After serving for eight years as the assistant dean for clinical education, John Ragsdale, MD, MS, has been promoted to associate dean for curriculum.
In this role, Dr. Ragsdale is responsible for overseeing the planning, creation, implementation, and revision of all aspects of the four-year medical student curriculum, which is delivered across our campuses in Bowling Green, Lexington, Morehead, and Northern Kentucky.
“With Dr. Ragsdale's vast expertise in curricular leadership, design, and delivery on the local, regional, and national levels, I am excited about him taking on this new role,” said Stephanie White, MD, MS, senior associate dean for medical student education.
The UK College of Medicine’s Doctor of Medicine program follows the Kentucky Integrated Curriculum, which is divided into three phases: core principles, application, and advanced development. To ensure a high-quality medical education for students, Dr. Ragsdale works closely with the curriculum leadership team, regional campus leadership, and course and clerkship directors.
Dr. Ragsdale is a professor in the UK College of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine. Since joining as faculty in 2013, Dr. Ragsdale has trained students and residents as a hospitalist on the Albert B. Chandler and Good Samaritan hospitals’ inpatient general medicine service. Since 2023, he has been a consultant for the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), assisting with national projects and initiatives in undergraduate medical education.
In his tenure at the University of Kentucky, Dr. Ragsdale has held numerous educational roles including associate program director for the internal medicine residency and director of clinical education faculty development.
Dr. Ragsdale is an alumnus of the UK College of Medicine Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency program. He received his Doctor of Medicine from Jefferson Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. He completed a Master of Science in medical education and a general internal medicine fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh.