Dr. Jordan Coulston serves as the Assistant Dean of Clinical Education at the John Shufeldt School of Medicine and Medical Engineering. With over 13 years of experience as a clinician-educator, Dr. Coulston has a distinguished career in clinical education and curriculum development. He is dedicated to rethinking clinical curricula to embrace novel interprofessional alignments, deep learning strategies, and cutting-edge digital technology.
At the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix, Dr. Coulston directed award-winning clinical skills and simulation curriculum, implemented competency-based assessments across undergraduate medical education, and developed an individualized simulation curriculum for residency readiness. His roles included Co-Director of the Intersessions Course, Assistant Director of the Doctoring Curriculum, and Co-Director of the Simulation Curriculum.
In his clinical roles, Dr. Coulston served as an Academic Hospitalist at the Phoenix VA Health Care System for 13 years. He held key positions such as Associate Program Director of the Internal Medicine Residency, Site Director of the VA Chief Residency Quality and Safety program, and Site Director of the Internal Medicine Clerkship. He also built and directed the Patient Movement Center to optimize data-driven patient flow and chaired the Patient Flow Committee as the Lead Physician Utilization Management Advisor.
Dr. Coulston's educational background includes a Doctor of Medicine (MD) from the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, a Post-graduate Residency in Internal Medicine from UC San Diego School of Medicine, and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Psychology from Northwestern University.
In his current role at ASU, Dr. Coulston leads the development of an innovative curriculum designed to integrate clinical and engineering expertise. He champions the use of language models to promote empathy, point-of-care ultrasound to broaden anatomical understanding, avatars to tell patient stories, and AI to deliver precision medical education. His work will develop exceptional clinical experiences for ASU medical students and re-define best practice in clinical education for the physicians of tomorrow.
