Vanessa Burch

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Vanessa Burch is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Family Practice and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Vanessa Burch has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 13 papers in Family Practice and 13 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Vanessa Burch's work include Innovations in Medical Education (39 papers), Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills (13 papers) and Radiology practices and education (12 papers). Vanessa Burch is often cited by papers focused on Innovations in Medical Education (39 papers), Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills (13 papers) and Radiology practices and education (12 papers). Vanessa Burch collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and United Kingdom. Vanessa Burch's co-authors include John J. Norcini, Trevor Gibbs, Robbert Duvivier, Chelsea Morroni, Gregory P. Tarr, Trudie Roberts, M. Brownell Anderson, Valdes Roberto Bóllela, Richard Hays and Manuel João Costa and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Annals of Surgery and Critical Care.

In The Last Decade

Vanessa Burch

61 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Workplace-based assessment as an educational tool: AMEE G... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 200 400 600
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. Workplace-based assessment as an educational tool: AMEE Guide No. 31
    2007 636 citations John J. Norcini, Vanessa Burch Medical Teacher profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Vanessa Burch South Africa 20 1.7k 844 506 426 416 65 2.5k
Mathieu Nendaz Switzerland 30 1.2k 0.7× 681 0.8× 248 0.5× 633 1.5× 243 0.6× 166 2.8k
Michael Fordis United States 13 1.5k 0.9× 536 0.6× 369 0.7× 778 1.8× 212 0.5× 27 2.5k
Eva Aagaard United States 25 1.5k 0.9× 601 0.7× 282 0.6× 555 1.3× 165 0.4× 83 2.1k
Sarah Taber Canada 9 1.6k 1.0× 598 0.7× 368 0.7× 575 1.3× 254 0.6× 13 2.4k
Judith L. Bowen United States 25 1.4k 0.9× 931 1.1× 315 0.6× 773 1.8× 159 0.4× 76 2.1k
Claire Touchie Canada 23 1.4k 0.8× 783 0.9× 362 0.7× 382 0.9× 184 0.4× 63 1.8k
Nicholas Glasgow Australia 27 2.1k 1.3× 782 0.9× 462 0.9× 1.0k 2.4× 290 0.7× 102 4.3k
Michael B. Donnelly United States 29 1.4k 0.9× 622 0.7× 371 0.7× 463 1.1× 305 0.7× 91 2.2k
Wendy C. Coates United States 24 1.3k 0.8× 453 0.5× 408 0.8× 319 0.7× 175 0.4× 107 2.0k
Jan D. Carline United States 29 2.0k 1.2× 399 0.5× 210 0.4× 1.1k 2.6× 151 0.4× 75 3.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Vanessa Burch

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vanessa Burch

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All Works

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Nel, Daniel, et al.. (2024). Procedures most frequently performed by South African-trained general surgeons – implications for training and assessment. South African Journal of Surgery. 62(3). 242–248.
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Jenkins, Louis S., et al.. (2024). Workplace-based assessment in South African postgraduate medical training: A baseline survey. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 88–88.
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Jenkins, Louis S., C. R. Lazarus, Flavia Senkubuge, et al.. (2023). “We just don’t have the resources”: Supervisor perspectives on introducing workplace-based assessments into medical specialist training in South Africa. BMC Medical Education. 23(1). 832–832. 1 indexed citations
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Vyas, Rashmi, Page S. Morahan, Eliana Amaral, et al.. (2023). FAIMER Global Faculty Development: A Sustainable Partnership Model to Advance Health Professions Education. Academic Medicine. 98(10). 1131–1138. 6 indexed citations
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Nel, Daniel, M Wright, Adnan Alseidi, et al.. (2023). Competency Assessment of General Surgery Trainees: A Perspective From the Global South, in a CBME-Naive Context. Journal of surgical education. 80(10). 1462–1471. 2 indexed citations
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Norcini, John J., M. Brownell Anderson, Valdes Roberto Bóllela, et al.. (2018). 2018 Consensus framework for good assessment. Medical Teacher. 40(11). 1102–1109. 195 indexed citations
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Burch, Vanessa. (2014). Interprofessional education - is it 'chakalaka' medicine? : : editorial. African Journal of Health Professions Education. 6(1). 2. 1 indexed citations
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Schalkwyk, Susan van, Jacques Bezuidenhout, Vanessa Burch, et al.. (2012). Developing an educational research framework for evaluating rural training of health professionals: A case for innovation. Medical Teacher. 34(12). 1064–1069. 15 indexed citations
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Beningfield, S, et al.. (2011). Abdominal and pericardial ultrasound in suspected extrapulmonary or disseminated tuberculosis. South African Medical Journal. 101(1). 39–39. 29 indexed citations
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Norcini, John J., M. Brownell Anderson, Valdes Roberto Bóllela, et al.. (2011). Criteria for good assessment: Consensus statement and recommendations from the Ottawa 2010 Conference. Medical Teacher. 33(3). 206–214. 374 indexed citations
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Burch, Vanessa. (2009). Does Africa need another journal. African Journal of Health Professions Education. 1(1). 2. 2 indexed citations
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Pepper, Dominique J., Naomi Levitt, Susan Cleary, & Vanessa Burch. (2007). Hyperglycaemic emergency admissions to a secondary level hospital in South Africa – an unnecessary financial burden. South African Medical Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Burch, Vanessa, Geoff Norman, Henk G. Schmidt, & Cees van der Vleuten. (2007). Are specialist certification examinations a reliable measure of physician competence?. Advances in Health Sciences Education. 13(4). 521–533. 16 indexed citations
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Burch, Vanessa, et al.. (2005). The cost of treating serious abdominal firearm-related injuries in South Africa.. PubMed. 95(8). 591–4. 30 indexed citations
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Burch, Vanessa & Janet Seggie. (2005). Portfolio assessment using a structured interview. Medical Education. 39(11). 1169–1169. 8 indexed citations
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Walubo, Andrew, et al.. (2003). A Model for Selecting Assessment Methods for Evaluating Medical Students in African Medical Schools. Academic Medicine. 78(9). 899–906. 14 indexed citations

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