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Innovative Teaching Practices: Critique-and-Correct Multiple-Choice Questions

Avni Bhargava

Nov 135 min read

Innovative Teaching Practices: Critique-and-Correct Multiple-Choice Questions

The ATLAS Research Lab has a keen interest in understanding the implications of testing strategies on students and their academic...

Innovative Teaching Practices: Telling Stories of Embryological Development

Andrew Long

Oct 243 min read

Evidence-based Teaching Practices

Innovative Teaching Practices: Telling Stories of Embryological Development

Teaching in academia is no small feat. With large classrooms, dense information, and limited time, effective teaching methods are...

Innovative Teaching Practices: Student Writing Circle

Jennifer Choi

Jun 125 min read

Evidence-based Teaching Practices

Innovative Teaching Practices: Student Writing Circle

First-time academic authorship, especially for undergraduate researchers, can be both intimidating and exciting. In a candid interview,...

Student Perspectives: AAA Anatomy Connected 2024

atlasresearchlab

May 88 min read

Perspectives on Recent Research

Student Perspectives: AAA Anatomy Connected 2024

Last March, the ATLAS Research Lab had the wonderful opportunity to participate in the American Association for Anatomy’s (AAA) annual...

Clinical Embryology: A Novel Graduate Program at the University of Toronto

Aimee Perry

Mar 135 min read

Perspectives on Recent Research

Clinical Embryology: A Novel Graduate Program at the University of Toronto

Clinical embryologists are essential members of the fertility health care team. While the fertility doctor performs thorough clinical...

Innovative Teaching Practices: Microteaching Assessments as a Way to Develop Science Communication

Angelo Sotto

Feb 95 min read

Evidence-based Teaching Practices

Innovative Teaching Practices: Microteaching Assessments as a Way to Develop Science Communication

Like the inquiry-guided learning projects (IGLPs) discussed in one of our previous blog posts (link here) serving to introduce students...

Innovative Teaching Practices: Book Club

Aimy Ayo

Mar 24, 20235 min read

Evidence-based Teaching Practices

Innovative Teaching Practices: Book Club

“In The Knife Man, Wendy Moore unveils John Hunter’s murky and macabre world—a world characterized by public hangings, secret expeditions...

Student Perspectives: Inquiry-Guided Learning Projects

Angelo Sotto

Mar 6, 20234 min read

Perspectives on Recent Research

Student Perspectives: Inquiry-Guided Learning Projects

Training students of allied health professions in critical appraisal of scientific literature is essential, as our reliance on...

Student Perspectives: Experiential Learning in Anatomy, with Yoga!

Angelo Sotto

Dec 16, 20225 min read

Perspectives on Recent Research

Student Perspectives: Experiential Learning in Anatomy, with Yoga!

An exciting and important area of research in anatomical education is examining the efficacy of novel teaching techniques - including...

Student Perspectives: Remote Gross Anatomy Instruction during COVID-19

Angelo Sotto

Jun 10, 20223 min read

Perspectives on Recent Research

Student Perspectives: Remote Gross Anatomy Instruction during COVID-19

In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, many classrooms have had to transition from in-person learning to online remote learning. Not...

Student Perspectives: Two-Stage Collaborative Testing

Angelo Sotto

May 15, 20224 min read

Perspectives on Recent Research

Student Perspectives: Two-Stage Collaborative Testing

What comes to mind when you hear the word “test”? Most think of individual, closed-book evaluations. No collaboration. No talking. Rarely...