The purpose of this portfolio is to document learning outcomes after initiating three pedagogical changes in an Honors Sociology of Activism course taught at UNL in both the Fall of 2022 and Fall of 2023. The first change was to provide students with prior student work of an assignment to see if student performance on the assignment improved. Findi...
Syllabus for PHYS 141H: Elementary General Physics (Honors) syllabus for Fall 2022.
Published in Journal of surgical education
Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE) letters provide critical comparative information about clerkship performance, and are a crucial part of the surgical residency application. The elimination of USMLE Step 1 numeric reporting increases the importance of transparency, standardization, and accessibility of comparative information reported o...
Published in Journal of professional nursing : official journal of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing
This after school club serves to improve reading comprehension, teach ideas such as storyline and character development, and to add creativity to reading to encourage love of reading. The club utilizes the text, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis and includes various crafts, worksheets, and games to improve comprehension and make re...
This curriculum covers the lesson plans for the 2021 "Cool Critter Club". It is focused on teaching students about animals and the environment, especially at a local level. This club engages students through the use of games, art, and spending time outside.
Published in Journal of undergraduate neuroscience education : JUNE : a publication of FUN, Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience
The benefits of undergraduate training in research are significant. Integration of such training into the undergraduate experience, however, can be challenging at institutions without extensive research programs, and may inadvertently exclude some populations of students. Therefore, inclusion of research into the academic curriculum ensures all stu...
Published in Computers in biology and medicine
Published in Medical Science Educator
Physician-scientists are urgently needed to make progress in the dynamic world of medical healthcare. Currently, there is a worldwide shortage in physicians pursuing a scientific career. Actively engaging students in research in early stages of medical training could help to direct students towards a scientific career and contribute to creating the...
Klebsiella pneumoniae is an opportunistic Gram-negative nonmotile bacteria that causes nosocomial infections. In these bacteria, nutrients as well as antibiotics are able to diffuse through the outer membrane via outer membrane porins, transmembrane protein channels. Loss of outer membrane porins, increased capsule production, and a highly mucoid p...
