2016 Winter: Research in Health Sciences Education

Geoff Norman is Professor of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University. He received a Ph.D. in nuclear physics from McMaster University in 1971, and subsequently a M.A. in educational psychology form Michigan State University in 1977. He is the author of 10 books in education, measurement and statistics, and 300 journal articles.

His primary research interest is in cognitive psychology applied to problems of learning and reasoning. He has won numerous awards, including the Hubbard Award from the National Board of Medical Examiners in 1989, the Award of Excellence of the Canadian Association for Medical Education in 1997, the Distinguished Scholar Award of the American Educational Research Association, Division I, in 2000, the Award for Outstanding Achievement of the Medical Council of Canada in 2001He presently holds a Canada Research Chair. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2007. In 2008, he won the prestigious Karolinska Prize for lifetime achievement in medical education research. He received an honorary degree from Erasmus University in 2010. In 2012, he was appointed the Querido Chair at Erasmus University.

Dr. Grace Brannan is a Sensory Scientist/Statistician with 20 years of industry and academic research, teaching and grant writing experience. Her expertise is in the areas of sensory science, qualitative and quantitative population-based, behavioral, and public health research studies, quality improvement, design of experiments, and statistics. She held a variety of technical consulting and management positions prior to joining the Centers for Osteopathic Research and Education (CORE) at Ohio University, in 2006.

She has co-authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and has co-authored a book on statistically-based quality measures.

Dr. Brannan has been an associate member of the prestigious International Academy of Quality since 2007 and as an Academician since 2014. She has conducted many research, sensory, and statistical trainings globally. In her current position as CORE Research Executive Director she advises physicians, residents, and medical students on research methodology, design, and statistics and quality improvement methods. She holds a Bachelors degree from the University of the Philippines, a Master of Science degree from the University of Georgia, USA and a Doctorate degree from Kansas State University, USA.

BS in psychology at Boston University, MEd in educational research at the University of Pittsburgh. Developed programmed instruction and designed computer-based instruction at the American Institutes of Research in Pittsburgh. Two years in the Army Corps of Engineers with service in Vietnam as an information officer. PhD with an interest in technology and computer-based learning at Penn State. First academic appointment in the College of Education at the University of Delaware. Started my medical education career at the Medical College of Georgia in the Division of Systems and Computer Services and subsequently the Department of Family Practice. In 1980 I returned north to the Mount Sinai School of Medicine as Assistant and then Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. In 1987 I moved to the New York Institute of Technology and became director of the Educational Development Resource Unit and Associate Professor of Medical Education at the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine (now NYITCOM). At NYCOM I obtained several training grants and helped start several departments in a new school of health professions. I joined TouroCOM-Middletown as Research Director (part time) in October, 2014 and also continue as Research Director for the New York Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Educational Consortium (part time). Primary interest is promoting and supporting research by residents and students.

Jane Dumsha has been at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine since 1995. She was the Director of Research and Sponsored Programs from 1995 to 2014 and has served as Chief Research Operations Officer from July 2014 to present. She is responsible for all pre-award grant activities, including budget development and management, grant and contract negotiation with funding agencies and subcontractors, and compliance with all institutional research assurances. Her office is also responsible for the IRB and IACUC. Dr. Dumsha was previously a clinical research coordinator at Thomas Jefferson University and worked at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey for 9 years, 7 of them at the UMDNJ-School of Osteopathic Medicine (now Rowan SOM). Jane has been a Certified Health Education Specialist since 1997. She earned her Ph.D. from TUI University in June 2008.

Peter de Jong is a Technology Enhanced Learning staff adviser at the Leiden University Medical Center in The Netherlands. In this position at the Center for Innovation in Medical Education, he has been managing several major programs within Medical School in the field of development, application and evaluation of educational technologies. Peter has a Master degree in Medical Technology from Eindhoven University and a PhD in Biophysics/Physiology from Maastricht University. He has been a member of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the Netherlands Association for Medical Education (NVMO), he has been Chair of their national Special Interest Group on E-learning in Medicine and he chaired the 2000 NVMO Annual Meeting.Since 2007 Peter is involved in the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE), an international organization with a focus on advancing medical education through faculty development while ensuring that the teaching and learning of medicine continues to be firmly grounded in science. He has served the organization as Vice President, and in 2009 as Program Chair and Site Host for the first IAMSE Annual Meeting outside of North America. Currently he holds the position of Editor-in-Chief of Medical Science Educator, the online journal of IAMSE.

Peter de Jong is a Technology Enhanced Learning staff adviser at the Leiden University Medical Center in The Netherlands. In this position at the Center for Innovation in Medical Education, he has been managing several major programs within Medical School in the field of development, application and evaluation of educational technologies. Peter has a Master degree in Medical Technology from Eindhoven University and a PhD in Biophysics/Physiology from Maastricht University. He has been a member of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the Netherlands Association for Medical Education (NVMO), he has been Chair of their national Special Interest Group on E-learning in Medicine and he chaired the 2000 NVMO Annual Meeting.Since 2007 Peter is involved in the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE), an international organization with a focus on advancing medical education through faculty development while ensuring that the teaching and learning of medicine continues to be firmly grounded in science. He has served the organization as Vice President, and in 2009 as Program Chair and Site Host for the first IAMSE Annual Meeting outside of North America. Currently he holds the position of Editor-in-Chief of Medical Science Educator, the online journal of IAMSE.

Professor Ronald Harden graduated from medical school in Glasgow, UK. He completed training and practised as an endocrinologist before moving full time to medical education. He is Professor of Medical Education (Emeritus) University of Dundee, Editor of Medical Teacher and General Secretary and Treasurer of the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE). Professor Harden has pioneered ideas in medical education including the OSCE and has published two books and more than 400 papers in leading journals. His contributions to excellence in medical education have attracted numerous international awards and an OBE by Her Majesty the Queen.

Dr. Anna T Cianciolo, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical Education at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. She earned her PhD in Engineering Psychology from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2001 and has devoted her career to investigating the nature of professional expertise and its development. Her two-year postdoctoral position at Yale University (2001-2003) launched the first part of her career studying the design, development, and evaluation of US Army officer education and leader development. In 2005, she founded Command Performance Research, Inc. (Champaign, Illinois), where she collaborated with the US Army Research Institute and the US Army Training and Doctrine Command to shape training policy on formal institutional instruction and technology-enabled learning. She joined SIUSOM in 2011, where her teaching duties include faculty development and research mentorship of medical students. Her current research focuses on examining faculty and student practices in problem-based learning tutorial discussions, designing observational assessments of entrustment, and enhancing conceptual understanding of diagnostic expertise. In 2014, she was selected to receive the Association for Medical Education in Europe’s Miriam Friedman Ben-David New Educator Award. She is currently the Editor-in-Chief of Teaching & Learning in Medicine and Chair of the AAMC Central Group on Educational Affairs Section on Medical Education Scholarship Research and Evaluation.

Geoff Norman is Professor of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University. He received a Ph.D. in nuclear physics from McMaster University in 1971, and subsequently a M.A. in educational psychology form Michigan State University in 1977. He is the author of 10 books in education, measurement and statistics, and 300 journal articles. His primary research interest is in cognitive psychology applied to problems of learning and reasoning. He has won numerous awards, including the Hubbard Award from the National Board of Medical Examiners in 1989, the Award of Excellence of the Canadian Association for Medical Education in 1997, the Distinguished Scholar Award of the American Educational Research Association, Division I, in 2000, the Award for Outstanding Achievement of the Medical Council of Canada in 2001He presently holds a Canada Research Chair. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2007. In 2008, he won the prestigious Karolinska Prize for lifetime achievement in medical education research. He received an honorary degree from Erasmus University in 2010. In 2012, he was appointed the Querido Chair at Erasmus University.

Scott Cottrell, Ed.D. was appointed Associate Dean for Student Services and Curriculum at the West Virginia University School of Medicine in 2011. Dr. Cottrell is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medical Education. His research interests include curricular development and assessment. He was recently elected as Chair for the Generalist in Medical Education, and is serving as the Southern Group on Education Affairs (SGEA) section’s Chair for Medical Education Research, Scholarship and Evaluation (MESRE- formerly RIME). Scott currently serves as the editor for Med Ed Online.