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Study: Black Medical Students Experience Higher Rates of Attrition Than Peers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A new study by Yale University finds that Black students are more likely to leave medical school than their white peers. student at Yale School of Medicine and lead author of the study, said when research and innovation are equitable, physicians are better equipped to care for diverse populations. Mytien Nguyen, an M.D.-Ph.D.

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Doing What’s Right

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She is also the founding chairperson of the department of surgery and the first associate dean for post-graduate medical education at the Aga Khan University in Karachi. CBEC, inaugurated in 2004, is the only bioethics center specific in its focus on bioethics research and education in Pakistan, according to Moazam. In the U.S.,

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Transparent Lab Report Templates Affect Scientific Success

The Scholarly Teacher

The goal was that standardizing the lab report template would help students understand what material is needed for the assignment within the course as well as what would be required if they were publishing scientific results within a journal (Hand & Prain, 2004). Medical Science Educator , 31 (2), 753764. Mohamed, R. Corwin Press.

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HBCU Conference Connects Secondary to Postsecondary

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Corbett-Helaire, assistant professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at Harvard University and leading researcher behind the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. million Black students who took the SAT between 2004 and 2010, revealed that students who enrolled at an HBCU were 14.6 Dr. Kizzmekia S.

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Using simulation flexibly to provide experiential learning at scale

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

Up until the late 20 th Century, medical education has relied on the apprenticeship model where trainees were able to perform procedures on patients before they were fully competent. Here I will talk about three such innovations thatare being used by Edinburgh University Medical School. Evaluate what you do. References Gaba, D.

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Lecture Recording: What does research say about its effect on attendance?

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Others argue that the correlation between lecture attendance and performance is weak at best (Horton, Wiederman, & Saint, 2012; Walbeek, 2004). It is difficult to draw just one conclusion from the research I have read. Medical Student Attendance at Non-compulsory Lectures: Do Electronic Course Materials Matter? Dickson, P.

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Assessing students through online role-playing

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Role-playing can be used to directly link learning to a students’ real life experience, while also being a safe space to explore challenging opinions (Oberle 2004). Higher Education Research & Development , 27(1), pp.55-67. Her research interests focus on tropical ecology and wildlife conservation, particularly on islands.