2012 VISITING SCHOLAR

The Role of Experience in Clinical Reasoning
Geoff Norman, PhD
Professor, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Assistant Dean, Program for Educational Research and Development
Canada Research Chair in Cognitive Dimensions of Clinical Expertise
McMaster University, Ontario, Canada

Dr. Norman delivered the Education Day keynote address on Friday, April 27. He is interested in the psychology of expertise, especially as applied to expert clinicians. His research is focused on the psychology of clinical reasoning, particularly in the relative contribution of rapid processing based on prior experience (so-called pattern recognition) and analytical rules, and educational strategies to improve reasoning. He is also interested in measurement and statistics, as well as methods of student assessment and psychometric methods.

EDUCATION DAY SCHEDULE

THURSDAY, APRIL 26

4:00 - 5:00 pm
Teaching and Learning Center
CL-220 & 223

Special Pre-Conference Workshop: Methods in Medical Education Research

Led by Visiting Scholar Geoff Norman, PhD, participants had their medical education research proposals informally reviewed, and considerations for methodologies and research designs were discussed.

Friday, APRIL 27

8:00 am - Noon
N-217

Plenary Sessions

8:00-8:30 am: Registration, continental breakfast
8:30-10:30 am: Oral Presentations
10:30-10:45 am: Break
10:45-11:30 am: Keynote Address by Geoff Norman, PhD
11:30-11:45 am - Presentation of Cooke Awards
11:45-noon - Electronic Poster Presentations

Noon - 3:15 pm
Golden Gate and City Lights Rooms
Millberry Union Conference Center

Poster Sessions

Noon - Luncheon buffet served ("grab and go" format to facilitate viewing)
12:15-1:30 pm - Conversations with poster authors
1:30-2:15 pm - Moderated poster session #1
2:15-3:00 pm - Moderated poster session#2
3:00-3:15 pm - Wrap-up

3:30 - 4:30 pm
S-118

Hot Topics in Medical Education

An informal question-and-answer session on a variety of medical education topics. A special emphasis was placed on discussing issues that are currently being debated in the medical education literature.