Lawrence Sherman
President, Meducate Global, LLC, United States of America
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2947-5216
Professor Lawrence Sherman (FACEHP, CHCP) is President, Meducate Global, LLC, a US-based organisation involved in the assessment of global healthcare education systems worldwide, faculty development for educators of healthcare professionals, and support of continuing professional development in healthcare worldwide.
Lawrence has been involved in implementing education on six continents worldwide, utilising both international and local educational faculty.
Lawrence is active in the continuing education profession worldwide, with key involvement and participation in organisations, societies, and academic institutions globally. Some of the organisations and roles include:
- Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference (APMEC)
- Advisor, Continuing Medical Education
- Keynote Speaker
- Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE)
- Founding Member, Continuing Professional Development Committee and Special Interest Group
- Host, AMEE Live online broadcast
- Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions
- Fellow
- Past Leader, Medical Education Company Alliance
Lawrence is the Social Media Editor for the Journal for Continuing Education in the Health Professions, and is a reviewer for the following journals:
- Journal of European CME
- Medical Teacher
- The Asia Pacific Scholar
Lawrence is a frequent speaker at global healthcare conferences; examples of his presentations include talks at:
- TEDxMaastricht
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpSd5u_di9w
- Singularity University http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4Qkbw8969w
- Villanova University https://reachmd.com/programs/villanova_health_summit/observations-medical-educator-turned-patient/8078/
Frequent lecture topics include:
- Faculty training
- Optimising presentation and communications skills
- Interprofessional continuing education
- Globalising medical education
- Humour in medical education
- Needs assessments and outcomes in healthcare education
- Customer service in medicine
- Understanding learners in medical education
- Healthcare communications
- Future of healthcare education
He often moderates consensus panels and curriculum development meetings and also leads the podium skills training sessions and faculty development workshops. He has also hosted an internet radio show focusing on key topics in medical education that is broadcast on the ReachMD platform.
Lawrence has also been an Educator in Emergency Medicine for the Emergency Medical Institute and Center for Learning and Innovation of the Northwell Health System in Long Island, New York, and has lectured in the Healthcare Communications program at the Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University, also in New York.
Announcements
- Fourth Thematic Issue: Call for Submissions
The Asia Pacific Scholar is now calling for submissions for its Fourth Thematic Publication on “Developing a Holistic Healthcare Practitioner for a Sustainable Future”!
The Guest Editors for this Thematic Issue are A/Prof Marcus Henning and Adj A/Prof Mabel Yap. For more information on paper submissions, check out here! - Best Reviewer Awards 2023
TAPS would like to express gratitude and thanks to an extraordinary group of reviewers who are awarded the Best Reviewer Awards for 2023.
Refer here for the list of recipients. - Most Accessed Article 2023
The Most Accessed Article of 2023 goes to Small, sustainable, steps to success as a scholar in Health Professions Education – Micro (macro and meta) matters.
Congratulations, A/Prof Goh Poh-Sun & Dr Elisabeth Schlegel! - Best Article Award 2023
The Best Article Award of 2023 goes to Increasing the value of Community-Based Education through Interprofessional Education.
Congratulations, Dr Tri Nur Kristina and co-authors! - Volume 9 Number 1 of TAPS is out now! Click on the Current Issue to view our digital edition.
- Best Reviewer Awards 2022
TAPS would like to express gratitude and thanks to an extraordinary group of reviewers who are awarded the Best Reviewer Awards for 2022.
Refer here for the list of recipients. - Most Accessed Article 2022
The Most Accessed Article of 2022 goes to An urgent need to teach complexity science to health science students.
Congratulations, Dr Bhuvan KC and Dr Ravi Shankar. - Best Article Award 2022
The Best Article Award of 2022 goes to From clinician to educator: A scoping review of professional identity and the influence of impostor phenomenon.
Congratulations, Ms Freeman and co-authors. - Volume 8 Number 3 of TAPS is out now! Click on the Current Issue to view our digital edition.
- Best Reviewer Awards 2021
TAPS would like to express gratitude and thanks to an extraordinary group of reviewers who are awarded the Best Reviewer Awards for 2021.
Refer here for the list of recipients. - Most Accessed Article 2021
The Most Accessed Article of 2021 goes to Professional identity formation-oriented mentoring technique as a method to improve self-regulated learning: A mixed-method study.
Congratulations, Assoc/Prof Matsuyama and co-authors. - Best Reviewer Awards 2020
TAPS would like to express gratitude and thanks to an extraordinary group of reviewers who are awarded the Best Reviewer Awards for 2020.
Refer here for the list of recipients. - Most Accessed Article 2020
The Most Accessed Article of 2020 goes to Inter-related issues that impact motivation in biomedical sciences graduate education. Congratulations, Dr Chen Zhi Xiong and co-authors.
