MSE Articles

The Editorial Board of the Basic Science Educator is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael G. Schmidt, Ph.D. as the new Associate Editor in charge of the column Computer Applications in Basic Science Education. Mike is a Microbiologist at the Medical University of South Carolina, in Charleston and an experienced devotee of computer technology…. Read more »

Make Sure You Copy Right! How often do you use copyrighted materials in your teaching? I know how I would answer this question, but to obtain a little broader prospective, I did a quick scan through the syllabi of our first and second year basic science courses. Not surprisingly, in numerous handouts I encountered a… Read more »

Ever since the idea was formed to bring basic science faculty together to address issues in medical education, we have been searching for better and more efficient means to communicate. It began in 1988 within the Association of American Medical Colleges Group on Educational Affairs (AAMC:GEA), when a small number of individuals agreed to meet… Read more »

The Copyright Act of 1976, (PL94-553) which became effective on January 1, 1978, has implications for individual, classroom , and library photocopying activities, lending and borrowing of materials (interlibrary loan), and more recently, electronic databases, software and the Internet. The purpose of the law is to “promote the public welfare through the advancement of knowledge.?… Read more »

NORTHEASTWashington, DCMarch 13-15, 1997For details on Basic Science Education SIG activity contact:Penny Hansen, Ph.D.TEL: (+) l-709-737-6446phansen @kean.ucs.rnun.ca CENTRALDetroit, MIApril 17-20, 1997For details on Basic Science Education SIG activity contact:Murray Saffran, Ph.D.TEL: (+) l-419-381-4131saffrnn@opus.mco.edu SOUTHERNAugusta, GAMarch 20-23, 1997For details on Basic Science Education SIG activity contact:Gary Rosenfeld, Ph.D.TEL: (+) l-713-792-5987grosen @ farmrl .med.uth.tmc.edu WESTERNTucson, AZApril 3-5,… Read more »

In our ongoing efforts to acquaint readers with how medicine, and especially the fundamental sciences of medicine, are taught around the world, we are pleased to feature the medical education system of Italy in this issue of the Basic Science Educator. We in the United States and Canada teaching in a 4 year undergraduate medical… Read more »

In Italy it is the responsibility of medical schools to train medical doctors, dentists, and specialists. How many for each category is determined by various mechanisms. The number of entering students is highly regulated, this being the responsibility of each school. Thus, the availability of teaching resources generally will determine the size of each entering… Read more »

The Central Region Chapter of the AAMC:GEA Special Interest Group on Basic Science Education met on April 18, 1996 in Chicago Illinois. This was during the annual CGEA~ conference which this year was hosted by Rush Medical College. Our topic was Textbooks: Selection and Use. Audience consensus confirmed that textbooks as a study aid for… Read more »

For the second consecutive year the AAMC Southern Group on Educational Affairs (SGEA~) organized their annual spring meeting according to the suggestions and interests of their component regional Special Interest Groups (SIGs). For the first time, communications about the meeting with the approximately 150 members of the Southern Regional Chapter of the SIG on Basic… Read more »

Public leaders have focused attention upon institutions of higher education and have asked some very hard questions about the outcomes produced by educational institutions. For example, do taxpayers and communities benefit enough to justify the monies spent on grants? How can we ensure that faculty work is tied to educating and benefiting our community? Should… Read more »

After four years of exemplary work as Associate Editor of the section on Innovations in Basic Science Teaching and Learning, Dr. Thomas Devlin has asked to be relieved of those duties. The Editorial Board is, therefore, seeking nominations for his replacement. Responsibilities include developing and coordinating an overall plan for continuity of the column, soliciting… Read more »

My baccalaureate Microbiology class began this semester as it always does, with a brief overview of the history of this discipline. I spoke of the Dutch dry-goods merchant, Antony Van Leeuwenhoek, regarded as the Father of Microbiology since in 1674 it was he who first saw and described the. world of microbes. He, like other… Read more »