Further Information
Curriculum Vitae
- Year of birth: 1987
- Degrees:
Abitur (2007)
B.A. Educational Sciences & Psychology (2011) LMU Munich
M.Sc. Learning Sciences (2013) LMU Munich
Research Topics
- Scientific and Clinical Reasoning in Medicine
- (Fostering) Diagnostic Competence and Error Detection Skills
- Interventions to counter Cognitive Biases in Medical Decision Making
- Learning with Modeling and Errors
- Learning through Observing and Feedback
Current Research Topic
- Problem:
Medical diagnostic reasoning is a complex cognitive task and therefore highly vulnerable to errors (10-15%), causing severe fatal injuries. Knowledge improvement or cognitive de-biasing strategies to counter errors do not decrease this rate. Simulating experience gains in an interactive learning setting to increase error detection and correction skills was designed to decrease cognitive diagnostic errors. - Research Questions:
Is observational learning as fruitful as failing by the person him/herself? How is the impact of feedback connected to erroneous observed actions? Does the general concept of diagnostic competence framework need to be reworked to incorporate error detection skills? - Results:
Observational learning is a possible compensation for lacking experience. Providing peer feedback to the observed student had detrimental effects on own performance if it is superficially done. Error detection skills seem to be a distinct construct from diagnostic knowledge, highlighting the importance to incorporate it into the diagnostic competence framework of today.
Publications
- Strobel, C., Heitzmann, N., Strijbos, J.-W., Kollar, I., & Fischer, M. (2016). Watching People Fail: Improving Diagnostic Competence by Providing Peer Feedback on Erroneous Diagnoses. Symposium at Gesellschaft für Empirische Bildungsforschung (GEBF), Berlin, March 9th 2016.
- Strobel, C., Heitzmann, N., Strijbos, J.-W., Kollar, I., & Fischer, M. (2016). Watching People Fail: Improving Diagnostic Competence by Providing Peer Feedback on Erroneous Diagnoses. Full paper presentation at the Conference of the American Research Association (AERA), Washington, DC, April 8th, 2016.
- Strobel, C., Heitzmann, N., Strijbos, J.-W., Kollar, I., & Fischer, M. (2015). Watching People Fail: Improving Diagnostic Competence by Providing Peer Feedback on Erroneous Diagnoses. Poster presented at the 4th Research in Medical Education Symposium 2015 (RIME), Munich, March 21st 2015.
- Strobel, C., Heitzmann, N., Strijbos, J.-W., Kollar, I., & Fischer, M. (2015). Watching People Fail: Improving Diagnostic Competence by Providing Peer Feedback on Erroneous Diagnoses. Poster presentation at the Junior Researchers Conference (JURE) 2015, Limassol, August 23rd 2015.
- Strobel, C., Heitzmann, N., Strijbos, J.-W., Kollar, I., & Fischer, M. (2015). Watching People Fail: Improving Diagnostic Competence by Providing Peer Feedback on Erroneous Diagnoses. Round table presentation at the Conference of the European Association for Research in Learning and Instruction (EARLI) 2015, Limassol, August 25th 2015.