Prof. Dr. Martin Fischer, MME (Bern)

Dr. Martin Fischer, MME (Bern) Lehrstuhl für Didaktik und Ausbildungsforschung in der Medizin, Klinikum der Universität München Ziemssenstr. 1 D-80336 Munich

                                   Tel.: 089/5160-7201
                                   Fax: 089/5160-7202
                                   E-Mail: martin.fischer@med.uni-muenchen.de

Education

1984 - 91
Medical School at the Universities of Hamburg and Freiburg, study periods abroad included the Inselspital Bern (Switzerland), Royal Free Hospital London (UK), Kantonsspital Lucerne (Switzerland) and Dartmouth Medical Center Hanover (USA) 

1992
US State Examination "Foreign Medical Graduate Examination in the Medical Sciences" Part I and II (FMGEMS, ECFMG)

1993
Medical Licensure and Doctorate at the University of Freiburg on "The Modulation of Serotonin Release from Cerebral Cortex Sections during Short Pulse Trains" (rated magna cum laude)

1993 -2008
Research Assistant at the University Hospital of Munich, Med. Clinic - Inner City, since 2003 Head of Medical Education Unit, since 2004 Faculty Officer for Evaluation, e-Learning and Assessment, MeCuM module speaker Module 2 - Conservative Medicine, Senior Unit Physician since 2007

2000
Certificate for Medical IT of the GMDS and GI

2001
Completion of Specialisation in Internal Medicine

2002
Further Specialisation in Endocrinology

2006
Master of Medical Education (MME) of the University of Bern

2009
Postdoctoral Lecture Qualification through thesis on "Case-based Computer-aided Studies in Medical Education using the Example of the CASUS Learning System: Development, Integration and Evaluation"

Projects

since 1993
Various national and international interdisciplinary projects on computer-aided case-based teaching and assessment (development and integration of the CASUS learning system), with support from University of Munich Society, Robert Bosch Foundation, Virtual University of Bavaria, BMBF, DFG, EU and others, average external funding since 1994 approximately 250,000 EUR/year (approximately 4 million EUR overall).

since 1997
International university cooperation and student exchange programs, funded by the EU (DG XXII, exchanges with universities in Copenhagen, Denmark, Lund, Sweden and Cornell, Dartmouth and Harvard Medical School, USA) and the DAAD (UNIBRAL, exchange with the Univ. Fed. de Roraima, Boa Vista, Brazil).

since 2008
Participation in two EU projects (Electronic Virtual Patients (eVIP) and Diabetes Prevention (IMAGE)), a BMBF project "Empirical Research in Education" (gaining professional communication skills (ProfKom)) and a project with INSTAND eV on virtual round robin tests "Medical interpretation of round robin test results - Internet-based case reports and virtual round robin tests in external quality control of medical laboratory results (MIR-CASE)), with a total of about 900,000 EUR of funding acquired for the University of Witten/Herdecke since 10.01.2008.

Scholarships, Distinctions and Prizes

1991
Biomedical Sciences Exchange Project Scholarship for taking part of Practical Year at the Dartmouth Medical School in Hanover, USA

1998
1st Prize in the Medica Multimedia Software Competition for CASUS/Pro¬MediWeb (with T. Baehring, University of Düsseldorf, 2,500 EUR)

1998
Prize for Innovation in Teaching by the Rectors? Conference for the Munich-Harvard Model, awarded by Federal President R. Herzog

1998/99
Winner of the Business Plan Multimedia Startup Competition by the Federal Ministry for Economy (30,000 EUR)

1999
Harris Guest Professorship Scholarship at Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA

2001
CASUS CURAE Award "Multimedia in Nursing" (with M. Dittler, University of Basel 1,000 EUR)

2002
Winner of the 2002 Medidaprix of the Association for Media in the Sciences (25,000 EUR)

2003
Winner of the Merkle Prize (with A. Meining and W. Heldwein, ?10,000)

2006
Good Teaching Award by the Medical Student Council of the LMU Munich

2007
Finalist of the 2007 Medidaprix by the Society for Media in the Sciences

Nominations and Appointments

2004
Regular Professor and Director of the Institute for Medical Education at the University of Bern - 3rd list place

2007
Accepted appointment to the Institute for Teaching and Educational Research in Health Sciences at the Medical Faculty of the University of Witten/Herdecke, Chair since 01/10/2008

2011
Since 01/08/2011 Chair of Teaching and Educational Research in Medicine at the University Hospital of the Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich Currently supervising nine doctoral students together with Dr. M. Zupanic and M. Hofmann at the University of Witten/Herdecke on the topics of Selection Processes, e-Learning and Examinations.