Drake, Eron
Biography
Experience
- 28 years of experience teaching, implementing, and researching faculty and learner development best practices
- Director, the Office of Academic Achievement, Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine
- Director, Academic Success, College of Medicine, Central Michigan University
- Assistant Director & Instructional Designer, Faculty Center for Innovative Teaching, Central Michigan University
- Director, Faculty and Instructional Development Programs, Office of Faculty and Organizational Development, Michigan State University
Awards and Recognition
- Outstanding Service Award for dedication to excellence and contributions to the Medical Education Learning Specialist organization
- Staff Excellence Award, Central Michigan University
- Outstanding Dissertation Award, Central Michigan University
More about Eron Drake
Publications & Presentations
Publications - Peer-Reviewed
Drake, E., Phillips, J., Kovar-Gough, I. (2021). Exploring preparation for the USMLE Step 2 exams to inform best practices. PRiMER. 5:26. https://doi.org/10.22454/PRiMER.2021.693105
Yelamarthi, K., Drake, E., & Prewett, M. (2016). An instructional design framework to improve student learning in a first-year engineering class. Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 15,195-222. Retrieved from http://www.informingscience.org/Publications/3617
Yelamarthi, K., & Drake, E. (2015). A flipped first-year digital circuits course for engineering and technology students. IEEE Transactions on Education, 58(3), 179-186
Yelamarthi, K., & Drake, E. (2014). Flipping a first-year digital circuits course to increase active learning and student engagement, The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Transactions on Education. PP (99), 1, 1. Doi: 10.1109/TE.2014.2356174
Willermet, C., Drake, E., Mueller, A., Juris, S.J., Chhetri, P., Upadhaya, S. (2014). An Integrated Interdisciplinary Faculty-Student Learning Community Focused on Water Issues: A Case Study. Learning Communities Research and Practice, 2(1), Article 5. http://washingtoncenter.evergreen.edu/lcrpjournal/vol2/iss1/5
Mueller, A., Juris S. J., Willermet, C., Drake, E., Upadhaya, S., & Chhetri, P. (2014). Assessing interdisciplinary learning and student activism in a water issues course. The Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 14(2), 111-132.
Presentations - Peer Reviewed
Rashid, H., Drake, E., Lebeau, R., Meka, J., & Coppola, K. (2024, November). A National Survey of Academic Support Programs Across US Medical Schools. Poster presented at the Association for American Medical Colleges annual meeting. Atlanta, GA.
Smith, T., Drake, E., & Nash, R. (2023, November). Pass/fail changes in step 1 preparation behaviors, attitudes, and resources: A multi-site comprehensive survey of medical students, pre- and post-2022. Short communication presented at the Medical Education Learning Specialist Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN.
Barnett, S., Drake, E., Gauer, J. L., Nash, R. M., O’Sadnick, T. E., O’Neill, C. E., Reilly-Spong, M., Sellami, N., Slattery, W. S., Smith, T. G. (2022, November). National Survey of Medical Student Step 1 Preparation Behaviors, Attitudes, and Resources at the End of the Scored Era. Short communication presented at the Medical Education Learning Specialist Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN.
Wallon, R., & Drake, E. (2021, October). Informing our Practice: Planning an Effective Evaluation of Academic Support Services. Webinar presented at the Medical Education Learning Specialist Annual Meeting, Virtual Conference.
Drake, E., Phillips, J., Kovar-Gough, I. (2021, February). Exploring Approaches and Resources Utilized for USMLE Step 2 Exams to Inform Best Practices. Poster presented at the 2021 Conference on Medical Student Education, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, Virtual Conference.
Drake, E., Barnett, S., Nash, R., O’Neill, C., Reilly-Spong, M., Slattery, Smith, T. (2020, November). Studying for Step 1 in Tough Times: A Fine-grained Analysis from the Multi-site Educational Learning Specialist Step 1 Survey. Poster presented at the Association for American Medical Colleges annual meeting. Virtual Conference.
Education
- Doctor in Education in Educational Leadership, Central Michigan University
- Master in the Art of Teaching, Aquinas College
- Master of Business Administration, Western Michigan University
- Board Certified Coach, Center for Credentialing and Education