Sean Tackett, MD, MPH
Hospital Medicine
Highlights
Johns Hopkins Affiliations:
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Sean Tackett
Professional Titles
- International Medical Education Director, Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Primary Academic Title
Professor of Medicine
Johns Hopkins Physician
Background
Dr. Sean Tackett is a professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His area of clinical expertise is general internal medicine and his academic focus is international medical education.
Dr. Tackett received his M.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He completed his internal medicine residency at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and fellowship in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins, where he received an M.P.H. at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
He teaches in the Curriculum Development for Medical Education faculty development program at Johns Hopkins Bayview and has advised on educational projects for an NIH-funded curricula related to research ethics in Malaysia, injury prevention and control in Vietnam, and entrepreneurship for substance use disorder scientists in the U.S. His research has focused on educational technologies and the regulation of medical education, especially the globalization of medical school accreditation.
He also works with other educators to identify "must reads" in medical education each month.
Clinically, he practices hospital medicine and attends on medical teaching services.
Centers and Institutes
Selected Publications
- Tackett S, Rashid MA, Whitehead CR, Rojas D, Gandomkar R. Accreditation science – the need for evidence to guide the global expansion of medical education accreditation. Med Teach. 2026 Feb 1:1-12. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2026.2623978.
- Tackett S, Abdalla M, Arja SA, Dubé T, Eaglen RH, Gandomkar R, Rojas D, Prihatiningsih TS, You Y. Redefining social accountability for medical schools – beyond codes and contracts to measuring contributions. Med Teach. 2026 Jan 8:1-10. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2025.2610400.
- Tackett S, Modanloo B, Sateia H, Wu J, Prichett L, Dorman T, Duran A, Lipsett P. Internal medicine residents’ inpatient learning experiences from electronic health record data. Teach Learn Med. 2026 Apr-May;38(2):206-214.
- Tackett S, Jenn Ng C, Sugarman J, Daniel EGS, Gopalan N, Tivyashinee, Kamarulzaman A, Ali J. A competency framework for health research ethics educational programs: Results from a stakeholder-driven mixed-method process. Ethics Hum Res. 2023 May-Jun;45(3):29-39.
- Chen BY, Kern DE, Kearns RM, Thomas PA, Hughes MT, Tackett S. From Modules to MOOCs: application of the six-step approach to online curriculum development for medical education. Acad Med. 2019 May;94(5):678-685.
Courses & Syllabi
Curriculum Development for Medical Education, Johns Hopkins Bayview Faculty Development Program, 7/1/16
Locations
- Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
- 4940 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224
- Get Directions
- phone: 410-550-0100
- fax: 410-550-0101
- Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center
- 5755 Cedar Lane, Columbia, MD 21044
- Get Directions
- phone: 410-740-7890
- fax: 410-740-7891
Expertise
Education
- Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Internal Medicine, 2016
- Graduate School: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, MPH, 2014
- Residency: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Internal Medicine, 2013
- Medical Education: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, MD, 2010
Board Certifications
- Internal Medicine: American Board of Internal Medicine, 2013
Insurance
- Aetna
- CareFirst
- Cigna
- First Health
- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthSmart/Accel
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans
- MultiPlan
- Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
- Point Comfort Underwriters
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)