Curriculum Vitae
CURRICULUM VITAE – BERNARD CHARLIN
EDUCATION:
• MD: University of Toulouse then University of Montpellier (France) 1975
• Speciality Training: Ear, Nose and Throat, University of Montpellier 1981
• Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (ENT surgeon) 1985
• Master degree in Education (MA) University of Sherbrooke 1993
• Harvard Graduate school of Education: Certificate of Advanced Studies,
Human Development and Psychology (Concentration in Research Methodology) 1994
• Ph.D. at the University of Maastricht (The Netherlands) 2002
• Cours MSO 6328, Université de Montréal: les théories de la mesure 2004
PROFESSIONAL STATUS:
• Professor of Surgery, University of Montreal, since October 1998 (previously Professor of Surgery at the University of Sherbrooke, Quebec, since 1983)
• Director, Office of Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal
• Director of the Master degree program in Medical Education, University of Montreal
• Member in the Centre for Medical Education, Faculty of McGill, McGill University, since September 1, 2002
GRANTS (last 5 years)
• The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada: $ 22800. How many experts are needed on the criterion group for students to get reliable scores with the Script Concordance Test.. B. Charlin, R Gagnon, B. Millette, October 2001.
• National Board of Medical Examiners, Philadelphia, USA ($ 49 500). The effect of variability of answers among criterion experts to detect expertise with a SC test». B. Charlin, R Gagnon, march 2002.
• Medical Council of Canada ($ 21 642)$, «Influence of panel member background characteristics on aggregate scoring in an SC-test». B. Charlin, R. Gagnon, B. Millette, May 2002
• Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (17637$). Exploration of the use of the script concordance test in high stake pediatric certification examination. JF Lemay, B Charlin, JG Des Côteaux. June 2002.
• Medical Council of Canada (23 425 $). Measurement of perception and interpretation skills along radiology training: Validity and reliability of the script concordance approach. Bernard Charlin, Louise Samson, Robert Gagnon, Cees Van der Vleuten, co-investigators, June 1, 2004.
• Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada: (24 994$) Are ill-defined problem assessments more able to detect clinical experience than well-defined problem assessments? (A comparison of critical care clinical reasoning with rich context multiple choice tests versus script concordance tests).B Charlin, Y Skrobik, R Gagnon, C van der Vleuten, June 2005.
INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS
• Chief Editor of an international French-speaking journal: « Pédagogie Médicale», since November 2000.
• Named member of the International Editorial Board of the journal «Medical Education», 7 April 2003.
INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY
General Secretary of the SIFEM «Société Internationale Francophone d’Éducation Médicale», since April 24, 2003.
COMMITTEES FOR ALLOCATION OF RESEARCH FUNDING
• Educational Research and Development Committee, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, member since September 2002.
• Peer reviewer for the Stemmler Fund, National Board of Medical Examiners, Baltimore, USA, since October 2004.
PUBLICATIONS (Last five years)
1. Brailovsky, C., Charlin, B., Beausoleil, S., Coté, S., van der Vleuten, C. Measurement of Clinical Reflective Capacity Early in Training as a Predictor of Clinical Reasoning Performance at the End of Residency: An Exploratory Study on the Script Concordance Test. Medical Education 2001, 35: 430-436.
2. Charlin B. Éditorial: Le raisonnement clinique, quelques données issues de la recherche. Pédagogie Médicale 2001, 2: 5-6.
3. Sibert L., Charlin B., Corcos J., Gagnon R., Khalaf A., Grise P. Évaluation du raisonnement clinique en urologie : L’apport du test de concordance de script. Progrès en Urologie 2001, 11, 1213-1219.
4. M.Soulie, L.Sibert, L.Samson, P. Grise, P.Plante, B.Charlin. Planification systématique de l'apprentissage des gestes techniques en chirurgie urologique: essai méthodologique. Progrès en Urologie 2002, 12, 43-51.
5. Sibert L., Lachkar A., Grise P., Charlin B., Lechevallier J., Weber J. Communication Between Consultants and Referring Physicians: A qualitative Study To define Learning And Assessment Objectives in a Specialty Residency Program. Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 2002, 14: 15-19.
6. Sibert L., Charlin B, Corcos J., Lechevallier J., Grise Ph. Assessment of clinical reasoning competence in Urology with the script concordance test: An exploratory study on two sites from different countries. European Urology, 2002., 41, 227-233.
7. Charlin B., Desaulniers M, Gagnon R, Blouin D, van der Vleuten C. Comparison of an aggregate scoring method with a consensus scoring method in a measure of clinical reasoning capacity. Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 2002, 14: 150-156.
8. Charlin B, Gagnon R, Sibert L, Van der Vleuten C. Le test de concordance de script : un instrument d’évaluation du raisonnement clinique. Pédagogie Médicale, 2002, 3 : 135-144.
9. Sibert L., Charlin B., Corcos J., Gagnon R., Grise P, van der Vleuten C. Stability of clinical reasoning assessment results with the script concordance test across two different linguistic, cultural and learning environments. Medical Teacher, 2002, 24: 537-542.
10. Charlin B, Bordage G, Van der Vleuten C. L’évaluation du raisonnement clinique. Pédagogie Médicale, 2003, 4 : 42-51.
11. Labelle M, Gagnon R, Thivierge RL, Laprise R, Ste-Marie LG, Charlin B . Formation continue en petits groupes sur l’ostéoporose : comparaison d’un atelier basé sur le test de concordance de scripts (TCS) et d’un atelier classique. Pédagogie Médicale, 2003, 4 : 145-153.
12. O’Brien HV, Marks MB, Charlin B. Le feedback (ou retro-action): un élément essentiel de l’intervention pédagogique en milieu clinique. Pédagogie Médicale, 2003, 4 : 184-191.
13. Caire F, Sol JC, Moreau JJ, Isidori P, Charlin B. Autoévaluation des internes en neurochirurgie par tests de concordance de script (TCS) : le processus d’élaboration des tests. Neurochirurgie, 2004, 50, 66-72.
14. Caire F, Sol JC, Charlin B, Isidori P, Moreau JJ. Le test de concordance de script (TCS) comme outil d’évaluation formative des internes en neurochirurgie : implantation du test sur Internet à l’échelle nationale. Pédagogie Médicale, 2004, 5, 87-94.
15. Brazeau-Lamontagne L, Charlin B, Gagnon R, Samson L, Van der Vleuten C. Measurement of perception and interpretation skills along radiology training: utility of the script concordance approach. Medical Teacher, 2004, 26: 326-332.
16. Charlin B, van der Vleuten C. Standardized assessment in context of uncertainty: The script concordance approach. Evaluation and the Health Professions, 2004, 27: 304-319.
17. Gagnon R, Charlin B, Coletti M, Sauvé E, van der Vleuten C. Assessment in context of uncertainty: How many members are needed on the panel of reference of a script concordance test? Medical Education, 2005, 39:284-291.
18. Gagnon R, Charlin B, Roy L, St-Martin M, Sauvé E, Boshuizen HPA, van der Vleuten C. The cognitive validity of the script concordance theory; a processing time study. Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 2006, 18: 22-27.
19. Sibert L, Darmoni SJ, Dahamna B, Weber J, Charlin B. Online clinical reasoning assessment with the Script Concordance test: a feasibility study. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, Submitted, March 2005.
20. Charlin B, Gagnon R, Sauvé E, Coletti M, van der Vleuten C. Assessment of clinical reasoning: is it necessary to accept variability of answers within the panel of reference to detect clinical experience? Medical Education, scheduled for the September 2006 issue.
21. Sibert L, Darmoni SJ, Benichou J, Dahamna B, Weber J, Charlin B. Online clinical reasoning assessment with the Script Concordance test: Results of a French pilot study. Biomedcentral, Medical Informatics and Decision Making, submitted, January 2006.
22. Charlin B, Gagnon R, Sauvé E, Coletti M. Composition of the panel of reference for concordance tests: do teaching functions have an impact on examinees’ ranks and absolute scores? Medical Teacher, submitted, February 2006.
23. Meterissian S, Zabolotny B, Gagnon R, Charlin B. Is the script concordance test a valid instrument for assessment of intraoperative decision-making skills? Submitted March 2006.
24. Charlin B, Gagnon R, Kazi-Tani D, Thivierge R. Le test de concordance comme outil d'évaluation en ligne du raisonnement des professionnels en situation d'incertitude. Revue Internationale des technologies en pédagogie universitaires, accepté, Mars 2006.