Speaker Introduction

Geoff Norman received his Ph.D. in nuclear physics 1971 and subsequently an M.A. in educational psychology from Michigan State University. He has been on faculty at McMaster since 1977 and is now a full professor in epidemiology and biostatistics, and Assistant Dean for Educational Research. His primary research focus is the psychology of clinical reasoning. A secondary interest is measurement theory, with specific application to student assessment. He is the author of 10 books and over 150 research articles. He won the Hubbard Award from the National Board of Medical Examiners in 1989, the President’s Award for Excellence in Education awarded by McMaster University in 1994, the Best Paper Award of Division I, AERA in 1996, the Award for 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 2001. He presently holds a Canada Research Chair.