Mark Perdue, PhD, PA-C

mark-perdue@ouhsc.edu

Perdue began his medical career in the United States Navy, serving as a hospital corpsman during a deployment to the Persian Gulf. After returning to Oklahoma, he attended the University of Tulsa and later earned a Master of Health Science from the University of Oklahoma Physician Associate Program.

Perdue practiced emergency medicine for more than a decade and was among the inaugural cohort to earn the Certificate of Added Qualifications in Emergency Medicine. During this time, he served as a clinical preceptor and adjunct instructor for the OU–Tulsa PA Program. He later joined the program as a full-time faculty member and served as director of didactic education.

Perdue earned a PhD in Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum, with an emphasis in biomedical education, from the University of Oklahoma. His current scholarly interests include clinical reasoning education, artificial intelligence and knowledge systems in health professions education, and point-of-care ultrasound. His work explores how educational and technological systems can strengthen clinical reasoning, improve diagnostic performance, and better connect professional education with clinical practice.

In addition to publishing in academic journals, Perdue contributed a chapter to Elsevier’s Clinical Reasoning for Physician Assistants: A Workbook for Certification Review and Practice Readiness.