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Isabella Knox, MD, EdM
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Co-Director of Fellows’ College, Pediatrics

Dr. Knox's academic focus is in medical education, in particular how to help learners develop effective approaches to learning. She serves as co-director of the Pediatric Fellow’s College at Seattle Children's Hospital. Dr. Knox’s clinical interests include: breastfeeding support for NICU families; tongue-tie and frenotomy; ethics in the NICU; individualized developmental care for NICU babies and families; jaundice; and phototherapy.

  1. Knox, I. "Developing Knowledge." In, Duckworth, E (Ed.). Tell Me More: Listening to Learners Explain. Teachers College Press, New York, 2001.
  2. Knox, I, Grimm-Jorgensen, I. Concept Mapping for Case Analysis in a Problem-Based Learning Course. Western Group on Educational Affairs Annual Meeting, April 27-30, 2008, Pacific Grove, CA.
  3. Knox, I., Rolfe, IR and Pearson, SA: Why do medical faculty teach the way they do? An in-depth interview study. Accepted for presentation at Research in Medical Education section, AAMC annual meeting, November 5, 2001.
  4. Knox, I, Bona, R. Counter-Offensive (renal cell carcinoma, bone marrow transplant). 2002.
  5. Knox, I. Concept Mapping in a PBL course: Case Analysis Strategy and Assessment Tool. Presented at the annual meeting of the Australia-New Zealand Medical Education Society, Fremantle, Western Australia. July 2000.

Teaching, Research and Clinical Activities

Dr. Knox's academic focus is in medical education, in particular how to help learners develop effective approaches to learning. She serves as co-director of the Pediatric Fellow’s College at Seattle Children's Hospital. Dr. Knox’s clinical interests include: breastfeeding support for NICU families; tongue-tie and frenotomy; ethics in the NICU; individualized developmental care for NICU babies and families; jaundice; and phototherapy.

Recent Publications

  1. Knox, I. "Developing Knowledge." In, Duckworth, E (Ed.). Tell Me More: Listening to Learners Explain. Teachers College Press, New York, 2001.
  2. Knox, I, Grimm-Jorgensen, I. Concept Mapping for Case Analysis in a Problem-Based Learning Course. Western Group on Educational Affairs Annual Meeting, April 27-30, 2008, Pacific Grove, CA.
  3. Knox, I., Rolfe, IR and Pearson, SA: Why do medical faculty teach the way they do? An in-depth interview study. Accepted for presentation at Research in Medical Education section, AAMC annual meeting, November 5, 2001.
  4. Knox, I, Bona, R. Counter-Offensive (renal cell carcinoma, bone marrow transplant). 2002.
  5. Knox, I. Concept Mapping in a PBL course: Case Analysis Strategy and Assessment Tool. Presented at the annual meeting of the Australia-New Zealand Medical Education Society, Fremantle, Western Australia. July 2000.
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