Personal profile
Research interests
Professional Identity Formation in Minoritized Physicians, Acts of Professional Resistance, Critical Theory
Biography
Dr. Tasha Wyatt is a professor and co-Institute Director of the Val G. Hemming Institute for Scholarship in Health Professions Education and Simulation at the Center for Health Professions Education at Uniformed Services University. Her interest includes the study of race, ethnicity, and culture, and the ways these elements intersect with educational systems. Areas of research include the professional identity formation of racially minoritized physicians, strategies for professional resistance in medicine, and the use of critical theory to identify cracks in our social systems.
Education/Academic qualification
Educational Psychology, PhD, University of Hawai’i-Manoa
2001 → 2007
Educational Administration, Master, New Mexico State University
1999 → 2001
Ecology, Bachelor, Seattle University
1993 → 1997
External positions
Honorary Position (Adjunct), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
2022 → …
Graduate Affiliate Faculty, University of Hawai’i-Manoa
2014 → …
Keywords
- H Social Sciences (General)
- R Medicine (General)
- BF Psychology
- L Education (General)
- U Military Science (General)
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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A Modest Proposal for US Medical Education Reform: Leveraging Market Forces and Creating Industry Standards to Combat the Problem of Student Variation and Volume
Kaminstein, D. A. & Wyatt, T. R., 2026, In: Teaching and Learning in Medicine. 38, 1, p. 136-140 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A qualitative exploration of first-in-family medical students' decisions to partake in noncurricular activities
Garrett, A., Griffith, M., Amssalu, M., Jauregui, J., Bullock, J. L., Ilgen, J. S. & Wyatt, T. R., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Medical Education.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A song of protest from Black women physicians to academic medicine
Johnson, S., Wyatt, T. & Konopasky, A., Jan 2026, In: Medical Education. 60, 1, p. 41-43 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate
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Grim fairy tales of curriculum change in medical education
Ellaway, R. H., Wyatt, T. R. & Kelly, M., Jan 2026, In: Medical Education. 60, 1, p. 25-27 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate
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'I too can be a good physician who still makes mistakes': Exploring medical students' emotions and emotional regulation towards mistakes
Zheng, B., Wyatt, T. R., Rey, J., Goodie, J. L., Pierre, E. F., Dimmick, A., Gromacki, E. & Merkebu, J., 18 Jan 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Medical Teacher. p. 1-11 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Researchers at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Report Findings in Education (Lurking in the shadows: time as an actor in the narratives of pregnancy within graduate medical education)
Tasha R. Wyatt, Paolo C. Martin, Caitlin Drumm & E Schulz
5/03/26
1 item of Media coverage
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Findings from Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Broadens Understanding of Military Medicine (Parental Leave Impact and Experience: A Survey of the U.S. Graduate Medical Education System)
Tasha R. Wyatt, Paolo C. Martin, Sami Abuhamdeh, Caitlin Drumm & E Schulz
11/02/26
1 item of Media coverage
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New Data from Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Illuminate Findings in Education (Remediation in Health Professions Education: A Scoping Review of Reviews)
Lauren Maggio, Tasha R. Wyatt, Paolo C. Martin & Candace Percival
28/01/26
1 item of Media coverage
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Researchers from Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Report Details of New Studies and Findings in the Area of Military Medicine (It's About Time: An Evaluation of Parental Leave Within Military Graduate Medical Education)
Tasha R. Wyatt, Paolo C. Martin, Sami Abuhamdeh, Caitlin Drumm & Elizabeth Schulz
5/01/26
1 item of Media coverage
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