Community Events and Involvement

June 2024
Career Development Hours–Assessment of Learning
June 20, 2024, 1 p.m. EDT

Session title: Assessment of Learning
Presenter: Rebecca Peter Sullivan, PhD, and Donika Rakacolli, PhD
Organizer: Marisol Lopez, PhD

This session will focus on enhancing educators’ skills in evaluating group work through peer and self-assessment and the use of rubrics. This a hands-on session. Attendees are encouraged to bring one of their course assignments. The goal is to provide practical tools and strategies to ensure a fair and equitable evaluation of student group activities.

Register for the Career Development Hour.

August 2024
Career Development Hours–Teaching for the First Time

Date and Time: TBD
Presenter: TBD
Organizer: Marisol Lopez, PhD

More details to be come.

September 2024
Journal Club

Date and Time: TBD
Presenter: TBD
Organizer: Barb Goodman, PhD, FAPS

More details to be come.

Core Concept Huddle

Date and Time: TBD
Presenter: TBD
Organizer: Terrence Sweeney, PhD, FAPS

More details to be come.

October 2024
Career Development Hours–Awards and Abstracts

Date and Time: TBD
Presenter: TBD
Organizer: Marisol Lopez, PhD

More details to be come.

Month of Learning–Core Concepts

Date and Time: TBD
Presenter: TBD
Organizer: TBD

More details to be come.

November 2024
Journal Club

Date and Time: TBD
Presenter: TBD
Organizer: Barb Goodman, PhD, FAPS

More details to be come.

Core Concept Huddle

Date and Time: TBD
Presenter: TBD
Organizer: Terrence Sweeney, PhD, FAPS

More details to be come.

Ongoing Involvement with the Center for Physiology Education
Call for Resources

Throughout 2023, working groups will continue to update the more than 500 resources currently offered by the Center. These working groups are asking for your help to gather accessible, high-impact resources to add to the resource libraries. The working groups are considering resources for these current and anticipated resource libraries:

Do you know a high-impact resource that would benefit physiology educators? If so, email the title and a link to the resource to APS Learning, apslearning@physiology.org for consideration. Please make sure to indicate which topic the resource addresses.

Volunteer for the Center

The Center needs your help developing and supporting our educator community. We are looking for a diverse group of contributors with various types of teaching experience and encourage anyone eager to learn about teaching and learning to volunteer. Even if you do not have teaching experience yet, we could use your help. Please complete the volunteer form to help us connect you with volunteer opportunities that match your interests, knowledge and passions.