Dr. Karen Clancy is an experienced healthcare leader and educator.  She has served in roles such as the Associate Director of the University of Kentucky University Health Service, Administrator of the UK HealthCare Lucille Parker Markey Cancer Center, UK HealthCare Patient Experience Manager, Assistant Dean for Finance and Administration for the UK College of Pharmacy, and Director of Consulting & the Center of Learning at Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital.  Linking education to practice, Dr. Clancy brings her experience and professional network into the classroom as an assistant professor at the UK College of Health Sciences in the Department of Health and Clinical Sciences.  Clancy has also held teaching appointments at Eastern Kentucky University, Midway University, and the UK College of Public Health.

Dr. Clancy earned a Ph.D. in Higher Education from the University of Kentucky, College of Education, completing her dissertation,  Women in White:  A Retrospective Look at Medical Education at One School in Kentucky Before Title IX.  She earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Morehead University, a Bachelor of Health Sciences in Health Care Administration from the University of Kentucky, College of Health Sciences, and an Associate Degree in Medical Laboratory Science from Somerset Community College.  Her awards have included the University of Kentucky College of Health Sciences Hall of Fame Alumni Award, the American College Health Association Affiliate New Professional Award, and the Howard Bost Student Most Likely to Succeed Award.  For her scholarship, she received a research award from the Arvie and Ellen Turner Research Fund and an oral history research grant from the Kentucky Historical Society. 

Dr. Clancy is excited to work with students at the University of Kentucky College of Health Sciences. She says, “I love using my teaching and leadership skills to help students find their unique pathways to success!

Publications

Brady, C., Clancy, K. F., (2024). Gamification of Employability Competencies. Journal of Health Care Administration Education.  Accepted for publication, 1/27/2024.

Clancy, K. F., Kercsmar, S. E. Let the Employers Speak! (2023) Pedagogicon 2023 Proceedings, Workforce and Employability Skills: Teaching and Learning for Future Careers, Encompass.  Eastern Kentucky University.

Kercsmar, S. E., Clancy, K. F., Arthur, C., Gdovka, T. (2023) From the classroom to the workplace: How alumni support and guide undergraduates: A case study from the University of Kentucky. Journal of Health Care Administration Education. 40(1), 67-76(10).

Gatton, K., Black, A., Talari, P., Clancy, K. F., (2021) Quality improvement research as an undergraduate practicum project.  Journal of Student Research, 10(2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.47611/jsr.v10i2.1238

Clancy, K. F., Powell, W. (2021)  “Personalized Learning:  Partnership Strategies for High-Impact Learning.”  Pedagogicon 2020 Proceedings, Students as Partners in Teaching & Learning, Encompass.  Eastern Kentucky University.

Kercsmar, S. E., Clancy, K. F. (Spring 2021). Experiential Learning Amid the Pandemic: The COVID-19 Senior Experience in Clinical Leadership & Management: Practicum, Capstone, and Beyond. Journal of Health Administration Education. 38(1), 325-336(12).

Warren, J. L., Clancy, K. F., Brady, C., Rump, K., & New-Oglesby, T. (2021). Toward improving physician/patient communication regarding invisible chronic illness (ICI): The potential of mHealth technology in instructional communication. Journal of Communication Pedagogy, (4), 34-51.

Clancy, K. F., (2016) Women in White: A Retrospective Look at Medical Education at One School before Title IX. Dissertation. Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation. University of Kentucky. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/epe_etds/42/  Lexington, Kentucky. (0000-0002-9993-0931)

Media Presentations

March 13, 2019, Behind the Blue podcast interview of Clancy, K. F., about the Women in White Collection.  Behind the Blue: Women Changed the Face and Practice of Medicine. https://medicine.uky.edu/news/behind-blue-women-changed-face-and-practi…,

Peer-Reviewed Presentations

National / International:

Clancy, K. F., Kercsmar, S.E., (June 29-July 1, 2023) Professional Etiquette Guidelines for Synchronous Online Interactions in this Brave New World. Poster presentation at the Association of University Programs of Health Administration Annual Meeting. National Harbor, MD. 

Clancy, K. F., Brady, C. EEQ, But Make It Fun: Essential Employability Qualities Developed Through Innovative Pedagogy. (November 19, 2022) Lilly Conference on Evidence-Based Teaching and Learning. Podium Presentation. Oxford, Ohio.

Clancy, K. F., Kercsmar, S.E, Smurr-Walters, L., Fitzpatrick, B. (June 10, 2021). Emerging Challenges in Quality Management: Leveraging Partners to Lead the Way. Presentation for the Association of University Programs of Health Administration, Annual Meeting.  Presented virtually due to COVID-19.

Kercsmar, S. E., Clancy, K. F., Arthur, C. (June 2021). Cultivating Cats: A Young Alumni Mentoring Program and Preceptor Pipeline. Poster presentation at the Association of University Programs of Health Administration Annual Meeting.  Presented virtually due to COVID-19.

Warren, J. L., Brady, C., & Clancy, K. F., (November 19, 2020). Exploring male and female POTS patients’ experiences with their physicians. Presented to the 106th annual conference of the National Communication Association Annual Convention. Indianapolis, IN (virtual due to Covid-19).

Kercsmar, S. E. & Clancy, K. F., (June 2020) Healthcare managers: Write, speak, create. Poster presentation at the Association of University Programs of Health Administration Annual Meeting. Presented virtually due to Covid-19.

Clancy, K. F. & Kercsmar, S. E.  (June 5, 2020)  Engaging Community Partnerships to Elevate Performance.  Presentation.  Association of University Programs in Health Administration.  Annual Meeting 2020.  Presented virtually due to Covid-19.

Clancy, K. F., (January 10, 2020) Innovative Case Study Strategies:  Engaging and Motivating Learners. Roundtable Presentation. Lilly Conference on Evidence-Based Teaching and Learning.  Austin, TX.

Clancy, K. F., (October 12, 2019) Using Student-Designed Ethics Case Studies to Frame Real-World Dilemmas.  Presentation.  AUPHA Annual Undergraduate Workshop.  Winston Salem, NC.

Clancy, K. (October 11, 2019) Engaging Students Through Innovative Case Studies Across the Curriculum. Podium Presentation. AUPHA Annual Undergraduate Workshop.  Winston Salem, NC.

Clancy, K. F. & Kercsmar, S. E. (June 12, 2019) Changing Practice in a Changing World.  Association of University Programs in Health Administration. Podium Presentation. Annual Meeting 2019.  New Orleans, Louisiana.

Kercsmar, S. E. & Clancy, K. F. (June 12, 2019) Introducing Students to Clinical Leadership and Management through Dynamic Learning. Poster Presentation. Association of University Programs in Health Administration.  Annual Meeting 2019.  New Orleans, Louisiana.

Clancy, K. F., (August 1, 2017) Innovations in Health Information Management: Professional Practice Experience and Domain III- Informatics, Analytics, and Data Use. Assembly on Education, American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), Podium Presentation. Anaheim, CA.

Clancy, K. F., (August 1, 2017) Coaching Future Leaders: Strategies and Techniques for the New Health Information Management Educator. Assembly on Education, American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), August 1, 2017, Podium Presentation. Anaheim, CA.

Clancy, K.F., (May 19, 2017) Curricular Competencies: Ethical Leadership, Diversity, and Inclusion. Pedagogicon, 2017. Eastern Kentucky University, Podium Presentation. Richmond, Kentucky.

Clancy, K. F., (July 25, 2016) Coaching Future Leaders: Strategies and Techniques for the New Health Information Management Educator. Assembly on Education, American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). Podium Presentation. Denver, Colorado.

State / Regional:

Clancy, K.F., Kercsmar, S.E., Zagzoog, A., (May 19, 2023).  Workforce and Employability Skills: Designing an Effective Model of Curriculum Mapping and Assessment. Pedagogicon 2023, Workforce and Employability Skills: Teaching and Learning for Future Careers. Podium Presentation. Richmond, KY.

Clancy, K.F., Kercsmar, S.E., (May 19, 2023).  Essential Employability: Let the Employers Speak!  Pedagogicon 2023, Workforce and Employability Skills: Teaching and Learning for Future Careers. Podium Presentation. Richmond, KY.

Kercsmar, S.E., Clancy, K. F., (May 19, 2023). Essential Employability Qualities Certification through QA Commons: Leveraging Strategies for Student and Faculty Success. Pedagogicon 2023, Workforce and Employability Skills: Teaching and Learning for Future Careers. Podium Presentation. Richmond, KY.

Clancy, K., F., Slone, Vanderford, C., Opioid Prescribing Behaviors During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Peer Reviewed Poster Presentation.  Substance Use Research Event. Substance Use Disorder Research Priority Area (SUPRA). University of Kentucky. March 1, 2022

Vanderford, C., Clancy, K. F., Slone, S., Powell, W., Foster, S., COVID-19 Impact on Opioid Prescribing and Pain Management Practices. Peer Reviewed Poster Presentation.  Kentucky Association of Physician Assistants. November, 6, 2021.

Clancy, K. F., McGuire, K., Hagn, C., Jobe, E. (May 15, 2020) Personalized Learning: Partnership Strategies for High-Impact Learning. Presentation.  Pedagogicon 2020, Students as Partners in Teaching & Learning, Richmond, KY. Presented virtually due to Covid-19.

Published Oral History Collections

Clancy, K. F., Women in White: Women Physicians Oral History Project. (2015 to 2019) Documents perspectives and memories of women who graduated from the University of Kentucky, College of Medicine during the 1960's and early 1970's, when women doctors comprised only six to ten percent of the physician workforce. https://www.kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt77d7959s9f,

• Dr. Peggy Falace, January 21, 2019, Lexington, Kentucky
• Dr. Christina Surawicz, January 3, 2019, Seattle, Washington
• Dr. Elizabeth Patterson, December 20, 2018, Monroe, Ohio
• Dr. Betty L. Bryson, December 2, 2018, Indianapolis, Indiana
• Dr. Marianne McGrath, November 14, 2018, Edgewood, Kentucky
• Dr. Flora Johnson, November 11, 2018, Claremont, California
• Dr. Wally Quenzer, November 9, 2018, Seal Beach, California
• Dr. Lois Fermaglich, October 20, 2018, Lexington, Kentucky
• Dr. Angela Clifford, October 6, 2018, Versailles, Kentucky
• Dr. Christine Riley, September 27, 2018, Lexington, Kentucky
• Dr. Geraldine Spurlin, September 10, 2018, Lexington, Kentucky
• Dr. Jacqueline Campbell, June 9, 2018, Summerville, South Carolina  
• Dr. Elizabeth Wright, June 5, 2018, Statesville, North Carolina
• Dr. Amanda Lange, June 5, 2018, Burlington, North Carolina
• Dr. Carolyn Purcell, May 8, 2018, in Lexington, Kentucky
• Dr. Diane Batshaw Eisman, April 6, 2016, Miami, Florida
• Dr. Margaret Zumbiel Annis, April 6, 2018, in Miami, Florida
• Dr. Ouida Tisdall, March 8, 2018, Lexington, Kentucky
• Dr. Shirley Lewis Barron, March 4, 2016, Richmond, Kentucky
• Dr. Rachel Eubank, February 27, 2016, Richmond, Kentucky
• Dr. Margaret Westland, January 16, 2016, Tucson, Arizona
• Dr. Priscilla Lynd, January 11, 2016, Lexington, Kentucky
• Dr. Marilyn Huheey, January 6, 2016, Columbus, Ohio
• Dr. Lucy Salmon Crain, October 10, 2015, Lexington, Kentucky
• Dr. Ardis Dee Hoven, April 3, 2015, Lexington, Kentucky

Clancy, K. F., University of Kentucky Medical Center: College of Medicine 50th Anniversary Oral History Project, (2008 to 2009) interviews about some of the first U. K. College of Medicine outreach clinics to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the medical school. https://www.kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt7k9882nh91

• Shirley Tipton, May 5, 2009, in Lexington, Kentucky
• Dr. Sam Matheny, April 29, 2009, in Lexington, Kentucky
• Dr. Jennifer Joyce, April 20, 2009, in Lexington, Kentucky
• Dr. Emery Wilson, April 15, 2009, in Lexington, Kentucky
• Dr. Baretta Casey, April 8, 2009, in Lexington, Kentucky
• Dr. Peter Bosomworth, April 2, 2009, in Lexington, Kentucky
• Dr. Jim Norton, March 26, 2009, in Lexington, Kentucky
• Rob Sprang, March 26, 2009, in Lexington, Kentucky
• Tony Goetz, March 3, 2009, in Lexington, Kentucky
• Dr. Jacqueline Noonan, December 5, 2008, in Lexington, Kentucky