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260.707.81
Evidence-Based Teaching in the Biomedical and Health Sciences: Foundations

Location
Internet
Term
1st Term
Department
Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Credit(s)
3
Academic Year
2017 - 2018
Instruction Method
TBD
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Prerequisite
Description
Do you enjoy helping others learn? Ever wanted to know more about how the science of learning may inform your teaching style? Interested in building and diversifying your educational repertoire to teach science effectively? Join us for the foundations part of our interdisciplinary, evidence-based teaching course sequence!
Acquaints students interested in teaching in biomedical and health professional settings with the foundations of adults learning. Explores the literature on adult learning theory and the science of learning. Discusses evidence-based teaching practices, assessment techniques, and their alignment with adult learning frameworks.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. Identify adult learning frameworks that resonate with their educational beliefs
  2. Use strategies for assessing learner’s needs
  3. Examine the literature on adult learning theory as it pertains to evidence-based teaching techniques
  4. Articulate an educational philosophy
  5. Design practice-applicable teaching modules according to learner-needs oriented objectives, congruent assessment methods and evidence-based, instructional tools
Enrollment Restriction
Graduate students and post-doctoral fellows, from all JH divisions and institutions
Special Comments

This course is part of the R3 Graduate Science Initiative series (http://tiny.cc/JHSPH-MMI-R3) and prerequisite for the mentored teaching practice course "Evidence-Based Teaching - Practice" (PH.260.708.60), offered in the second term.