Prof. Albert Scherpbier, MD, PhD
Function: Professor of Quality Improvement in Medical Education
Department: Institute of Medical Education
Email: a.scherpbier@oifdg.unimaas.nl
After graduating from Groningen University, he worked there as coordinator of surgical education before joining Maastricht medical school as Head of the Skillslab. Today he is Scientific Director of the Institute for Medical Education. He is one of the driving forces behind the innovation of the Maastricht undergraduate curriculum. He was Editor in Chief of the journal of the Dutch Association for Medical Education and is currently its chairman. Undergraduate and graduate clinical training, professionalisation of medical education and medical education research are among his core interests. He has published extensively and supervised MHPE and PhD theses inside and outside the Netherlands. As a consultant on medical education he has visited medical schools worldwide.
He is my PhD supervisor in Maastricht University.