Over 70 graduate
students from three biomedical fields honed their presentation skills at two
three-day APS Professional Skills Workshops on “Making Scientific
Presentations: Critical First Skills” (January 18-21 in Orlando, FL; March
8-11 in Bethesda, MD). The courses were supported by a grant to the APS from
the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH Grant #GM073062-01).
The workshops allowed attendees to:
- effectively introduce themselves to a
group;
- give a more in-depth introduction of
themselves;
- write an effective meeting abstract;
- write clear and powerful poster text;
- design a dynamic and understandable
poster;
- give an effective poster presentation;
- discover how diversity issues can
influence how they introduce themselves and write and design poster
presentations;
- learn about resources that can further
develop their presentation skills.
The workshops were especially designed for
underrepresented minority students. They brought together trainees from APS
as well as from two partner societies, American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
and Society for Developmental Biology.
Trainee participants worked in small groups of five to six matched with an
established biomedical researcher from one of the three societies to better
enable them to receive individualized training and hands-on training, as
well as allowing for networking opportunities.
APS thanks the following group leaders for their hard work and dedication to
the students: Dale Benos, Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham; Mary Anne Courtney,
Univ. of Rochester (ASM); Joe Dunbar, Wayne State Univ.; Elizabeth Eldon,
California State Univ., Long Beach (SDB); Judith Heady, Univ. of
Michigan-Dearborn (SDB); Robert Hester, Univ. of Mississippi (both
workshops); Carole Liedtke, Case Western Reserve Univ.; Patricia Molina,
Louisiana State Univ.; Jo Morello, Univ. of Chicago (ASM); Darlene Racker,
Northwestern Univ.; Hector Rasgado-Flores, Rosalind Franklin Univ.; Tom
Schmidt, Univ. of Iowa; Annabell Segarra, Univ. of Puerto Rico.
In addition, invited speakers offered plenary talks on specific topics
associated with writing and reviewing for journals. They were: Rayna
Gonzalez, Univ. of California, Irvine; Dexter Lee, Howard Univ.; L. Gabriel
Navar, Tulane Univ.; Keri Kles Poi, Eli Lilly & Company; Michael Romero,
Mayo Clinic; Thomas Schmidt, Univ. of Iowa.
APS is now working towards the development of the online courses for both
the 2006 “Writing and Reviewing for Scientific Journals” and the 2007
“Making Scientific Presentations: Critical First Skills” courses.
Beta-testers will be needed to take the courses online, both individually as
well as in small groups. For more information or to sign up to be notified
about being a beta-tester, please go to the Professional Skills website at
http://www.the-aps.org/education/professionalskills/. |
This spring 16 teachers from across the nation
were selected to participate in the year-long 2007 Frontiers in Physiology
Professional Development Fellowship Program. One component of the fellowship is
a local partnership between the science teacher and an APS member, who jointly
applied to the program and, in several instances, committed to contributing a
portion of the fellow’s stipends. Twenty APS members are serving as hosts and
mentors to the teachers by providing each teacher fellow with a physiology-based
laboratory research experience for seven to eight weeks this summer. Through
this opportunity, the Research Teachers (RTs) learn first-hand how the research
process works, allowing them to enhance their own science teaching with their
students in the classroom.
In July, typically in the midst of their research experience, the RTs will be
attending an intensive workshop week known as the “APS Science Teaching Forum”
at the Airlie Center in Warrenton, VA. An APS member and an APS Outreach Fellow
will serve as the Physiologists-in-Residence, and a leadership team of past RTs
will serve as Mentor/Instructors. Together they will facilitate sessions using
APS curriculum units and exploring inquiry- and equity-based teaching
strategies, how to integrate technology into their classroom, and equity issues
in science education. As part of the fellowship in the fall, the RTs will be
developing and refining their own inquiry-based lab activity that can be used in
the science classroom. Finally, the RTs will be concluding their fellowship year
by participating in the EB 2008 meeting through which they experience a
scientific meeting.
The following are the teacher/research host teams for the 2007 Frontiers in
Physiology Professional Development Fellowship Program:
Nancy Buehner, Deubrook Area Schools, SD
Alan Erickson, South Dakota State Univ.
Kathleen Caslow, Episcopal High School, Alexandria, VA
Pedro Jose, Georgetown Univ.
Dawn DeMayo, Montclair High School, Montclair, NJ
Andrew Thomas, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
Debbie Frankel, Sherwood Middle School, Sherwood, OR
Virginia Brooks, Oregon Health & Science Univ.
Marshan Jefferson, Anacostia Senior High School, Washington, DC
Georges Haddad, Howard Univ.
Megan Lane, C.R. Anderson Middle School, Helena, MT
Michael Morrow, Univ. of Montana Western
Norman Leonard, Pike High School, Indianapolis, IN
Steven Miller, Indiana Univ. School of Medicine
Joanna Miller, Assumption High School, Louisville, KY
Jeff Falcone, Univ. of Louisville
Erin Odya, Warren Central High School, Indianapolis, IN
C. Subah Packer, Indiana Univ. School of Medicine
Lorraine O’Shea, Schroeder Middle School, Grand Forks, ND
Van Doze, Univ. of North Dakota School of Medicine
Juanita Quevedo, Otay Ranch High School, Chula Vista, CA
Richard Lieber, Univ. of California, San Diego
Conrad Reyes, Franklin K. Lane High School, Brooklyn, NY
William Coetzee, New York Univ. School of Medicine
Mary Ann Sara, Addams Middle School, Royal Oak, MI
Joseph Dunbar, Wayne State Univ. School of Medicine
Latasha Baynes Seay, Pinellas Park Middle School, Pinellas Park, FL
Bruce Lindsey, Eric Bennett, Jay Dean, & Daniel Yip
Univ. of South Florida College of Medicine
Camia Steinmann, Clear Creek High School, League City, TX
Norman Weisbrodt, & Rosemary Kozar, Univ. of Texas Medical School, Houston
Monica Van-Y, Michigan Health Academy, Detroit, MI
Benedict Lucchesi, Univ. of Michigan Medical School |
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