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photo Rene Claxton, MD, MS

General Internal Medicine

Associate Professor of Medicine

Director of Palliative Care Undergraduate and Graduate Medical Education

Assistant Medical Director, UPMC Community Palliative Care Programs

Email: claxtonrn@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-864-3173
Contact
Office: UPMC Montefiore - 933 W
200 Lothrop Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
 
Phone: 412-864-3173
Fax: 412-692-4315
E-mail: claxtonrn@upmc.edu
Education and Training
Education
BS, University of Florida, 2001
MD, University of Florida, 2005
MS, University of Pittsburgh, 2010
Training
Internal Medicine Residency, University of Virginia Health System, 2008
Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh, 2010
Research Interest
Dr. Claxton focuses on the evaluation of curricular interventions.
Clinical Interest
Dr. Claxton practices inpatient palliative care on the consultation service.
Educational Interest
Dr. Claxton’s educational efforts focus on teaching communication skills and training other faculty educators in the science of learning, as well as practical teaching skills to use both in teaching with simulated patients and didactic teaching. She is passionate about using evidence-based teaching techniques to improve the quality of education in the medical field.
Publications
For my complete bibliography, Click Here.
Selected Publications:
Christensen, A., Spagnoletti, C., Claxton, R. A Curriculum Innovation on Writing Simulated Patient Cases for Communication Skills Education. MedEdPORTAL. 2021.
Chiarchiaro, J., Arnold, R. M., Ernecoff, N. C., Claxton, R., Childers, J. W., Schell, J. O. Serious Illness Communication Skills Training During a Global Pandemic. ATS Sch. 2022; 3(1): 64-75.
Claxton, R. Fast Facts and Concepts #437: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Prognostication in Advanced Illness. J Palliat Med. 2022; 25(5): 830-831.
Weill, S. R., Layden, A. J., Nabozny, M. J., Leahy, J., Claxton, R., Zelenski, A. B., Zimmerman, C., Childers, J., Arnold, R., Hall, D. E. Applying VitalTalkTM techniques to Best Case/Worst Case training to increase scalability and improve surgeon confidence in shared decision-making. J Surg Educ. 2022; 79(4): 983-992.
Notable Achievements
Tara Cook Palliative Care Teaching Award, UPMC, 2021
Eric Neilson Leadership Award, Association of Specialty Professors, 2022
Fellow, Teach Like a Champion, 2022-2023

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Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology

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