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B. Price Kerfoot, MD, EdM

Adjunct Associate Professor

Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Urology

MD, Harvard Medical School
EdM, Harvard University
MA, University of Oxford
BA, University of Oxford
AB, Princeton University

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B. Price Kerfoot, MD, EdM, is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Urology at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. While completing his residency at Harvard Medical School, he discovered that students had poor long-term knowledge retention. Because knowledge retention is an important skill in medical school, he developed The Spacing Effect and The Testing Effect in order to increase long-term retention. The Spacing Effect is when information is presented and reinforced over spaced intervals of time. This repetition encodes the information so that it is more readily recalled. The Testing Effect is combining The Spacing Effect with immediate answer feedback such as drawing or summarizing key points in order to improve knowledge retention. This is the difference between passive learning (watching a video, reading, etc.) and active learning.

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NIH RePORTER Research

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Yr	Title	Project-Sub Proj	Pubs
2015	Interactive Spaced Education to Optimize Diabetes Care	4R01HS019708-04	4
2014	Interactive Spaced Education to Optimize Diabetes Care	5R01HS019708-03	4
2013	Interactive Spaced Education to Optimize Diabetes Care	5R01HS019708-02	4
2012	Interactive Spaced Education to Optimize Diabetes Care	1R01HS019708-01A1	4
2009	Spaced Education to Optimize Prostate Cancer Screening	5K08HS017147-03
2008	Spaced Education to Optimize Prostate Cancer Screening	5K08HS017147-02
2007	Spaced Education to Optimize Prostate Cancer Screening	1K08HS017147-01

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Kerfoot BP, Gagnon DR, McMahon GT, Orlander JD, Kurgansky KE, Conlin PR. A Team-Based Online Game Improves Blood Glucose Control in Veterans With Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Diabetes Care. 2017 Sep; 40(9):1218-1225.View Related Profiles.

Kerfoot, Branch
Gagnon, David
Orlander, Jay
Conlin, Paul

PMID: 28790131

Kerfoot BP, Turchin A, Breydo E, Gagnon D, Conlin PR. An online spaced-education game among clinicians improves their patients' time to blood pressure control: a randomized controlled trial. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2014 May; 7(3):468-74.View Related Profiles.

Kerfoot, Branch
Gagnon, David
Conlin, Paul

PMID: 24847084; PMCID: PMC4040124; DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.113.000814;

Kerfoot BP, Baker H, Pangaro L, Agarwal K, Taffet G, Mechaber AJ, Armstrong EG. An online spaced-education game to teach and assess medical students: a multi-institutional prospective trial. Acad Med. 2012 Oct; 87(10):1443-9. PMID: 22914524

Kerfoot BP, Baker H. An online spaced-education game for global continuing medical education: a randomized trial. Ann Surg. 2012 Jul; 256(1):33-8. PMID: 22664558

Kerfoot BP, Baker H. An online spaced-education game to teach and assess residents: a multi-institutional prospective trial. J Am Coll Surg. 2012 Mar; 214(3):367-73. PMID: 22225647

Kerfoot BP, Baker H, Connelly D, Joseph DB, Matson S, Ritchey ML. Do chief resident scores on the in-service examination predict their performance on the American Board of Urology Qualifying Examination? J Urol. 2011 Aug; 186(2):634-7. PMID: 21683391

Kerfoot BP, Shaffer K, McMahon GT, Baker H, Kirdar J, Kanter S, Corbett EC, Berkow R, Krupat E, Armstrong EG. Online "spaced education progress-testing" of students to confront two upcoming challenges to medical schools. Acad Med. 2011 Mar; 86(3):300-6.View Related Profiles.

Kerfoot, Branch
Kirdar, Jamil
Shaffer, Kitt

PMID: 21248600; DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3182087bef;

Kerfoot BP, Lawler EV, Sokolovskaya G, Gagnon D, Conlin PR. Durable improvements in prostate cancer screening from online spaced education a randomized controlled trial. Am J Prev Med. 2010 Nov; 39(5):472-8.View Related Profiles.

Kerfoot, Branch
Gagnon, David
Conlin, Paul

PMID: 20965387; PMCID: PMC2994103; DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2010.07.016;

Kerfoot BP, Fu Y, Baker H, Connelly D, Ritchey ML, Genega EM. Online spaced education generates transfer and improves long-term retention of diagnostic skills: a randomized controlled trial. J Am Coll Surg. 2010 Sep; 211(3):331-337.e1. PMID: 20800189

Kerfoot BP. Adaptive spaced education improves learning efficiency: a randomized controlled trial. J Urol. 2010 Feb; 183(2):678-81. PMID: 20022032

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Kerfoot BP, Kearney MC, Connelly D, Ritchey ML. Interactive spaced education to assess and improve knowledge of clinical practice guidelines: a randomized controlled trial. Ann Surg. 2009 May; 249(5):744-9. PMID: 19387336

Kerfoot BP. Learning benefits of on-line spaced education persist for 2 years. J Urol. 2009 Jun; 181(6):2671-3. PMID: 19375095

Kerfoot BP, Brotschi E. Online spaced education to teach urology to medical students: a multi-institutional randomized trial. Am J Surg. 2009 Jan; 197(1):89-95.View Related Profiles.

Kerfoot, Branch
Brotschi, Erica

PMID: 18614145; DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.10.026;

Kerfoot BP, Armstrong EG, O'Sullivan PN. Interactive spaced-education to teach the physical examination: a randomized controlled trial. J Gen Intern Med. 2008 Jul; 23(7):973-8. PMID: 18612727; PMCID: PMC2517927; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0533-0;

Kerfoot BP. Interactive spaced education versus web based modules for teaching urology to medical students: a randomized controlled trial. J Urol. 2008 Jun; 179(6):2351-6; discussion 2356-7. PMID: 18423715

Kerfoot BP, Turek PJ. What every graduating medical student should know about urology: the stakeholder viewpoint. Urology. 2008 Apr; 71(4):549-53. PMID: 18387383

Kerfoot BP, Asher KP, McCullough DL. Financial and educational costs of the residency interview process for urology applicants. Urology. 2008 Jun; 71(6):990-4. PMID: 18295310

Kerfoot BP, Holmberg EF, Lawler EV, Krupat E, Conlin PR. Practitioner-level determinants of inappropriate prostate-specific antigen screening. Arch Intern Med. 2007 Jul 9; 167(13):1367-72.View Related Profiles.

Kerfoot, Branch
Conlin, Paul

PMID: 17620529

Kerfoot BP, Conlin PR, Travison T, McMahon GT. Patient safety knowledge and its determinants in medical trainees. J Gen Intern Med. 2007 Aug; 22(8):1150-4.View Related Profiles.

Kerfoot, Branch
Conlin, Paul
Travison, Thomas

PMID: 17551796; PMCID: PMC2305739; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-007-0247-8;

Kerfoot BP, Baker HE, Koch MO, Connelly D, Joseph DB, Ritchey ML. Randomized, controlled trial of spaced education to urology residents in the United States and Canada. J Urol. 2007 Apr; 177(4):1481-7. PMID: 17382760

Kerfoot BP, Conlin PR, Travison T, McMahon GT. Web-based education in systems-based practice: a randomized trial. Arch Intern Med. 2007 Feb 26; 167(4):361-6.View Related Profiles.

Kerfoot, Branch
Conlin, Paul
Travison, Thomas

PMID: 17325297

Kerfoot BP, DeWolf WC, Masser BA, Church PA, Federman DD. Spaced education improves the retention of clinical knowledge by medical students: a randomised controlled trial. Med Educ. 2007 Jan; 41(1):23-31. PMID: 17209889

Kerfoot BP, Masser BA, Dewolf WC. The continued decline of formal urological education of medical students in the United States: does it matter? J Urol. 2006 Jun; 175(6):2243-7; discussion 2247-8. PMID: 16697847

Kerfoot BP, Nabha KS, Masser BA, McCullough DL. What makes a medical student avoid or enter a career in urology? Results of an international survey. J Urol. 2005 Nov; 174(5):1953-7. PMID: 16217365

Kerfoot BP, Masser BA, Hafler JP. Influence of new educational technology on problem-based learning at Harvard Medical School. Med Educ. 2005 Apr; 39(4):380-7. PMID: 15813760

Kerfoot BP, Nabha KS, Hafler JP. Designing a surgical 'resident-as-teacher' programme. Med Educ. 2004 Nov; 38(11):1190. PMID: 15507024

Nabha KS, Badwan K, Kerfoot BP. Fournier's gangrene as a complication of steroid enema use for treatment of radiation proctitis. Urology. 2004 Sep; 64(3):587-8. PMID: 15351600

Kerfoot BP, Masser BA, Hafler JP. How does the introduction of computers and wall-mounted plasma screens Impact small group tutorials? Preliminary results. Med Educ. 2003 May; 37(5):478-9. PMID: 12709201

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 28 publications over 12 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2007 and 2008

Bar chart showing 28 publications over 12 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2007 and 2008

Year	Publications
2003	1
2004	2
2005	2
2006	1
2007	5
2008	5
2009	2
2010	3
2011	2
2012	3
2014	1
2017	1

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