Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Office of Health Sciences Education and the Academy for Excellence in Teaching
Present
Keynote address from 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
"Shifting the Medical Education Paradigm from Knowledge
to Metacognitive Expertise"
Mark E. Quirk, Ed.D.
Professor, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Registration required for lunch!
Dr. Quirk has delivered keynote addresses and participated in panel presentations on teaching and learning, critical thinking, clinical communication and medical expertise at national and international conferences and several medical school education day events. He has served as principal investigator and director of successful training grants that have been funded for more than $6 million. He is the 2006 recipient of the national Excellence in Education Award from the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine and the 2009 recipient of the Lamar Soutter Award for Excellence in Medical Education at UMass Medical School.
From 1978 to 2012 he had been at the University of Massachusetts Medical School serving most recently as professor and associate chair of family medicine and community health and the assistant dean for academic achievement. He directed the Center for Clinical Communication and Performance Outcomes, the Center for Academic Achievement, and the Clinical Faculty Development Center—a 16 school collaborative devoted to teaching and learning medicine. He has published two books, and more than 70 articles on medical education and behavioral science research. His most recent book, published 2006, is Intuition and Metacognition in Medical Education: Keys to Developing Expertise.
Sponsored by Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; Office for Health Sciences Education, Educator Development Core and the Academy for Excellence in Teaching
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