Exploring adaptive performance of health professions educators with the D‑ADAPT‑HP

Heleen Pennings is professor of Applied Sciences in Learning with ict at HAN University of Applied Sciences and scientific coordinator of a co-implementation pilot at the Nationaal Onderwijslab AI at Radbout University: both in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

She studied a variety of topics relating to training and education of professionals (health professionals, safety personnel and teachers), focusing on innovative research and educational methods inspired by complex dynamic systems thinking: e.g., technology enhanced learning, adaptive (immersive) learning, adaptive expertise, negative transfer of training in simulation, and interpersonal communication.

Lisette holds a master's degree in educational sciences and has extensive experience with educational design in various contexts. Over 15 years, she has been involved in faculty development initiatives at UMC Utrecht, providing teacher training courses and coordinating the university teacher certification process.

She helped establish an Educator Community and worked as a staff member of the Center for Research and Development of Education. She is currently working on a PhD on the development of Adaptive Expertise in Education for HPE. 

Karel van den Bosch is a senior research scientist at TNO Human Factors. He manages and conducts fundamental and applied research on the training of complex cognitive tasks (e.g., command & control, decision making, crisis management). His research interests include issues of scenario generation (the nature and sequencing of scenarios to achieve successful learning), instruction and feedback (how to effectively train decision-makers for dealing with unfamiliar and uncertain situations), and cognitive agents (developing and using intelligent software agents playing the role of teammate, adversary, or instructor). 

Esther Oprins obtained her PhD at Maastricht University on the topic of selection and training of air traffic controllers. Her current position is Principal Consultant at TNO where she has worked for 15 years now. Her research focuses on personnel selection, training, assessment, and human behaviors in high-risk professions.

Most of her research has been done in the military domain and aviation. One of her research topics includes adaptability of military required in unpredictable crisis situations.

Marieke van der Schaaf is an educational scientist and full professor in Research and Development in Health Professions Education at University Medical Center Utrecht. She directs the Utrecht Center for Research and Development of Education and the Life Sciences Education Research PhD program at Utrecht University. With over 25 years of experience, her research focuses on adaptive expertise, feedback, and faculty development. She has received multiple international grants and supervises numerous (PhD) students and projects in these areas.