Auguste H. Fortin VI, MD, MPH Director of Psychosocial Curriculum, Yale Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program Associate Professor Yale University School of Medicine Waterbury Hospital 64 Robbins St. Waterbury, CT 06721 Phone: 203-573-6501 Fax: 203-573-6707 e-mail: auguste.fortin@yale.edu

Training

B.A, 1981, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, (Biology)

M.D., 1985, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA

M.P.H. 1993, The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD

RESIDENCY: Bellevue Hospital NYU Medical Center (Internal Medicine/Primary Care) 1985-88

FELLOWSHIP: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (Internal Medicine) 1992-95

Research Activities

Medical education, particularly the teaching of the Biopsychosocial Model, medical interview skills and office procedures. Qualitative study of intern support group. Assessment of an intern curriculum on doctor-patient communication skills. Description and assessment of student and resident retreats on spirituality and medicine.

Selected Recent Publications

1. Haidet P, Kelly PA, Bentley S, Blatt B, Chou CL, Fortin AH 6th, et al. Not the same everywhere. Patient-centered learning environments at nine medical schools. J Gen Intern Med.2006;21:405-409. 
2. Barnett KG and Fortin AH 6th. Spirituality and Medicine: Development and evaluation of a workshop for medical students and residents. J Gen Intern Med.2006; 21:481-485.
3. Haidet P, Kelly A, Chou C, Fortin AH 6th, et al. Characterizing the “patient-centeredness” of hidden curricula in medical schools: development and validation of a new measure. Acad Med. 2005; 80 :44-50.
4. Smith RC, Dwamena FC, Fortin AH 6th. Teaching personal awareness. J Gen Intern Med. 2005; 20:201-7.
5. Fortin AH 6th, Gergen Barnett K. Medical school curricula in spirituality and medicine. JAMA. 2004;.291: 2883.
6. Fortin AH 6th, Putnam SM. How should medical educators address spirituality in patient care? Italian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences. 2003;13: 82-87.
7. Fortin AH 6th. Communication skills to improve patient satisfaction and quality of care. Ethnicity and Disease. 2002; 12[suppl3]:S3-58 – S3-61.
8. Fortin AH 6th, Haeseler FD, Cariaga-Lo L, Angoff N, Ellman M, Vasquez L, Bridger L. Teaching pre-clinical medical students an integrated approach to medical interviewing: half-day workshops using actors. J. Gen. Internal Med. 2002; 17: 704-8.
9. Fortin AH 6th, Luzzi K, Galaty L, Wong JG, Huot SH. Developing an internet-based communication system for residency training programs. J. Gen. Internal Med. 2002; 17: 278-282.
10. Cohen PA, Viscoli CM, Fortin AH 6th. Curriculum of literature and medicine for residents. Academic Medicine 1999; 74: 578-579.
11. Mennesson M, Klink BA, Fortin AH 6th. Worsening Tourette's disorder or withdrawal dystonia? A case report. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 1998; 37: 785-788.
12. Bass EB, Fortin AH 6th, Morrison G, Wills S, Mumford LM, Goroll AH. National survey of clerkship directors in internal medicine on the competencies that should be addressed in the medicine core clerkship. Am J Med 1997; 102: 564-571.
13. Wilkes MS, Fortin AH 6th, Jacobs, TA. Physicians' attitudes toward the autopsy of patients with AIDS. NY State J Med 1991; 91: 386-389.
14. Wilkes MS, Link RN, Jacobs, TA, Fortin AH 6th, Felix JC. Attitude of house officers toward the autopsy. J Gen Intern Med 1990; 5: 122-125.
15. Wilkes MS, Fortin AH 6th, Felix JC, Godwin TA, Thompson WG. Value of necropsy in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Lancet 1988; 2: 85-88.
16. Isner JM, Donaldson RF, Fortin AH 6th, Tischler A Clarke RH. Attenuation of the media of coronary arteries in advanced atherosclerosis. Am J Cardiol 1986; 58: 37.
17. Isner JM, Donaldson RF, Fortin AH 6th, Clarke RH. Attenuation of the medial layer of the coronary arterial wall in segments with advanced atherosclerosis: a potential factor predisposing to perforation during laser coronary angioplasty. J Am Coll Cardiol 1985; 5: 409.
18. Isner JM, Fortin AH 6th, Fortin RV, Tischler A. Depletion of smooth muscle from the media of atherosclerotic coronary arteries a potential factor in the pathogenesis of myocardial ischemia and the variable response to anti angina therapy. Clin Res l983; 31: 193.