Jeffrey F. Markuns, MD
Assistant Professor, Family Medicine
Biography
Jeff is the Executive Director for the Boston University Family Medicine Global Health Collaborative. Jeff has been working with the Collaborative since 2007, providing teaching and consultation around the world with a special focus on education and training as well as primary care systems integration. He is the project leader for for the Vietnam Family Medicine Development Program and our current project sponsored by the Atlantic Philanthropies working with multiple Vietnamese universities and the Ministry of Health on national-level scale up of a Family Medicine-based primary care model for delivery of grassroots clinical services and integration with the existing hospital-based system. Jeff directed a similar program retraining physicians in Laos from remote district hospitals to provide general medical services and primary care, and co-leads an early-phase primary care system strengthening program in Cambodia. He has led numerous workshops around the world focused on medical education and primary care systems development, and he has developed and organized countless fellowships to Boston University for visiting professionals ranging from practicing specialist physicians to health system administrators to government policy-makers, including Ministers of Health.
With broad clinical skills in the full spectrum of Family Medicine clinical services, formal fellowship training in medical education, and almost a decade of experience as an assistant program director in postgraduate training in Family Medicine, Jeff has served as a consultant in various aspects of both general medical education and primary care in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Oman, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia and Vietnam. He also sits on the board of the American Academy of Family Physicians’ Center for International Health Initiatives, and is Vice President of Family Medicine for GHETS (Global Health through Education Training and Service). He has authored several articles and textbook chapters in primary care and global health, and was lead author in the revision of the chapter on Education and Professional Development in the Wonca guidebook, The Contribution of Family Medicine to Improving Health Systems, 2nd Ed.
Other Positions
- Assistant Professor, Medical Sciences & Education, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Education
- Saint Louis University, MD
- Boston University, EdM
- University of Massachusetts Amherst, BS
Classes Taught
- GMS HS 701
- GMS HS 800
- GMS HS702
- GMSHS701
- GMSHS702
- GMSHS800
- GMSHS801
- GMSHS802
- HS 802
Publications
- Published on 7/2/2021
Oh J, Lee HY, Khuong QL, Markuns JF, Bullen C, Barrios OEA, Hwang SS, Suh YS, McCool J, Kachur SP, Chan CC, Kwon S, Kondo N, Hoang VM, Moon JR, Rostila M, Norheim OF, You M, Withers M, Li M, Lee EJ, Benski C, Park S, Nam EW, Gottschalk K, Kavanagh MM, Tran TGH, Lee JK, Subramanian SV, McKee M, Gostin LO. Mobility restrictions were associated with reductions in COVID-19 incidence early in the pandemic: evidence from a real-time evaluation in 34 countries. Sci Rep. 2021 07 02; 11(1):13717. PMID: 34215764.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 10/29/2020
Hoa NT, Derese A, Peersman W, Markuns JF, Willems S, Tam NM. Primary care quality in Vietnam: Perceptions and opinions of primary care physicians in commune health centers - a mixed-methods study. PLoS One. 2020; 15(10):e0241311. PMID: 33119666.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/12/2020
Khim K, Goldman LN, Shaw K, Markuns JF, Saphonn V. Assessment of dual practice among physicians in Cambodia. Hum Resour Health. 2020 03 12; 18(1):18. PMID: 32164727.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/1/2020
Oh J, Lee JK, Schwarz D, Ratcliffe HL, Markuns JF, Hirschhorn LR. National Response to COVID-19 in the Republic of Korea and Lessons Learned for Other Countries. Health Syst Reform. 2020 01 01; 6(1):e1753464. PMID: 32347772.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/15/2019
Hoa NT, Derese A, Markuns JF, Tam NM, Peersman W. Development and validation of the Vietnamese Primary Care Assessment Tool - provider version - ERRATUM. Prim Health Care Res Dev. 2019 08 15; 20:e73. PMID: 31414650.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 7/1/2019
Hoa NT, Derese A, Markuns JF, Tam NM, Peersman W. Development and validation of the Vietnamese Primary Care Assessment Tool - provider version. Prim Health Care Res Dev. 2019 07 01; 20:e86. PMID: 32800011.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/2/2019
Hoa NT, Tam NM, Derese A, Markuns JF, Peersman W. Patient experiences of primary care quality amongst different types of health care facilities in central Vietnam. BMC Health Serv Res. 2019 May 02; 19(1):275. PMID: 31046750.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/11/2018
Hoa NT, Tam NM, Peersman W, Derese A, Markuns JF. Development and validation of the Vietnamese primary care assessment tool. PLoS One. 2018; 13(1):e0191181. PMID: 29324851.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/16/2016
Markuns J and Barkley S. Technical Series on Safer Primary Care. Education and Training. World Health Organization. Geneva. 2016.
Read at: Custom - Published on 9/1/2016
Thornblade LW, Henry EG, Minh Tam N, Markuns JF. A novel tool for assessing primary care quality at the point of care in Vietnam. Educ Prim Care. 2016 Sep; 27(5):416-420. PMID: 27583531.
Read at: PubMed
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