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Osler Lectureship

47th听Annual Osler Lectureship

Wednesday, 6 November 2024

6:00 PM

The Jonathan C. Meakins Amphitheatre

Room 521 - McIntyre Building

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Roger Kneebone, Imperial College, UK听 听Headshot Roger Kneebone

Medicine- the art of the expert performer

What clinicians can learn from the performing arts

In the hands of an expert, clinical practice appears effortless. Each patient feels safe and cared for while their problem is explored, diagnosed and resolved by a wise and compassionate clinician. Yet this apparent simplicity requires decades of thoughtful work and preparation.

In this lecture I link my own experience as a surgeon, a family physician and a clinical educator with insights I have gained through collaborating with musicians, dancers, actors, puppeteers and close-up magicians. I outline my research into what it means to become expert and show how William Osler鈥檚 legacy continues to resonate with all of us today.


Roger Kneebone is Professor of Surgical Education and Engagement Science at Imperial College London and co-directs the Royal College of Music鈥揑mperial Centre for Performance Science. His multidisciplinary research into contextualised simulation and embodied knowledge builds on his personal experience as a surgeon and a general practitioner and his fascination with domains of expertise beyond medicine. Expert: Understanding the Path to Mastery (Penguin, 2021)

For more information contact ssom [at] mcgill.ca



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