Martin Pusic, MD
Associate Physician in Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School
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Martin Pusic, MD
Associate Physician in Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Medical Services
Languages
English
French
Education
Undergraduate School
University of B.C
1982
Vancouver, B.C.
Canada
Medical School
University of B.C.
1986
Vancouver, B.C.
Canada
Internship
McGill University
1987
Montreal, Quebec
Canada
Residency
University of Toronto
1989
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Fellowship
McGill University
1992
Montreal, Quebec
Canada
Graduate School
Columbia University
2010
New York
NY
Certifications
American Board of Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine)
Professional History
Dr. Martin Pusic has expertise in human cognition as it pertains to education metrics, health informatics and the longitudinal assessment of clinical skills. These disparate areas of inquiry come together in the development of cognitive simulations for clinical trainees.
Publications
Implementing the Promotion in Place Model of Competency-Based Time-Variable Graduate Medical Education in Pathology. View Abstract
Individualized Learning Plans for Active Lifelong Learning. View Abstract
Effectiveness of a Web-Based Training Intervention in Teaching Emergency Physicians First-Trimester Point-of-Care Ultrasound Image Interpretation. View Abstract
Rash Decisions: Improving Pediatrician Skills in Dermatologic Diagnosis. View Abstract
Accuracy of the diagnosis of pneumonia in Canadian pediatric emergency departments: A prospective cohort study. View Abstract
In the Eye of the Beholder: A Stakeholder Analysis of the Value of the "Promotion in Place" Competency-Based Time-Variable Graduate Medical Education Pilot. View Abstract
Physician development through interprofessional workplace interactions: A critical review. View Abstract
Recommendations to address and research systemic bias in assessment: perspectives from directors of research in medical education. View Abstract
Deliberate Practice as an Effective Method for Reducing Diagnostic Error in Identifying Burn and Bruise Injuries Suspicious for an Abusive Injury. View Abstract
A Note on Evaluation of Polytomous Item Locations With the Rating Scale Model and Testing Its Fit. View Abstract
Precision medicine within health professions education: Defining a research agenda for emergency medicine using a foresight and strategy technique (FaST) review. View Abstract
How to Use and Report on p-values. View Abstract
Determination, categorization, and hierarchy of content for a pediatric emergency medicine curriculum designed for emergency medicine residents. View Abstract
The Association of Master Adaptive Learning With Less Burnout and More Resilience in Obstetrics and Gynecology Residents. View Abstract
Data sharing and big data in health professions education: Ottawa consensus statement and recommendations for scholarship. View Abstract
Promotion in Place: A Model for Competency-Based, Time-Variable Graduate Medical Education. View Abstract
Considerations on the Use of Neonatal and Pediatric Resuscitation Guidelines for Hospitalized Neonates and Infants: On Behalf of the American Heart Association Emergency Cardiovascular Care Committee and the American Academy of Pediatrics. View Abstract
Using learning analytics in clinical competency committees: Increasing the impact of competency-based medical education. View Abstract
Our responsibility to patients: Maintain competency or … stop practicing. View Abstract
Twelve Tips for using Learning Curves in Health Professions Education Research. View Abstract
Embracing the future: Technological developments and sustainability in health professional education. View Abstract
It Takes a Village: Optimal Graduate Medical Education Requires a Deliberately Developmental Organization. View Abstract
Researching models of innovation and adoption in health professions education. View Abstract
Estimating the Irreducible Uncertainty in Visual Diagnosis: Statistical Modeling of Skill Using Response Models. View Abstract
Interactive computer-assisted learning as an educational method for learning pediatric interproximal dental caries identification. View Abstract
Competency-Based Medical Education in a Norm-Referenced World: A Root Cause Analysis of Challenges to the Competency-Based Paradigm in Medical School. View Abstract
The fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence in medical education research: AMEE Guide No. 156. View Abstract
Competency Standard Derivation for Point-of-Care Ultrasound Image Interpretation for Emergency Physicians. View Abstract
Electronic Health Records That Support Health Professional Reflective Practice: a Missed Opportunity in Digital Health. View Abstract
A Performance-Based Competency Assessment of Pediatric Chest Radiograph Interpretation Among Practicing Physicians. View Abstract
The Case for Core Competency and Competent Corps: Using Polarity Management to Illuminate Tensions in Training. View Abstract
Educating for adaptive expertise: case examples along the medical education continuum. View Abstract
Modeling Diagnostic Expertise in Cases of Irreducible Uncertainty: The Decision-Aligned Response Model. View Abstract
Frameworks for Integrating Learning Analytics With the Electronic Health Record. View Abstract
Reimagining the Clinical Competency Committee to Enhance Education and Prepare for Competency-Based Time-Variable Advancement. View Abstract
Physician Training for Electrocardiogram Interpretation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. View Abstract
Assessments of Physicians' Electrocardiogram Interpretation Skill: A Systematic Review. View Abstract
Educational adaptation to clinical training during the COVID-19 pandemic: a process analysis. View Abstract
Statistical points and pitfalls: growth modeling. View Abstract
Pediatric Musculoskeletal Radiographs: Anatomy and Fractures Prone to Diagnostic Error Among Emergency Physicians. View Abstract
Evaluation of Polytomous Item Locations in Multicomponent Measuring Instruments: A Note on a Latent Variable Modeling Procedure. View Abstract
Learning Pediatric Point-of-Care Ultrasound: How Many Cases Does Mastery of Image Interpretation Take? View Abstract
Creation and evaluation of a novel, interdisciplinary debriefing program using a design-based research approach. View Abstract
Punctuated Equilibrium: COVID and the Duty to Teach for Adaptive Expertise. View Abstract
Social network analysis of publication collaboration of accelerating change in MedEd consortium. View Abstract
The critical role of infrastructure and organizational culture in implementing competency-based education and individualized pathways in undergraduate medical education. View Abstract
A Target Population Derived Method for Developing a Competency Standard in Radiograph Interpretation. View Abstract
Physicians' Electrocardiogram Interpretations-Reply. View Abstract
Image interpretation: Learning analytics-informed education opportunities. View Abstract
Learning Curves in Health Professions Education Simulation Research: A Systematic Review. View Abstract
Multi-level longitudinal learning curve regression models integrated with item difficulty metrics for deliberate practice of visual diagnosis: groundwork for adaptive learning. View Abstract
Importance Ranking of Electrocardiogram Rhythms: A Primer for Curriculum Development. View Abstract
Implicit bias in residency interview allocation? When surveys are silent. View Abstract
Prepubescent Female Genital Examination Images: Evidence-Informed Learning Opportunities. View Abstract
Child Abuse Recognition Training for Prehospital Providers Using Deliberate Practice. View Abstract
Workplace-based Assessment Data in Emergency Medicine: A Scoping Review of the Literature. View Abstract
Accuracy of Physicians' Electrocardiogram Interpretations: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. View Abstract
Saving Lives and Improving the Quality of Pediatric Resuscitation Across the World: A 1-Day Research Accelerator Hosted by the International Network for Simulation-based Pediatric Innovation, Research, and Education and the International Pediatric Simulation Society. View Abstract
Can Covid Catalyze an Educational Transformation? Competency-Based Advancement in a Crisis. View Abstract
Next Steps in the Implementation of Learning Analytics in Medical Education: Consensus From an International Cohort of Medical Educators. View Abstract
Click-level Learning Analytics in an Online Medical Education Learning Platform. View Abstract
Twelve tips for rapidly migrating to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. View Abstract
A think-aloud study to inform the design of radiograph interpretation practice. View Abstract
Building an adaptable resident curriculum for acute pediatric sexual abuse evaluations: A qualitative needs assessment. View Abstract
Deliberate practice as an educational method for learning to interpret the prepubescent female genital examination. View Abstract
Signatures of medical student applicants and academic success. View Abstract
The Responsibility of Physicians to Maintain Competency. View Abstract
Learning Analytics to Enhance Dermatopathology Education Among Dermatology Residents View Abstract
Speed and quality goals in procedural skills learning: A randomized experiment. View Abstract
The Variable Journey in Learning to Interpret Pediatric Point-of-care Ultrasound Images: A Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study. View Abstract
Validity of the Health Systems Science Examination: Relationship Between Examinee Performance and Time of Training. View Abstract
Games Squared: A Card Game to Learn About Using Games in Medical Education. View Abstract
Common Conditions Requiring Emergency Life Support. View Abstract
The effect of testing and feedback on the forgetting curves for radiograph interpretation skills. View Abstract
Building Emergency Medicine Trainee Competency in Pediatric Musculoskeletal Radiograph Interpretation: A Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study. View Abstract
Pedagogical validity: The key to understanding different forms of 'good' teaching. View Abstract
Utilising the Delphi Process to Develop a Proficiency-based Progression Train-the-trainer Course for Robotic Surgery Training. View Abstract
Natural Progression of Symptom Change and Recovery From Concussion in a Pediatric Population. View Abstract
Data, Big and Small: Emerging Challenges to Medical Education Scholarship. View Abstract
Neonatal resuscitation experience curves: simulation based mastery learning booster sessions and skill decay patterns among pediatric residents. View Abstract
Development and Pilot Testing of a Computerized Asthma Kiosk to Initiate Chronic Asthma Care in a Pediatric Emergency Department. View Abstract
Asthma-Related Educational Needs of Families With Children With Asthma in an Urban Pediatric Emergency Department. View Abstract
How well is each learner learning? Validity investigation of a learning curve-based assessment approach for ECG interpretation. View Abstract
Learning to balance efficiency and innovation for optimal adaptive expertise. View Abstract
Exploring the characteristics and context that allow Master Adaptive Learners to thrive. View Abstract
Role of Scientific Theory in Simulation Education Research. View Abstract
Is Speed a Desirable Difficulty for Learning Procedures? An Initial Exploration of the Effects of Chronometric Pressure. View Abstract
Learning Analytics in Medical Education Assessment: The Past, the Present, and the Future. View Abstract
Point-of-care ultrasound and undergraduate medical education: the perils of learning a new way to see. View Abstract
Script Concordance Testing to Determine Infant Lumbar Puncture Practice Variation. View Abstract
Improving the Clinical Skills Performance of Graduating Medical Students Using "WISE OnCall," a Multimedia Educational Module. View Abstract
"Yes, and …" Exploring the Future of Learning Analytics in Medical Education. View Abstract
A simulated "Night-onCall" to assess and address the readiness-for-internship of transitioning medical students. View Abstract
Determining the optimal place and time for procedural education. View Abstract
Conducting multicenter research in healthcare simulation: Lessons learned from the INSPIRE network. View Abstract
A Big Data and Learning Analytics Approach to Process-Level Feedback in Cognitive Simulations. View Abstract
Roadmap for creating an accelerated three-year medical education program. View Abstract
Fostering the Development of Master Adaptive Learners: A Conceptual Model to Guide Skill Acquisition in Medical Education. View Abstract
Screening residents for infant lumbar puncture readiness with just-in-time simulation-based assessments. View Abstract
A primer on the statistical modelling of learning curves in health professions education. View Abstract
Midclerkship feedback in the surgical clerkship: the "Professionalism, Reporting, Interpreting, Managing, Educating, and Procedural Skills" application utilizing learner self-assessment. View Abstract
Reporting Guidelines for Health Care Simulation Research: Extensions to the CONSORT and STROBE Statements. View Abstract
Reporting guidelines for health care simulation research: extensions to the CONSORT and STROBE statements. View Abstract
Reporting guidelines for health care simulation research: Extensions to the CONSORT and STROBE statements. View Abstract
Applying the institutional review board data repository approach to manage ethical considerations in evaluating and studying medical education. View Abstract
Sequential dependencies in categorical judgments of radiographic images. View Abstract
The Research on Medical Education Outcomes (ROMEO) Registry: Addressing Ethical and Practical Challenges of Using "Bigger," Longitudinal Educational Data. View Abstract
Scalp Hematoma Characteristics Associated With Intracranial Injury in Pediatric Minor Head Injury. View Abstract
The Correlation of Workplace Simulation-Based Assessments With Interns' Infant Lumbar Puncture Success: A Prospective, Multicenter, Observational Study. View Abstract
Exploring Medical Student Learning Needs in the Pediatric Emergency Department: "What Do You Want to Learn Right Now?". View Abstract
Interpretation difficulty of normal versus abnormal radiographs using a pediatric example. View Abstract
A survey of mindset theories of intelligence and medical error self-reporting among pediatric housestaff and faculty. View Abstract
Accuracy of self-monitoring during learning of radiograph interpretation. View Abstract
Learning curves in health professions education. View Abstract
Medical student lecture attendance versus iTunes U. View Abstract
Impact of Just-in-Time and Just-in-Place Simulation on Intern Success With Infant Lumbar Puncture. View Abstract
Twelve tips for improving the effectiveness of web-based multimedia instruction for clinical learners. View Abstract
Re: 'Better data » Bigger data'. View Abstract
Designing and conducting simulation-based research. View Abstract
What's your best time? Chronometry in the learning of medical procedures. View Abstract
Technology-enhanced simulation and pediatric education: a meta-analysis. View Abstract
Context matters: emergent variability in an effectiveness trial of online teaching modules. View Abstract
Seven practical principles for improving patient education: Evidence-based ideas from cognition science. View Abstract
Removing the rose-coloured glasses: it's high time we published the actual data. View Abstract
Developing the role of big data and analytics in health professional education. View Abstract
The cognitive impact of interactive design features for learning complex materials in medical education. View Abstract
Script concordance testing: assessing residents' clinical decision-making skills for infant lumbar punctures. View Abstract
Development and pretesting of an electronic learning module to train health care professionals on the use of the Pediatric Respiratory Assessment Measure to assess acute asthma severity. View Abstract
The influence of cognitive biases on feedback seeking. View Abstract
On showing all the ripples in the growth analysis pond. View Abstract
Pediatric preparedness of Lebanese emergency departments. View Abstract
Are pediatric interns prepared to perform infant lumbar punctures? A multi-institutional descriptive study. View Abstract
Medical students as human subjects in educational research. View Abstract
Interns' success with clinical procedures in infants after simulation training. View Abstract
Experience curves as an organizing framework for deliberate practice in emergency medicine learning. View Abstract
Short-term late-generation antibiotics versus longer term penicillin for acute streptococcal pharyngitis in children. View Abstract
Reinforcing outpatient medical student learning using brief computer tutorials: the Patient-Teacher-Tutorial sequence. View Abstract
Factors influencing medical student attrition and their implications in a large multi-center randomized education trial. View Abstract
Evaluating cost awareness education in US pediatric emergency medicine fellowships. View Abstract
The education data warehouse: a transformative tool for health education research. View Abstract
Prevalence of abnormal cases in an image bank affects the learning of radiograph interpretation. View Abstract
A randomized trial of simulation-based deliberate practice for infant lumbar puncture skills. View Abstract
How much practice is enough? Using learning curves to assess the deliberate practice of radiograph interpretation. View Abstract
A pediatrics-based instrument for assessing resident education in evidence-based practice. View Abstract
Using signal detection theory to model changes in serial learning of radiological image interpretation. View Abstract
CATCH: a clinical decision rule for the use of computed tomography in children with minor head injury. View Abstract
Teaching X-ray interpretation: selecting the radiographs by the target population. View Abstract
Short versus standard duration antibiotic therapy for acute streptococcal pharyngitis in children. View Abstract
Development of the capacity necessary to perform and promote knowledge translation research in emergency medicine. View Abstract
Clinical management of fever in children younger than three years of age. View Abstract
Linear versus web-style layout of computer tutorials for medical student learning of radiograph interpretation. View Abstract
Calibrating urgency: triage decision-making in a pediatric emergency department. View Abstract
Embedding medical student computer tutorials into a busy emergency department. View Abstract
Hypocalcemic seizures and secondary bilateral femoral fractures in an adolescent with primary vitamin D deficiency. View Abstract
Effect of a clinical pathway on the hospitalisation rates of children with asthma: a prospective study. View Abstract
Opportunistic screening for iron-deficiency in 6-36 month old children presenting to the Paediatric Emergency Department. View Abstract
Pediatric intravenous insertion in the emergency department: bevel up or bevel down? View Abstract
Practice variation among pediatric emergency departments in the treatment of bronchiolitis. View Abstract
Can we assess asthma severity using expiratory capnography in a pediatric emergency department? View Abstract
Wrist buckle fractures: a survey of current practice patterns and attitudes toward immobilization. View Abstract
E-mail amplification of a mock code teaching round. View Abstract
Utilization of a pediatric emergency department education computer. View Abstract
Ipratropium bromide added to asthma treatment in the pediatric emergency department. View Abstract
Pediatric residents: are they ready to use computer-aided instruction? View Abstract
Mycobacterial brain abscess possibly due to bacille Calmette-Guérin in an immunocompromised child. View Abstract