Keynote Speakers

Steven J. Durning, MD, PhD Professor of Medicine and Pathology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, USA

Steven Durning is inaugural Chair of the Department of Health Professions Education and founding Director of the Center for Health Professions Education at the Uniformed Services University. He received his MD from the University of Pittsburgh and his PhD from Maastricht University, where his doctoral work addressed the influence of contextual factors on clinical reasoning. His research examines how situational and contextual variables shape diagnostic reasoning across levels of expertise. 

Frank Fischer, PhD Professor of Educational Science and Educational Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU), Germany

Frank Fischer holds the Chair of Educational Science and Educational Psychology at LMU Munich, a position he has held since 2006. His research focuses on digital learning, scientific reasoning and argumentation, and diagnostic reasoning in computer-supported collaborative learning and simulation-based environments in teacher education and medicine. He has directed the Munich Center of the Learning Sciences since 2009 and is one of the leading figures in European learning sciences research.