Cindy Lai, MD
Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

Dr. Lai is a deputy editor for the Journal of General Internal Medicine and an editor for the First Aid for the Internal Medicine Boards. Dr. Lai has been recognized with teaching and mentoring awards and is a member of the Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators. She completed an internal medicine residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and a general medicine clinician-educator fellowship at UCSF.

• AAIM Recommendations to Promote Equity and Inclusion in the Internal Medicine Residency Interview Process.
  The American journal of medicine 2022 Dao AT, Garcia MM, Correa R, Gay LJ, Wininger DA, Sweet M, Luther VP, Chow TM, Harper W, Lai CJ
• Emerging from the Pandemic: AAIM Recommendations for Internal Medicine Residency and Fellowship Interview Standards.
  The American journal of medicine 2022 Luther VP, Wininger DA, Lai CJ, Dao A, Garcia MM, Harper W, Chow TM, Correa R, Gay LJ, Fettig L, Dalal B, Vassallo P, Barczi S, Sweet M
• The Impact of Internal Medicine Clerkship Characteristics and NBME Subject Exams on USMLE Step 2 Clinical Knowledge Exam Performance.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2022 Fitz M, Adams W, Heincelman M, Haist S, Whelan K, Cox L, Cao UT, Hingle S, Raff A, Houghton B, Fitzpatrick J, Nall R, Foster J, Appelbaum J, Grum C, Donovan A, Kiken S, Abraham R, Hlafka M, Miller C, …
• Innovation and Missed Opportunities in Internal Medicine Undergraduate Education During COVID-19: Results from a National Survey.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2022 Alexandraki I, Walsh KJ, Ratcliffe T, Onumah C, Szauter K, Curren C, Osman N, Lai CJ, DeWaay D, Duca NS, Weinstein A, Ismail N, Jacob J, Kisielewski M, Pincavage AT
• AAIM Recommendations to Promote Equity in the Clerkship Clinical Learning Environment.
  The American journal of medicine 2022 Pincavage AT, Osman NY, Alexandraki I, Ismail NJ, Levine DL, Onumah CM, Lai CJ
• Students receiving pages on their patients: A pilot.
  Medical education 2022 Ow GM, Lai CJ, Choi N, Khanna R
• Patient Advocacy Assessment in the Medicine Clerkship: A Qualitative Study of Definition, Context, and Impact.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2022 Griffiths EP, Lai CJ, Ziv T, Dawson D, Dhaliwal G, Wheeler M, Teherani A
• Roles and Responsibilities of Medicine Subinternship Directors : Medicine Subinternship Director Roles.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2021 Duca NS, Lai CJ, Ratcliffe TA, Alexandraki I, Ismail N, Kisielewski M, Jacob J, Walsh K, Levine DL, Szauter K, Jasti H, Pincavage AT, LaRochelle J, Glod SA
• A is for advocacy: How introducing student advocacy assessment impacts longitudinal integrated clerkship students and clinical supervisors.
  Medical teacher 2021 Ziv T, Wamsley M, Lai CJ, Griffiths EP, Maxey A, Kryzhanovskaya IE, Teherani A
• AAIM Principles and Recommendations for the 2021-2022 Internal Medicine Residency Interview Cycle in Response to the Continued COVID-19 Pandemic.
  The American journal of medicine 2021 Raj JM, Lai CJ, Higgins S, Chretien KC, Barton T, Kroker-Bode CA, Calderon A, Apaloo C, Shaheen AW
• Aiming for Equity in Clerkship Grading: Recommendations for Reducing the Effects of Structural and Individual Bias.
  The American journal of medicine 2021 Onumah CM, Lai CJ, Levine D, Ismail N, Pincavage AT, Osman NY
• Moving toward Mastery: Changes in Student Perceptions of Clerkship Assessment with Pass/Fail Grading and Enhanced Feedback.
  Teaching and learning in medicine 2021 Bullock JL, Seligman L, Lai CJ, O'Sullivan PS, Hauer KE
• Grade Appeals in the Internal Medicine Clerkship: A National Survey and Recommendations for Improvement.
  The American journal of medicine 2021 Packer CD, Duca NS, Dhaliwal G, Ismail N, Pincavage AT, Kisielewski M, DeWaay D, Walsh K, Lai CJ
• Designing and Implementing a Novel Virtual Rounds Curriculum for Medical Students' Internal Medicine Clerkship During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
  MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources 2021 Sukumar S, Zakaria A, Lai CJ, Sakumoto M, Khanna R, Choi N
• "There Is a Lot of Change Afoot": A Qualitative Study of Faculty Adaptation to Elimination of Tiered Grades With Increased Emphasis on Feedback in Core Clerkships.
  Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2021 McDonald JA, Lai CJ, Lin MYC, O'Sullivan PS, Hauer KE
• Advocacy in action: Medical student reflections of an experiential curriculum.
  The clinical teacher 2020 Daya S, Choi N, Harrison JD, Lai CJ
• Internal Medicine Student Education on Direct-Care Hospital Medicine Services: Results of a National Survey.
  The American journal of medicine 2020 Nagarur A, Lai CJ, Simmons LH, Kisielewski M, Ratcliffe TA, DeWaay DJ, Mattison MLP, Thapa B, Ziperstein JC, Johnston KT
• Why and how to prepare, write and submit clinical cases.
  The clinical teacher 2020 Sankey C, Williams W, Bhatnagar D, Miller CS, Lai CJ
• Clerkship Roles and Responsibilities in a Rapidly Changing Landscape: a National Survey of Internal Medicine Clerkship Directors.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2020 Glod SA, Alexandraki I, Jasti H, Lai CJ, Ratcliffe TA, Walsh K, Kisielewski M, LaRochelle J
• In Pursuit of Honors: A Multi-Institutional Study of Students' Perceptions of Clerkship Evaluation and Grading.
  Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2019 Bullock JL, Lai CJ, Lockspeiser T, O'Sullivan PS, Aronowitz P, Dellmore D, Fung CC, Knight C, Hauer KE
• Promoting patient advocacy through a medicine clerkship curriculum.
  Medical education 2019 Choi N, Daya S, Lai C
• A framework to promote equity in clinical clerkships.
  The clinical teacher 2019 Lai CJ, Jackson AV, Wheeler M, Dhaliwal G, Ziv TA, Kryzhanovskaya I, Teherani A
• Integrating Health Systems Science in early undergraduate medical education: barriers to implementation and lessons learned
  MedEdPublish 2017 Mills LM, Hoffman AB, Khan A, Lai CJ.
• First Aid for the Internal Medicine Boards
  First Aid for the Internal Medicine Boards 2017 Le T, Baudendistel T, Chin-Hong P, Lai C, eds
• “Collective wisdom”: Assigning honors grades in a multi-site internal medicine clerkship through team calibration
  Academic Internal Medicine Insight 2017 Lai C, Ziv T, Wheeler M, Stoltz S, Dhaliwal G
• Going from good to great: explicating norms through continuity in the clinical workplace.
  Medical education 2017 Poncelet A, Lai CJ
• Health Systems Science Curricula in Undergraduate Medical Education: Identifying and Defining a Potential Curricular Framework.
  Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2017 Gonzalo JD, Dekhtyar M, Starr SR, Borkan J, Brunett P, Fancher T, Green J, Grethlein SJ, Lai C, Lawson L, Monrad S, O'Sullivan P, Schwartz MD, Skochelak S
• Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships: Principles, Outcomes, Practical Tools, and Future Directions. Editors: Poncelet A, Hirsh D
  Inpatient Education for Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships 2016 Lai C, Batalden M, Khan A
• Decision Support in Medicine, LLC
  Clinical Decision Support: Hospital Medicine 2016
• The Value of Student-Run Clinics for Premedical Students: A Multi-Institutional Study.
  Journal of health care for the poor and underserved 2016 Pennington K, Tong IL, Lai CJ, O'Sullivan PS, Sheu L
• Pharmacy students teaching prescribers strategies to lower prescription drug costs for underserved patients.
  Journal of managed care pharmacy : JMCP 2013 Stebbins MR, Frear ME, Cutler TW, Lightwood JM, Fingado AR, Lai CJ, Lipton HL
• An evaluation of interactive web-based curricula for teaching code status discussions.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2013 Chittenden EH, Anderson WG, Lai CJ, O'Sullivan P
• Community health education at student-run clinics leads to sustained improvement in patients' hepatitis B knowledge.
  Journal of community health 2013 Ouyang D, Yuan N, Sheu L, Lau G, Chen C, Lai CJ
• Systems-based practice learning opportunities in student-run clinics: a qualitative analysis of student experiences.
  Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2013 Sheu L, O'Brien B, O'Sullivan PS, Kwong A, Lai CJ
• GeriWard: An interprofessional curriculum for health professions student teams on systems-based care of the hospitalized older adult
  MedEdPORTAL 2013 Rennke S, Mackin L, Wallhagen M, Tam E, Jue V, Smoot B, Lai C
• Impact of student-run clinics on preclinical sociocultural and interprofessional attitudes: a prospective cohort analysis.
  Journal of health care for the poor and underserved 2012 Sheu L, Lai CJ, Coelho AD, Lin LD, Zheng P, Hom P, Diaz V, O'Sullivan PS
• The Alliance for Clinical Education Guidebook for Clerkship Directors
  Inpatient Medicine in Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships 2012 Batalden M, Lai CJ
• First Aid for the Internal Medicine Boards
  First Aid for the Internal Medicine Boards 2011 Le T, Chin-Hong, PV, Baudendistel TE, Lai CJ, Editors
• Promoting interprofessional collaboration: pharmacy students teaching current and future prescribers about Medicare Part D.
  Journal of managed care pharmacy : JMCP 2011 Lai CJ, Smith AR, Stebbins MR, Cutler TW, Lipton HL
• Learning through service: student perceptions on volunteering at interprofessional hepatitis B student-run clinics.
  Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education 2011 Sheu LC, Zheng P, Coelho AD, Lin LD, O'Sullivan PS, O'Brien BC, Yu AY, Lai CJ
• Development of a longitudinal integrated clerkship at an academic medical center.
  Medical education online 2011 Poncelet A, Bokser S, Calton B, Hauer KE, Kirsch H, Jones T, Lai CJ, Mazotti L, Shore W, Teherani A, Tong L, Wamsley M, Robertson P
• Peer-to-peer interprofessional health policy education for Medicare part D.
  American journal of pharmaceutical education 2010 Lipton HL, Lai CJ, Cutler TW, Smith AR, Stebbins MR
• A model for interprofessional health disparities education: student-led curriculum on chronic hepatitis B infection.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2010 Sheu LC, Toy BC, Kwahk E, Yu A, Adler J, Lai CJ
• A professional development course for the clinical clerkships: developing a student-centered curriculum.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2008 Hill-Sakurai LE, Lee CA, Schickedanz A, Maa J, Lai CJ
• Postdischarge follow-up visits for medical and pharmacy students on an inpatient medicine clerkship.
  Journal of hospital medicine 2008 Lai CJ, Nye HE, Bookwalter T, Kwan A, Hauer KE
• Provider knowledge and practice regarding hepatitis B screening in Chinese-speaking patients.
  Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education 2007 Lai CJ, Nguyen TT, Hwang J, Stewart SL, Kwan A, McPhee SJ
• Brief report: Multiprogram evaluation of reading habits of primary care internal medicine residents on ambulatory rotations.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2006 Lai CJ, Aagaard E, Brandenburg S, Nadkarni M, Wei HG, Baron R
• Teaching chronic disease management to interdisciplinary medical learners.
  Medical education 2005 Lai C, Julian K, Baron R
• Antiviral therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis B and cirrhosis.
  Gastroenterology clinics of North America 2004 Lai CJ, Terrault NA