Dr. Michelle Daniel is Vice Dean for Medical Education and Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. She obtained her medical degree from Johns Hopkins Medical School in 2002 and her Masters in Health Professions Education from Maastricht University in the Netherlands in 2016. Dr. Daniel is an Associate Editor for Medical Teacher and serves on the board of the Best Evidence in Medical Education (BEME) Collaboration, Co-chairs the BEME Editorial Review Committee and directs the University of California, San Diego BEME International Collaborating Center. She is Past-President of the Directors of Clinical Skills Courses (DOCS). Her current scholarly interests include clinical reasoning and theories of cognition, the optimal timing of USMLE Step 1, clinical skills and well-being.