A Poster-Session Review to Reinforce Course Concepts and Improve Scientific Communication Skills

A Poster-Session Review to Reinforce Course Concepts and Improve Scientific Communication Skills†

Using Writing Assignments to Improve Self-Assessment and Communication Skills in an Engineering Statics Course

This study explores the use of writing as a tool for metacognition in the engineering classroom. We used the “explain-a-problem” type of assignment in the Engineering Statics course for four terms. The objectives associated with the assignments were grouped under student self-assessment, student communication, and administration. Performance on each of four grading criteria for each assignment ...

Poster Session

s of the 1st Congress of the International Academy of Digital Pathology: Poster Session 199 Medical School Pathology education supplemented with web-based virtual microscopy Rajyasree Emmadi, Amy Y. Lin, and Andy V. Pham Department of Pathology, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), IL, USA Background: The year 2 Medical student Pathology practicum at UIC, designated Small Group Discussion (...

Poster Session

Mannequin-based simulation to reinforce pharmacology concepts.

Simulation education provides many new learning opportunities to healthcare training. This article delineates a method that utilizes a variety of teaching methods that include structured lecture-based education, active simulation-based education, and reflective inquiry. A course in pharmacology is used as an example to show how these different methods can be employed to offer students an immers...