Cees van der Vleuten

51.2k total citations · 10 hit papers
716 papers, 35.8k citations indexed

About

Cees van der Vleuten is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Family Practice and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Cees van der Vleuten has authored 716 papers receiving a total of 35.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 512 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 325 papers in Family Practice and 222 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Cees van der Vleuten's work include Innovations in Medical Education (499 papers), Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills (325 papers) and Radiology practices and education (118 papers). Cees van der Vleuten is often cited by papers focused on Innovations in Medical Education (499 papers), Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills (325 papers) and Radiology practices and education (118 papers). Cees van der Vleuten collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Spain. Cees van der Vleuten's co-authors include Lambert Schuwirth, Albert Scherpbier, Diana Dolmans, Erik W. Driessen, Ineke H. A. P. Wolfhagen, Val Wass, Pim W. Teunissen, Marjan Govaerts, Karen Mann and David B. Swanson and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Cees van der Vleuten

701 papers receiving 33.7k citations

Hit Papers

The assessment of professional competence: Developments, ... 1990 2026 2002 2014 1996 2005 2001 2013 2005 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The assessment of professional competence: Developments, research and practical implications
    1996 894 citations Cees van der Vleuten Advances in Health Sciences Education profile →
  2. Assessing professional competence: from methods to programmes
    2005 860 citations Cees van der Vleuten, Lambert Schuwirth Medical Education profile →
  3. Assessment of clinical competence
    2001 763 citations Cees van der Vleuten et al. profile →
  4. Development of an instrument for measuring different types of cognitive load
    2013 653 citations Cees van der Vleuten et al. profile →
  5. Problem‐based learning: future challenges for educational practice and research
    2005 647 citations Ineke H. A. P. Wolfhagen, Cees van der Vleuten et al. Medical Education profile →
  6. Programmatic assessment: From assessment of learning to assessment for learning
    2011 548 citations Lambert Schuwirth, Cees van der Vleuten Medical Teacher profile →
  7. A model for programmatic assessment fit for purpose
    2012 527 citations Cees van der Vleuten, Lambert Schuwirth et al. Medical Teacher profile →
  8. Assessment of clinical skills with standardized patients: State of the art
    1990 470 citations Cees van der Vleuten, David B. Swanson profile →
  9. Effects of pairs of problems and examples on task performance and different types of cognitive load
    2013 358 citations Cees van der Vleuten et al. profile →
  10. COSMIN Risk of Bias tool to assess the quality of studies on reliability or measurement error of outcome measurement instruments: a Delphi study
    2020 319 citations Lidwine B. Mokkink, Maarten Boers et al. BMC Medical Research Methodology profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Cees van der Vleuten Netherlands 96 24.3k 13.4k 10.0k 6.8k 6.0k 716 35.8k
Olle ten Cate Netherlands 67 15.8k 0.7× 6.9k 0.5× 3.4k 0.3× 5.6k 0.8× 3.1k 0.5× 373 21.1k
Geoffrey R. Norman Canada 70 10.5k 0.4× 5.3k 0.4× 2.6k 0.3× 6.0k 0.9× 2.0k 0.3× 242 34.5k
David A. Cook United States 73 11.6k 0.5× 3.5k 0.3× 3.0k 0.3× 6.2k 0.9× 2.2k 0.4× 240 27.0k
Glenn Regehr Canada 72 11.7k 0.5× 5.0k 0.4× 2.0k 0.2× 3.8k 0.6× 2.7k 0.4× 262 21.1k
Henk G. Schmidt Netherlands 76 8.2k 0.3× 4.9k 0.4× 9.9k 1.0× 1.9k 0.3× 1.4k 0.2× 337 21.1k
Ronald M. Harden United Kingdom 46 8.8k 0.4× 3.5k 0.3× 2.9k 0.3× 2.8k 0.4× 1.8k 0.3× 214 12.1k
Steven J. Durning United States 53 8.4k 0.3× 3.7k 0.3× 1.6k 0.2× 4.9k 0.7× 1.5k 0.3× 449 13.2k
Albert Scherpbier Netherlands 57 7.1k 0.3× 2.3k 0.2× 2.4k 0.2× 3.1k 0.5× 689 0.1× 248 10.4k
Ron D. Hays United States 129 7.8k 0.3× 1.6k 0.1× 1.1k 0.1× 18.7k 2.8× 1.3k 0.2× 937 70.4k
Patricia O’Sullivan United States 55 5.8k 0.2× 1.6k 0.1× 1.7k 0.2× 3.2k 0.5× 872 0.1× 426 12.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Vleuten, Cees van der, et al.. (2024). Online clinical reasoning simulator for medical students grounded on dual‐process theory. Medical Education. 58(5). 580–581. 1 indexed citations
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Donkers, Jeroen, Peter C. J. de Laat, Bram Jacobs, et al.. (2024). Computer Adaptive vs. Non-adaptive Medical Progress Testing: Feasibility, Test Performance, and Student Experiences. Perspectives on Medical Education. 13(1). 406–416. 2 indexed citations
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Vleuten, Cees van der, et al.. (2023). Designing Formative Assessment That Improves Teaching and Learning: What Can Be Learned from the Design Stories of Experienced Teachers?. Research Publications (Maastricht University). 7(2). 182–194. 9 indexed citations
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Mokkink, Lidwine B., Maarten Boers, Cees van der Vleuten, et al.. (2020). COSMIN Risk of Bias tool to assess the quality of studies on reliability or measurement error of outcome measurement instruments: a Delphi study. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 20(1). 293–293. 319 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rethans, Jan‐Joost, et al.. (2020). Understanding Medical Students’ Attitudes Toward Learning eHealth: Questionnaire Study. JMIR Medical Education. 6(2). e17030–e17030. 18 indexed citations
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Vleuten, Cees van der, et al.. (2020). COVID‐19 and programmatic assessment. The Clinical Teacher. 17(4). 420–422. 8 indexed citations
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Schut, Suzanne, Jan van Tartwijk, Erik W. Driessen, Cees van der Vleuten, & Sylvia Heeneman. (2019). Understanding the influence of teacher–learner relationships on learners’ assessment perception. Advances in Health Sciences Education. 25(2). 441–456. 26 indexed citations
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Verweij, Lisanne M., et al.. (2018). EXPLORING MEDICAL DEVICES: THE USE OF RISK ASSESSMENT TOOLS AND THEIR LINK WITH TRAINING IN HOSPITALS. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care. 34(2). 218–223. 5 indexed citations
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Irfan, Farhana, et al.. (2018). Family physicians' utility of social media: a survey comparison among family medicine residents and physicians. African Health Sciences. 18(3). 817–817. 13 indexed citations
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Vleuten, Cees van der. (2015). Competency-based education is beneficial for professional development. Perspectives on Medical Education. 4(6). 323–325. 26 indexed citations
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Vleuten, Cees van der, et al.. (2013). Remediation of at-risk medical students: theory in action. BMC Medical Education. 13(1). 132–132. 16 indexed citations
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Schuwirth, Lambert, Jerry A. Colliver, Larry D. Gruppen, et al.. (2011). Research in assessment: Consensus statement and recommendations from the Ottawa 2010 Conference. Medical Teacher. 33(3). 224–233. 41 indexed citations
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Zwet, Jonne van der, P. J. Zwietering, Pim W. Teunissen, Cees van der Vleuten, & Albert Scherpbier. (2010). Workplace learning from a socio-cultural perspective: creating developmental space during the general practice clerkship. Advances in Health Sciences Education. 16(3). 359–373. 132 indexed citations
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Lima, Alberto Alves de, et al.. (2005). A qualitative study of the impact on learning of the mini clinical evaluation exercise in postgraduate training. Medical Teacher. 27(1). 46–52. 30 indexed citations
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Prince, Katinka J.A.H., Henny P. A. Boshuizen, Cees van der Vleuten, & Albert Scherpbier. (2005). Students' opinions about their preparation for clinical practice. Medical Education. 39(7). 704–712. 209 indexed citations
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Verhoeven, Bas H., et al.. (1999). Quality assurance in test construction: The approach of a multidisciplinary central test committee. 12(1). 49–60. 13 indexed citations
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Wolfhagen, Ineke H. A. P., et al.. (1998). THINKING ABOUT STUDENT THINKING. Academic Medicine. 73(10). 3 indexed citations
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Vleuten, Cees van der. (1996). The assessment of professional competence: Developments, research and practical implications. Advances in Health Sciences Education. 1(1). 41–67. 894 indexed citations breakdown →

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