Examining the impact of online branching community pharmacy case (OBCPC) on pharmacy student attitudes of community practice
Principal Investigators: Brie Weir, Manager, Educational Technology and Ali Reza Ladak, Lecturer, Pharmacy Practice, Office of Educational Technology (OETLD) and Integration Activities Project description The Online Branching Community Pharmacy Case (OBCPC) (https://blogs.ubc.ca/onlinebranchingcommunitypharmacycase/), a virtual gaming scenario (VSG), was deployed to 224-year 1 (PY1) entry-to-practice PharmD students offering them an opportunity in their first semester to […]
Debunking the misconception of genetic essentialism – a pre/post study of first year biology students’ beliefs
Principal Investigator: Pam Kalas, Associate Professor of Teaching, Department of Zoology Project description The current proposal is a continuation of a larger project dedicated to develop and evaluate new classroom activities to teach genetics. The goal of these new activities is to emphasize the multifactorial nature of inherited traits while highlighting fallacies of genetic determinism. […]
Assessing the Impact of an “Anti-Racist Toolkit for the Writing Classroom”
Principal Investigator: Laila Ferreira, Assistant Professor of Teaching, The School of Journalism, Writing, and Media Project description Five faculty members in Writing, Research, and Discourse Studies (WRDS) recently developed the “Anti-Racist Toolkit for the Writing Classroom,” a 38pg guide that includes links, citations, reflective questions, and action items. The toolkit responds to a gap in […]
Instructors’ Perception of Enablers and Barriers to Effective Course Delivery in a Distributed Learning Environment
Principal Investigator: David Anekwe, Assistant Professor of Teaching / Academic Site Lead Master of Physical Therapy North, Master of Physical Therapy Project description This is a quality improvement project aimed at extracting the perceived enablers and barriers to effective course delivery in a distributed learning environment from instructors teaching at the UBC Master of Physical […]