Not that Kind of Scientist: Tales of Teaching
Pipette Protagonist, PhD
Spoiler: It takes twice as much time as you think.
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Empowering Women through Mentoring
Cristina Espinosa-Diez, PhD
I still remember my first time in a lab. I was doing my last year of college and I got a fellowship to collaborate for a few hours a day …
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SkypeAScientist - Hey, That Means YOU!
mark.mcever@vumc.org
SkypeAScientist is the easiest and most impactful science outreach opportunity you don't yet know about
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Are Online Labs a Valuable Distance Learning Experience?
mark.mcever@vumc.org
Can online labs be a suitable replacement for the traditional lab bench? This may depend on what we consider the goals of the lab course to be.
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Welcome to class, I'm Alana and I'm Queer.
Alana Berry
It felt really liberating, but more than liberating myself, I hoped that my students felt that no matter their identity they felt safe acknowledging them in my class. I want …
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Advice for My Graduating Students
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Last week one of my graduate students returned to the lab nest after seven long years away. I loved this student. I missed him when he left. He was kind …
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What environment do we create when college students are “kids?”
mark.mcever@vumc.org
We’ve all heard it – and maybe said it: “well, the kids in this class, won’t…” or “I just can’t get these kids to do the reading…” What …
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The Hierarchy of Learning
Reed Omary, MD
Is there an aspirational hierarchy of learning, one that might lead to a 10-fold gain in learning over traditional efforts?
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Play and Learn! CCTS Launches Kaizen-based Game to Teach Scientific Reproducibility
Ryan Outman
To help young investigators meet an impending NIH policy requiring formal training in scientific rigor and reproducibility, CCTS has launched a new web-based quiz game.
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Introduction to Medical and Other Ignorance
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
It turns out that asking a foundation to support your medical school prep class entitled “Introduction to Medical and Other Ignorance” is a tough sell. But an Op/Ed in …
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