Juliann Binienda, Ph.D.
jbinien@med.wayne.edu

Departmental Role

As an assistant professor in the department I am involved in two educational divisions of the department:

Behavioral science – Family Medicine Residency Program

  • Developing and implementing curricula related to psychosocial healthcare.
  • Direct an integrated family medicine rotation encompassing the 6 ACGME learning competencies
  • Direct the Family Medicine resident well-being curriculum
  • Undergraduate Medical Education – Department Medical Education Division

  • Curricular development of the family medicine clerkship
  • Coordination of the hospice site visit program for Year Three medical students
  • Teaching interpersonal violence assessment and other behavioral science topics designed for medical students
  • Education
    Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, BA, Developmental Psychology, 1980
    Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, MA, Marriage and Family Therapy, 1982
    Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, Ph.D. Curriculum and Instruction, 2006

    Training and Experience

    Wayne State University, Department of Family Medicine, Detroit, MI, Behavioral Science Faculty, (1993-present)
    Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute, Adult Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Educational Program, (1998-2000)
    Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, (1988-present)
    Designed and Coordinate Integrated Family Medicine Residency Rotation Curriculum (2003-present)
    Designed and Coordinate Healthy Doctoring Family Medicine Residency Rotation Well-Being Curriculum (2006-present)

    Primary Research Interests

  • End-of-Life Care curriculum development and measurement
  • edical student psychosocial development
  • Professional student development
  • Medical education methodology
  • Psychosocial Aspects of Health and Illness


    Grants

    Agency: VistaCare Foundation
    PI: Juliann Binienda, MA
    Title: Interacting with Hospice Patients: Effects on Empathy and Attitude of Third Year Medical Students.
    Dates: April, 2003 to 2005

    Agency: Wayne State University, Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences Research Fund
    PI: John Porcerelli, PhD/Juliann Binienda, MA, CO-PI
    Title: Pilot Study: Personality Profile of the “Ideal” Medical Patient.
    Dates: April, 2003 to 2005

    Agency: Department of Health and Human Resources Training Grant
    PI: Kendra Schwartz, MD/Juliann Binienda, MA, CO-PI
    Title: Hospice Project: Health Resources and Service Administration
    Dates: 1999-2002

    Selected Publications
    Binienda, J. Fischetti, L., Schlueter, J.,  Teaching Biopsychosocial-Spiritual Care Through a Conjoint Training Program of Family Practice Residents and Chaplain Interns.  Academic Medicine,  May, 1996.

    Binienda, J. Gaspar, D., Schwartz, K. Receptivity of Medical Students to an
    Educational Program in End-of-Life Care.  J. of Cancer Education 15S:  33, 2000.

    Binienda, J., Schwartz, K., Gaspar, D.  Training in End-of-Life Care Through Interaction with Dying Patients:  A Curricular Approach for Junior Medical Students.  Academic Medicine, May, 2001

    Huprich, S. K., Porcerelli, J., Binienda, J. & Karana, D (2005). Functional health status and its relationship to depressive personality, dysthymia, and major depression symptoms:  Preliminary findings.  Depression and Anxiety, 67:1-9.

    Lauder, N. &  Binienda, J.  (2005). Case Study:  Postsexual Penile Ulcer as a Symptom of Diabetes.  Clinical Diabetes, 23, (4):191-192.

    Porcerelli, J., West, P., Binienda, J. (2006) Physical and psychological symptoms in emotionally abused and non-abused women. Journal of the American Board of Family Practice,19 (2):201-204.

    Porcerelli, J., Huprich, S., Binienda, J.  Karana, D. (2006). Object representations, psychopathology, and physical health in African-American women in primary care. Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease. 194 (11): 838-845.

    Dailey, R., Schwartz, K., Binienda, J. Moorman, J., Neale, AV.  (2006).  Challenges in making therapeutic lifestyle changes among hypercholesterolemic African-American Patients and their physicians. Journal of the National Medical Association, 98 (12):1-9. 

    Huprich, S., Porcerelli, J. Binienda, J., Karana, D. (2007). Depressive Personality Disorder, Dythymia, and their Relationship to Perfectionism.  Depression and Anxiety.,1-11.

    Huprich, S., Porcerelli, J., Binienda, J., Karana, D., Kamoo, R. (2007).  Parental representations, object relations and their relationship to Depressive Personality Disorder and Dysthymia.  Personality and Individual Differences ,43, 2171-2181.

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