Community Events

Fostering a Sense of Belonging with Inclusive Classrooms 

Date and Time: June 17, 4 p.m. EDT

Moderators and Presenters: Layla Al-Nakkash, PhD; Lourdes Alarcon Fortepiani, MD, PhD

Join Layla Al-Nakkash, PhD and Lourdes Alarcon Fortepiani, MD, PhD, as they discuss the importance of building an inclusive classroom. Building an inclusive classroom environment is necessary with an increasingly diverse student population. We will explore various evidence-based strategies used to foster inclusion in the classroom. During the session, we will provide opportunities to self-reflect on our own teaching instruction as it relates to inclusivity and resilience in the classroom; then we will evaluate current inclusive practices and will present inclusive strategies.

Register for the Career Development Hour

Precision Medical Education: Possible Roles for Physiology and Physiologists 

Date and Time: June 12, 1 p.m. EDT 

Moderator: Thad Wilson, PhD 

Presenter: Sally A. Santen, MD, PhD 

The American Medical Association’s ChangeMedEd Initiative places strategic focus on precision education, competency-based medical education, equity, diversity, and belonging, and transitions across the continuum. This session will focus on “staying ahead of the curve” with precision education. Precision education is the process of individualizing types of learning informed by analytics. It involves planning and adjusting interventions and instruction that align with learner needs as well as the needs of future patients.  

Key objectives include: 

• Identify the components of the precision education conceptual framework. 
• Apply the framework to a preclinical physiology setting.  
• Formulate feasible examples of adjustments and interventions possible within each educator’s course structure or curriculum. 

Register for the Medical Physiology Educator Event.

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Perceptions of Academic Preparedness of Frst-gen Freshmen in a Physiology Major Inform Recommendations for Program-level Academic Development Initiatives

Date and Time: Nov. 4, 5 p.m. EST

Moderator: Barb Goodman, PhD, FAPS

Presenters: Miriam Leary, PhD; David Donely, MS; Randy Bryner, EdD; and Brian Leary, PhD

Summary: This qualitative study examined first-generation college student perceptions of academic preparedness and intended success strategies. The goal of the study was to program-level strategies to support first-generation students in similar undergraduate physiology-related programs. Approaches to support this population’s academic success could include early identification of at-risk students, setting realistic expectations, educating students early and often about evidence-based learning strategies, and developing academic recovery plans as needed.

Register for the Journal Club

Throughout 2023, working groups will continue to update the more than 500 resources currently offered by the Center. These working groups are asking for your help to gather accessible, high-impact resources to add to the resource libraries. The working groups are considering resources for these current and anticipated resource libraries:

• Evidence-based teaching practices,
• Inclusive teaching,
• Teaching homeostasis,
• Physiology education research,
• Advising, and
• Physiology curriculum development at the undergraduate, graduate, and medical school levels.

Do you know a high-impact resource that would benefit physiology educators? If so, email the title and a link to the resource to APS Learning, apslearning@physiology.org for consideration. Please make sure to indicate which topic the resource addresses.

The Center needs your help developing and supporting our educator community. We are looking for a diverse group of contributors with various types of teaching experience and encourage anyone eager to learn about teaching and learning to volunteer. Even if you do not have teaching experience yet, we could use your help. Please complete the volunteer form to help us connect you with volunteer opportunities that match your interests, knowledge and passions.