Jason S. Hedrick, PhD

Assistant Dean of Accreditation & Academic Operations
Assistant Professor

Organization:

West Virginia University School of Medicine

Department:

Medical Education

Classification:

Faculty

• PhD, West Virginia University, 2021
• MA, West Virginia University, 2012
• BA, West Virginia University, 2010

Hedrick, J.S., Nield, LS, Cottrell, SA, Ferrari, NF. (2026). The Potential Impact of Lower Federal Loan Availability on Medical Education in Appalachia, Southern Medical Journal. 119(7): 379-382 https://doi.org/10.14423/SMJ.0000000000001983

Hedrick J.S., Cottrell S A, Nield L S, Ferrari, NF. (December 30, 2025) Using Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Compare Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA) and Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) Standards. Cureus 17(12): e100411. doi:10.7759/cureus.100411

Hedrick, J.S. & McHenry-Sorber, Investigating Appalachian Medical Students’ Perceived Supports and Inhibitors to their Aspirations using Habitus and Capital. Journal of Rural Social Sciences. 2025.  https://open.clemson.edu/jrss/vol40/iss1/12

Lama, A. & Hedrick, J.S., Beyond the Handoff: A longitudinal approach to student feedback and coaching in the clinical clerkship curriculum. Medical Education (March 7, 2025) https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.15666

Hedrick, J.S., Panzarella, C., Cottrell, S. et al. A Comparative Analysis of Departments of Medical Education at Four LCME Accredited Schools. Med.Sci.Educ. (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-025-02321-y

Cottrell, S.A., Hedrick, J.S., Lama, A., Sofka, S., & Ferrari, N. The Urgent Need for Reporting Accurate and Fair Student Comparisons in the Medical Student Performance Evaluation. Journal of Graduate Medical Education, June 2024. https://doi.org/10.4300/JGME-D-23-00862.1  

Hedrick, J.S. & McHenry-Sober, E. Negotiating the Gemeinschaft/Gesellschaft Dichotomy: Appalachian Medical Student Perceptions of Practice. Rural Sociology, 2023. http://doi.org/10.1111/ruso.12492

Hedrick, J. S., Rhodes, L., Cottrell, S., Ferrari, N. D. Appalachian culture and history, An important lesson for incoming medical students. West Virginia Medical Journal, Spring 2021.

Hedrick, J. S., Cottrell, S., Woodfork, K., & Ferrari III, N. D. Snapshots in medical education: West Virginia University. Academic Medicine, 95(9s), 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/ACM.0000000000003429

Hedrick, J. S., Cottrell, S., Stark, D., Brownfield, E., Stoddard, Hugh A, Angle Jr, S. Marshall, Buckley, L. A., Clinch, Randall A., Esposito, Karin, Krane, N. K., Park, V, Teal, C. R., Ferrari III, N., A review of continuous quality improvement processes at ten medical schools, Medical Science Educator, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-019-00694-5   

Cottrell S., Phillips J., Hedrick J., Nield L, Vos J, Mavis B, Ferrari III N, The relationship between students’ probationary history, failure to follow career counseling and entry into the supplemental offer acceptance program (SOAP): A Comparison between two medical schools, MedEdPublish, 2017, 6, [1], 56, doi: https://doi.org/10.15694/mep.2017.000056   

Cottrell S.A., Hedrick J.S., Lama A., Chen B., West C.A., Graham L. Kiefer C., Hog J., and Wright M. Curriculum mapping: A comparative analysis of two medical school models. Medical Science Educator, 2016. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-016-0225-z   

Dr. Hedrick joined the School of Medicine in February 2013 to coordinate the 2015 Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) accreditation site visit. He currently serves as the Assistant Dean of Accreditation & Academic Affairs and is currently an assistant professor. He oversees the Continuous Quality Improvement Committee (CQIC), typically coalescing data sources and aligning them with accreditation standards, allowing the committee to make judgements concerning compliance. Aside from CQIC, he also works with and serves both the Curriculum Committee and Committee on Academic and Professional Standards (CAPS). Dr. Hedrick is an elected Senator to the University Faculty Senate starting a second three-year term in fall 2025.

Dr. Hedrick serves as a faculty facilitator in the HSC interprofessional education program. He completed a master’s degree in public history and is passionate about Appalachian history and culture. He annually presents an Appalachian culture and history session to incoming medical students to help prepare them for their clinical experiences in the region. He is also the director of the Modern Appalachia fourth year medical student elective