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Sylvia Heeneman
Dept. of Pathology/ School of Health Professions Education
Maastricht University, Holland

Sylvia Heeneman is a Professor of Health Professions Education at the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences (FHML), School of Health Professions Education (SHE), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands. Her current research interests in the health professions education field are (programmatic) assessment in undergraduate and post-graduate medical education, professional performance, portfolio and mentoring. She had supervised and is supervising various PhD candidates (within the Netherlands and international) in these topics. Within Maastricht University, she is the program director of the Bachelor of Medicine and the Chair of the Board of Examiners of the Biomedical Sciences program. In addition, she is involved in faculty development/ education in under- and postgraduate medical education (feedback and assessment) and gives workshops worldwide to educate and assist professionals in the use of programmatic assessment and mentoring in their courses and programmes.