Rate My Professor Chad Stickrath

Chad Stickrath, MD, FACP, is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. He holds key leadership positions including Associate Dean for Medical Education, overseeing the post-clerkship phase of the Trek Curriculum, Director of the Teaching Scholars Program in the Academy of Medical Educators, and Assistant Dean for the Colorado Springs Branch campus. These roles reflect his commitment to curriculum innovation, faculty mentoring, and educational program development at regional medical campuses.

Stickrath earned his MD from The University of Toledo College of Medicine in 2005 and completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Colorado from 2005 to 2008. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine and maintains an active clinical practice as a hospitalist in Colorado Springs and Aurora. His scholarly work focuses on medical education, particularly attending rounds, bedside teaching, self-directed learning, test-ordering principles, hospital discharges, and competency-based curricula. Key publications include 'Attending Rounds in the Current Era: What Is and Is Not Happening' (JAMA Internal Medicine, 2013), 'MiPLAN: A Learner-Centered Model for Bedside Teaching in Today's Academic Medical Centers' (Academic Medicine, 2013), 'Frequency of Attending Physician-Led Discussion of Test-Ordering Principles During Teaching Rounds' (JAMA Internal Medicine, 2016), 'Residents' Exposure to Educational Experiences in Facilitating Hospital Discharges' (Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 2017), 'It Takes a Village: Utilizing a Community-Based Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship Model' (AEM Education and Training, 2021), and 'A BEME Realist Synthesis Review of the Effectiveness of Teaching Strategies' (Medical Teacher, 2020). Recent contributions address moral distress and resilience in medical students (Medical Teacher, 2025), One Health advocacy (Frontiers in Medicine, 2025), and advanced practice provider education in allergy and immunology (MedEdPublish, 2024). Stickrath has also authored chapters on faculty development and peer-led didactics in 'The Regional Medical Campus: A Resource for Faculty, Staff, and Learners' (2018) and led development of COVID-19 Pandemic Response Elective courses.