Open AccessInside the Undergraduate Immunology Classroom: Current Practices that Provide a Framework for Curriculum Consensus†
Author(s) -
Heather A. Bruns,
Brian D. Wisenden,
Thiru Vanniasinkam,
Roger R. Taylor,
Samantha Elliott,
Rebecca L. Sparks-Thissen,
Louis B. Justement,
Sumali Pandey
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of microbiology and biology education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.301
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 1935-7885
pISSN - 1935-7877
DOI - 10.1128/jmbe.v22i1.2269
Subject(s) - scholarship , curriculum , undergraduate education , immunology , tumor immunology , medicine , engineering ethics , medical education , immune system , pedagogy , psychology , political science , immunotherapy , engineering , law
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.