Teaching Undergraduate Biophysics using Excel

Teaching molecular biophysics at the graduate level.

Unix and Undergraduate Teaching

Academia has been a traditional training ground for the Unix centric programming environment. A large proportion of the Unix literate community acquired their early skills set while at a tertiary institution. With an increasing proportion of newly enrolled students having a Windows-centric background, introducing students to Unix and providing basic skills presents interesting challenges. This ...

Undergraduate Teaching of Anatomy

Since publication of my (Khan, 1945) previous paper on 1 The Organization of Anatomy Department ' I have discussed this and allied topics with eminent anatomists in Britain, France, Switzerland, Canada and U.S.A. during my one-year tour in the West. Those who have completely endorsed the views expressed in this paper constitute a remarkable majority. The dissenting minority differed not on prin...

Horizon identification using excel

Soil classifiers have taken their lead from biologists but have not produced an internationally accepted system even though the WRB is supported by the IUSS. More recently Mazaheri et al. (1995a, 1995b) have tried to introduce Fuzzy logic into soil classification. They achieved a small amount of success when their technique was applied to selected soils in Australia but failed when applied to o...

Using professional interpreters in undergraduate medical consultation skills teaching

The ability to work with interpreters is a core skill for UK medical graduates. At the University of Sheffield Medical School, this teaching was identified as a gap in the curriculum. Teaching was developed to use professional interpreters in role-play, based on evidence that professional interpreters improve health outcomes for patients with limited English proficiency. Other principles guidin...