Recipients of the Arthur C. Guyton Physiology Educator of the Year Award - supported by Elsevier
2012
Richard E. Klabunde, Marian University - College Osteopathic Medicine
The 2012 Arthur C. Guyton Physiology Educator of the Year Award recipient is Dr. Richard E. Klabunde. Dr. Klabunde was nominated by Dr. Thad E. Wilson and was selected by the APS Teaching Section Award subcommittee chaired by Dr. Seung M. Hong. Dr. Klabunde is a cardiovascular physiologist with over 30 years of research experience supported by private and national grants. His love of this subject has been the source of inspiration to his students throughout his careers regardless of the platform that ranges from the traditional classroom to the online courses to his own “free” websites for students to the training sessions for corporate executives and engineers in the industry. His ultimate goal as a medical educator is to equip students as “thinking physicians”. Dr. Klabunde’s passion and dedication for teaching was evident even during his graduate studies at the University of Arizona, where he received the Teaching Award as the best Teaching Assistant in Basic Science departments of the College of Medicine.
His contribution to physiology education is quite expansive as it includes innovative technology coupled with engaging teaching methods such as debates and case-based instruction. His innovative instructional tools include the limb circulation teaching model, advanced physiology animal labs, cardiovascular physiology or pharmacology website, online teaching module, cardiovascular computer simulation lab, audience response system for lectures, and online cardiovascular pharmacology graduate course. His free websites for cardiovascular physiology and pharmacology receive 2.5 million hits and 180,000 unique visitors per month. This success in physiology website was shortly noted by a major publisher, leading him to write a textbook, “Cardiovascular Physiology Concepts”. These innovative and dedicated instructive approaches have created a tangible zeal on the part of students for leaning about physiology, evidenced by receiving the Outstanding Basic Science Faculty Award every year since his arrival at OU-COM in 1998. Many students commented about his extraordinary ability to simplify complex physiology concepts in a relevant context. His ongoing commitment to education was also noted by the administration, granting him the OU-COM Standard of Excellent of Award in 2004.
Dr. Klabunde’s leadership in curriculum development was also remarkable during his tenure at OU-HCOM. He played a significant role in the development of the new Clinical Presentation Consortium (CPC) Curriculum as a member of the Cardiovascular Block Team and later as Course Coordinator of the Winter Medical Knowledge Course. While serving as the Director of the CPC curriculum, he guided the curriculum along a new path that encouraged increased student responsibility for learning and innovation in content delivery. His leadership also infused a new energy to the program, fostering an attitude of integration among the basic science and clinical faculty and inspiring successive classes of students. Dr. Klabunde’s professional contributions to the APS include serving as a past president of an APS Chapter – Ohio Physiological Society and as a member of the APS Chapter Advisory Committee. He has presented and published numerous times on his innovative teaching methods and medical physiology curricular development. As an active member of the International Association of Medical Science Educators, he has given talks on enhancing medical student learning at their annual meetings as well as serving as a question writer for the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners.
Dr. Arthur C. Guyton had a major impact on Dr. Klabunde; a Guyton’s Medical Physiology Textbook that he used in 1968 in undergraduate physiology inspired him to pursue a Ph.D. in physiology. It was also Dr. Guyton’s example as a superb teacher and communicator that inspired him early in his career to someday write a physiology textbook that reflected his love for cardiovascular physiology.
Dr. Klabunde is well deserving of this prestigious award in honor of Dr. Guyton, and on behalf of the APS Teaching Section and award sponsor Elsevier we offer our most sincere congratulations.
2011
Barbara E. Goodman, Ph.D., Univ. of South Dakota, Sch. of Med.
The 2011 Arthur C. Guyton Physiology Educator of the Year Award recipient is Dr. Barbara Goodman. Dr. Goodman was nominated by Dr. Dee Silverthorn and Dr. Douglas Martin, and was selected by the APS Teaching Section award subcommittee chaired by Dr. Jeff Kingsbury.
Dr. Goodman displays all the attributes any student would wish for in a teacher. Her teaching style is effective in getting the attention of her students and clarifying difficult subject material. She is always prepared, organized, and ready to discuss any of the course content. Not only does she present information in a concise manner, but it is frequently applied to real life scenario’s to ensure that students understand concepts and relevance, rather than just memorize lecture notes.
Dr. Goodman has also been tireless in her efforts to redesign science courses in a way that would allow students to learn by doing experiments and sharing information. She has redesigned and introduced new introductory laboratories for physiology that include human physiology experiments that end the semester with student poster presentations. In addition, she designed and taught an experimental introductory physiology class to compare students’ experiences in large and small class sections. She has also redesigned and is teaching half of a special section of a class on introductory biology for future elementary education majors. She has also co-authored two published learning cycle units for the APS Frontiers in Physiology program for middle school students.
The quality of education given by Dr. Goodman contributes to the academic environment of University of South Dakota. Her teaching skills are vital for the pre-medicine curriculum at USD. She goes above and beyond the required standards for teaching. She effectively creates an environment that allows students to hone their understanding in the subject and utilize a well-taught base of knowledge. Besides being known as an educational leader nationwide, Dr. Goodman is also known as a leading educator around USD’s campus. She is an imperative part of the USD Center of Teaching and Learning groups and book clubs that focus on improving education. In 2009, she received the Outstanding Educator Award for teaching undergraduate students by the Division of Basic Biomedical Sciences of Sanford School of Medicine of the University of South Dakota.
Dr. Goodman is most deserving of this prestigious award in honor of Dr. Guyton, and on behalf of the APS Teaching Section and award sponsor Elsevier, we offer our most sincere congratulations.
2010
Stephen DiCarlo, Ph.D., Wayne State Univ. Sch. of Med.
The 2010 Arthur C. Guyton Physiology Educator of the Year Award recipient is Dr. Stephen E. DiCarlo. Dr. DiCarlo was nominated by Dr. David Rodenbaugh and was selected by the APS Teaching Section award subcommittee chaired by Dr. Erica Wehrwein. This award was created in recognition to Dr. Arthur C. Guyton’s accomplishments as a great scientist, a master teacher, and an inspiring role model for so many people that work in the area of Physiology. Dr. DiCarlo exemplifies Dr. Guyton’s educational philosophy of “learn by doing”. It is of interest to note that Dr. DiCarlo is a scientific descendant of Dr. Guyton as he trained with Dr. Lowell Stone (doctoral advisor) and Dr. Vernon Bishop (post doctoral advisor) who were both trainees of Dr. Guyton.
Dr. DiCarlo is both an accomplished scientist, and outstanding educator. He has impacted the lives of so many students by fostering learning both in- and out-side of the classroom. His personal investment in research and education has contributed to his development as an outstanding physiology educator of heroic proportions. One of his virtues in the classroom is that he does not focus on what the student thinks about him. He just focuses on thinking. His refreshing and sometimes unconventional approaches, including models, computer games, role-playing and peer-peer instructions, involve and engage students in a learning process that teaches students more than just the materials that need to be covered.
Repeatedly, individuals whose professionally lives have been impacted by Dr. DiCarlo, commented on his ability to generate opportunity out of obstacles in order to achieve academic discovery. What is also unique to Dr. DiCarlo’s research lab is the fact that everyone in his research lab must be involved in education also. As a result, he creates a diverse learning community that focuses on more than just basic science research. He is committed to changing lives using not only the classroom, but also the research lab. In his opinion, both forums are vital for not only expanding our knowledge and perspectives about the science of physiology, but also promoting lifelong learning.
Dr. DiCarlo is well deserving of this prestigious award in honor of Dr. Guyton and on behalf of the APS Teaching Section and award sponsor Elsevier we offer our most sincere congratulations.
2009
C. Subah Packer
Indiana Univ. Sch. of Med.
2008
Penelope Hansen
Memorial Univ. of Newfoundland
2007
Jefferey L. Osborne
Univ. of Kentucky
2006
Daniel R. Richardson
Univ. of Kentucky
2005
Robert W. Gore
Univ. of Arizona Col. of Med.
2004
Robert G. Carroll
E. Carolina Univ. Sch. of Med.
2003
George A. Ordway
Univ. of Texas SW Med. Ctr., Dallas
2002
John West
Univ. of California, San Diego
2001
Dee Silverthorn
Univ. of Texas
2000
Aviad Haramati
Georgetown Univ. Sch. of Med.
1999
Stanley Schultz
Univ.of Texas, Houston
1998
Michael Levitsky
Louisiana State Univ.
1997
Donald Frazier
Univ. of Kentucky
1996
Barbara Horwitz
Univ. of California-Davis
1995
Bruce M. Koeppen
Univ. of Connecticut
1994
Heinz Valtin
Dartmouth
1993
Linda Costanzo
Med. Col. of Virginia
(Inaugural year of the award)