Inside the Undergraduate Immunology Classroom: Current Practices that Provide a Framework for Curriculum Consensus.

ABSTRACT: Although immunological research has become increasingly important in recent decades for understanding infectious and immune-mediated diseases, immunological pedagogy at the undergraduate level has lagged behind in reports of evidence-based scholarship. To address the need for a renewed emphasis on immunology education and to describe the current status of undergraduate education in immunology, an online survey of instructors with experience in teaching immunology was conducted. The survey investigated the effects of instructors' level of teaching experience, target student population, and course components on the emphasis given to certain immunology subtopics in their courses. Instructor teaching experience and current role in teaching influenced the proportion of time allotted to lab tech

SUBMITTER: Bruns HA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7861212 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature