Lars Konge is a certified cardio-thoracic surgeon and the head of research at the Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation (CAMES), Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark. He has a Ph.D. in assessment and his main research areas are simulation-based training and certification of technical skills. Professor Konge is one of the world’s most active researchers in medical education and has published more than 250 papers in international peer-reviewed journals and supervised more than 30 Ph.D. students.