Abstract
AbstractThis paper describes the experience of members of a medical school faculty who have been offering for more than 10 years a two‐course series in the biochemistry of human disease to undergraduate students majoring in biochemistry, biology, or chemistry. Each of the iwo 3‐credit courses meets twice a week for 90min per session. The courses are divided into five three‐week blocs (total number of sessions per bloc, six), each of which is taught by a different instructor. The sixth and last class in each of the blocs is devoted to an exam; there is no cumulative final exam. The topics that are covered include the following: diabetes mellitus, alcoholism, Alzheimer's disease, trophoblastic diseases of pregnancy, molecular and cellular mechanisms of cancer (including chemical carcinogenesis), disorders of calcium metabolism, biochemical and nutritional causes of anemia, collagen diseases, and gene replacement therapy. The various teaching formats and kinds of reading assignments that are used are discussed, as are the reactions of selected faculty who have participated in these courses. The positive experience we have had with a bloc approach to topics‐based, multi‐instructor courses in human disease should encourage basic science faculty at other medical schools in the US and elsewhere to become involved in teaching specialized, advanced courses to undergraduate, pre‐professional students. © 2001 IUBMB. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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