She teaches in both the undergraduate and the graduate program. She is interested in using active learning strategies and technology in the classroom. Currently, she team-teaches a class focusing on complex health care problems in which she uses PowerPoint to add video and audio to classroom presentations. The visuals, with colors, charts, and multimedia clips, stimulate student interest and focus students on key concepts. Developing PowerPoint presentations is time consuming due to the time spent in preparation, the classroom focus is on students rather than content and there is increased faculty-student interaction.
Students evaluate each class session.
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