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Advocating for Student Preparedness with the Implementation of a Pre-CourseĀ 

Faculty Focus

2008; 2006; Collins and Foote, 2005; Laakkonen and Nevgi, 2014). At the Louisiana State School of Veterinary Medicine, a veterinary anatomy pre-course correlated with improved exam grades and reduced anxiety (McNulty and Lazarus, 2018). His research focuses on anatomy education, eye-tracking technology, and active learning.

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Advocating for Student Preparedness with the Implementation of a Pre-CourseĀ 

Faculty Focus

2008; 2006; Collins and Foote, 2005; Laakkonen and Nevgi, 2014). At the Louisiana State School of Veterinary Medicine, a veterinary anatomy pre-course correlated with improved exam grades and reduced anxiety (McNulty and Lazarus, 2018). His research focuses on anatomy education, eye-tracking technology, and active learning.

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More professors now embrace Wikipedia in the classroom

Inside Higher Ed

Besides, he decided, many patients rely on Wikipedia to research medical concerns, and doctors who ignore that reality are fooling themselves. He decided to design and teach an elective course at the medical school on Wikipedia editing. “I feel a sense of responsibility to correct misinformation with proper sources.”