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A growing consensus has emerged in the national community on needed reforms in undergraduate science education. This is reflected in several reports—the landmark Bio 2010 report from the National Academy of Sciences and the recent Vision and Change report from the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the National Science Foundation, for example—that focus on improving undergraduate science education to better prepare scientifically literate citizens as well as the next generation of scientists. Likewise, there is agreement that changes in medical education are needed, and any difference in science education at the nation’s colleges and universities will impact the way that premedical students are prepared for medical school. So coordinating medical education across undergraduate and graduate levels is vital.
In the context of this broader discussion, the Association of American Medical Colleges recently launched a review of the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), the first formal review of this important component of medical school admissions. The committee, called MR5, is taking into account many different points of view, including the 2009 AAMC-HHMI report Scientific Foundations for Future Physicians. Vigorous discussion about medical education reform and the impact of the committee’s recommendations has ensued among educators and advisors across the medical and science education spectrum. In the midst of this important national conversation, NEXUS partners are engaged in learning how to improve premedical training and introductory science education through competency-based reforms in undergraduate science curricula.
To learn more, contact the NEXUS project at nexus@hhmi.org.
If you are a member of the media interested in finding out more, contact Jim Keeley at 301-215-8858, keeleyj@hhmi.org.
NEXUS Presentations
Here are the places where the NEXUS teams will be presenting their work:
Meeting: Faculty Resource Network Annual Symposium
Location: New Orleans, LA
Title: The Times They Are a-Changin': New Expectations in Undergraduate Pre-medical Education and Medical School Admissions
Presenters: Michael Gaines, Neville Kallenbach, and Joel Oppenheim
Date: Saturday, November 17, 2012
Meeting: American Chemical Society National Meeting
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Title: NEXUS: Developing competency-based undergraduate science curricula
Presenter: Cynthia Bauerle
Date: August 21, 2012
Meeting: Biennial Conference on Chemical Education
Location: Penn State University, University Park, PA
Title: NEXUS: Developing competency-based undergraduate science curricula
Presenter: Cynthia Bauerle
Date: July 30, 2012
Meeting: American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual
Location: Kissimmee, Florida
Title: Integrating the Sciences with Case Studies
Presenter: Jane Indorf
Date: July 15, 2012
Meeting: Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABER) National Meeting 201
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Title: Poster: NEXUS—Teaching and Assessing the SFFP Scientific Foundations for Future Physicians Competencies for Entering Medical Students 2
Presenter: Michael Gaines
Date: July 13 and 14, 2012
Meeting: Invited Talk
Location: Oregon State University - Corvallis
Title: NEXUS: Fostering Science and Pre-health Student Competencies
Presenter: Michael Gaines, University of Miami NEXUS
Date: April 16, 2012
Meeting: Invited Talk
Location: Department of Biology, University of Pittsburgh
Title: The HHMI-Funded NEXUS Initiative: Chemistry, Physics, and Mathematics for the 21st-Century Biologist
Presenter: David A. Sanders, Purdue NEXUS
Date: April 10, 2012
Meeting: American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges Annual Conference
Location: Denver, CO
Title: NEXUS: Competency-Based Basic Undergraduate Science Preparation of Future Health Professionals and Biological Scientists
Presenter: Marc Loudon, Purdue NEXUS
Date: March 10, 2012
Meeting: Invited Talk
Location: Department of Biology, Indiana University
Title: The HHMI-Funded NEXUS Initiative: Chemistry, Physics, and Mathematics for the 21st-Century Biologist
Presenter: David A. Sanders, Purdue NEXUS
Date: February 14, 2012
Meeting: Philadelphia LAN Meeting
Location: Temple School of Medicine
Title: "What does it take to change undergraduate science curricula?"
Presenter: Kaci Thompson, University of Maryland, College Park
Date: January 12, 2012
Meeting: AACP Argus Commission
Location: American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, Alexandria, VA
Title: “NEXUS: Providing scientific foundations as preparation for health professional training”
Presenter: Cynthia Bauerle, NEXUS Project Coordinator
Date: December 12, 2011
Meeting: Invited Talk
Location: Department of Biology, University of Miami
Title: The HHMI-Funded NEXUS Initiative: Chemistry, Physics, and Mathematics for the 21st-Century Biologist
Presenter: David A. Sanders, Purdue NEXUS
Date: November 28, 2011
Meeting: Invited Talk
Location: University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Title: “NEXUS: Fostering Science and Pre-health Student Competencies”.
Presenter: Michael Gaines, University of Miami NEXUS
Date: Oct 21, 2011
Meeting: Transforming Education: From Innovation to Implementation
Location: Purdue University, Discovery Learning Research Center
Title: “NEXUS: Competency-based undergraduate science preparation of future health professionals and biological scientists”
Presenter: Marc Loudon, Purdue NEXUS
Date: October 11, 2011
Meeting: Invited Talk
Location: Department of Biology, University of Wyoming
Title: The HHMI-Funded NEXUS Initiative: Chemistry, Physics, and Mathematics for the 21st-Century Biologist
Presenter: David A. Sanders, Purdue NEXUS
Date: September 13, 2011
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