Scott Helf, DO, MSIT

• DO, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University 1999
  of Health Sciences. Pomona, CA.
• MSIT, Information Technology, California State University Fullerton. 2007
  Fullerton, CA.
• BS, cum laude, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of California 1995

Postgraduate Education

• Fellow, Association of American Medical Colleges, Group on 2013
  Information Resources Leadership Institute. Washington, DC.
• Graduate, Creative Center for Leadership, Leadership Development 2012
  Program. La Jolla, CA.
• Graduate, Excelsior College, Center for Technology Leadership. 2011
  Albany, NY.
• Scholar, Costin Institute for Osteopathic Medical Educators, 2007
  Midwestern University, Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine.
  Chicago, IL.
• Graduate, Regional Leadership Forum, Information Technology 2000
  Management. Dallas, TX.
• Intern, Internal Medicine, Neurology Pre-Select, Wilford Hall Medical 2000
  Center, Lackland Air Force Base, United States Air Force.
  San Antonio, TX.

Projects

• Inventor, Architect, Real-Time Curriculum Assessment, COMP, 2014-Present
  WesternU
• Inventor, Architect, Organic and Automated Curriculum Mapping, 2013-Present
  COMP, WesternU
• Architect, Longitudinal Learner Outcomes Tracking and Analysis 2012-Present
  COMP, WesternU
• Architect, Online Student Procedure Tracking and Analysis, 2012-2014
  College of Dentistry, WesternU
• Inventor, Architect, Academic Progress Portal 2006-Present
• Architect, OTRS Workflow Solution 2006-Present
• Inventor, Architect, Rotation Lottery and Trading System 2006-Present
• Architect, Faculty Activity Reporting Engine 2011-2013
• Architect, Learning Management System, Homegrown Solution 2012
  COMP, WesternU
• Architect, Curriculum Search Engine, WesternU 2007-2011
• Lead Developer, Administrator, Resource Scheduler, WesternU 2004-2005
• Lead Developer, Administrator, Content Management System, 2002-2005
  Public Facing Web Site, WesternU
• Lead Developer, Administrator Content Management System, 2002-2005
  Intranet, WesternU
• Administrator, University Learning Management System, WesternU 2000-2005

• Assistant Dean, Academic Informatics, College of Osteopathic 2012-Present
  Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences
  (COMP, WesternU)
• CTO, COMP, WesternU 2007-Present
  Assistant Professor, Social Medicine and Healthcare Leadership, 2007-Present
  COMP, WesternU
• CEO, Co-Founder, Academic Progress Intelligence, LLC 2009-Present
  Founding Director, Department of Academic Informatics, COMP, 2010-2012
  WesternU
• CIO, Co-Founder, ScrubCast, Inc. 2008-2012
  Director, Rotations Development, Medical Informatics, and 2005-2007
  Educational Technologies, COMP, WesternU
• Manager, Web Systems, Instructional Technology and Distributed 2005-2006
  Learning, Western University of Health Sciences (ITDL, WesternU)
• Instructor, Instructional Technology, College of Allied Health 2005-2007
  Professions, WesternU
• Instructor, Biochemistry, College of Pharmacy, WesternU 2002-2003
• Integrator, Curriculum and Technology, ITDL, WesternU 2000-2005

• United States Air Force, Medical Service Corps, Captain (O-3) 1996-2000

• American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medical Colleges 2013-2014
  Mini-Grant
• American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medical Colleges 2011-2012
  Mini-Grant

• Association of American Medical Colleges, Group on Information 2012
  Resources, Innovation Forum Winner
• Council on Podiatric Medical Education, Written Commendation 2012
• California State University Fullerton, Academic Achievement Award 2007
• United States Air Force, Health Professions Scholarship 1996-1999

• Member, NBOME, Portfolio & Expanded Assessment Task Force 2015-Present
• Co-Lead, Educause, Health Science IT Constituent Group 2014-Present
• Member, AAMC GIR Annual Meeting Planning Committee 2013-2014
• Reviewer, Journal of the American Osteopathic Association 2013-Present
• Member, NBOME Continuous Professional Development 2011-2014
  Advisory Committee
• Member, AACOM Information Technology Special Interest Group 2002-Present
• Reviewer, International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine 2013
• Member, NBOME Innovations in Testing Advisory Committee 2010-2011
• Member, NBOME Emerging Technologies Advisory Committee 2008-2011
• Professional Membership - American Osteopathic Association

• Member, COMP Assessment and Process Improvement Advisory 2015-Present
  Task Force
• Member, COMP Executive Leadership Team 2014-Present
• Member, COMP Curriculum Exploration Task Force 2014-Present
• Member, COMP COCA Cabinet 2014
• Member, COMP Academic Progress Portal Advisory Committee 2014-Present
• Member, COMP COMLEX Committee 2013-2014
• Member, College of Dentistry, WesternU IT Initiatives 2013-Present
• Member, College of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Masters of Science 2013-Present
  In Biomedical Sciences, Healthcare in IT Curriculum Planning Team
• Member, COMP Information Technology Advisory Committee 2013-Present
• Member, COMP COCA Standard 6 2013-2014
• Consultant, COMP COCA Standards 3, 5, 7, and 8 2013-2014
• Founding Chair, COMP Academic Progress Portal Advisory Committee 2011-2013
• Member, Advisory Board College of Graduate Nursing, WesternU 2005-2013

Lee AS, Chang L, Feng E, Helf S. The Reliability and Validity Of 2014
Conversion Formulas Between COMLEX-USA Level 1 and USMLE
Step 1. Journal of Graduate Medical Education. 2014 June;
6(2): 280-283.

Wong S, Ramirez J, Feng E, Helf S. Student Performance on 2009
Levels 1 and 2-CE of COMLEX-USA: Do Elective Upper-Level
Undergraduate Science Courses Matter? JAOA. 2009 Nov;
109(11):592-8.

Invited/Keynote Presentations

Helf S, Thrush G, Ma TP. Automated Curriculum Mapping. Keynote. 2014
Osteopathic European Academic Network Annual Conference;
June 2014; Barcelona, Spain.
Helf S, Thrush G, Ma TP. Keynote. Learner Outcomes: Automated 2014
Tracking Easy Analysis, and Continuous Curriculum Improvement.
Osteopathic European Academic Network Annual Conference;
May 2014; Barcelona, Spain.

Helf S, Thrush G, Ma TP. Keynote. Technology to Track Learner. 2014
Outcomes Continuing Medical Education Sponsors Conference,
American Osteopathic Association; January, 2014; Austin, TX.

Singer-Chang, G, Helf, SC. Does 'Gray' Really Matter in Medical 2013
Education? Exploratory Study Suggests Implications for a
Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence (EQ) and 1st Year
Osteopathic Medical Student Performance. OPTI-West Research
Conference; August, 2013; Colton, CA.

Helf, S, Singer-Chang, G. Flipping the Scientific Method: Data 2013
Mining and Analysis to Drive Discovery, Insight, and Improve
Outcomes. OPTI-West Research Conference; August, 2013;
Colton, CA.

Helf S, Ma TP. Keynote. Technology to Track and Analyze Learner. 2012
Outcomes Osteopathic Medical Education Leadership Conference,
American Osteopathic Association; January, 2012; Orlando, FL.