Anthony J. Frisby, PhD

Interests & Expertise

Contact Tony for information about

• learning technologies available on-campus,
• distance learning format courses,
• education software production, or
• faculty development opportunities in educational technologies.

His research interests include: human-computer interface design, development and measurement of self-directed learning skills, understanding and promoting best-evidence medical education practices.

Background & Training

A graduate of The Ohio State University, Tony holds degrees in: Bio-medical Communication (BS, College of Medicine), Labor and Human Resources (MLHR, College of Business), and Instructional Design and Technology (PhD, College of Education). Prior to joining Jefferson he was responsible for software design and development for the Office of Academic Services, College of Medicine, at OSU.

Professional Activities

Tony is an associate professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine.

He is also a member of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), serving on its Group on Educational Affairs (GEA).

He is one of Jefferson's subscribing representatives to Educause, the national association to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology.

He is a reviewer for the MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching and the journal Medical Education Online.

Publications & Presentations

Search the Jefferson Digital Commons for access to the available electronic versions of the papers below.

Kipnis, Daniel G. and Frisby, Anthony J. "Preparing an Advanced Information Literacy Curriculum for Graduate Students" in An Introduction to Instructional Services in Academic Libraries, 229-237, New York, NY, Taylor and Francis Group, 2008.

Kipnis, D.G., Frisby, A.J. "Information Literacy and Library Attitudes of Occupational Therapy Students," Medical Reference Services Quarterly 2006, 25(4) 11 - 20.

Frisby AJ, Lane JL, Carr AM, Ross E, Gottlieb RP. "Development and evaluation of an interactive multimedia clinical skills teaching program designed for the pediatric clerkship" Teach Learn Med. 18:18-21, 2006

Hojat, M., et al."An Operational Measure of Physician LifeLong Learning: Its Development, Components and Preliminary Psychometric Data." Medical Teacher 25( 4): 433-437, July 2003.

Lane, J.L., et al. "The Infant Patient Encounter" [CD-ROM] Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2003.

Kipnis, Daniel & Frisby, Anthony "Teaching Medical Informatics Online" Academic Exchange 7(1): 11-16, Spring 2003.

Lane, J. Lindsey, et al. "Effectiveness of an Interactive CD ROM Training Program Designed to Teach Infant Physical Examination Skills" Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, May 2003.

Fenderson, B.A and Frisby, A.J. "Distance Learning Programs for Pathology Education" Pathology Education 25(1): 25-34, 2000.

Frisby, Anthony J., Jones, Susan S. "The Initiation of Distance Learning at Thomas Jefferson University: The Library as Integral Partner" Medical Reference Services Quarterly, 19(3): 19-37, Fall 2000.

Rose, Molly A., Frisby, Anthony J., Hamlin, Michael D., Jones, Susan S. "Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Web-Based Graduate Epidemiology Course: Course development, implementation, and evaluation" Computers in Nursing, 18(4):162-167, July/August 2000.

Frisby, A.J. and Fenderson, B. "A Virtual Classroom for Pathology Education" 8th Annual International Ottawa Conference, Philadelphia, PA, July, 1998.

Hamlin, M., Warner, E., and Frisby, A.J. "Developing Web-Based Instruction" Medical Library Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA (May, 1998)

Jensh, R.P. and Frisby, A.J. "Microscopic Anatomy CD ROM" Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc., 1998

Frisby, A.J. and Fenderson, B. "Using World-Wide-Web Technology to Supplement Traditional Pathology Instruction" Pathology Education Group for Research in Pathology Education, 1998.

Frisby, A.J. and Murray, R.B. "Spinning the Web" General Session Address, Second Annual Emergency Department Information Systems Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, December, 1996.

"Evaluation of Medical Student Performance on World Wide Web Delivered Information Literacy Course" Journal of the American Medical informatics Association Symposium, Supplement Proceedings of the 1996 AMIA Annual Fall Symposium. Washington, D.C., p. 909, October, 1996.

"The Internet and Medical Informatics" Delaware Medical Journal, 68(12):602-5, May, 1996. Keynote Address to the Medical Society of Delaware..

Hamlin, H., et al. "A Case-Based Multimedia Learning Environment for Teaching Knowledge Management Skills" Computers in Healthcare Education Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, April, 1996.

Koopman, A., Jepson, P., Frisby, A.J. "Development of An Integrated Training Resource for Animal Research" Computers in Healthcare Education Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, April, 1996.

Chambers, J.K., and Frisby, A.J. "Computer-Based Learning for ESRD Patient Education: Current Status and Future Directions" Advances in Renal Replacement Therapy 2(3): 234-245.

Wilkes, A., and Frisby, A.J. "Cardiac Auscultation Ver 2.0" Keyboard Publishing, 1995

Fenderson, B. and Frisby, A.J. "Pathology Exam Ver 2.0" Thomas Jefferson University, 1995

Jensh, R.P. and Frisby, A.J. "Microscopic Anatomy Ver 1.0" Thomas Jefferson University, 1994

Zeiger, A., et al. "pH Tutorial Ver 2.1" Thomas Jefferson University, 1994.

"Faculty-Student Teams Develop CBL Software" 34th International Conference of the Association for the Development of Computer-based Instructional Systems (ADCIS). Norfolk, Virginia, November, 1992.

Guy, J.F., and Frisby, A.J. "Using Interactive Videodiscs to Teach Gross Anatomy to Undergraduates at The Ohio State University" Academic Medicine: Journal of The Association of American Medical Colleges, 67(2): 132-133.

Guy, J.F., and Frisby, A.J. "Using Interactive Videodiscs to Teach Gross Anatomy to Undergraduates at The Ohio State University," The Advisor 12( 3): 14-15. (National Association of Advisors for the Health Professions, Inc.)

"Self-Directed Learning Readiness in Medical Students at The Ohio State University" (Doctoral dissertation, The Ohio State University, 1991). Dissertation Abstracts International, 52, 2896A.