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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Khalil, Mohammed K.; Kibble, Jonathan D. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2014
This is a reflective essay based on the experience of developing a structure and function module within a new integrated medical curriculum. Our hope is that the insights we gained during a 4-yr journey in a new medical school will be transferable to others engaged with curriculum development. Here, we present an interpretive analysis of our…
Descriptors: Integrated Curriculum, Medical Education, Curriculum Development, College Faculty
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Harris, David M.; Bellew, Christine; Cheng, Zixi J.; Cendán, Juan C.; Kibble, Jonathan D. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2014
The use of high-fidelity patient simulators (HFPSs) has expanded throughout medical, nursing, and allied health professions education in the last decades. These manikins can be programmed to represent pathological states and are used to teach clinical skills as well as clinical reasoning. First, the students are typically oriented either to the…
Descriptors: Patients, Simulation, Undergraduate Students, Physiology
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Johnson, Teresa R.; Khalil, Mohammed K.; Peppler, Richard D.; Davey, Diane D.; Kibble, Jonathan D. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2014
In the present study, we describe the innovative use of the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) Comprehensive Basic Science Examination (CBSE) as a progress test during the preclerkship medical curriculum. The main aim of this study was to provide external validation of internally developed multiple-choice assessments in a new medical…
Descriptors: Science Tests, Medical Schools, Medical Students, Formative Evaluation
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Kibble, Jonathan D.; Johnson, Teresa – Advances in Physiology Education, 2011
The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether multiple-choice item difficulty could be predicted either by a subjective judgment by the question author or by applying a learning taxonomy to the items. Eight physiology faculty members teaching an upper-level undergraduate human physiology course consented to participate in the study. The…
Descriptors: Test Items, Hidden Curriculum, Reliability, Physiology
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Kibble, Jonathan D. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2009
The goal of this article is to reflect on the contemporary ethical standards that should be applied to the publication of physiology education research. As teachers, we are all education researchers to some degree but our appreciation of when and how regulatory requirements apply to our work is variable. A significant number of articles in…
Descriptors: Physiology, Ethics, Standards, Educational Research
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Kibble, Jonathan D. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2009
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the practicality of implementing a peer-teaching program in a large class (more than 350 students) of medical students and whether such a program is beneficial. Case-based problems were developed by faculty members to facilitate student problem solving and discussion. Voluntary student enrollment was…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Tutorial Programs, Pilot Projects, Tutors