ABBREVIATED CURRICULUM VITAE

This Abbreviated Curriculum Vitae emphasizes my teaching and online teaching experience. A Full Version of My Curriculum Vitae is available on the Journey of Hearts website.

CREDENTIALS

MEDICAL DEGREE June 1992, University of California, Davis School of Medicine
MASTERS OF SCIENCE, COMPARATIVE PATHOLOGY Sept 1986, University of California, Davis Concentrations in Immunology, Immunopathology and Medical Parasitology
BACHELORS OF ARTS, WITH HONORS May 1984, California State University, Sacramento (CSUS) MAJORS: BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE (HUMAN BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY), CHEMISTRY

CERTIFICATIONS

FELLOW THANATOLOGY (Death, Dying and Bereavement), Association for Death Education and Counseling (FT)
FELLOW, American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress (FAAETS)
BOARDED by the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress:BOARD CERTIFIED Expert in Traumatic Stress; (BCETS) BOARD CERTIFIED Bereavement Trauma (BCBT)
Diplomat of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress
FELLOW, American College of Wellness (FACW)
Certified Wellness Specialist/Director (CWS/CWD) - American College of Wellness
Founding Member Medical Wellness Association
BOARD ELIGIBLE INTERNAL MEDICINE
NATIONALLY CERTIFIED BEREAVEMENT FACILITATOR (NCBF) - American Academy of Bereavement, Re-certified 2002.
PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM IN THE STUDY OF LOSS & GRIEF - UC Berkeley Extenstion - Completed 2001.
CERTIFIED INSTRUCTOR ONLINE EDUCATION - Online Certificate in Online Teaching, Cerro Coso College. 2005.
CERTIFIED ONLINE INSTRUCTOR - Online Instructor Certification, Madonna University. 2007.
CERTIFIED - Acute Traumatic Stress Management (ATSM) - American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress
CERTIFIED CRITICAL INCIDENCE STRESS MANAGEMENT - International Critical Incident Stress Foundation.
CERTIFIED - Health Promotion and Worksite Wellness, University of Southern Indiana. 2004.

EDUCATION

INTERNAL MEDICINE RESIDENCY 1994 - 1996 Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara, CA University of Southern California Affiliate
PRELIMINARY YEAR, SURGERY 1993 - 1994, University of San Francisco-Fresno Education Program, University (Valley) Medical Center and Veteran's Hospital, Fresno, CA
PRELIMINARY YEAR, INTERNAL MEDICINE 1992 - 1993, University of California San Francisco-Fresno Education Program, University (Valley) Medical Center and Veteran's Hospital, Fresno, CA
MEDICAL DEGREE June 1992, University of California, Davis School of Medicine
MASTERS OF SCIENCE, COMPARATIVE PATHOLOGY Sept 1986, University of California, Davis Concentrations in Immunology, Immunopathology and Medical Parasitology
BACHELORS OF ARTS, WITH HONORS May 1984, California State University, Sacramento (CSUS) MAJORS: BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE (HUMAN BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY), CHEMISTRY
EMPLOYMENT

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT:

ASSOCIATE ADJUNCT PROFESSOR - Madonna University, College of Nursing and Health, Hospice Education Department, Certificate in Bereavement Program. December 2006 - Present.
ADJUNCT FACULTY - Yosemite Community College District, Biological Sciences Department. October 2004 - Present
OWNER, SELF EMPLOYED - The Violet Heart Collection

PRIOR EMPLOYMENT:

INTERNAL MEDICINE PHYSICIAN, Adult Primary Care, February 2001 - September 2002, Kaiser Permanente, Walnut Creek, CA
INTERNAL MEDICINE PHYSICIAN May 2000 - December 2000, Mary Newberger, MD, Concord, CA
INTERNAL MEDICINE PHYSICIAN August - November 2000, Walnut Creek Medical Group, CA
INTERNAL MEDICINE PHYSICIAN July 1999, Sept 1999, Diablo Valley Specialists in Internal Medicine, Concord, CA
INTERNAL MEDICINE PHYSICIAN Sept 1999, Dr. Donald K. Westbie, Pleasanton, CA
INTERNAL MEDICINE PHYSICIAN Mar 1999 - July 1999, North Bay HealthCare Medical Clinic, Vacaville, CA
INTERNAL MEDICINE PHYSICIAN Feb 1999 - April 1999, NovaCare, Inc. Cupertino, CA
INTERNAL MEDICINE & EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT PHYSICIAN Sept 1997 - Feb 1999, Glenn Medical Center, Willows, CA, INTERIM MEDICAL DIRECTOR Sept 97 - June 1998
PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN April 1997- Oct 1997, Family Health Centers of Planned Parenthood, Concord, CA
INTERNAL MEDICINE PHYSICIAN Oct 1996 - July 1997, Muir Primary Care Lafayette, CA

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

INSTRUCTOR, Nutrition (& Wellness) - Biology 50. Web-enhanced course, Web-CT. Columbia College. Adjunct Faculty, Yosemite Community College District, Spring 2008, Columbia College Center.
PROFESSOR, Grieving Family Systems - HSP 5200. Online course, Blackboard. College of Nursing and Health, Hospice Education Department. Associate Adjunct Professor, Spring 2008, Madonna University.
INSTRUCTOR, Nutrition (& Wellness) - Biology 50. Web-enhanced course, Web-CT. Columbia College. Adjunct Faculty, Yosemite Community College District, Fall 2007, Columbia College Center.
INSTRUCTOR, Nutrition (& Wellness) - Biology 50. Web-enhanced course, Web-CT. Columbia College. Adjunct Faculty, Yosemite Community College District, Summer 2007, Columbia College Center.
PROFESSOR, Grieving Family Systems - HSP 5200. Online course, Blackboard. College of Nursing and Health, Hospice Education Department. Associate Adjunct Professor, Spring 2007, Madonna University.
INSTRUCTOR, Nutrition (& Wellness) - Biology 50. Web-enhanced course, Web-CT. Columbia College. Adjunct Faculty, Yosemite Community College District, Spring 2007, Columbia College Center.
INSTRUCTOR, Nutrition (& Wellness) - Biology 50. Web-enhanced course, Web-CT. Columbia College. Adjunct Faculty, Yosemite Community College District, Spring 2006, Columbia College Center.
INSTRUCTOR, Nutrition (& Wellness) - Biology 50. Web-enhanced course, Web-CT. Columbia College. Adjunct Faculty, Yosemite Community College District, Fall 2005, Columbia College Center and Calavaras Center.
INSTRUCTOR, Nutrition (& Wellness) - Biology 50. Web-enhanced course, Web-CT. Columbia College. Adjunct Faculty, Yosemite Community College District, Summer 2005.
INSTRUCTOR, Nutrition (& Wellness) - Biology 50. Web-enhanced course. Columbia College. Adjunct Faculty, Yosemite Community College District, Spring 2005.
INSTRUCTOR (SUBSTITUTE), Nutrition - Biology 50. Columbia College. Adjunct Faculty, Yosemite Community College District Winter 2005.
COURSE DEVELOPER - Loss and Grief in the NICU: Understanding and Helping Grieving Parents. Continuing Education (CE) course explores the impact of grief and loss in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) setting. Available through NICU Solutions until July 2004.
GUEST LECTURER - California Maritime Academy, February 2002. "How to Cope with Loss, Grief, Death & Dying: Professionally & Personally" for the California State University, Maritime Social Science course on "Dying: The Final Stage of Living."
INSTRUCTOR - Supercourse, University of Pittsburgh, January 2002. "Ethical Challenges on the Medical and Healthcare Internet."
INSTRUCTOR, Somatic Aspects of Loss & Grief, U.C. BERKELEY Extenstion, August 2001.

ONLINE EXPERIENCE

CERTIFIED INSTRUCTOR ONLINE EDUCATION - Online Certificate in Online Teaching, Cerro Coso College. 2005.
CERTIFIED ONLINE INSTRUCTOR - Online Instructor Certification, Madonna University. 2007.

ONLINE INSTRUCTOR EXPERIENCE

INSTRUCTOR – WebCT. Biology 50 – Nutrition. Columbia College. Summer & Fall 2005, Spring 2006.

INSTRUCTOR - Teach & Confer through CCCConfer, www.cccconfer.org. Online Lectures as Virtual Substitute for Biology 50 Course.

INSTRUCTOR - Blackboard. HSP 5200 - Grieving Family Systems. Madonna University. Winter 2007, Winter 2008. 

INSTRUCTOR - Coping with Change: Enhancing Ways of Facing Life Challenges. Online e-Course Focus Group. November 2004.

 CONTENT/COURSEWEAR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, e-LEARNING SYSTEM EXPERIENCE

Instructor, WebCT – Biology 50, Nutrition. Columbia College. 2005 - 2008.

Instructor, Blackboard - HSP 5200, Grieving Family Systems. Madonna University. 2007 - 2008.

Instructor, Moodle – Developing and Maintaining Mock Course “Challenges & Sorrows: Understanding Loss & Finding Meaning in Grief” as part of "Introduction to Teaching with Moodle" workshop offered by @ONE.

Primary Content Manager, Zope – Developed, Created all HTML pages and Maintained Journey of Hearts website for 8 years. Using Zope-based Content Management System for past 5 years.

Content Contributor, Plone – NCI-UC P/EOL Grant. Experience using Plone-based System, Spring 2006 - present.

Student, Blackboard – Completed 4 Online Graduate Courses in Blackboard as part of Distance Learning Certificate Program in Medical Informatics through Oregon Health Sciences University, 2000-2002.

DISTANCE LEARNING COURSES - Highlights

ONLINE FACULTY TRAINING - Online Certificate in Online Teaching , Introduction to Moodle Course

ONLINE CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS - Bereavement Services Online Training, Series of Three Courses in Bereavement. 3.4 Continuing Education Hours. At: http://www.bereavementservicesonline.org/

ONLINE CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS - Hundreds of Online Continuing Medical Education hours.

ONLINE POST DOC STUDENT – Grief and Bereavement, HSci 210 George Washington University Medical Center, Health Sciences Distance Learning, Spring 2003 Semester.

ONLINE GRADUATE STUDENT – Four Online Graduate Courses as part of Distance Learning Program in Medical Informatics through Oregon Health Sciences University, 2000-2002.

PRESENTATIONS/LECTURES

PRESENTER, Introducing Scientific Journal Writing in the Undergraduate Setting. First Annual Northern California Science Education Symposium (NCSES), Hosted by University of California, Davis; California State University, Sacramento, May 2006.
PRESENTER, Identifying, Understanding and Working with Grieving Parents in the NICU, First Annual Perinatal Conference, Hosted by March of Dimes, Kaiser Permanente and Blue Cross, November 2005.
PRESENTER, Good Grief! I'm Having a Charlie Brown Xmas - How to Deal with the Holiday Blues. Brown Bag Series on Mental Health Themes. Columbia College, Health Services, November 2004.
INSTRUCTOR - Coping with Change: Enhancing Ways of Facing Life Challenges. Online e-Course Focus Group. November 2004.
PRESENTER, Understanding the Grief Response and Creative Ways to Cope, Hospice of the Sierra, Visiting Nurses' Association, March 2004.
PRESENTER, Grief and Loss in the Medical Setting. Tuolumne County Medical Society, May 2003.
PRESENTER, Children's Losses. Guest Speaker Summerville Parent Nursery School, May 2003.
PRESENTER CME's, Understanding and Creatively Expressing Grief. California Hospice Foundation, Spring Conference. February 2003.
PRESENTER CME's, Grief and Loss in the Medical Setting. South Sacramento, Kaiser Permanente, CME Program. Ethics Forum. October 2002.
PRESENTER CME's, Identifying Loss(es) and the Grief Response in Our Patients, Diablo Valley Service Area, Kaiser Permanente, CME Program. November 2001.
PRESENTER CME's, Medical Internet Ethics: A Field in Evolution. Medinfo 2001. London, England. Sept. 2001.
CURRICULUM CONTRIBUTOR - "Journey of Hearts: From Idea to Reality" presented at the ITCH 2000 in August was included as an example of Patient education and informatics in the Recommended reading list for MINF 520 Consumer Healthcare Informatics at Oregon Health Sciences University, Spring 2001.
PRESENTER, Dealing with Death & Dying in Medical Education and Practice. AMSA's (American Medical Student's Association) 51st Annual Convention, March 2001.
PRESENTER CME's, Healing from Grief Using a Website, Color, Writing, Poetry and Wilderness Therapy. Creativity and Madness, The American Institute of Medical Education, December 2000.
PRESENTER, Journey of Hearts: From Idea to Reality, ITCH 2000, International Conference Addressing Information Technology in Community Health. Victoria, BC, Canada, August 2000.
PRESENTER, MEDNET '99 September 1999 Heidelberg, Germany. Tutorial/Workshop - "Learn HTML In Heidelberg"Presentation - "Lessons & Insights Learned from Creating a Unique Integrative Medical Website for Web-education."
PRESENTER & E-RESEARCHER, Internet Resources on Grief, Loss, PTSD and Bereavement - Fall 1999 for the National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and subsequent courses.
PRESENTER & E-RESEARCHER, Grief and Loss Internet Resources - Summer 1999 for UC Berkeley Extension course, Changing Paradigms in Loss and Grief for the New Century.
PRESENTER & E-RESEARCHER, Medical Art Therapy Internet Resources - Summer 1999 for UC Berkeley Extension course, Medical Art Therapy.
PRESENTER, MEDNET '98 November 1998 London, England. Electronic Poster Presentation, "Using the Internet for Patient and Physician Web-education and Health Promotion" at the World Congress on the Internet in Medicine.

PUBLICATIONS (PARTIAL LIST)

Dyer KA. Chocolate: Good for the Mind, Body & Spirit. Medical Wellness Journal. Spring 2006. Vol 3, No. 1, pp. 13-15.
Dyer KA. Healing Qualities of Nature - Part 2. SOLACE: A Publication for Survivors of Suicide. February 2006, Vol 4, Issue 1, 3-5.
Dyer KA. Forward In Dalcort P and Dalcort A. Grief Handbook: Healing Words and Exercises To Guide You Through the Pain of Loss. Hearst, Ontario: Infinite Solutions 4 You, 2006, pp. 13-16.

Dyer KA. Healing Qualities of Nature - Part 1. SOLACE: A Publication for Survivors of Suicide. December 2005, Vol 3, Issue 6, pp 1-3.
Dyer KA. Living Through and Surviving Traumatic Events. Medical Wellness Journal. Fall 2005. Vol 2 (2) pp. 5, 10-11. At: http://www.medicalwellnessassociation.com/articles/traumatic_events.htm
Dyer KA. Identifying, Understanding, and Working with Grieving Parents in the NICU, Part I: Identifying and Understanding Loss and the Grief Response. Neonatal Network May/June 2005; 24(4):35-46
Dyer KA. Identifying, Understanding, and Working with Grieving Parents in the NICU, Part II: Strategies. Neonatal Network June/July 2005; 24(4):27-40.
Dyer KA. Writing for Wellness: Thirty Mindful Days of Enhancing Well Being. E-Journal. 2004. In publication.
Dyer KA. Listen to Your Heart, it knows the Healing Path: Learning to Live Again following a Major Life-Changing Event. E-Journal. 2004. In publication.
Dyer KA. Understanding the Impact of Loss & Grief on our Patient's Well Being: Learning How to Take a Loss History. Available at: http://www.mommd.com/loss.shtml
Dyer KA. Enhancing Well Being by Understanding Grief and Taking a Loss History. Medical Wellness Journal. October 2004.  http://www.medicalwellnessassociation.com/articles/grief.htm
Dyer KA. Written Ways of Creatively Expressing Grief. In Mourning has Broken: A Collection of Creative Writing about Grief and Healing. Toronto, Canada: Kope Associates, 2004, pp. 69-73.
Dyer KA. Identifying, Understanding and Working with Grieving Parents in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit/Nursery (NICU/NICN) Setting Neonatal Network (In Publication)
Dyer KA. Identifying and Supporting the Grieving Patient/Client. Grief Matters E-zine. National Grief Support Services, www.GriefSupportServices.org (In Publication)
Dyer KA. Understanding and Coping with the Emotions of Grief. Grief Matters E-zine. National Grief Support Services, www.GriefSupportServices.org (In Publication)
Dyer KA. Dealing with Death & Grief in the Workplace Part 1: Employees. Working Solutions: Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) and Work/Life Resource Programs for United Behavioral Health
Dyer KA. Dealing with Death & Grief in the Workplace Part 2: Management. Working Solutions: Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) and Work/Life Resource Programs for United Behavioral Health
Dyer KA. Darkness, In Memory of You, A Better Place, Downpour. Selected Poems and Commentary in Adams CA. ABC's of Grief: A Handbook for Survivors. Amityville, N.Y: Baywood Publishing Company, Inc. pp. 33-35. 41-42, 115-116, 134-135
Dyer KA. Coping with - Surviving Loss. Trauma Response. Spring-Summer 2003;9 (1):4-8.
Dyer KA. 2003. Ways of Coping: Creatively Expressing Grief. Learning Place Online.com Date Accessed November 25, 2003. http://www.learningplaceonline.com/stages/transform/coping-grief-1.htm
Dyer KA. Creatively Expressing Grief, updated and reprinted for California Hospice Foundation 2003 Spring Conference. February 2003. Available at: http://www.journeyofhearts.org/jofh/kirstimd/create_grief.htm
Dyer KA Coping with Loss During the Holidays Nov/Dec 2002 Bereavement Magazine.
Dyer KA. Observing Mother's Day with Renewed Appreciation. June 2002. MomMD Website. Available at: http://www.mommd.com/momsday.shtml
Dyer KA. Coping with the Holidays in the Year of Tragedy and Change: How Tragic Events Impact the Holiday Season December 2001. MomMD Website. Available at: http://www.mommd.com/copingwiththeholidays.shtml
Dyer KA. Good Grief! I'm Having a Charlie Brown Xmas. December 2001. MomMD Website. Available at: http://www.mommd.com/charliebrown.shtml
Dyer KA. Ten Years Later: Scrambling was definitely not The End of the World. Spring 2002. MomMD Website. Available at: http://www.mommd.com/notendof.shtml
Dyer KA. Somatic Aspects of Loss & Grief: Exploring the Mind-Body-Spirit Connections. Syllabus for Somatic Aspects of Loss & Grief Course, UC Berkeley Extension, August 2001.
Dyer KA. Ethical Challenges of Medicine and Health on the Internet: A Review J Med Internet Res 2001, June 28; 3 (2): e23 http://www.jmir.org/2001/2/e23/index.htm
Dyer KA, Thompson CD. Medical Internet Ethics: A Field in Evolution. Conference Preceedings, CD-Rom. MEDINFO 2001.
Dyer, KA. Caring For The Person, Not Just The Patient In End-of-Life Care. Dealing with Death & Dying in Medical Education and Practice. AMSA's 51st Annual Convention, Friday, March 30, 2001.Available at: http://www.journeyofhearts.org/death_dying/bob_d_d.htm
Dyer KA. Quoted by Hope Vanderberg "Conference Summary: Skirting the Issues of End-of-Life Care." Medscape Medstudents. May 18, 2001.
Dyer KA. The Road Now Taken, One Woman Doctor's Journey through medicine. Part 1, MomMD.com, March 2001. Available at: http://www.mommd.com/road.html
Dyer KA. The Road Lightly Traveled: Part-time Medicine. Part 2, MomMD.com, March 2001. At: http://www.mommd.com/road2.html
Dyer KA. The Potential Impact of CODES on Team Members: Examining Medical ducation Training. Trauma Response Fall/Winter 2001;7:19-21. Available at: http://www.aaets.org/arts/art95.htm
Dyer KA. A Granddaughter's Tribute to Her Grandmother. Last Acts Newsletter: Care and Caring at the End of Life. Winter 2000 Vol 6. p. 7.
Dyer, KA. Caring for the Person, Not Just the Patient. June 6, 2000 Open Forum Section, Last Acts Website.
Dyer KA. Thompson CD. Internet Use for Web-education on the Overlooked Areas of Grief and Loss. CyberPsychology and Behavior. 2000; 3(2):255-270.
Dyer KA. Learning to Let Go: The Patient Becomes the Teacher. Female Physician. Spring 2000 p.9.

REFERENCES

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CONTACT

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