Biosketch

ASME Annual Scientific Meeting 2008 New horizons in medical education
10-12 September 2008  University of Leicester, UK

Kevin W. Eva, Ph.D. (McMaster)

Dr. Eva completed his Ph.D. in cognitive psychology by examining the psychological factors pertaining to premature closure during diagnostic decision-making. During that time he also completed a fellowship in Health Professional Education. He is currently an Associate Professor and the Associate Chair in the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at McMaster University and a member of both McMaster University's Program for Educational Research and Development and the University of Toronto's Wilson Centre for Research in Education. Dr. Eva also serves on the Executive Committee of the Undergraduate MD program at McMaster as Chair of their Assessment Committee.

Dr. Eva's research interests include the development, maintenance, and evaluation of competence and expertise, including such issues as the selection of students for medical school, clinical reasoning strategies, performance assessment, and the role of self-regulation in professional practice. He is Deputy Editor for both Medical Education and Advances in Health Sciences Education while also sitting on four other editorial boards. Dr. Eva's scholarly work has been translated into both French and Spanish. Recent awards include the Canadian Association for Medical Education's Junior Award for Distinguished Contributions to Medical Education and Association of Faculties of Medicine in Canada's Young Educators Award.

• ASM 2008