Adapting an Infectious Diseases Course for “Engaged Citizen” Themes

This article describes philosophies and perspectives underpinning scientific citizenship–focused curricular changes implemented into a pre-existing undergraduate infectious diseases course. Impetus for the curricular changes was a novel, campus-wide, multidisciplinary “Engaged Citizen” theme for the...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:e1e6af88c1984a1fb8db8d07666f8d912021-11-15T15:16:53ZAdapting an Infectious Diseases Course for “Engaged Citizen” Themes10.1128/jmbe.v17i1.9951935-78851935-7877https://doaj.org/article/e1e6af88c1984a1fb8db8d07666f8d912016-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jmbe.v17i1.995https://doaj.org/toc/1935-7877https://doaj.org/toc/1935-7885This article describes philosophies and perspectives underpinning scientific citizenship–focused curricular changes implemented into a pre-existing undergraduate infectious diseases course. Impetus for the curricular changes was a novel, campus-wide, multidisciplinary “Engaged Citizen” theme for the general education curriculum. The first half of the article describes the larger contexts from which the curricular changes were borne and the resulting instructional model. The second half of the article shares both student and instructor perspectives on the curricular changes and potential application of the model to other science courses.David S. SenchinaAmerican Society for MicrobiologyarticleSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691Biology (General)QH301-705.5ENJournal of Microbiology & Biology Education, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 98-104 (2016)
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Adapting an Infectious Diseases Course for “Engaged Citizen” Themes
description This article describes philosophies and perspectives underpinning scientific citizenship–focused curricular changes implemented into a pre-existing undergraduate infectious diseases course. Impetus for the curricular changes was a novel, campus-wide, multidisciplinary “Engaged Citizen” theme for the general education curriculum. The first half of the article describes the larger contexts from which the curricular changes were borne and the resulting instructional model. The second half of the article shares both student and instructor perspectives on the curricular changes and potential application of the model to other science courses.
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