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Geoffrey R. Norman

Geoffrey R. Norman

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Medicine

D-Index
107
Citations
69287
World Ranking
6105
National Ranking
237

Overview

Geoffrey R. Norman is affiliated with McMaster University in Canada and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine with a focus on several subfields including Family Practice, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Health Information Management, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Education.

The main thematic areas of their research involve Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills, Innovations in Medical Education, Empathy and Medical Education, Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation, Electronic Health Records Systems, Disaster Response and Management, and Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues.

Norman has authored numerous papers published in a variety of academic venues. Some of the recent papers include:

  • Should electronic differential diagnosis support be used early or late in the diagnostic process? A multicentre experimental study of Isabel, 2021, BMJ Quality & Safety
  • Diagnostic reasoning in cardiovascular medicine, 2022, BMJ
  • Restorative just culture significantly improves stakeholder inclusion, second victim experiences and quality of recommendations in incident responses, 2022, Journal of Hospital Administration
  • Intrinsic or Invisible? An Audit of CanMEDS Roles in Entrustable Professional Activities, 2022, Academic Medicine
  • Does a deep learning inventory predict knowledge transfer? Linking student perceptions to transfer outcomes, 2022, Advances in Health Sciences Education

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Norman include:

  • Matthew Sibbald
  • Sandra Monteiro
  • Jonathan Sherbino
  • Andrew B. LoGiudice
  • Amy Keuhl

The most common publication venues where Norman's research appears are BMJ Quality & Safety, Advances in Health Sciences Education, BMJ, Journal of Hospital Administration, and Academic Medicine.

Best Publications

  • Health Measurement Scales: A Practical Guide to Their Development and Use

    David L. Streiner;Geoffrey R. Norman;John Cairney

  • Interpretation of changes in health-related quality of life the remarkable universality of half a standard deviation

    Geoffrey R. Norman;Jeff A. Sloan;Kathleen W. Wyrwich

  • Health Measurement Scales

    David L. Streiner;Geoffrey R. Norman

  • The psychological basis of problem-based learning: A review of the evidence

    Geoffrey R. Norman;Henk G. Schmidt

  • A Cognitive Perspective on Medical Expertise: Theory and Implications

    Henk Schmidt;Geoffrey Norman;Henny Boshuizen

  • Methods to explain the clinical significance of health status measures.

    Gordon H. Guyatt;David Osoba;Albert W. Wu;Kathleen W. Wyrwich

  • Effectiveness of problem-based learning curricula: theory, practice and paper darts.

    Geoffrey R Norman;Henk G Schmidt

  • Research in clinical reasoning: past history and current trends.

    Geoffrey Norman

  • An admissions OSCE: the multiple mini-interview.

    Kevin W Eva;Jack Rosenfeld;Harold I Reiter;Geoffrey R Norman

  • Correction for multiple testing: is there a resolution?

    David L. Streiner;David L. Streiner;Geoffrey R. Norman

  • Diagnostic error and clinical reasoning.

    Geoffrey R Norman;Kevin W Eva

  • Methodological problems in the retrospective computation of responsiveness to change: the lesson of Cronbach.

    Geoffrey R. Norman;Paul Stratford;Glenn Regehr

  • The Causes of Errors in Clinical Reasoning: Cognitive Biases, Knowledge Deficits, and Dual Process Thinking

    Geoffrey R Norman;Sandra D Monteiro;Jonathan Sherbino;Jonathan S Ilgen

  • Need for expertise based randomised controlled trials.

    P J Devereaux;Mohit Bhandari;Mike Clarke;Victor M Montori

  • Performance-Based Assessment: Lessons From the Health Professions:

    David B. Swanson;Geoffrey R. Norman;Robert L. Linn

  • How medical students learn spatial anatomy

    Amit X Garg;Geoff Norman;Lawrence Sperotable

  • Problem-solving skills, solving problems and problem-based learning.

    Geoffrey R. Norman

  • Role of specific similarity in a medical diagnostic task.

    Lee R. Brooks;Geoffrey R. Norman;Scott W. Allen

  • How can I know what I don't know? Poor self assessment in a well-defined domain.

    Kevin W. Eva;John P.W. Cunnington;Harold I. Reiter;David R. Keane

  • Randomized Controlled Trials

    Harald O. Stolberg;Geoffrey Norman;Isabelle Trop

Frequent Co-Authors

David L. Streiner
David L. Streiner University of Toronto
Lee R. Brooks
Lee R. Brooks McMaster University
Jonathan Sherbino
Jonathan Sherbino McMaster University
Kevin W. Eva
Kevin W. Eva University of British Columbia
Henk G. Schmidt
Henk G. Schmidt Erasmus University Rotterdam
Gordon H. Guyatt
Gordon H. Guyatt McMaster University
Julia Abelson
Julia Abelson McMaster University
Glenn Regehr
Glenn Regehr University of British Columbia
Peter Tugwell
Peter Tugwell University of Ottawa
Georges Bordage
Georges Bordage University of Illinois at Chicago

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