Born a Catalonian, I guess I am entitled to have inherited what all Catalonians claim to be a genetic trait – seny, loosely translated as “common sense”. I don’t know… Read more »
MSE Articles
MICROBIOLOGY: ITS PLACE AMONG THE FUNDAMENTAL SCIENCES
INTRODUCED BY: Roger W. Koment, Ph.D., BSEF Director As our readers know, most articles submitted to the Basic Science Educator (outside of our featured columns) are generally presented without introduction…. Read more »
ANNOUNCEMENT
The BSEF is developing plans to sponsor a unique and unprecedented intercultural experience of learning and sharing educational strategies with our basic science colleagues in Eastern Europe. This event will… Read more »
PROCEEDINGS
The Seventh Annual Basic Science Education Special Interest Group (SIG) meeting was convened on Monday October 31, 1994, in the Boston Marriott Hotel. Roger Koment, Director, formally welcomed the assembly… Read more »
STUDENT PERCEPTIONS:
STUDENT-to-FACULTY FEEDBACK
What do medical students think of the Student-to-Faculty feedback in their schools? The most often used indicator of course and teaching quality is student-to-faculty feedback. Six students from 5 different… Read more »
THE BASIC SCIENTIST AND THE GENERALIST:
Natural Partners for Educational Reform
By now most medical educators have reconciled themselves to the widespread perception that our country needs more generalist physicians and fewer specialists and subspecialists. Disagreements remain about precisely how much… Read more »
ANNOUNCEMENT
NORTHEASTOttawa, OntarioApril 27-29, 1995Socially Responsive Medical Curricula: Their Development and Implementation For details on Basic Science Education SIG activity phone:Penny Hansen, Ph.D.Ph: (709) 737.6669 CENTRALColumbus, OHMarch 30- April 2, 1995… Read more »
INNOVATIONS IN BASIC SCIENCE TEACHING AND LEARNING
The second segment of a two part article concerning Concept Mapping, by Drs. Howard Zeitz and Angelo Pinto, is presented in this issue. As stated before, the value of Concept… Read more »
CONCEPT MAPPING: A STRATEGY FOR MEANINGFUL LEARNING (PART 2)
In the last issue of the BSE, we introduced concept mapping, a tool for meaningful learning. In concept mapping, one identifies the important concepts from a subject and describes the… Read more »
ANNOUNCEMENTS
EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING BASIC SCIENCE EDUCATION SIG October 27 – November 2, 1995WASHINGTON, DC The Eighth Annual Meeting of the AAMC:GEA’s Basic Science Education Special Interest Group will be held… Read more »
SECOND BIENNIAL BSEF CONFERENCE
THE HOST SCHOOL A total of eight medical schools from across the United States had volunteered to host the Second Biennial BSEF Conference. From these, Roger Koment made the decision… Read more »
CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND THE BASIC SCIENCES
A Personal View From Russia
It’s 5:30 AM as I grab for the alarm clock and look out the window of this train, which since yesterday has been rattling slowly toward the Ural Mountains of… Read more »