Biosketch

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

Professor Cees van der Vleuten

Cees van der Vleuten has been trained as a psychologist and has a PhD in education. In 1982 he came to the University of Maastricht to become involved in medical education.

In 1996 he was appointed as a Professor of Education at the Faculty of Medicine from University of Maastricht and chair of the Department of Educational Development and Research. In 2005 he was appointed as the Scientific Director of the School of Health Professions Education.

His area of expertise lies in evaluation and assessment. His particular expertise concerns assessment of professional competence, including modern methods of assessment and strategies for designing assessment programmes.

He has published widely on these topics, holds several academic awards for this work, and has been a mentor for more than 30 PhD students. He has frequently served as a consultant internationally.

A full curriculum vitae can be found at: http://www.fdg.unimaas.nl/educ/cees/CV/.

• ASM 2008