Julie H. Youm
Biography
Julie H. Youm, Ph.D., is Associate Dean for Education Compliance and Quality and Director of Educational Technology at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine. As a seasoned leader in educational technology and medical education administration, Youm has spent over a decade leading institutional accreditation and compliance efforts, curriculum management, and technology integration initiatives in medical education.
Youm served as the national chair of the AAMC Group on Information Resources and the Communications Chair for the AAMC GEA Medical Education Scholarship Research and Evaluation section, has been an active member of the AAMC Curriculum Inventory Steering Committee and recently completed her term as Chair of the Educational Methods Working Group for the AAMC MedBiquitous Program. She was recognized for her national contributions in 2025 as the recipient of the AAMC Group on Information Resources Vince Sheehan Service Award. Youm disseminates her work in peer-reviewed publications and has presented her research at numerous regional, national and international conferences. Her research focuses on the integration and application of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence in medical education.
Youm received a Ph.D. in Cognitive Studies from Columbia University, where she was awarded the Ben and Grace Wood Fellowship in Learning Technologies. She is also an Apple Distinguished Educator.
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- PhD in Cognitive Studies, Columbia University, 2010
- MA in Instructional Technology, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2005
- MS in Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University, 1996
- BS in Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 1992
Distinctions
- AAMC Group on Information Resources Vince Sheehan Service Award, 2025
- AAMC Group on Information Resources Recognition of Service, National Chairperson, 2024
- AAMC Curriculum Community Leadership Award, 2023
- AAMC MedBiquitous Community Connector Award, 2022
- AAMC MedBiquitous Caped Crusader Community Recognition Award, 2022
- Apple Distinguished Educator, Class of 2015, Apple Inc., 2015
- UCI Medical Education Leadership Award, 2018
- Fellow, Group on Information Resources (GIR) Leadership Institute, Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), 2018
- Ben Wood Fellowship in Learning Technologies, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2005
Areas of Expertise
- Medical Education Technology
- Curriculum Management Systems
- Accreditation and CQI
- Data Governance Frameworks
- Educational Technology
- Faculty Development Programs
Recent Publications
- Mahadevan A, Rivera R, Najhawan M, Sadaat S, Strehlow M, Rao GV, Youm J, “Assessing the Efficacy of a Novel Massive Open Online Soft Skills Course for South Asian Healthcare Professionals” (opens in new tab), Journal of Medical Systems, vol. 48, no. 1, pp. 32, 2024.
- Youm J, Christner J, Hittle K, “The 6 degrees of curriculum integration in medical education in the United States” (opens in new tab), Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions, vol. 21, pp. 15, 2024.
- April S. Fitzgerald, Sharon K. Park, Khanh-Van Le-Bucklin, Julie Youm, Ahmed Ibrahim, “Appendix” (opens in new tab), Education Scholarship in Healthcare the Health Scholars Toolbox, pp. 267-276, 2023.
- Han H, Youm J, Tucker C, “Research Methodologies in Health Professions Education Publications: Breadth and Rigor” (opens in new tab), Academic Medicine, vol. 97, no. 11S, pp. S54-S62, 2022.
- Sudario G, Wiechmann W, Youm J, Le-Bucklin KV, “An Effective COVID-19 Medical Student Elective” (opens in new tab), Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 40-46, 2022.
- Frisch EH, Greb AC, Youm JH, Wiechmann WF, Greenberg ML, “Illustrating clinical relevance in the preclerkship medical school curriculum through active learning with KardiaMobile electrocardiography” (opens in new tab), Advances in Physiology Education, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 48-52, 2021.
Most Cited Publications
- Hofmann H, Harding C, Youm J, Wiechmann W, “Virtual bedside teaching rounds with patients with COVID-19” (opens in new tab), Medical Education, vol. 54, pp. 959-960, 2020.
- Youm J, Corral J, “Technological pedagogical and content knowledge among medical educators: What is our readiness to teach with technology?” (opens in new tab), Academic Medicine, vol. 94, pp. S69-S72, 2019.
- Youm J, Wiechmann W, “Medical student use of the iPad in the clerkships” (opens in new tab), Clinical Teacher, vol. 12, pp. 378-383, 2015.
- Shapiro J, Youm J, Kheriaty A, Pham T, Chen Y, Clayman R, “The human kindness curriculum: An innovative preclinical initiative to highlight kindness and empathy in medicine” (opens in new tab), Education for Health Change in Learning and Practice, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 53-61, 2019.
- Perry R, Burns RM, Simon R, Youm J, “Mobile Application Use Among Obstetrics and Gynecology Residents” (opens in new tab), Journal of Graduate Medical Education, vol. 9, pp. 5, 2017.
- Youm J, Wiechmann W, “The Med AppJam: A Model for an Interprofessional Student-Centered mHealth App Competition” (opens in new tab), Journal of Medical Systems, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 216, 2015.
- Shapiro J, Youm J, Heare M, Hurria A, Miotto G, Nguyen BN, Nguyen T, Simonson K, Turakhia A, “Medical students' efforts to integrate and/or reclaim authentic identity: Insights from a mask-making exercise” (opens in new tab), Journal of Medical Humanities, vol. 39, pp. 483-501, 2018.
- Le-Bucklin KV, Youm J, Wiechmann W, McRae D, Boysen-Osborn M, Vega C, Park S, “#MDsToo: A student mistreatment prevention curriculum for faculty members and residents” (opens in new tab), Clinical Teacher, vol. 17, pp. 700-704, 2020.
- Youm J, Wiechmann W, “Formative feedback from the first-person perspective using Google Glass in a family medicine objective structured clinical examination station in the United States” (opens in new tab), Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions, vol. 15, pp. 5, 2018.
Contact Information
Email: jyoum@uci.edu
Phone: 949.824.3913
Address: 836 Health Sciences Road, Room 1021 Irvine, CA 92697
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Last updated on 10/6/2026.