: 2001 鈥� 2016
• Colorado Academy of Physician Assistants
  Board Member at Large:听1998 鈥� 2000
  Fellow: 1996 鈥� Present
  Student: 1993 鈥� 1996
• American Academy of Physician Assistants
  Fellow: 1996 鈥� Present
  Student: 1993 鈥� 1996

• Johnson, L,听Ruff, C.听鈥淚ntegrated Assessment in a Competency-based Didactic Curriculum鈥�,听Virtual Poster,International Association of Medical Science Educators conference, Denver, CO, 2020.
• Solanyk, D, Solanyk, S, Johnson, L,听Ruff, C.听鈥� 鈥淢ilestones and Progress 鈥� the RoadMAP to Success鈥�;听accepted, conference canceled,听Physician Assistant Education Western Consortium conference; Palo Alto, CA, April 2020.
• Neguse, S, Lambarri, W,听Ruff, C. 鈥淭he use of Rubrics to Assess Learner Progression in Clinical Skills in a Competency-based Curriculum;听accepted, conference canceled, Physician Assistant Education Western Consortium conference; Palo Alto, CA, April 2020.
• Ruff, C.听 Solanyk, D, Eckhardt, D, Neguse, S, Poole, A, Kasperski J, Johnson, L.听 鈥淢easuring Learner Progress during Pre-Clinical Training using a Competency-based Approach鈥� (30-min solo presentation);听accepted, conference canceled, American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine annual education conference.听听 Washington, DC, March 2020.
• Ruff, C.听Solanyk, D.听鈥淒etermining Points of Entrustment to Assess Competence鈥�听(Focused Discussion);听Physician Assistant Education Association annual education forum; Washington, DC, October 2019
• Ruff, C.听听Bondy, MJ, Zedaker, J.听听鈥淐ompetency-based Medical Education: A tale of 3 Programs鈥� (panel presentation; Invited Speaker);听Physician Assistant Education Association annual education forum; Washington, DC, October 2019
• Ruff C, Nickell D. Designing a Milestone and Progress Grid to Illustrate Learner Performance in a Physician Assistant Program. (oral presentation) Association of Medical Educators in Europe, 2nd Annual World Summit on Competency Based Medical Education, annual conference; Basel, Switzerland, August 2018.
• Ruff C. The 2016 PAEA Education Forum 鈥� Minneapolis, Here we Come! PAEA Networker. July 27, 2016.
• Ruff C. The 2016 PAEA Education Forum 鈥� Strategies for a Stellar Education Forum. March 16, 2016.
• Ruff C. Item Contributor for听Infectious Disease and Pulmonary Examination Questions. Certification & Recertification Examination Review Course 鈥� Online Version. Offered through mycme.com, Haymarket Media, Inc.
• Ruff C (2014).听Chapter and Test Item Reviewer 鈥� Pulmonology. O鈥機onnell, C. Ed. A Comprehensive Review for the Certification and Recertification Examinations for Physician Assistants. 5^th听ed., Walters Kluwer Health.
• Ruff C, Bowser J (2014).听Student Mistreatment during Physician Assistant Training (poster abstracts).听Journal of the Physician Assistant Education Association,听25(1): 26.
• Ruff C (2012).听听An Educational Strategy for Utilizing Physician Assistant Students to Provide Health Promotion Education to Community Adolescents.听The Journal of Physician Assistant Education,听23(1):34-37.
• Ruff C (2012).听Evaluating and managing pediatric food allergy.听Clinical Advisor,听23-29.
• Robohm C, Ruff C (2012).听.听Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants,听25(12):43-47.
• Ruff C (2010). Item Contributor for Gastrointestinal and Pulmonary Examination Questions and Item Reviewer. O鈥機onnell and Zarbock. Eds.听A Comprehensive Review for the Certification and Recertification Examinations for Physician Assistants.听4^th听ed., Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins.
• Ruff C, Robohm C (2010).听Student-designed Portable Health Promotion Presentations: Service Learning through Community Education (poster abstracts). Western Group on Educational Affairs 鈥� Regional Conference.
• Ruff C, Gray J, Arthur M, Merenstein G (2006).听Development and Outcomes of a Rural Track within a Primary Care (Pediatric) Physician Assistant Program.听The Journal of Physician Assistant Education,听17(4):37-41.
• Ruff C, Robohm C (2005).听Creating Portable Presentations for Educating Adolescents 鈥� Cooperative Learning for PA Students (poster abstracts).听Perspective on Physician Assistant Education,听16(2):125-134.
• Ruff C, Glicken A, Merenstein G (2005).听Faculty Professionalism 鈥� a code of conduct (poster abstracts).听Association for Medical Education in Europe, 2(2.12):37.
• Ruff C (2005).听Educating Adolescent Patients.听Perspective on Physician Assistant Education,听16(1):59-60.
• Christy C, Deden M, Snyder J.A (1995).听Localization of kinetochore fragments isolated from single chromatids in mitotic CHO cells.听Protoplasma,听186:193-200.
• Snyder JA, Armstrong L, Christy C, McLelland S (1988).听Cine鈥� and Computer Analysis of Sucrose-Induced Spindle Elongation in PtK-1 cells (abstract).听Journal of Cellular Biology.

Presentations

• 鈥淒esigning a Competency-Based Curriculum using EPAs鈥�
  Physician Assistant Education Association annual education forum
  2017
• 鈥淧roposal Review Process鈥�
  Webinar for Physician Assistant Education Association
  2017
• 鈥淒eveloping a Capstone Project around Systems-Based Practice鈥�
  Physician Assistant Education Association annual education forum
  2015
• 鈥淒evelopmental Clinical Evaluations: How do we Assess Students over Time?鈥�
  Physician Assistant Education Association annual education forum
  2015
• 鈥淧roviding Formative Feedback: Trials and Tribulations鈥�
  Physician Assistant Education Association annual educational meeting
  2014
• 鈥淪tudent Mistreatment during Physician Assistant Training鈥�
  Physician Assistant Education Association annual educational meeting
  2013
• 鈥淭he Appreciative Inquiry Curriculum Retreat: Encouraging Positive Change鈥�
  Physician Assistant Education Association annual educational meeting
  2013
• 鈥淪trategies for Implementing Interprofessional Education鈥�
  Physician Assistant Education Association annual educational meeting
  2012
• 鈥淗olistic Admissions 鈥� Overcoming Challenges of Implementation into PA School Admissions Processes鈥�
  Physician Assistant Education Association annual educational meeting
  2012
• 鈥淎 Role in the SAC: Interprofessional Student Academic Communities Promote Positive Collaboration鈥�
  Physician Assistant Education Association annual educational meeting
  2011
• 鈥淏reaking Down the Evaluation Barriers: How to Elicit Student Feedback鈥�
  Physician Assistant Education Association annual educational meeting
  2010
• 鈥淒emystifying the Paper and Poster Submission Process鈥�
  Physician Assistant Education Association
  2010
• 鈥淪tudent-designed Portable Health Promotion Presentations: Service Learning through Community Education鈥�
  Western Group on Educational Affairs 鈥� Regional Conference
  2010
• 鈥淢ore than Just a Hot Date: The Use of 鈥淪peed Dating鈥� to Critique PA Student Curriculum Vitae鈥檚.鈥�
  Physician Assistant Education Association annual educational meeting
  2008
• 鈥淪tudent Self-Reflection 鈥� Keys to Professional Development: How Do Programs Utilize, Assess and Provide Feedback? 鈥�
  Physician Assistant Education Association annual educational meeting
  2008
• 鈥淚s it Time to Overhaul your Course? The Process of Restructuring a Course鈥�
  Physician Assistant Education Association annual educational meeting
  2007
• 鈥淪tudent-Designed Portable Health Promotions Presentations for PA Role Development: Bridging Classroom and Community鈥�
  Physician Assistant Education Association annual educational meeting
  2006
• 鈥淐reating Portable Presentations for Educating Adolescents 鈥� Cooperative Learning for PA Students鈥�
  Association of Physician Assistant Programs
  2005
• 鈥淔aculty Professionalism 鈥� the Other Part of the Hidden Curriculum鈥�
  Association of Physician Assistant Programs
  2004, 2005
• 鈥淭he Use of Focus Groups to Identify Health Promotions Topics in Adolescents鈥�
  Association of Physician Assistant Programs Annual Education Forum
  2003

ABOUT CATHY:

Ms. Ruff was born in Michigan, but has been in Colorado since the age of 11. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Cellular/Molecular Biology from Fort Lewis College, followed by a Master of Science degree in Cell Biology from University of Denver. She completed her Physician Assistant training at the University of Colorado Child Health Associate/Physician Assistant Program (CHA/PA) in 1996. In 2001, she joined the faculty of CHA/PA, holding various administrative and teaching roles including Associate Program Director of Didactic Curriculum. She also continued to practice clinically at National Jewish Health in the Pediatric Outpatient Clinic until 2012. She has been actively involved with the Physician Assistant Education Association since 2004, serving as a peer-reviewer, presenter, and chair of its education council over the course of 13 years.

Ms. Ruff鈥檚 professional interests are in curriculum design and student and program assessment. She says that she was drawn to 网曝吃瓜 because of the challenge of establishing a new PA program, learning all aspects of program development, and for the opportunity to continue to grow the PA profession.

She is married with two children鈥攐ne is an aspiring author and the other is a gifted bassoon player. She loves spending time with her family, reading, all forms of music, the outdoors, and walking/hiking with her two dogs.