General and Community Pediatrics

Rebecca R. Phillips, PhD

Title

Vice President of Education and Training

Appointment

Associate Professor, Division of General and Community Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Email

rebecca.phillips@cchmc.org

Phone

513-636-2204

Fax

513-636-1695

Bio

Rebecca Phillips, PhD, is Vice President of Education and Training at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and Associate Professor-Field Service, Division of General and Community Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati. Dr. Phillips previously served as the first Laboratory Training Officer and Director, and as Deputy Director for Human Resources at the Los Alamos (NM) National Laboratory (LANL). She received the LANL Distinguished Performance Award and Mentoring Award. She served as first industrial fellow and loaned executive to Motorola University as the Director of Organizational Research and Associate Director of the Center for Knowledge Management. Dr. Phillips has considerable experience with the analysis, design, delivery and evaluation of adult learning programs. Her research, teaching, publications, and international presentations are on career development, mentoring, performance improvement, scientific knowledge community productivity and education systems structure for alignment with organization objectives. She has taught and consulted on workplace learning, education research methods, job performance enhancement, learning and teaching styles, and the multigenerational workforce. In January 2007, Dr. Phillips joined the American Society for Training and Development Board of Directors.

Credentials

Ph.D. Curriculum and Instruction/Adult Education (Learning and Development)

Awards and Honors

Caffey Committee Special Commendation - CT Radiation Safety in Children: A national Web-Based Practice Quality Improvement Program – Marilyn Goske, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Rebecca Phillips, Keith Mandel, Richard Gardner, Daniel McLinden, Laurie Perry, Seth Hall. Society for Pediatric Radiology 52nd Annual Meeting. April 22-25, 2009, Carlsbad, California.
Board of Directors, American Society for Training and Development, 2006, term 2007-2010
Industrial Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory, first social science fellow, 1998-1999
Mentor Award, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1997
“Encore” presentation by invitation to NSPI on Performance Enhancement Program, 1991
Distinguished Performance Award, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1987
Phi Delta Kappa, National Fraternity for Professional Educators, 1980
Beta Phi Mu, National Honor Society for Librarians, 1974

Research

Faculty and other educator development, health care leader development and mentoring, role and governance models of education department in academic hospital and medical center, cultural competency, and evidence based education.

Research Grants and Contracts

CT Radiation Safety in Children: A Model for a National Web-Based Continuous Quality Improvement Program
Funding Organization: The Society for Pediatric Radiology Research and Education Foundation, Thorne Griscom Education Award
Role %: Co-Investigator (5%)
Period of Support: FY2009 (1 year for $40,000)
Peer Reviewed

To Achieve the Best: Evaluating Quality Improvement Training as a Means to an End
Funding Organization: Robert Woods Johnson Foundation
Role %: Content Expert for the Evaluation Team (2.5% each year)
Period of Support: 2009 – 2011 (3 years for $399, 300)
Peer Reviewed

Cincinnati Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences and Training
Funding Organization: Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Services
Date: 03/01/09-02/28/14
Role: Co-Director, Research Education Innovation

Publications, Most Recent

Phillips, R; Vaughn, L. Intercultural Adjustment for Cultural Competence in Shared Context: “The Company We Keep.” The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences 2009; 3(11): 1-12.

Phillips, R; Vaughn, L. Diverse Ways of Knowing and Learning: "The Impact of Culture." The Open Medical Education Journal, 2009, 2:1-8.

Presentations, Most Recent

Phillips, R.: Driving Behavioral Change Through Organizational Transformation, CLO Summit, April 1-3, 2009; Ponte Vedra Beach, FL.

Phillips R, Caldwell C, Forbes J. Prescription for Accelerating the Development of High-Potential Healthcare Leaders, American Society for Training and Development. Washington, DC (May 31-June 3, 2009).

McLinden D, Helbig A, Phillips R. A Year of Living Measurably: From Scorecard to Quality Improvement Projects, American Society for Training and Development. Washington, DC (May 31-June 3, 2009).

Vaughn L. (2008) The Psychology of Intercultural Adjustment: Tools for Self-Awareness and Practice, The Third International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences. Tuscany, Italy, (July).

McLinden D, Phillips R. (2008). Scorecards: Using Strategy Mapping to Link Education to Organization Outcomes, American Society for Training and Development. San Diego, CA.

McLinden D, Phillips R, Helbig A. (2008). Evaluating opportunities to optimize learning and economic impact: Applying system dynamics to model training deployment in a medical center, American Evaluation Association, Denver, CO (November 5-8).

Filling C, McLinden D, Phillips R. (2008). High and Low Stakes Training in High Stakes Organizations: Translating Lessons from Medicine, American Society for Training and Development. San Diego, CA.

Lewis K, Phillips R. (2008) Key Characteristics and Design Principles for an Effective e-Learning Environment, Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting. Honolulu, Hawaii (May).

Vaughn LM, Phillips R. (2008) “Doing” Cultural Competency in Pediatrics: Practice Makes Perfect, Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting. Honolulu, Hawaii (May).

Phillips R. (2007) Integrated Learning System: A New Paradigm for Changed Behavior, The Second International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences. Granada, Spain, (July).

Allen S, Phillips R. (2007) Building an Effective Organizational Structure for Inter-professional Education, Navigating Educational Waters. Covington, KY (May).

Phillips R. (2006) Preparing for Tomorrow: Workplace and Performance Professionals, Greater Cincinnati ASTD Annual Membership appreciation meeting, Cincinnati, OH (December).

Phillips R. (2006) Generations at Work: Communications and the Gap, CCHMC Lunch and Learn brown bag. Cincinnati, OH (November).

Phillips R. (2006) Child Health Corporation of America Fall Conference, Leadership on the Line; education alignment for strategic plan implementation. Kansas City, MO (September)

Bova B, Phillips R (2005) Generational Learning: Principles of Adult Learning in the Multi-Generational Workplace. Cincinnati, OH (September).