Larry Gruppen, PhD, Professor Emeritus , Department of Learning Health Sciences, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Dr. Gruppen is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Learning Health Sciences at the University of Michigan Medical School, where he directs the competency-based Master in Health Professions Education program. His research interests center around the development of expertise, knowledge and performance assessment, self-regulated learning, and educational leadership development. He has over 200 peer-reviewed publications on a variety of topics in medical education and presents regularly at national and international professional meetings. He was recognized for career productivity by the AAMC’s Central Group for Educational Affairs’ Medical Education Laureate Award, the John P. Hubbard Award from the National Board of Medical Examiners, the Merrel Flair Award from the AAMC Group on Educational Affairs, and University of Michigan Medical School’s Lifetime Achievement Award in Medical Education.
Episode Summary
In this podcast, Dr. Larry Gruppen explains why the Learning Environment is such an enduring subject of study. Everyone wants to improve it – but defining it and discovering what variables really influence its quality has been elusive. He shares his ideas about how to construct a research agenda that might lead to a better understanding of the learning environment and gives advice on how to get started researching this fascinating and important topic.