Pim Teunissen, MD, PhD
Professor, School of Health Professions Education
Maastricht University
Clinical Consultant (Maternal Fetal Medicine)
Vrije Universiteit Medical Centre, Amsterdam
Dates of Visit: October 17 – 19, 2017
Purpose of Visit
Presenter at CHES Research Rounds
October 18, 2017
The role of transitions in learning
During this visit to CHES, Dr. Teunissen will also be meeting with individual members of the CHES community to discuss their research ideas, offer advice, and explore areas of joint interest.
Biography
Dr. Pim Teunissen, MD, PhD, combines a career as a clinician with research in medical education. He is a maternal-fetal-medicine specialist at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam. He combines this with a position as professor of workplace learning in healthcare at the School of Health Professions Education (SHE) at Maastricht University. Dr. Teunissen uses his clinical experience to inform his research and vice versa. In his research he focuses on connecting concepts and methodologies from different scientific disciplines to pertinent issues within healthcare education. His research activities span the continuum from medical students to new consultants in a variety of specialties and he has published more than 75 scientific articles and book chapters related to workplace learning in healthcare. In 2013/2014 he spent 7 months as a visiting scholar at CHES and looks forward to coming back for CHES Rounds.