Using Brain Imaging to Explore Clinical Reasoning
Dr. Steven J. Durning, MD, PhD
Director, Masters and PhD in Health Professions Education
Professor, Medicine and Pathology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU)
Session Goals:
- Review some of the current challenges educators face in assessing clinical reasoning in health professions learners
- Discuss emerging findings that reveal how brain imaging techniques might inform聽our understanding of clinical reasoning
- Propose future directions to advance the field of clinical reasoning
Steven J. Durning, MD, PhD is a professor of medicine and pathology at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) in Maryland.聽 He received his MD degree from the University of Pittsburgh and he practices general internal medicine. His PhD, from Maastricht University, addressed the influence of contextual factors on clinical reasoning. Dr Durning currently oversees a second year medical student course on clinical reasoning.聽 In addition to serving as a course director, he is the director of the newly established Masters and PhD in Health Professions Education at USU and is the principal investigator of USU's Long Term Career Outcome Study.聽 Dr. Durning has published over 200 peer-reviewed manuscripts, 20 book chapters and 5 books.聽 He also serves on a number of national and international organizations and his research interests include clinical reasoning and assessment.
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