Matt Jackson, Ph.D. is Assistant Dean
for Basic Science Education and
Associate Professor in the Department of
Immunology and Microbiology at Wayne
State Medical School in Detroit,
Michigan. He received his Ph.D. in
Microbiology from Kansas State
University in 1985. He came to Wayne
State Medical School as an Assistant
Professor in 1989 after a post-doctoral
research assistantship at the Uniformed
Services University in Bethesda,
Maryland. In his role as Assistant Dean,
Dr. Jackson is responsible for
curriculum review, educational
technology, and management of faculty
teaching resources in the basic science
courses.
As a faculty member and microbiology
course director, Dr. Jackson introduced
a number of educational technology
innovations to the School of Medicine.
These included videotaping and streaming
lecture presentations, interactive
content on the web, and use of wireless
PocketPCs (PPCs) in the classroom.
Wireless PPCs are used at Wayne State
Medical School for interactive lectures,
self-assessment modules, course
evaluation, attendance, and patient
encounter tracking. Dr. Jackson
established collaborations with key
personnel in the Information Technology
and BioMedical Communications
Departments to develop these programs.
He also facilitated cooperative
agreements with software developers
outside the School who could provide the
necessary tools for deployment of the
technology. Wayne State University has
received international recognition for
the pioneering initiatives introduced at
the Medical School.
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