TingLan Ma

Ph.D.

Department of Primary Appointment:
School of Medicine
Health Professions Education
Title
Associate Professor
Location: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
Research Interests:
Mistreatment, Well-being, Burnout, Coping
Email
ting-lan.ma.ctr@usuhs.edu

Education

2014 Ph.D. in Educational Psychology
Human Development, Educational Psychology
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Minor: Prevention Science

2009 Master of Science in Educational Psychology
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI

2006 Bachelor of Counseling Psychology
National Changhua University of Education, Taiwan

Biography

Dr. TingLan Ma is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Professions Education at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences. Her research explores medical trainees’ mistreatment, burnout, and well-being. Using a socio-cultural ecological systems framework, Dr. Ma examines how power structures, alongside protective and risk factors, shape trainee well-being. She employs diverse research methodologies—including mixed methods, quantitative, and qualitative analyses—and has authored over 50 peer-reviewed empirical studies. She currently serves as Deputy Editor for the Journal of Teaching and Learning in Medicine.

Career Highlights: Positions, Projects, Deployements, Awards and Additional Publications

Deputy Editor, Teaching and Learning in Medicine: An International Journal

HPE Director of IRB Education and Outreach, Department of Health Professions Education, USU

Co-Chair, Long Term Career Outcome Study (LTCOS): Well-Being Study Team, USU

Professor Liao ShuTsung Research Award 2023 Recipient. Project: International Medical Graduates Thriving in the Foreign Lands.

Teaching and Facilitating Learning Committee, Associations of Medical Education in Europe (AMEE)

Vice President (2020-2021), North America Taiwanese Professors’ Association (NATPA)

Invited Speaker: Ma, TL. “If the goal is to help us be better clinicians…” How HPE faculty navigate boundaries in supporting trainee resistance. University of Washington, Center for Learning Innovation in Medical Education (CLIME). January, 2026.

Invited Speaker: Ma, TL. Occupation Resilience: Promote Wellbeing and Prevent Physician Burnout. Taipei International Military Medicine Forum. Taipei, Taiwan. November, 2025.

Invited Keynote Speaker: Combat Workplace Burnout and Optimize Physician Well-Being: The Ecological Perspective. Taiwan’s National Defense Medical Education Annual Seminar. November, 2024.

Representative Bibliography

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Ma TL, Brown K. (In Press). “Empty Places...People Could Not See”: Structural Barriers Faced by US-Based International Medical Graduates. Teach Learn Med.

Matos RI, Cervero RM, Melton JL, Ma TL. (2026). Protective Factors for Burnout in Military Healthcare Workers. Mil Med. 2026 Feb 14:usaf650. doi: 10.1093/milmed/usaf650. Online ahead of print. PMID: 41689546

Ma, TL. & Lee Y. (2026). Overview of Quantitative Research. Family Medicine Theme Issue: Methodological Insights: Exploring and Applying Diverse Research Methodologies in Medical Education.

Ma, TL. & Battista, A. (2026). Decision Trees of Mixed Methods and Integration Techniques in Medical Education Research. Family Medicine Theme Issue: Methodological Insights: Exploring and Applying Diverse Research Methodologies in Medical Education.

Wyatt, T., Scarlett, E., Jain, V., Ma, TL. (2025). “As a resistor, you are not alone”: Locating the collective in uncoordinated acts of professional resistance in Medical Education. Medical Education.2025 Oct https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.70055

Ma TL, Chow CJ, Nguyen QT, Scarlett E, Wyatt TR. (2025). “Being the resource is the number one thing”: health professionals supporting trainees’ professional acts of resistance. BMC Med Educ. 2025;25(1):669. doi:10.1186/s12909-025-07169-9.

Ma TL, Jain V, Wyatt TR. (2025). “To serve my community better”: Exploring resistor identity formation and its impact on physician professional identity. Teach Learn Med. 2025;1-12. doi:10.1080/10401334.2025.2509835

Ma, TL., Costello, J.A., Dong, T., Durning, S. J., Maggio, L. A. (2024). “This Helped Immensely”: Physician Educators’ Perceptions of Experiences Contributing to Teaching. The clinical teacher. 2024;21(5):e13768-n/a. doi:10.1111/tct.13768

Ma TL, Bell K, Dong T, Durning SJ, Soh M. (2023). Military Medical Students' Coping With Stress to Maintain Well-being. Mil Med. 2023 May 18;188(Suppl 2):26-34. doi: 10.1093/milmed/usac292. PMID: 37201497.

Ma TL, Dong T, Soh M, Artino AR, Landoll RR, Schreiber-Gregory DN, Durning SJ. (2023). Profiles of Military Medical Students' Well-being, Burnout, and Retention. Mil Med. 2023 May 18;188(Suppl 2):35-42. doi: 10.1093/milmed/usac137. PMID:37201496.