Dr Colin Greengrass

Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology & Academic Director of Technology Enhanced Learning, College of Medicine

 

Member of the Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME) Technology Enhanced Learning Consultancy Committee

 

Area of expertise

Pharmacology, Medical Education, Technology-Enhanced Learning, Artificial Intelligence in Medical Education, Clinical Reasoning, Cognitive Psychology, Metacognition, Interprofessional Education and Clinical Simulation

Qualifications

  • Ph.D. in Pharmacology, National University of Singapore
  • Master of Health Professions Education (MHPE) (Dist), Keele University / FAIMER
  • M.Sc. in Neuroscience, King’s College London

Current areas of activity

  • Artificial intelligence and its application in medical education and clinical decision support
  • Clinical reasoning
  • Technology-enhanced learning and assessment
  • Metacognition
  • Interprofessional education
  • Clinical simulation
  • Human–AI collaboration in healthcare

Professional affiliations

  • International Network for Health Workforce Education (INHWE)

Publications Since 2024

  • Greengrass, C. J. (2026). Rethinking AI in clinical decision support: A framework for reciprocal human-AI interaction. Frontiers in Digital Health, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2026.1887161
  • Greengrass, C. J., Clancy, M., Campbell, S. G., & Croskerry, P. (2026). Transforming human-AI collaboration in emergency care: The role of AI in adaptive support across diagnostic reasoning modes. Academic Emergency Medicine, 33(8). https://doi.org/10.1111/acem.70398
  • Greengrass, C. J., Thelen, K., Vacek, S., & Kozmenko, V. (2026). SCOPE-K: Development and initial validation of a novel self-referential expertise-mapping instrument for interprofessional education. Journal of Interprofessional Care. https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2026.2698727
  • Greengrass, C. (2026). EIPA-PBL: An embedded, real-time approach to individualised performance assessment in problem-based learning tutorials: A pilot instrument-development study. Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.54337/ojs.jpblhe.v14i1.10158
  • Greengrass, C. J., & Thelen, K. (2026). I know how I know: Mapping the declarative topography of confidence in higher-order assessment [Preprint]. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-9868995/v1
  • Greengrass, C. J. (2026). Transforming clinical reasoning: The role of AI in supporting human cognitive limitations. Frontiers in Digital Health, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2025.1715440
  • Greengrass, C. J., Guymon, A. L., Hueser, J. F., & Kozmenko, V. (2025). Addressing groupthink in interprofessional clinical simulation. Medical Education, 59(7), 757-758. https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.15646
  • Greengrass, C. (2024). Navigating the AI revolution in medicine: Adopting strategies for medical education. Medical Science Educator, 35(2), 1055-1061. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-024-02257-9
  • Greengrass, C. J., Mamalchi, S. A., & Kozmenko, V. (2024). Transitioning from specialisation to collaboration: Interprofessional clinical simulation, metacognition and the phenomenon of convergence. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 38(6), 1062-1071. https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2024.2405977
  • Greengrass, C., Forest, K., Bormann, S., & Mortinsen, R. (2024). Using training videos for learning clinical skills can influence perceptions on expertise: Observations through a metacognitive lens. Aesculapius. https://doi.org/10.70657/ahsm.v5.2024.08

Conference Presentations and Invited Talks

  • Greengrass, C., & O'Sullivan, R. (2025, July). Navigating the AI revolution in medicine: Adopting strategies for medical education. Presented at the ASME Annual Scholarship Meeting 2025, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
  • Greengrass, C. (2024, May). AI and the future of medical education. Presented at the Innovative Medical Practice Conference, Bahrain. 
  • Greengrass, C. (2022). The role of cognitive psychology in curriculum design: Providing structure to clinical reasoning. Presented at the Saudi International Medical Education Conference (SIMEC). https://youtu.be/HOIdid8jwIU?si=5TuJnMfgSObGk8G2
  • Greengrass, C. (2021). Collaborative cognition and metacognitive processes underlying team-based learning: A guide for why and when to use TBL. Presented at the INHWE Virtual Conference of Health Education and Research. https://youtu.be/fvvtQy-sTLA?si=GqO7Y3vdPe8C7xgR
  • Greengrass, C. (2021). Technology-assisted learning and assessment. Presented for the Saudi Society for Medical Education (SSME) / IAU Live Webinar on Medical Education.